The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-14
Jean Vatican.


army records and the Gd;sfte ies Tr..
JHhedHt
Toward the close Of 1913 he presented
himself to the c0mmaudant Of WCsei
Prussia. hAggard and in rags, saying
that be had belonged 10 the chasssurs
and bal been di.mounied during the
retreat aud compelled 10 skuik slowly
after the army, and asked to be for
! waEded 10 his regiment. In those ter
rioie days men were precious, aud ofii-
Gers were not surprised to discover vet
erans in rag-clad skeletons. Dubois was
sent TO the hussar regiment attsche'i to
Marshal Nortiers army, where be
/ soon became the talk of the corps. He
never was known to laugh, spoke but
/ rarely. aud fought with reckless daring
uncommon even in those times. Al
Bar sur-Aube, when the hussars
! charged the battery at the bridge OF
Bout de-Laiu. he was the first 20 reach
the guns, and falling With Berserkir
( rage on the cannoneers Of one piece,
killed wounded and dispersed them.
and had taken the gun single harded
:
others. The Marsha had seen the bat
terry carried, and sending for Dubois
. praised him highly and promised him
the Cross.
Nj :oag after. the Marshal had oc-
casion to send dispatch from Troyes to
the Emperor. then at Pine, on the Bri-
enne road, aud selected the hussar as
his messenger. The country was thic.s
with hostile pickets and scouts, and he
was fred upon several times; but by
good luck aud good management. now
fighting, now running, now hiding, he
made his way in safety to Marmont's
outposts, and WAS conducted to the En-
Peror. Napoleon gave him brief
written reply. instructing hin, in the
presence of his staff. to conceal it in his
bootleg. Dubois had made his way
back as far as the hill of Sanciere. near
La Belle-Epine, when he found himself
hemmed in on all sides by squad of
Cossacks. He rode resolutely at the
thinnest part Of the line anl tried to
cut his way through. but after despe-
rate fight was unhorsed, disarmed and
led to the headquarters Of the Russian
Emperor.
What orders were you carrying"
asked the chief Of staff.
"Verbai orders"
That's lie. Search the lining of
his left boot" replied the Russian. The
guard did so-Who had betrayed the
Emperor from bis own headquarters -
and the paper was fonnd dubois was
locked up. prisoner, with Lieutenant
Anger, Of the lancers IF the guard, and
Auguste Bernard, one of the Emperor's
courier.. Two days later. at st. Mare,
he and Anger escaped and Joined the
French army. The Duke de Treviso
welcomed him warmly and rewarded
him for his services. At Bergere, Dn-
bois was severely wounded while fight.
ing with his usual headlong bravery.
Napoleon was forced back on Paris,
stubbornly though he resisted. March
-. at Bondy, Dubois, his wounds not
yet healed, but attached to the commits
sariat staff, was Just about TO enter the
headquarters Of Count Millot. who had
proposed his name for the Cross, when
three Of Vidocqs agents arrested him
as Il fugitive galley slave.
At the police Office he was identified
aud ordered aside TO be returned 10 the
galleys He gave up to the police the
sum of 1000 francs belonging To the
regimentsl chest, with which he had
been instructed 10 make some purchases
al Bondy. Brincart, the colonel Of his
regiment, made the most earnest at
tempts to secure his release. but all i'll
vain. The mighty fabric of the French
Empire was falling to pieces, aud otfi
cials has something more important 10
think about than the case OF private
soldiei an escaped convict.
Dubois was born at Prauthoy. in Up
per Marne he was sent 10 the school
OF Br'enue At the age of twelve; In
1920 his father placed him among the
students at Mars. After Rohespierrc's
downfall Dubois Was returning home
ward when. at Bar r-sur-Seinc, he fell
in with soldier of the Fourteenth
Dragons They became friends. visit
ei the different placrs OF the town to-
ge,her. and dined With much jollity at
the Crown. public house kept by ono
Chevrclat Al dinner the Dragon stole
three silver spoons, which a couple Of
| days later. As they were about tO sepa
rate. he sold 10 Dubois at a low price.
saying they were his own. Meanwhile.
the landlord, missing his s.lverwsre.
| suspected them. and followed them 10
-. Mare. where they were arrested.
/ The dragoon escaped from the gend-
armes: the spoons were found on Da-
| bois, aud he then being only twenty
| years If age. was sentenced 10 eight
| wears hard labor As an accessory 20 the
| theft
He WAS first seat - the gsllcys If
/ Toulon. whence Jan. II. 1896. be escsp-
/ "a. enli>ting in the Seveuih ChAsseurs.
He MAS sent 10 the Army q Italy.
/ where he served with marked courage.
receiving several wounds. notably on
/ the face from al Austrian sabre - Ma
rengo Being houorably discharged be
! went 20 work at AnceryI.le one ot hl>
/ ,aen identified him a. q convict, and he
had 10 f'ee 20 Troyes Here, to<', after
a considerable time spent III labor. b,
WAS rec0smiE E.d. betrayed 10 the police
aud sell; hack to the galicys. Fortu-
uately his services III the army pleaiet!
for ham. aai A. sn act II grace The
time be hai served VAS deducted from
his sentence. AMI eleven moi;h> later
he was sat A. liberty
Go;ng. OF his release - Ia Nilist;e,
Dabois haf lived there peacefully and
indusgriou>ly for something over year,
when b. vs. arrested and sentenced