The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-01
NAPOLEON At ST. HELENA.
INTER- STTNG NdRRhTTTE or AN
ON ENGLTNU SOLDIER
The Details of the Great Empcror's Burial
Hts Death Cnusrd by Broken Heart
NnpOicOn's t.eneroaity ia his Last Hours.

ford. suffolk. England. an old soldier. William
Clark, formerly Of the Twentieth Regiment, who
served ma ono VI the guard over Napoleon at -.
Helena. His rccollcctious of youth ARE 40 vivid
and apparently 80 accurate that the following
narrative wa. taken down from his lips by the
parish rector u short time ago:
was born ON Doc -. 17Wl at 1opton, nenr
Thctfprd, in SUFFOLK. | enlisted ON May ~ islo,
in h"r Mnio-tN's Twentieth Regiment, then
lying at Waterford. I Joined the depot at New
port Isle " Wight. Seven thousand men werc
then lying there. After seven months at water
and on Feb IL. ISIS. we were sent To relieve the
Fifty-third Rceimcnt, which had acruinrahed
Napoleon IT, his exile IN st Helena. We arrived
iu 81 Helena about May 10. 1873 and remained
there till six months after the death Of NapO-
leon, who died MAY - l-;l. We had TO lie on the
floor. one blanket To each man. which We placed
hnjf under aud half over Us. Sir Hudson Lowe
refused the petition Of Col. smith To allow bed
H's At snn TS'1 m '' "cioeK +. NJ The guard
formed closer in aud all outplckcts were Joined
amounted al night To siNty-thrcc or sixty-four
About mile from our regular quarters were
three gun..a' point We called 3rcaknccN Valley
sir Hudson Lowe was very COCO nehcfhl IN
reg ard To- his behavior go She men. lie WASN'T
bad gentleman very Kind, nice man. we
seen him many time with his lady and two
daughters nice young ladies they were. They
used to keep a carriage drawn 10y TWO hullocNs
I've seen EN- come to the church, which was
near Boney' quarters. lie would lean ON his
pew-duur, aud he would never sit down TIL he
with seats II he saw barefouted man
slave without scat. he would becNun To him
aud sre him seated. Capt. o. commanding the
seventh company. "a good and religious man,
bought a young woman. with child. for $50,
having. before hc bid for her. had paper made
.cnted To her. giving her her freedom. When
we wore afterward iu India, Capt. q. assembled
some of his men TO- read with them.
Sir Hudson Lowe had several times To sign
the death warrant uf men charged with crime.
ON one occasion he went To- a man named Mira,
about 10 be hanged. aud asked him II he had
I uuNfhiug to say. Nothing answered the
man. except that am iunpccnt. aud that the
man who committed tine crime Is ~" sanding
in the ranks tO see IA" executed. rms was
aftefwarl proved 10 hc ne case. Tho crime was
the robbiur Of a thinauan q hut. htfh wa Az
s.uf nt tho moment ni the numbering uf the
guard. while the actual criminal had returned
and annwcr,d to- his number The thinauan
s,voro ~ the wrong man. The real criminal,
when aftrrwnrd condemned for another crime,
confessed the robbery.
BoNArAVrEs WATCHERS.
Sir Hudson Loves quarters were at n mile
AMI hale distance from Napolcon's. cap
taiu either of the ~iNtN--iNth or the Twentieth
Ertsunent was always stationed inside Honey =
/ compound and IL was hi- duty To STE him once
/ every day. BnneN knew this was the ct-r aud
Will, he would not report himself he would
! give him uppurtunitica Of seeing him. unless lac
bats ,,nuiI moi sh,v hint4,lf for several DAYS
| Tine captain uu the watch would signal accord
! iugly; aud after two or three days cir Hudson
would come riding mp with hi, STAN, ring TIE
! study" b" Tell him want him Perhaps after
a time he would show himself, without coming
! At me heginninc of the year 1871 SIR Hudson
/ sent Napoleon orucf= to occupy four rooms
| winch were completed iu thc new state Prison;
/ Napoleon. Win bis 'c.cial.' came ana lupNcd
40 the apartment and said la- was reported " !
/ am ordered b, Hudson 20 occupy this place, but
viii never live day in ~. lie returned 10 ms
old quarter. and the next day reported himself
/ -i.. 20 Dr. Arrott. the phi,irian Of our Owen
! trthl regiment Tie was never seen afterwards
los ANY guard or sentiN never. IN fact. came out
from nis mouse again. till hr Ws- brought 'ut To-
/ hi. gri,e about seven wec,- afterwards. was
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