Middletown transcript., 1874-04-04

|'Vsreunes ii f79l. T6is letter was never
answered In 1917 be iutrustsd French
officer With I. mission TO- the King q
France, 70 ehotn csvtain pspers we're to
DO delivered The -ofkcer was nsver heard
from, nor were rhsse papers ever return
cd After the birth OF daughter in
1919. Naundorff wvste % follows to the
Datcheas 4 dAssouions. his supposed Sis
ter:
II do not dare to give her your name.
for it would recall to me past toe cruel
1t would preserve 10 memory the details
ofrhe unhappy journey 10 Verssnes. Who
wonld have said that 90 many years after
ward | should give to my 6rsi child the
name Of Amelia borne BY you during that
journey " < BE,sg nv
The Duchess did not reply. Naun-
dorf wrute to the PfussiHn Minister OF
the IRterior, signing the letter "Charlss
Louis. Duke Of Normaody." snd saying !:
In case you leave this letter unanswered, i,
| shall tiud some way Of approaching the
king ] for the truth has nothing to fear. y
From Spandau Nsundortf was sent to
Brsndenburg. where be was imprisoned
on charge Of being engaged in coming
counterfeit money. and there his jailer
became convinced that he was the true
,Danphin. After this BE- was sent to Cros-
sen. in Silesia. by the Prus.ian authori-
ties The police magistrate At Crossen.
Herr Pezold. became an ardent friend and
advocate of the exile. In his behalf Peg
old wrote letters to Louis XVIII, Charles
x, and the Duchess fAngouleme. and
petitioned the Prussian Government to
restore Naundorff's con6scated papers.
This was not done, aud when Pesold died
10 1882 the Government seized all Of
Naundorff's papers in his possession.
ID 1888 the claimant came to Paris,
where he sought to obtain some recogni-
ton Of his identity. His egorts we're un-
successful, the Duchess d'Angoulene and
most Of the Bourbons refusing to see or
talk with him. 1t is now urged in his
behalf that all Of those who could be
termed judges Of the truth of his story.
after having seen him. pronounced in his
favor. Among these were Madame de
Rambaud, who had been in the Dauphin' 8
service from his birth until the arrest Of
the royal family in August. 1892; NJ
and Madame Marco de St Hilaire; NJ.
de Bremond. secretary Of Louis XVI. !;
NJ. Jolly. last Minister of Justice Of Louis
XVI. Nj. de Monciel, another Of the
Kings Cabinet; DR.. Caro-, the Duchess
d d'Angouleme's physician Bulot, the old
lamp lighter Of the Temple; NJ Morel de
St. Didier. who had been told by NJ. de
la Roche Aymon of the escape from the
Temple the latter having obtained the in
formation at the Prussian Court NJ. de
Lindenau, Minister of the Interior in Sax
ony the Archbishop Of Tours, and 9TH
ers. These witnesses in the alleged
Princes. behalf founded their faita on his
resemblance to the royal boy they had
known. aud on the minute historical cir
cumstances recalled by him iu conversa-
tion.
Nanndorff was expelled from France in
1896, after having cited the Duke and
Duchess d'Angouleme to appear before
the Tribunal Of the Seine Nine years
later he died at Delft, and his death was
there entered on the civil register as that
of "Charlcs Louis. Duke Of Normandy,
son OF Louis XVI. and Marie Autoinette. :"
He left book on "The Misfor,unes of
the Dauphin," containing the particulars
Of the escape from the Temple.
NJ Jules Favre is assisted on the pres
ent trial by NJ. Gruadu de la Barre. who
has been for years devoted believer in
ths Naundorf claim, and by Rotterdam
advocate named Van Buren,. It is urged
by these gentlemen that had Naundorff
been an ordinary impostor he would have
been summarily prosecuted and disposed
Of by the Prussian Government instead OF
being carefully watched for years by its
orders.
The case is certainly one Of rare inter.
est, and one which eau hardly be settled
by this trial Very probably the archives
of Prussia might .hed such light upon
the whole story as wsnld explain the
mystery and. tell who Nauudorf really
was.