The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-05

10 till he reached the village of Menil
II montant. He rang the bell at
ID modest looking house, and a man
Of Kelch himself, came to the door, tool
the letter and said, "Thank YOU
d am coming at once. l shall be ,her
70 before you" is 53asaAai 17G -
,r His appearance and his deep, pow
.e erful voice made no special impress
s. ion upon the agent, who derived
d however, great encouragement from
the fact that-this happened on
: Friday! Immediately aftcrward
e Kelch came out, took cab a. th
d first stand and drove rapidly to tn,
, house in Vaugirard. Griscelli ha,
e followed him closely, and saw hov
It the whole family came running down
embraced Kelch aud took him hastil,
n into the house. Two hours later
II however, the whole party came ou
once more and went to the restaurant
/ where they enjoyed themselves a
+ table, the young lady being the sou
n of the whole feast Griscelli sat i,
n an adjoining room, where he coult
' hear every word, and ate his modes
D Icutlet. After their late break fas
e they went to livery-stabie, wher'
Kelch hired magnificent horse
e which he seemed to know at least b.
n its name, and, when he parted will
C his friends he said, in the hearing o
S Griscelli: -,--.f ed I'd
o "Napoleon's police are too stupit
q to find me out. They think I an
= fast asleep in London. / need no
go and hide myself; / will come anC
+ sleep at the house. Do not be afraid
n I'll come toni 9ht'' ,........
: Poor Kelch he did not know tn al
his boastful words were all overheard
= by one of Napoleon's police agents
] who did not intend to lose sight OF
him, and with whom lie was ere long
: to have a most unpleasant interview
! The secret agent was all the more
determined to succeed in this affair
. as he had had another attack OF yer
! tigo while eating his chop at the
: restaurant, and firmly believed, On
this account, that this was a matter
of life and death for himself as well
as for Kelch. T.
, Precisely at Two O'Clock, Louis
: Napoleon, accompanied only by two
officers on duty, appeared on the
J public square, coming from the
Tuileries. Kelcb, who was then on
the bridge near the palace, dashed
up at full gallop. The secret agent,
well mounted from the Imperial
stables, was close behind him, the
head of his horse nearly touching
the saddle of the assassin, as the
Emperor came by. In his left hand
he had gathered the reins--wilh his
right he grasped firmly the st;letto
in his bosom. But Kelch allowed
his intended victim to pass quietly,
and made no movement. He was
not to die so publicly.
As soon as the Emperor had pass
ed the two men, whom he recognized
perfectly, he gave his horse the reins
and rode at full speed to the great
lake in the Bois de -Bou!ogne. He
was followed by perhaps thirty
persons; but, wishing to rid himself
of the crowd of curious people who
stared at him everywhere, he once
more started at tremendous rate,
so that hardly any one could follow,
and returned to the Tuileries. Kelch
had left him some time before, and
returned TO the house of his friends.
The same scene was almost daily
repeated for a fortnight, during
which poor Kelch was not permitted
to be one moment out of sight. The
secret agent followed him on foot
and on horseback wherever he went,
often dining at the same table with
him, or seated by his side at the
theater; and yet so full was the un-
fortunate man of his own great pur-
pose that he never noticed how he
was watched and followed. -.
The Emperor had repeatedly sent
for Griscelli. and one day, when the
latter was making his report, the
Prefect of Police entered with let
ter, in which Kelch informed Mazzini
that the Emperor would not survive
two days longer. He insisted upon
being authorized to arrest the would
be murderer on the spot; but Louis
Napoleon had his own plans, and
ordered the secret agent to ask for a
particular horse and to be on duty at
two O'Clock for the usual ride of the
Emperor.
All the persons most interested in
the conspiracy were at the same hour
on the Place de Ia ,Concorde-the
Emperor, followed by single ad
juta1t; Kelch, in high top boots,
with green overcoat, under which
he had something concealed and
Griscelli, in plain costume. AS soon
as Kelch perceived Napoleon he gal
loped up toward him; the Emperor
thereupon started at full speed, and
the secret agent had only time to
whisper to the jockeys to keep close
TO their master, and then to follow as
well as he could. When the party
reached the Bois de Boulogne there
began a regular race at fearful
pace; low walls, hedges, brooks, all
were passed, they hardly knew how,
and the good Parisians who saw
them fly By like a vision said the
Emperor was either drunk or mad.
He was neither the one nor the
other; be was only afraid for his life.
After a race of three hours they re
turned the same way they had come;
the horses were white with foam, and
the secret agent understood why he
had been ordered to select a particular
house. When they came to near the
Tuileries, Kelch was forced to re-
main behind; in spite of all he could
do with spur and whip, his horse
was unable to go any furthcr-he |
was completely broken down. This
suggested to Griscelli bold thought;
he made a great effort, rode past the |
Emperor and cried aloud, sHurrah
for the Napoleons The assassin is
beaten -
The Emperor looked behind him,
and seeing the poor wretch. in his
sad plight, rode on slowly, ordering
the agent to follow him to the palace.
When he entered his rooms, Napo-
leon, still perspiring violently, threw
himself in chair and then drew
from a secret drawer five thousand
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