The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-10-04


having be'u re,.In ar! nv the @jver4l
. vcrnr,n f Fur. p" he rscosniti1n o.
'H' r,!ar ~ ir,t|joi
louis Xtn, '
w." va, sapposst u hag, been pni,oned
nv s'm4 person ia N" 'FoGaple at Paris
d. ring The Frrnnh Revolution, and NV
athers to ave atoqueA, was the son of thu
u"i rturatc L0ai- XVI and Marie An
inet'a I! was only rooantly that re.
. 70 wa ORIGINATING ia tho papara thar o
n''rmau IF aivaUcad age had lied IL
Y f"n ia 81 p ;crrh1r2, whn was he.
.r'eed 70 h,r" h en- L,Gis XVII ic
yl, - hiri q I'D If 7. ,uis and Marie An.
rn'aeta HIS Gr.f ,itlo WI. Duke Of Nor.
r1ndany, and hs heeamo dnuphin By he
q tn o: an elder tfnther, hnuj- Joseph,
Jnan 4, 1889 Ho uoa carefully oduoa.
ted under tbc Suppression Of his father,
and at the oufhrcak of the revolution was
beautiful, lively, aud iusal ieept caiid,
hnt remarkahl impatient and unmanage
able. He was Imprisoned 10 the Temple
with the rfet Of the roNal family August
ID, 1892. After the execution Of bis
"a her, .Jaonsry p, 1893, he gas pro-
c'sipi' 4 KIM nv bis npcle. the Connt of
Frg'e'sre, who wac the, reFugne in Ger
uany and was reca2n'2eh ~ * hs by
o'o,i 'he nrtsof Europe, by the Ven
dean eltief, ap4 by 'ha insurgents in the
south Of France Ihese demonstrations,
together with several uuaucceesIul at
tempt- by the royaiists to rescue him trcm
his pris II rrit.'ed and alarmed th' revq-
dictionary government, and on ,fnlv 3, OF
10 o'clock at night, the boy was forcihly
taken from bis mothers arms ard frantic
with terror. was carried screaming tn
another psrtof c. Q prison. Here he was
unnsi gued 70 the care OF . shoemaker
named Anfonne Simon, q vio'ent Jacoho
Of rough manners and brutal temper. who
troatGdrhim with Systematic cruelty ap
parent Y with the design Of getting rid
Of rim without committing palpa'}e mur-
Ger Inc young prince was shut up in
cei aus left'hcre alone day and night,
~ithont employment or amusement, ar
any app"r'u ny fnr exercise ~ To breathe
fresh air A vessel If water, seldom re
plenjshed, was given him for drink, and
SON. coarse God WIS occasion II, thrown
IN at the half opened door. He vas al
lowed no 'ueaas Of washing himself, his
bed vas not mad for six mon'h., aud for
more than = year his clothes, his. shoes,
aid bis shi were not changed BY pro.
'ou trd inactivity his iinbs becnup rigid
and tis n,inre through lerrnr, Grief, and
muu ruy, h, cyme imhecle and dpraugcd
Something thet he had said, iu repy IN
qp'stinlsS having been p"r2erten to the ia
i-rv ~ his meitrr, he resolved bencaEDrin
:" b. .'i"u', and Tor bong l.nd neither
Threats, Hrt tlnwr. nor Coaxin@ cnnid in,
duce hjn, to speak When nat seepiog
Il, sat quietly in his ciiair, without inter
ing , snund oF shedding 4 tear, OF shrink,
lux from the rats, with which his dungeon
swarma /. LOUIS, after tbe reign Of ter
ROY, was placed In the care IF moro n?ar-
ciful keepers, but nc Vas still kept in SOL
iIary eVuhnrGeni. and not allowed 70 see
his sister, who was imprisoned III an ad
jojHu2 apartment. AZ Iehgth, in MAY,
iI53, a physician was allowed 10 see bun,
vito pronounced i'm dying Of scrofuIa -
II died at : L. NJ, in tie arms ofLosuo,
"ne Of his keepers, aud the next day,
Jane 8, his imdy was certified to by trur
neuhar- OF the Committee Of Pubiic Safe
~, sud toy more than t@enly OF the OFF
eI,'s Of the Tempie His Remains were
tnu2d 10 the cemC,rry OF ST. MarpuerIte
and every trace Of the grave carefully Oh
IL rated Several pretenders, claiming to
BE- Louis XVII, have appc red aunng
taenp, in France, iIcrvagart, q tailor's son,
who died in 1912, in prison, and Bru.
neau, q sh ru,aker, who gas sent IL pliy-
ou il 1902 and in the United States, the
Rev. Eea2er Williams a balt-brad Ia.
dian. who died in 1859