, 1873-04-25
POOR De BELLOY.
The Checkered Career Of a
French Marquis.
The US and DOWNS OF I'm lM-
practical Gentleman.
Losses on Change Drive Him to seols
tho Grave Of O Suicide.

Losses on Change Drive Him to Seek
tho Grave Of Suicide.
Tho chlcagoan rapldlty with which Franco is
recovering from hor lumtllating losson received
from Germany, Is Of great benefit to tho dlscl-
plcs Of outhnnauIa. It Is especially French in
idea, and, furthermore, numbers among isn nd
horonts moro Frenchmon than any other nation
ality Thoro is something comical about
Frcnchmau's iloa Of suicide. Whom it doubt,
dis, apponrB to DO his motto. II hts mistress
smiles upon a rival, ho bowa With ininitable
sraoo and shoots himself like q woll-Drod gonto-
nun. uo is not coward1y enough to shoot his
rlval. 1t would DO impolto. 30 ho acattcrb hfa
own brains ont. Ho llas no horrors Of suicido,-
rather llkcs tie idoa Of 1t, apparently.
An excollont illustration Of Fronohman'a
idea Of life is found In tho ohcckored career OF
tho Marquis Do Dalloy, who yesterday ohoac
bcer-saloon in which to sacriiloo hlmsolf. Tho
place solicited Ia lndeacribably ludicroua, tnkon
in connection with tho rank and breeding Of the
suicide. but perhaps 1t would be better to give
= short Biography Of this truly commendablo
man, to wind up with the mannor Of Ills death.
Tho first thing known Of him is TINT ho Ia q
Freuoh Marquis, J" In good atanding,' lis because
his attempted suicide is not yet succesaful-is
Eha failure that everything elso Inns boon with
him. When quito q young man ho fell heir
10 property worth $4,000 in gold. His titlo and
his money, whore money goeB long way, made
afe exceedingly enjoyable to him. 30 full OF
llfe Was l,o, that no did Paris and the ress OF
Europe in two years. He could have continued
doing 1t, had not his money given out, leaving
only $4,000 betweon him and absolute beggary.
What was $4,000 to Fronch Marquis who had
dono Paris ? Absolutely nothing. So he camo
to tho Unitod States, whore It would 60 only
about half rs far, and landed in New York. Dur
ing his aojourning in Paris le had mado the &C.
qua,ntanco Of IN cstiu'nble Nov York family, who
returned to this country with him. He was great
fasssi nsss zesPE pEssopse4 ss; u,Es Fly SSss
OF everything, and as polished disciple Of Vol
talre as ovor landod in Now York City. Such
man hntls rnonoy vanish With rapidity known
sSy sPy Il 6s ' ssnt5 y ss'Es " % uro1a sush3 cost na
surprising that vory short time sufliccd to re-
auco his 600 to $4,000. This was diBgust-
Ing, go he went to Utica.
Utica iB not protontious CITY, but our Mar
qnis WAS happy for while. uo met Mr. N. K.
Fairbank there, and tho two .gentlomen became
friends. He romainod in Utica some time,
and wandered Westward to Michigan, where
he spent one winter In tho baokNoole
and wooing most charming lady, as only q
French gentleman cnn WOO. Whom hiH Bports
oamo to an end ho camo West to Chicago, e!id
again mado himself quite ut homo here. His
good fortune appeared to Rtick by him pretty
cloaely, for Though lie bankruptod himsolf lii
speculation, or came noar 1t TINT ruin stared
him in tho face, n convenient relative died and
loft him q fortune Of Homo H8o.000.
But speculation WAS too much for him. Flo in
vested in grain receipts and othor anares, aud
soon found himsolf fiat on his financial back
egain. This was very hard, but not to NOR
ctral Frenchman. Flo shrugged hia shoulders
nd found himself Tho po,susssssor Of Of !; few
Michigan the following winter and hunt, hint
tug that he would get married boforo tho sea-
son. WAS over: Accordingly 10 hunted and
wooded tho charming lady who now mollrna
over Lis prostrate body. Speculation had no
rharms for him in tho city, 80 he started o coan-
try GROCERY In tho wildH Of Michigan mRdo love
to Lis beautiful wife, aud livod thero till four o,
tlye % children ,t wore borp' by which timo hoFa5
Under the circumstances. ho returned to the
city and gayo Lessons In music, but this did moi
auit him, and he gavo it up,as being monotonoue
aud etupid. ...
He thoroforo wrote brilliant lecture or
most gigantic fraud, and 80 ably presented Il
that ho made many converts and o few hundred
dollala. But the thing, grew stale, and ho was
too honorable to DO ablo to proaoh what ho did
ho gayo up spiritualism for speculation once
more.
Luck soomod to smile upon him. A friend
from Franco cano along with 850, 600, md tht
Tho. shortest possible space. They wero yer,
successful In this direction, and wore soon 70
duced to penury.
Nothing could daunt NJ. De Bel1oy. Flo hat
brilliant and versatile gentleman, the soul q
honor; Ao had proved to tho satisfaction Of th
Board Of Trade that ho waa Oh Unfortunate ,
Bpeou]ator as any nann could bo He now shove
his indomitable pluck by hiring hi1nHolf out as
iaborer in Mr. Feirbank'a eetabllshmont a
S1.75 day. MIR. Fairbanli liked him very much
and determined to assist him to better position
rs soon as no showed any dosiro 70
work, and itchod.to mako money On tho Board
E1r. Fairbank generously advanced him q, 900
Get him up q broker, and for once III. D
:Boloy's worldly prospects began to brighter
gradually. But he took to speculation again, an
lost heavily. He. Was perpetnally loBing. Mr
Fairbank, before ho went to New Orleans, lot
be known that no would be security for IN add
tionnl 81 600, but that followed the rost. Th
Marquis was caught in tho great "corner," los
diato wanta were supplied by small remittance
from France, but lis courage was at zero, an
the outlook waa gloomy. Since Friday last
has boon especially dospondent, and was prepare
for almost anything. On Monday he oiforod t
bot 600 that he would not live another wool
Tho sano day ho pulled out pistol in Wolford
snloon and pointed the muzzlo ut his head, all
would probably have used it had 1t not bee
knocked out Of his hand.
| Botwoen and O'Clock last evening, he wen
Into Korcholta boer saloon, No. 122 South Clar
ntroet, in company with Messrs. J. E. Brown
whose ofFioe Is at No. 127 LaSalle street, a1l
ntrest. flo sat down to table an
ordered glass Of bccr. While 1t was balm
drawn he pulled out a nn1all revolver, placed til
muzzle to hin forehead, fred and fell oil til
Bont.
Tho doors wore instantly locked, as the repo1
OF the pistol had already brought crowd t
them, and tho wounded man, with q bulle
buried in his brain, was placed upon his feel
He thereupon walked to tho bar, the bloc
streaming down bis face ahook hands With sa1