The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-07-19
General Fremont's BrOther.in.law in q
COnvict's Garb.

Baron de Gauldree- Boilleau, one of the
convicted prisoners in the great cause of
the French Republic Us. The Principal
Managers of the Memphis & Ell Paso Rail-
road, and General Fremon'ts brother in
law, has been sentenced to three years
Imprisonment in French maison centrale:
and, being convicted of felony of the
lowest grade in the criminal code of France,
he will he treated even worse than prison.
ers convicted of acts of violence. Not
only will he be quartered in the lowest tier
of cells, but he will be deprived of many
little privileges accorded to those who have
not laid their hands upon the property Of
other persons. And all this dreadful pun
ishment is meted out for three long years
to the son of one Of the most distinguished
officers of the French army, to baron of
the Empire, to one who moved in the best
circles of New York society, who, among
the diplomatic agents of this country, in
the United States, ranked next to the
French Ambassador, and who, from New
York, was sent as Minister Plenipotentiary
to Peru!
Baron Gauldree- Boileau manifested dur
ing the whole of his trial the fortitude Of
a stole. Once only, when closely pressed
by the presiding judge, he flew into a
passion, and demanded more respectful
treatment. Even when, at the decisive
moment, the cruel sentence, consigning
him to the cell Of the lowest felon, was
promulgated to him, he betrayed hardly
any emotion except that his aristocratic
face turned deadly pale. When the police
men took him by the collar and told him
gruffly that he must enter the prison van
he readily consented, and he babe his
counsel, the renowned Victor Lefrane,
farewell with smile on his lips. But his
demeanor underwent change when he
arrived in the interior of the vast and
gloomy Mazas Prison, where, according to
the French proverb, daily more deep signs
are heaved than anywhere else in the world.
He was hurriedly led into the so. called
dressing room, where keeper ordered him
to strip off his clothes. The prisoner
looked at him in indignant amazement.-
"What for?" he asked. "To battle, and
then put on convict uniformw NJ. Gaul-
dree Boilleau almost made a leap. -
"Whatn' he exclaimed, excitedly. "This
can not be! My counsel has appealed for
me-" "Never mind" replied the keeper,
"you will be treated as a convict until
your sentence is reversed and that" he
added, with significant glance, "the
Cour do Cessation hardly ever does
The deeply humiltated baron was over
come with emotion. He threw himself
upon the narrow bench on the wall, buried
his face in his hands, and burst into long
fit Of weeping and sobbing. At length he
reused himself, and submitted, without
further resistance, to the ignominious
treatment at the keepers hands. Ten
minutes afterward he could hardly be re-
cognized by those who had once known
him in the gold-embroidered uniform of
an imperial ambassador; for, although
good looking man, he seemed almost hide
Gus in the Hitting blue wooden jacket, the
coarse gray trowsers the heavy shoes and
the galley slave cap he wore. With an air
of profound pain, but without uttering
word, he followed the keeper to the small
cell, 1874, where he will pass his days until
the Cour de Cessation has definitely decid-
ed his fate. The whole furniture of the
cell consist of a stool, a small table, and
wooden lounge covered with sack of
straw. On the table lay the course mate
rial from which convicts after being in
structed, are required to make, every day,
six caps. They may receive visitors once
a month, but are never allowed to sec their
relatives alone. Their fare is course, but
ample. No convicts are allowed to receive
additional delicacies. Newspaper reading
is strictly prohibited.
When the unfortunate baron had entered
his cell he was once more overcome by his
grief. He threw himself in despair upon
his couch, and his suppressed sobs could
be heard by the keepers in the corridors
outside for several hours.