Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-27
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November 81, 1897
Martial St Arnaud

Martial St Arnau0
.;.,ory Of MARSHAL ST.. ARxAup
Inc m ofy;cer. who diedon the Crimea
hs brave am mem Of victsry, is what may BE-
\, w. armed chcqued. His real name , wa,
81 aa Jacques Leroy he was oorn ~ ,oo'
can . .,s,dsd the French army a. Lienten-
nd en. .sa = Guards in 1910. He was ex-
%! ~ e.am The service for fraud. he al
elpu - became clerk to . street letter
er~a'u' rlu,s Who gain considerable custom
', p.ris from the poorer ana ilNlera.e o,a
: While thus employed he was arrest.
e. 9, larceny. The evidence pfodnceo
~: ~ him is still extant. 1t ls pawn
sa,ns ticket, bearing testimony thai
pI os',se Decremie, pawnbroker, II Kuc
AauaJ 40. Champs, Paris, advanced eigh-
Nsu' s.a u on the 7th Of January, 1924, mp
ssh LAID wooden shawl, two female linen
bemises, and two Of cotton % l. &c g.
Arnaud. oe,h;, ba aad
~ psr;. to London, where he was Tor
.m time known as the partner OF iemal-
. .iadsr who passed herself off upon IN
S.asetino tradesman as the Baroness ~
~ and lady Of high position and large
a,'un, The police turning more oil their
: , sn,on to NJ Leroy and the Baroness than
~ sgreeable, they resolved to decamp to
=, soain. They did 80, bu, not until the
sA,5uess had stripped their furnished apart
sol, Of their beds, sheets and other move
(bs. Afterwards the partnership was
Ieroy de St. Arnsud, as he now called
m.alf succeed by Legitimi.t infuencel IN
Ca,,r restored to his rank in the army
was said by his enemies that it was on
|be condition of his acting as Spy =
Ioverer this may be, he was a principal
r,mnent in the betrayal Of the Duchess
perri--an act which brought SO much
[,pr5b,ium upon him among his brother
s,srs that he took service with the For
ga Legion in Algiers. He is accused OF
I,yinr been 50 addicted to gambling. that
n VA. on the point Of bein. cashier Y; bnl
/. Commanding General, Bulprefles, IA
,erp sed and pardoned him.
Tsen comes a pat OF the history that
ends .oms@hat TO rcheye tn $ dark shades.
b courage ana activity lcd y his being
slcc,ed for various services, and VAS re-
|v,rd, j for his faithful accomplishn NJ OF
h,tm, BIZ Captains commission. 0'her
| }, notions followed, and he returned 10
F7nce ii 1851 AS General s.. Arnaut -
Uas IL his military achievements, previous,
s,yer, IA. marked by the extreme Of baf-
lsiy, tie burning and su.iocation OF tve
laafed 4 gsrnes, men, women aud chi
Ltrn ~ cavern.
H became very early IN adherent Of
aus Napoleon 1t IS currently reported
bat n ither Of III M dared to trust the 9th
sad that 81. Arn4ud aiw avs retained IN
! possession the orier to lombard ia ,
atten in NaQploin's Own hanT, q ord I.
ID BE ID use il against his master, who,
he other hane, pr served the Judicial
ords OF ST Arnaud's early dclinqu nc s,
Fsady to hf.ug thtm up in Ju9gment ii
D ew AMI respected b mi il ~ abilities,
5, ever, or be would not have advanced
bin to the Important pest o! Commander-in-
Chief of the French Array Of the Edsl.
oath interposed just dc he seemed likely
| 70 attain the height OF military glory,
TIE above facts we gather from the Az
ba1y Evening Journal and are compiled, we
presume. from the French papers. TIL re
!. such an cir Of French romance and trek
about this sketch Of ST. Arnaud's life. that
Na are inclined to believe that the light aud
,haie Of his character have been rathy to-
|Egly eoIored.