Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-14
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woman to his own children, he took
credit to himself for the motive which
actuated him, be did not like to absent
himself from his home"
In spite of his extravagant prodigality
| to the woman he happened to like, he
appears to have been very affectionate
father, and his children are said to be
devoted to him. Nine. Lariviere, the
widow of man who lately committed
suicide, declares that her husband &C
cused Hugelmau of having caused his
Imprisonment and all bis financial Cliff
culties; that he described him as leech
of whom be could not get rid. The
widow accused Hugelman point blank
in open court of being the direct cause
of her husbands death. Hugelman re-
torted with sneer at man who was
coward enough to kill himself, and said
to the Judge, Surely, M. lie President,
you do not defend suicidel A parallel
to this impotence was illustrated by the
plan adopted to
OBTAIN ACCESS TO THEIRS.
After finding that his advocacy of I'm
perialism in La Situation was losing
GENE, he suddenly left London for Paris,
bringing with him all the articles in
which he heaped most abuse en- the ne
gotator of peace. These he took to NJ.
Theirs by this time President of the
Republic--forced him to read his effu
sions, and then said to him: You see
how have treated you; you can imagine
of what things l am capable, and how
useful can be- to you" NJ. Theirs soon
found him out, for letter had been dis
covered written by his private secretary,
M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire, condemning
in the strongest terms the man who gave
himself out to be the Presidents secre-
tary. There was a charming letter writ
ten by M. Dufaure at the time of the Rue
de Suresnes scandal, when the terrible
old lawyer was Minister of Justice,
couched in these terms: recommend
M. lie Procureur de la Republique and
M. les Substtuts to withhold all com
munication from NJ. Gabriel Hugelman
until the day he shall appear before them
as prisoner. Signed Dufaure." For
two years he was in the employment of
the Paris police for political purposes.
His misdirected energy and activity were
public prosecutor show him at the begin
ming of 1873, figuring as proprietor
of paper called LEtat, which he
availed himself of to extort money from
people by threats of exposure. He got
5000 francs from a banker by promising
to obtain for him the Cross of the Legion
of Honor. When in London he seems
to have deluded various persons of a
certain Importance, at least to the ex-
tent of being allowed to visit them. 4
note from the late Count Bernstorf was
read upon the trial, dated the 10th Of
December, 1870, and requesting Hugel-
man to call upon him one of two days
named. He explained the rendezvous
in his own way, but the fact that be was
in intercourse with the Prussian Ambas-
sador in Lendon while the war was go-
ing on in France cannot have benefited
his cause with the jury. His wife had
died, leaving him with seven children.
whose board and schooling remained
unpaid, while he lavshed the fruit of his
rogueries on members of the demi-
monde. He was not ingenious enough,
however, to provide himself with the
necessaries and luxuries of life, so he
took the latter, leaving his landlords,
schoolmasters and washerwomen unpaid,
while he presented costly sets of fur
niture to his friends. He smilingly de-
clared himself to have a commanders s
rank in seven orders of chivalry. But
this wealth Of decorations did not pro-
tect him from fine and imprisonment.
As it was for only five years, however,
and he is now hardly past his prime,
more may be heard from this interest
ing chevalier in the future.