, 1873-12-14

kl1 00r RfttutttnrIt, -
did not ouyoiao o to ta
forward part Of Tia ,nw nnas}n" ~ icrno ~ to o
bnok of tl,o loni honw n nr6v. Ti,, =" @ .o
Prince could not have boon ms stranaci to oat, 5 .o
tic ousco who Ind ham nwa}linv 1n,, I,uMRs r"nR,,.
ieasly in tho corridor the word Of liz cni"ma vlo
rell-moll into tho room. Madamo dn 3iom..
oloreB cast quiok g1anoo ut tho princo'a ans,
ponlod form, and foll to tic floor in n sIo yIn.
lent lit. Tlle aorvantu began to moan, and
b1onBoixno,lr is desdl" The PRINCES aimomnr
came iu, and examined the now almost frIuii1
body 1fadamo do Fcuchtres ,ynB led away to
her cl,amber, followed by hor nieco.
do Condo had boon tilscoyorod about bal f-past s,
BY 10 tho Judge of instruction Of Poutotse, and
CommiBsnry of Police OF st, Leu, wore holding
thoir inquest in Tho chamber Of death, and be.
fore noon tho event waB known at tha Pa]aco Of
tho Tui'orios in Paris. Presently tho procul our
General, lnstruotol by tho King to report tho
facts to NJ Dupont do l'Euro, Minister OF jus
tice, reached tho cLnteau, and proceeded to Aoar
tllo eyidouce.
His report, nado In tho afternoon Of Tint day,
wAB pronounced by nll Paris. whittier ovory de-
tail had by this timo sproal, as q grossly erro-
noous ono. He doclarod that tue Prince lad
diod by sirangulation; that there woro no an
pcararces Of violcuco on Ills persons that ho
side; and Tint 1t vas undoubtedly d case Of sui
eide.
Uncomfortable critics, not too friendly to tho
now dynasty, at onco pointed out circumstances
which directly ooutralicted tho conclusions Of
tho oillrial investigator, and moro than ilasnu-
atol that, now that tue poor old Prince. after
making will bogaoathng tho catatos OF tho
Condos to the young Duke d'Aumalo. was
well out Of tho way, it was ut onco the
sonages"-thero being no doubt who was
meant by this oxpresstou-to hush up and
provont an inquiry into the tra6cdy. But eren
royalty-if 1t attempted this iask-could not
hush It up; aud on tlo Investigation which sue
theory that tho priuco had. committed auicido
with tho ovtdonco supporting it, wns fully
brought out. Even before tho Prince Ind boon
laid IN htH tomb, howover, parties for anl
against suicide Ind boon formed. Madame do
leuclloros volemently declared that the Prince
hud destroyed himself in d 1lt Of melancholy;
tho Abbe Brlant, her secretary, bnBtlod about
the house, looked up the prncos .papors,
declaring that :" everything helo belongs
10 Maaame ,ia @ 20 tencherea,, and tho plato
4nderlings: It was only at twilight on the
day OF his death that somo piocoa Of pa
per, partly burned, wore plokod up by tic
hreRlaco ny the Kings Secretary. Among tho
cennea-unfortunate son." When tho bits Of
paper were put into the hands Of tho ohlof lnw-
oti!ccr he exclaimod, Hero iB tho TRUTH" D1oro
n,olng iound, there Was onongh writing to show
!tl 1hat fhoy were Par1lona Or lcttor written by
tho Prince to hladame DO Fouchercs, in tho
nature Of last wlll. concluding with touching
postscript 70 this purport: II aak TINT may
SON."
Tho funeral 'aorTices took place at tho
Chateau OF ohantilly on the ath Of September,
2 week after the tragoay; Condos heart was
deposited ~ the tomb Of his ancestors, being
borne thther in q stlyer-gilt caskot. Tho
Anoe Poller delivered tho funeral discourse,
ant startled the mourning multitude who gath
erod around tie bier by declaring: I" Tho Prince
is innocent Of bis death III the sight of God"
Another and more splendid funoral onsued ut
tue royal abbey OF st. Donis, the burial place of
tho Kings Of Francs. The body was received at
TIE portals by tho abbey pricata aud canonB;
Bishops ctlantod high mass; and it was not TN
obsorved that the Duties Of Orleans and Nemo1lrs,
tho two elder sous Of Louis Philippe woro pres.
ent on the occasion.
Meanwhile, h1nlame do Tonchorcs. fearing
tho Indignation Of the people Of St. Lou. hurried
away from tho chatoau with her nieoe, and, sus-
piciously enough, took up hor residence at tic
l'ul0iH J31uFl}H1B. tho 1nft hHn1f 1f I'm Nnr