Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-02-26
Horace Greeley in Prison.


Harpers we End the following account
of Horace Greeley's imprisonment
some years ago in q Paris all.
FL race Greeley was one of the mar
gers OF the Worlds Fair at New
York, and it will be remembered for
that honor he subsequ' nifty suffered
Imprisonment az Paris, having beer
sued by an irate French sculptor who
had sent piece of staluary there,
and which bad been returned in a
mutilated condition. Said sculptor
caugh' SIr Greedy 10 Paris, and had
him arrested TO secure the amont OF
damage $4,000. Mr.. Fell thus de-
scrloes the iDcident of arrest, which
took | lace just as Mr.. Greeley was
about to attend dinner party Of
Americans, to be given by him:
1t was Saturday. and the orders
from the Judge wefe iba' the bailiffs
were not |" let Mr. Gre,l y go unul
some gen man OF the American
Legation wOuli make deposit OF
money of he sum at issue. and thuA
become responsible for Mr.. Gre, l,y.
All efforts TO raiee the $4,000 on the
instant failed, aud when the failure
TO do SO was communicate to Mr..
Gre.l y, be excl lined, Gays Mr.. f.,
lin that piping treble which we all
remember" "iake me to jail-take
me to jaill-but they did--and be
was dyed in the deb'or's prison OF
the Rue de Cichy. The next SUI
day morning, without any unseenl,
hurry, went to the CT chy Prison,
at about ten OIL ok. Upon present
ing my card, | had 90 great Difficult )
in gaining Ambulance into the ward
ems roo1n, and thence | was gradua
l. forwarded TO the interior of the
prison, fter series of innumerabl
checks and receipts. The prisoner
were IL wed TO receive their friendt
on Supday, but it was almost as diff
cult to get into the place as to ct
out Of it. Ii seemed that during all
the previous hour there had been
constant stream of visitors Tor ID horace
Gre,l y, and the prison authorities
were bew cred to imagine who their
singulai-l king but evidently distir-
guiahed new charge could be. Fin,l-
~ | penetrated u the | rye common
room in which the prisoners aud Their
friends were assembled. 1t presen
ed altogether singLl.r scene. IT,
one corner equatted "a lab, ring man
10 his / ] use, surrounded by his wife
and chllren, who had br ught him
some d, caciea for his Sunday dinner.
10 another corner lounged a fashion
ably dressed young genl man, evil
Gen'y OF the genus ''tast." in earnest
conversation with still more fash
lone bl dressed young woman, as evil
IDENTITY Of the genus faster" The
roam was filled with the most
strangely contrasted groups. Stand
ing in the middle It it, wearing his
on the back OF bis head, his coUntt-
nance wrea,hed in snil,', flax d or
either side by United States Mlnis-
ter, stood Horace Gre,l-y To re-
frain from laughing was impossit |
"M' Greeley | said, you lrresistI-
IL remind me Of Parson Adams u
j II His las itude aud alarm were
all gone, aud be was IN the very
highest spirits. Field" he repl ed
10 me, "this has beer one of the most
fortunate Incidents in my life. With
GU ii, | douOt if | ever should have
had the opportunity TO see good socle-
tn. You know that | know nothing
ABOUT it at bome. | have never ar
ISOLATED with the people who COM
pose it there. | dare say they are
very good p 'ople, but they are moi
my people Now we have two classes
Inmates here-aristOcrats and ple-
beians Scarcely had | arrived 49,
evening, when | was waited upon by
delegation of the arIetocrats, and
invited TO join their mess, Ofcourse,
| accepted We break fast at ten, and
pay three frano-, and dine at halt
past six for four francs. The Pile
beians break fast and dine earl er, and
at much lower price,. Lass evening
at dinner we had a prince at the bead
of the table, and Il was fAnked on
one side by count. and on the other
side by baron. Ii | only remain
here ing enough, | shall not only
learn the French language, but good
manners into the bargain" And 80
he ran on, bis auditors hardly know
ing whether they were laughing with
him or ut him. All our effJrts TO ge'
him out tha3 day were. however,
fruitless. We sent for lawyers III
every direction, but II The Iawy ers
were amusing thems' eE, and none
OF them cs,ll be found at hom'. On
Monday NJ Gresly was restored to
! berty.
When Mr.. Piatt used to tell the
story, more sou. he r, lated that as
s 90 as Mrs Greedy heard what haO
happened, she Immediately proceed
ed TO pack NJ. Greeley's luggage,
which consl- ted Of fint- Doth comb
and nighl-shlrt, and then locon-
tiuenlIy rushed to the prison. That
the moment she was introduced to
the presence of her husband, she frar-
tic' H. threw up Der hands and ex-
,l4med, 'Why, ia, her! to which be
responded, with Ike gesture. Why.
mother fear that this was al
apocry phal Ike of P:att'r.
AT the trial of his case, Mr.. Greeley
came off victor.