Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-20

he Able Brant, her secretary, hustled about
the house, locked up the Princes papers, de-
ciaring that everything here belongs to Mad
under the guard OF one OF her underiings. Il
was only at twilight on the day of his death that
some pieces Of paper, partly burned, were picked
Among the words thus preserved we're, "rhe
Observation-Disclosures son." When the
bits Of paper were put into the hands Of the chief
More being found, there was enough written TO
show that they were portions Of letter written
by the Prince to Madame de Feucheres, In the
postscript to this purport: 81 ask that may be
buried at Vincennes, near my unfortunate son."
The funeral services took place at the chateau
Of Chantilly on the 9Th of September, week
after the tragedy; Condos heart was deposited
In the tomb of his ancestors, being borne thither
In q silver-gilt casket The Able Pelier deliv-
mourning multitude who gathered around tie
bier by declaring: "The Prince Is innocent of
his death in the sight of God" Another and
hey of St. Denis, the burial place OF the Kings
or France. The body xas received at the por-
tails by the abbey priests and canons; bishops
chanted high mass; and it was not unobserved
two elder sons Of Louis Philippe, were present
on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Madame de Feucheres, fearing
the indignation of the people of st. Leu, hur-
ried away from the chateau with her niece, and,
suspiciously enough, took up her residence at
me Palais Bourbon, on the left bank OF the
Seine. She appears to have passed period of
fright and torture; her secretary was constr
20 sleep in the library adjoining her chamber,
ana Madame de Feassans on a couch at her
The opening of the Princes will, making the
Duke d'Aumale his residuary legatee, and be-
9ueathing Madame de Feucheres property
worth 10 200, GOO francs, was followed by the
immediate resistance of the heirs of the house
of Condo, the Prince of Rohan. They at once
brought a suit in the Court of Premiere In
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the will, and to recover the property which
they considered as theirs by Inheritance. They
engaged eminent counsel, and the issue in the
suit soon widened from the question of the will
to that of the mode of the Princes DEATH
On the side of d'Aumale the Feucheres
It was pointed out that the Princes
chamber door had been found bolted on
the inside; that he had for some time been
subject to fits of desperate melancholy; that the
doctor. on entering the room, had overturned a
chair SO placed that the Prince might have used
it in hanging himself; that the fragments of the
burnt letter indicated suicidal intent; the sig
nifcant manner in which he babe adieu, not
night preceding his death; that there was an
absence OF any marks OF violence whatever on
the body; that 1t was impracticable for any
assassin to reach his chamber without detec-
ton; and that no sound of the least alteration
or struggle had been heard throughout the
night. On the side OF the Rehans, per contra,
force that nothing was more easy than to bolt
door on the inside from the outside; that
the position of the handkerchiefs proved that
the Prince could not have been strangled at
all; that the Princes feet touched the ground
so that he could not possibly have hanged him.
self, or even been hanged By others where he
was found, while living; that his spirits had re-
covered their cheerfulness, and that he had
been even hilarious the night before his DEATH
that after reaching his chamber, he had pur-
sued his ordinary habits on retiring; his watch
had been wound UP as usual, and carefully
placed in its fob his slippers we're placed at the
foot of the bed. But there were signs in the
bed of some unusual movements; and it ap-
peared that the Prince had blown out the two
were right, deliberately putting himself in the
dark before committing the deed. differences
were add d to these arguments by the demon
stration that private staircase led from
Condo; and the presence of motive on the part
OF this woman to bring about the Princes death
was significantly hunted.
But the Rohans, however just their claim.
were contending against too formidable power.
They were attempting to deprive the young son
OF an avaricious King of an immense fortune.
The result was that their suit was denied them,
the court confirmed the validity of the will, and
D,Aumale and Madame de Feucheres came
into their Inheritance. OF Madame de Feu-
cheresit need only be said that, having secured
her fortune, she took up her residence In Paris,
where she appeared at Louis Philippe's court,
gambled on the Bourse, gave gorgeous suppers,
and lived a reckless, dissipated life. D'Aumale
grew up to take an heroic part in the Alserine
wars; to reside, during long exile, in London,
and finally to return to his splendid estate of
Chantilly after the fall of Napoleon Ill and
the restoration of the Orleans properties to
their owners. year ago the wedding of the
daughter OF the Duke de Nemours, D'Aumale's
eldest brother, took place IN the long -deserted
grand old place, over which hung the gloom of
a dark tragedy, put on gala aspect once more,
as it used to do in the brilliant DAYS of Condo
the Great and Louis the Magnificent.-APpls-