The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-31

apprehensive they would be discovered; upon
which he and two others crossed the river
and remained the whole day. They then re-
crossed the river and walked do Tn the river
about five miles below this lady's house,
where they got their dinner; that while there
gentlemen arrived from L fourche on horse
back, called Jean LaGtte out, and gave him a
letter; upon which Lafitte said there was a
boat descending the river with certain goods
and would pass there that evening. LATTE
proposed that they should join and take her,
observing that but one man on board her vas
to be pressed; the boat did not pass that
evening; when they came down the river to
the house of MIR. Gaudin, where Mr.. NORM
was communicating with Mr.. Lafitte as if his
particular friend They arrived at Gaudin's
in the morning and remained there till night
and the whole of that night. The next morn
ing the expected boat from Lafourche passed,
the negroes being on shore cordelling. Mr..
LATTE, who was ashore, stopped the negroes,
while the deponent with one other white
man named Scott, and mulatto rowed in
their boat after the Lafourche boat; that one
of the fowls in the other boat had fallen out,
and the people asked deponents party to as
sist them in catching it; that they then
boarded the boat from Lafourche, when Scott
said something to them, upon which a mus
ket was fred from the cabin OF the boat,
which struck Scott on the head, but did not
hurt him much that upon boarding, deponent's
party demanded the goods as Mr.. Laftte's;
that after the musket being fired, deponent
then fred another musket into the cabin of
the boat; the boat was then given up to them,
and it appeared that Mr.. Randall, who was in
the cabin of the boat, was badly wounded;
that they had positive orders from LATTE to
fire in case Of being fired at, or else that he
xho That To-
itte and some mulattos boarded the boat
much about the same time deponent's party
did, they jumping from the shore; that La
fitte then went Tor doctor and the rest of
the party hauled the boat up towards MIR.
Gaudins; that Randall was left on horse
aboye Gaudin's, where the goods were also
landed and carried down to Gaudins house;
when LATTE was there some of the
goods were left in the house and some
carried out in the woods; that differ
ent persons came the next day to buy
the goods, and that eleven bales of linens or
thereabouts were carried over to the house
Immediately opposite to Gaudin's, where two
young gentlemen lived, and that these goods
were taken over upon signal being given by
firing gun; that deponent remained there.
by orders of LATTE, for two or three days,
and that LATTE was then staying at Gaudin's;
that after all the goods were sold deponent
came to town. Deponsnt further says that an
officer with two silver epaulets, that he has
seen a few nights since at the guard-house
here, was the same person that he has fire.
Quently seen at Grand Isle. That Mr..
Caponer is partner of LATTE, and he was
at Gaudins, and assisted in putting away the
goods and received the money for the sales
that man by the name of Cadet, baker,
was frequently down at Grand Isle to pur-
chase goods; that this man came when the
deponent was in Jail few days since; de-
ponent also states that out of the proceeds
made by the sale of goods taken, certain
Copsul's clerk His
ANDREW X WHrsMEN
The within Andrew Whitsman further says
that when he made use of the term privateer
in his deposition he did not mean to say that
he knew the said vessel was lawful commits
stoned one.
Levi Schrivener being duly sworn, deposeth
and saith that in the month of May, 1918, he,
in company with two gentlemen, went from
New Orleans down to Grand Ecore; that they
went down for the purpose of buying goods;
that while there the deponent saw both the
Lafttes, who appeared to be the principal
persons as to command, particularly the
youngest LATTE, who was, as deponent was
told, named Pierre; he also saw there large
quantities of goods and several vessels; that
while there, two prizes were brought
in; that the men under the command
of the Lafttes often solicited deponent to en-
Ter or enlist with them, Offering him share
and half That when the prizes were
brought in, they were sold to the highest
bidder-"a Ue,,dre'-and persons from diff
ferent parts OF the State being there, and
many from New Orleans That after the sale
the purchasers went off together in pirogues,
to the number of fifty or sixty. That the
younger Laftte was the principal person
selling goods and dividing the money, and
further, deponent saith not.
LEVI ScHR1vENER.
Joseph Lor and Joseph Rodriguez, being
duly sworn, saith: That on the 9sh OF April,
1918, they sailed from the Havannah on
board the "Amiable Mary" Spanish
bound to Vera Cruz. Her captain,
Francisco Panchon, loaded with wax, some
paper and dry goods, eleven men composing
the crew; that when they arrived within
eighty leagues, or thereabout, from Vera Cruz
they were attacked by an armed vessel called
the Dorado, mounting five guns and manned
by twenty-six men, and commanded by MIR.
Cadet and taken; that the vessel who took
them had at first the French flag, but after
having taken them hoisted the Carthagenian
flag, and took them to GrandiTerre, on the
10Th May, 1S13 in this State, where they
were detained one month, during which time
they were occupied in unloading the cargo.
That the crew Of the armed vessel were COM
posed of Spaniards, French, English, Ameri-
cans, and others; that their cargo was sold
there by Jean LATTE to several, who brought
it here New Orleans), when it was sold; that
they understood there at Grand Telre that
the armed vessel belonged to LATTE; that
there were four armed vessels there, and they
two of the four belonged to Ca
prory, the latter having been induced to en-
list, they telling him that they would die of
hunger if they should come to New Orleans.
JOSE LoR,
JOSE RODRIGUEZ.
The above was taken from the records of
the case No. TAO, of the United States Dis
trict Court Of 1914.
P. LATTE and his companions were i'm
prisoned in the old calaboose, but through
Gen. jackson and Gov. Claiborne they were
released before the battle of New Orleans