New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-22

Norcs. the unfrocked Able. was a poor devil.
Michel jeune was much poorer, and 1t is to be
feared much more of devil-slthough the Able
seems TO have been no saint. He saved and
spared. and pared, and ecOn0mized, to an excess
Of meanness He was the beau ideal Of a miser.
His passion for gold approaches the sublime. In
1881 he was operated upon for the cataract; he
could not bear to lose sight Of his valusbles.
Before the operation he made mis- WILL referred to
above making his brother sole heir, and informed
the latter Of its disposition in letter which
tains DO expression of kindly feeling. He wanted
TO continue beyond death the cumulation of the
Michel fortune In 1888 his health fails; be takes
to his bed; be is not long for this world; his
breath comes and goes family. In that condition
he sells one Of the five estates mentioned in the
Abbe's letter, not for sum outright, but for an
annuity of 80, 900 francs One-half reversible to
his elder brother in the apparently probable case
Of the other surviving him few years. The bar
gain is concluded. Michel jeune gets out Of bed,
throws away bis crutches, breathes freely, and
lives twenty-five years 10 enjoy this yearly in
come Of l5O 900 francs 10 the full he ordered 500
francs of it to be daily folded in his napkin at
dinner.
The will Of Michel ainf is dated March -.
1899. week later he died. With the exception
of few legacies already spoken Of his estate fell
jeune lot living happily with bis wife-or with any
one discarded her, and had by aduterOus
connection with servant girl, Scholostque Le-
ieuDe male child, to whom he stood godfather,
and who was named, after himself, Marc Michel
Lejeuas. This was as near as he could come 10
perpetuatDg the connection OF his name ana
nroperty. For. by the French, an acknowledged
bastard taking the name of bis father, cannot in
hert from that father. Michel jeune, full OF years
and terribly lacking in honOrs, finally went TO his
grave in lc52. BY mis- will the enormous fortune
of the two brothers descended solely to the adul-
terine bastard Mare Michel Leeune, who is now
one of the richest, unhappiest men In France. Or
his enjoyment Of this fortune, exposed as he to
constant insults; unable as he is TO attain any po
sition in society; tormented and ruled as he is
said TO be by his mistress / will not here speak.
His bare OssessOn OF it is disputed. The reports
of the case which have been reading IN the news
papers are headed: 1.-The Legitimate heirs OF
''Michel ain6 Vs. Marc Lejeune, universal lega-
"tee of Michel jeune." At the time of his
fathers death he gave to these heirs, to stop
their outcries against the injustice OF their
wealthy relatives, sum OF oooooo irancs;
These heirs now bring forward pretended
codicil to the will Of Michel ain6, written two
days after the will proper of March 10, 1888, which
qualities the will in the interests OF living sister,
Of the children of deceased sister, and OF cousin,
TO whom he leaves in all, three sixths of his es-
tate, which wOuld amount 70 a SUN OF more than
eighteen millions. This cOdcil, which lay, perdu,
at the bottom Of an old trunk and Otherwheres,
from the death of Michel ainf, in 1889, has very
little appearance of being authentic. The inge-
nuity and elOquence of the first legal orators OF
France have been brought into the service of those
interested in proving its validity and its nvalidity
/ regret that have space for extracts from, or
even an outline of, the remarkable speeches OF
Bayer Cremieux, and Of the other advocates N this
case. cannot doubt that the Court will reject
the suit Of the legitimate heirs. Whatever be its
result il is not likely that the attack upon the
fortune now in possession of Lejeune will cease
here How all that fortune was acquires no one
knows Horrible stories were long ago told, and
horrible suspicious INDUCED, as to it's origin. The
worst of them all has been revived during the
present trial. not only by the advocates OF the
plaintiffs, but by those of the defendant For no
one undertakes the defense OF the character OF the
Mchels, however largely he may be feed to defend
the letter of their wills Instead of Michel cine
and Michel jeune, the Crpsus brothers were some
times popularity named Michel the robter, and
Michel the murderer. Here is the origin OF the
horrible nomenclature. You may read 1T In the
Mouiteur of the year vi Of the Republic, l4th
Messidor. A NJ. Dupetitval was owner OF
grand town hotel on the Quai Voltaire, and OF a
country house at Vitry, near Pans In the nlsnto oi
the 2Oth April 1896, he his mOther-in-law his two
sisters and FIVE dOmestics, were all murdered.
Their coIpses were found next morning arranged
in the alley that led up to the door OF the country
house at Vitry. He was largely connected with the
affairs of the Michels; it was believed that he was
largely their creditor. short time after this
gholesale butcbery, CourtOis, the confidential
Clerk of Dupetityal, was assassinated at Paris In
the rue de la VictOre. The brothers Michel were
then arrested. According to public rumor
SAYS the Monitesr of the time, they are charged
with the assassination of Citizen Riviere, former
" ly their own confidential clerk, about an hour
before their arrest" Whether there was lack
of proof against the Mchels or Overabundance OF
money in their favor, they were atterward re-
leased from arrest. They were formally accused
only of the murder of Riyiere. At the time OF the
Vitry butchery Michel aine was not in Pans
From that butchery an infant child was spared
Now, after sixty years it is said, preparations are
making for suit to be brought by the heirs OF
Dupetityal against the fortune Of Michel jeune, for
damages on account Of that old murder at Vitry.
Lest this on dit seem toe incredible, give my au-
thority for it-one OF the distinguished advocates
engaged in the present trial There are beside
one or two other lawsuits pending against this
fabulous fortune OF the Michels Each one FUR
nshes occasion TO eloquent and skillfu advocates,
even in the interest of their client the miserable
Lejepne 10 brand the memory of his father and
uncle, and TO point him out still more eonsplcu-
ously TO the public as an adulterine bastard.
In the condition of this young man-one OF the
richest, mind, in all France-and in the record OF
this trial, there ia moral. The chief end OF man
is not 10 make money. Wall street is not the gate
NISCFIL ANFOTS ITEMS