The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-07-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Suicide Of the French Minister Par
adOl-Uis Reasons for it-His Char
WASHINGTON, July -.


1t appeared that he had not fully re-
tired 10 bed, but merely laid down, and
then sat Oh its side, a. ii he had been
in meditative mood. He must have
shot himself while standing in the CEN
tire of the room. with his back to the
fireplace, and falling toward his bed.
The remains have been emhalmed, and
Will await the wishes of VI. Bertheny.
the late French Minister, who has been
recalled here from New York while on
his return TO Europe \ dispatch, with
details Of the event. was sent during
the forenoon 20 Grainmont, the Min
lister of FOrcign Affairs at Paris
The direct cause of this terrible tragedy
i not definitely known, but tits aScrihcd
quite correctly to many sources. II
was stated in these dispatches on Mon
day that VI. Paradol was i'll from the
extreme heat of the weather, TO which
he was unaccnstomed, aud to which lac
had exposed himself a good deal. Yet
he persisted in going out contrary 10
the protest Of his housekecPer, who
warned him against such exposure, but
his mind seemed i'll at ease
The sudden war in France. which
country he LETT peaceful on the ii OF
July: his inexperience in diplomatic
matters: the fear that he had made =
serious error in praising to a Senator N.
ThierS. only to learn the next day that
the latter had come out in deuunciation
OF Napoleon's course; the fear that he
had been understood at the White
House 10 say that he hal received
official dispatches from France, when lie
had received none, but meant to refer TO
the news dispatches, were all matters
which seemed TO weigh on his sen
sitive mind. After his interview with
Secretary Fish, on Yesterday, he seemed
to fear that lie had said something with
out the diplomatic bounds. Indeed, the
prevailing tenor of his mind since Sat
nriay last seems TO have been a fear
that everybody had not c0mprehended
his meaning, and this, too, in the face
of the fact that he spoke English fiu-
emily, and conversed with Senator Sum
ner and Secretary Fish in French
. These feelings, accelerated by nervous
p-ostration and excitement, in the end
rroduced that temporary alteration OF
} the mind that lei him to take hi- own
/ life
7 VI. Paradol was widower. his wife
having died some five wears ago. He
( leaves a daughter sixteen years OF age
and a son ten years OF age both OF
/ whom are at Newport. having left here
on Saturday last for that watering
place. The Minister himself was horn
( in 1926. and was admitted to the French
Academy at the early age OF thirty-ix.
A. a journalist his chief distinction
was won in the columns of the journal
Iss Dsl1ts. with which he had
been connected many years. During
the civil war in this country he dlstin-
guisbed himself by a calm, earnest
article, maintaining that France should
support the unity OF this nation, whose
liberty her arms had done 80 much to
establish. In personal appearance he
was pleasing. He was about five feet
six inches in height, stout with black
hair and mustaehe, and large, clear
hazel eyes, and possessed OF the bright
yivacious air of the French people.