The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-06-24
ISBURG. PA, FRIDAY, JUNE "a, 1870.

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sight. The secret agent followed him
on foot and on horseback wherever he
went, often dining at the same table
with him, or seated at his side at the
theatre; and yet so full was the unfortu-
nate man of his own great purpose that
he never noticed how he was watched
and followed.
The Emperor had repeatedly sent for
Griscelli, and one day, while the latter
was making his report, the prefect of
the police entered with letter in which
Kelch informed Mazzini that the EN-
peror would not survive two days lon
ger. He insisted upon being author
lied to arrest the would-be murderer
on the spot; Louis Napoleon had his
own plans, and ordered the secret agent
to ask for particular horse, and to be
on duty at two o'clock. for the usual
ride with the emperor.
All the persons interested in the con-
spiracy were at the same hour again
on the Place dc la Concorde-the En-
peror, followed by a single adjutant,
Kelch, in his big top boots, with green
overcoat, under which he had some
thing concealed; and Griscelli, in plain
costume. AS soon as Kelch perceived
Napoleon, he galloped up towards 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
rs 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 Pari-
slams who saw them fly like a vision,
said the Emperor was either drunk or
mad.
He was neither one or the other; he
was only afraid of his life. After a race
of three hours they returned 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 horse.
When they came near the Tuileries,
Kelch was forced to remain behind; in
spite of all he could do with the spnr
and whip, his horse was unable to go
any further; he was completely broken
down. This suggested to Griscelli a
bold thought; he made great effort,
rode past the Emperor, and cried
aloud:
"Hurrah for the Napoleons! The as
sassin is beaten ~
The Emperor looked behind him, land
seeing the poor wretch in such bad
plight, rode on slowly, ordering the
agent to follow him to the palace. When
he entered his rooms, Napoleon still per-
spring violently, threw himself into
a chair, and then drew from a secret
drawer five thousand francs, which he
gave to Griscelli with the words:
"Go rest, we shall want you again
Send me Pietri."
The secret agent had not rested an
hour when walked by the project of po'
lice, who directed him to come to his
house at midnight. When he appeared
there he found, to his surprise, forty
men who were to help him in arresting
Kelch After long discussion, ht
agreed to take three of them whom he
carefully picked from the number, and
aft er having received written order
explicitly commanding him to bring
the assassin dead or alive, he started on
his errand.
They went at once to the restaurant
where Kelc Il was in the habit of drop
ping in several times day and order
ing dinner for six persons. AT six O'Clock
precisely, Oh q second Friday. certain
Morelli entered, who had just crossed
over from London in order to hell
Kelch, and asked when the matte
was likely to come on. They told hin
at nine O'Clock; and when the clOcl
struck, Kelch arrived. While he wa
drinking glass of absinthe, one of tht
men was ordered TO arrest Morelli; ant
when this was done quietly in an adj
Joining room, Griscelli and another otii
Ger fell upon Kelch. The latter, how
ever, escaped by gigantic effort, raj
swiftly through the dining room ant
several chambers, jumped out of tn
window and fell inside of little cour
yard, from which little door led to tn
street. If that gate had been open tn
whole work of the fortnight woul'
ha We been lost, the murderer woult
have escaped, and Louis Napoleon
might not have lived to see his destin!
established. But Griscelli drew courag
once more from his fatalistic belief tina
Friday brought i'll luck to his victim
and that his two attacks of vertigo fore
told the shedding of blood. He follow
ed Kelch, who, when he found that h
co uld not open the door, and that hi
crime was detected, resolved to sell hi
life at the utmost price.
He rose and cooked his pistols; Girls
celli did the same, and for a few second
the two men looked at each other in 81
lence; then an explosion was heard ,anC
when the smoke was cleared off, Kelcl
was seen lying ON the stones Datneu II
blood. The ball entered at the nose
passed through the right eye, and cam
out behind the ear. His own ball ha
merely grazed the ear of Griscelli. A
the noise, his accomplice, Morelli, cam
into the court, and seeing what ha
happened, tried to jump over the wal
but the secret agent was too quick 70
him. He fired again, and the ball brok
Morelli's right shoulder, disabling hin
instantly.
AT ten O'Clock, the two emissaries {
Mazzini were in the yard of the prefe,
of police. NJ. Pietri was overjoyed;
embraced his energetic favorite, an
then fastened TO announces the goo
news at the Tuileries, where all Ii