Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-31
ANECDOTES OF THE EMPEROR.
His Corsicnn Guardians.-A Race for
Life..Niiss Howard's Money.

1t is known that during the whole
time he was Emperor, Napoleon
lived in constant dread of assassina-
ton. One of his first acts after the
coup d'etut was to appoint as his
chief of police Corsican named
Pietri. His principal assistant was
also Corsican, a soldier called
Griscelli. He recently published
his memories, which contain a
quantity Of interesting anecdotes.
A few days after his admission
to the police the chief OF police
showed him q note to the effect that
all internal machine was making at
a certain house in the Faubourg St.
Honore. Going thither, Griscclli
saw above the door sign: "To let
An apartment OF ten rooms; 1000
francs" Returning homeward he
dressed himself handsomely, and
then hiring a carriage with powder
ed coachnan and tootman went
again to the house, and had him
self announced as the Marquis Of
Chalet. Porter, footmen, servants,
ran ut the sound of 50 distinguished
a name. Dismissing all others, he
asked the porter to show him
through the rooms. That con-
cludcd, Griscelli gave the man 100
francs of engagement money, and
then said Familiarity:
"Now, who owns this houscs
Who lodges above me? Iwarn you
that, although l have taken the
rooms, shall not occupy them if
one of 'Badinguet's' blooddrinkers
lives there, for I do not wish to
meet upon the staircase a butcher
OF the Elysee- Bourbon"
After some more conversation the
agent frankly proclaimed himself
an adhercnt of Henri ", and learn
ed in return that the house belonged
to a minister Of the late Charles x.
The porter led him to little room
looking out upon the street, in which
was stand whereon were arranged
five guns fastened together. Civ
ing some money to drink the health
Of Henri ", tho disguised agent
departed with all the information
he wanted.
Some months after this a cipher
dispatch was received from M.
Walewski, Ambassador to London.
saying that a certain Kelch, paid
by Mazzini, was coming to Paris TO-
assassinatc the Emperor. Griscelli
was fixed upon as the one to inter
cept him. Receiving the des rip
ton Of Kclch, which mentioned him
as man Of hcrculean strength,
Griscel!i at once departed in search
OF the would-be assassin. He
speedily succeeded in discovering
where kclch lived, and for fifteen
days and nj. .hts, was constantly with
him. 81 ate at the same table, very
often took coffee in the same room;
on horseback, in carriage, or on
foot we never ceased to see each
other, yet SO blinded was he by the
idea OF the assassination that he
never perceived he was watched.
All the letters received from Lon
don and those which he wrote were
unsealed, read, and then sent to
their addresses" Affairs were in
that c, ndition when one morning
Ke!ch wrote to Mazzini that the
Emperor would be dead within two
days. The Emperor went out for
his ride as usual, accompanied by
NJ. Fleury. AS they arrived at the
Place dc Ia Concorde, Kelch, who
was there waiting, started towards
them, his horse upon hard gallop.
Griscelli had to tell the jockeys Of
the train to press close around the
Emperor and allow no one in front
of him. CARRYING at the Bois de
Boulogne there commenced a mad
stecple-cEase. Walls, streams,
alleys, lakes were turned and passed
in a triple gallop. Those who saw
us go by said the head of the state
was either crazy or drunk. He was
neither one or the other; but he was
afraid of his life." Running thus
for three hours Kelch was outdis.