Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-01-31
his horse-fullblooded. by

or spur. Napoleon reached home
safely, though "bathed with pers.
piration." In the afternoon Girls
celli was commanded to capture
Kelch. How this was effected lei
his own words tell: "Hebert, lie.
tourneur and l left the room with
directions to arrest the assassin,
dead or alive. At six o'clock,
exactly, we arrived at Plesmaret's
where our man was in the habit OF
coming every day to take absinthe.
Here we ordered a dinner for six
persons. At eight o'clock arrived
a certain Morelli who had arrived
from London to assist in the "pre.
paration" of the Emperor. He asked
Plesmaret where Kelch was, and
was told that he would be there at
nine o'clock. With that hour came
Kelch. While he was taking his
glass ordered Letourneur to arrest
Morelli. Hebert and l seized upon
Kelch, who, notwithstanding we
were two to one, escaped through
the dining-room, the parlors, the
bedrooms, jumped through a win
dow, and fell within the outside
wall, in which was n door. Had
this door been open the assassin
would have been safe, and the
watching of fifteen days lost. Not
able to escape that way, and per-
ceiving that his crime was known,
Kelch, like a sensible man, wished
to sell his life dearly. He drew
and cooked , pistol. / did like
wise; the two explosions made a
single sound. He fell bathed in
blood-my ball had entered between
the nose, forehead and right eye,
and came out behind the left ear;
his whistled past my ear. His ac-
complice, MoreIli, ran at the noise
of firing. While he was climbing
the wall | broke his left shoulder
with my other pistol.
The next day Griscelli was APP
pointed personal guardian of the
Emperor, with orders to accompany
him everywhere. Fulfilling this
duty he achieved the arrests OF many
other conspirators, and in several
cases mentions their fate. 1t would
have been injudicious-at least SO
the Emperor thought-for them to
be tried, and they therefore develop
ed with remarkable manimity n
habit of committing suicide by pois-
on.
THE STORY OF MISS HOWARD.
A melancholy interest attaches to
the fate Of Miss Howard, whose
name is better known than the cir
cumstanccs Of her life. The story,
as given in detail by Griscelli. is
rs follows: "On y night of such n
fog as they have in London, a man
was walking up and down the Hay
market. His height was some FIVE
feet and several inches; he was
thick-waistcd, short legged, with 4
pallid face, small eyes, mustaches,
bu,,oncd to the neck, and carrying
in hand Il loaded cane, without any
hat. The passers by might have
taken him for a policeman. Sud
denly door gave entrance to a
lady elegantly dressed. The man
exclaimed, Halo, madame, alone
SO late, and in such bad weather.?
"Without any invitation he fol
10 we'd the lady who, arriving in her
parlor, and thinking him a civil
policeman, offered him two shill-
ings.
"'Madam! money-to me"
"'And who ale you?
az am the Prince Louis Napole,
on
"The next day the conspirator Of
Strasburg and Boulognc,the escaped
from the fortress of Ham, recalled
himself to his followers by sending
them some English gold with which
to still conspire against the govern
mcnt that had twice left him his
life. From this day the misery
which had overwhelmed the son of
Admiral Verhcul was driven away
by the bank. notes Of Miss Howard.
While he was President he had call
ed Miss Howard to Paris and had
taken for her a house, No. IA Rne
de CRY. Miss Howard, who had
given 100000 (of f'rancs) to Ma
polcon ut the moment of his eleva-
tion, was considered and consider
ed herself as the future Empress.
But the daughter Of Albion counted
without him who when he speaks,
lies, when he is silent, plots
"One day Napoleon sent Miss
Howard to Havre in company with
his accomplice, Mocquart,prom'sing
to come and see her upon Sunday.
Saturday he married Mile. de Mon
tito. Taking her tea the morning
of the day when she should receive
the visit Of him who owed every
thing to her, Miss Howard read of
the marriage in the MonitesAr
OGciel. P,ccipitately leaving the
Hotel Frascati, she engaged a
special train and reached her home
in Paris, where she saw the strang-
est spectacle. Furniture, cushions,
papers, notes, letters, contracts
some were broken, others emptied,
and others stolen. Pietri, warned
by dispatch from Mocquart, had
gone to No. IA Rue de CRY. He
was able to hear, and others heard
like him, the insulted Englishwo-
man call Napoleon assassin, swind-
Ter, and robber. Next day upon
her awakening Miss Howard was
saluted by Mines, Fould and Fleury
with the title Of Countess Of Beaure
gard. At the same time they gave
her the deeds of ownership to a
property bearing this name, situated
upon the route Of Versailles.
Several months later the new Coun-
tess left France and established
herself in Florancc, where she built
a splendid palace upon the banks
Of the Arno. But ten years after
ennui seized her, and she wished
to again see Paris. Every day at
the moment when Napoleon and the
Empress came from the Tulleries,
Miss Howard showed herself in
snperb equipage and dazzling toilet.
RumO~ SAID that the Empress was