The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-23

guard of honor over the remains Of the deS
ceased minister at his late residence, togetner
with such other attentions as may be required;
The Secretary and invited guests aptlclpateoj
much pleasure at the dinner whlcn was To-
have been given tonight by tne secretary Id
compliment to the late minister.
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
An inquest was held this evening over the
BODY of Provost Parodol, at his late residence.
iurors, N. de Jardin, Chancellor Of the French
Legation; Mr.. Bodisco, First Secretary OF the
Russian Legation; Senior Patesde, First Secre-
tary of the Spanish Legation, and the Marquis
de Chambrun. The jury, composed Of private
citizens, assembled in the parlor, where the
showing wound directly over the heart. The
jury then withdrew to the upper chamber, 10
which the suicide was committed.
TESTIMONY.
n. de Jardln was the first witness called:
He testified that he was with Mons. Paradol
Yesterday. on Pennsylvania avenue. While
walking together NJ. Paradol told him he
wanted to buy pistol; n. de Jardin endeaV-
ored to dissuade him from doing 30. seeing
that he was nervous, but the minister Insisted
on buying pistol, and for that purpose went
Monday the minister wrote him note,
which was subsequently handed to him. and
he was about opening 1t, but was requested by
the minister not to do 80 unless some accident
should happen to him. After hearing OF the
suicide this morning, at O'Clock. he opened
dated July 81. The translation is as follows:
;'It any accident should happen, lpray ID. de
Jardin to attend, with n. Riggs and the Con-
sui General at New York, N. de L. Place, to
see that my family and servants are sent home.
hope that the measures to be taken Will be
facilitated by the friends that may have made
in the United States. Provost PARADoL."
Mons. de Jardin said the valet to-day
brought him note, LEFT on the table, as fol-
II kill myself Berthemy, come back and
stay. PROVOST fARADoL.
Mons. de Jardln, in answer to question by
the coroner as to the mental condition OF N.
Paradol, said that the latter's mind appeared
to be much affected by the heat.
Mary Walters, the housekeeper, testlned
she had been in the dwelling since last Friday;
had heard a noise every night, and had had
no rest from it; there was always something
going on, whether by rats or not she did not
know; at one o'clock she beard pistol shot,
and upon coming to the room she saw the
minister lying upon the floor; she was much
frightened; she saw him draw his last breath;
him; the deceased retired at nine O'Clock last
night; he was not In the habit OF locking the
door.
Auguste Merton, the valet Of n. Paradol,
who came from France with him, testified, the
Marquis de Chambrun being interpreter, that
he heard the report of q pistol at one o'clock,
and the voice OF the minister asking, "Do you
hear, knguste - The valet answered, VI do
hear. The noise Is not in this house, but IN
the next one.' When he came into the room
n. Paradol was standing up near the table,
and, not being able to support himself any
longer, he fell down. The witness could not
Lift him up, and, therefore, let him lie on the
carpet, thinking the minister had fallen 10
ft. He called the housekeeper, and together
they went to the kitchen TO get vinegar and
water. He lived about three-quarters Of an
hour after he was shot.
He made only one sign during the last flf-
teen minutes Of his life The minister did not
say word more after calling him. The night
shirt worn by Mons. Paradol at the time he
committed suicide was procured and examln-
ed. Witness further testified that one pistol
hay on the table with q ball neer II. ready TO be
loaded. The other pistol, discharged, was
found under his body.
It was stated that this valet, after the sui
eide, took the 'pocket-Uook, with money In 1t,
and the papers and other articles OK value, and
delivered them to the legation. Mr.. Mari, the
undertaken, said that the Marquis de Cham
bruins servant came for him this morning to
attend to the body. He found the deceased
lying partly on his right side, his right arm
extended. There was considerable blood on
bis nightshirt; it looked as though he had
tried to stanch the wound. The gas was burn
lug when he entered the room.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
& The Jury returned the following verdict:
4svThat said Anadole Provost Paradol came to
1T, ~ otxo rin A n
day Of July, In the Sear 1870. They further
find that the cause OF the death Of the said 81 N.
Ansuv.s: PrsYest Parade. was was gs:dhshot wound
by BIS own hands while laboring under tenn
porary alteration Of mind.
ExcENTRIc1T1Es OF THE DECEASED, &C.
number of years .been q bosom friend Of the
deceased, In discussing the sad event OF the
death Of Mons. Paradol, stated to-day that ne
Was subject to most uugovernable hts OF tenn
per, during which he entirely lost his SELF
possession. and committed acts OF Which a1eer-
wards he had not the faintest recollection.
In the opinion OF the minister referred 10,
mitted the act of self-destruction. According
to the same authority he left Paris under high.
ly unfortunate circumstances. His friends had
become seriously estranged from him on &C.
count OF his political course, which, until OF
late, had been In wRrm opposition 70 the EN-
per6r. He had iur bosom friends such men as
Thiers and Favre, whose antagonism to the
Yar was such as 10 draw down upon them the
open hostility of The French popuece, and
this latter fact, announced to HIM at the same
time as the formal declaration Of war against
Prussia, had the effect of arousing his sensi-
tive nature to the highest pitch Of excitement:
"A number of causes OF q similar nature added
to the tension Of his nenlal system until the
overstraiped cords snapped asnnder, and he
sought relief in suicide.
TIE PURCHASE OF TIE rlsToIs.