Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-10-11
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those Of any importance" Be taken 10
La Roqsette. Raoul Rie.ult. Carreaa
and Gasto1 Dacosta made out their list
from the prison registers. On Il are
fifty four names. headed BY those Of de
Archbishop and d.. -Bosiean. There
were IN all thssty.eighs priests On che
vibrant Daessts wrote sbe follovIiur
brief ordsr Keep this ,riaraHs TO he
shot." I've yans we're spessed INTO
the service and forty of lhs heSaaxes
earted away under guard; the rsmains;ns
fourteen went next. -daY.r u nay -be
said that on the '25t6 the. food sup-
Plies at Mfaxas gave out; sSslls wsss
falling on the prisoa, and the streets
without were swept by bullets where
an engagement was raging between the
regulars and Federal barricade, and
the keepers, when Garreau ordered
them to fire the prison, refused, dis
armed and looked him up, and set free
all the prisoners who cared to escape.
Others, more prudent, stayed within its
walls. At evening company of Yer
saillese engineers occupied the prison.
Where is the Archbishop asked the
Captain. "Taken away Bring out
Garreau." He was brought out and
handed over to the soldiers. There
were no formalities then, and the men
needed no detailed instructions. They
took him out upon the footpath and shot
him.
Meanwhile the hostages, surrounded
by bowling mob, had been conveyed to
La Grande Roquette, where ruled a
packer, Francois by name, a brutal
drunkard and rabid priest hater. Eff
teen hundred years they have been de-
vouring as-they must ali be-kiiled, !"
was his cry; t'their hide isn'treven fit
to make boots Of" May % he was Civ
en- garrison, six companies of Feder-
ais, renowned for their turbulence and
commanded by-a blood thirsty little fell
low, Yeris. loborer, whose constant
companion was a big horse pistol, which
he used in giving his orders. Forward
march, or I'll shoot" Francois (whs, by
the way when the guillotine was cere-
moniously burned in front of the prison,
went and embraced two assassins in
the prison under sentence of death, and
danced with one of them to express his
JOY at the prisoners escape) showed him
over the prison and especially pointed
TO him the door leading from the con-
demned cells devoted to the hostages
to the broad, walled in pathway run
ming around the whole prison; then ran
over the catalogue Of the victims
There arc" said he, "96 gendarmes,
SO old sergents de willie. IS soldiers Of
the line, Is artillery-men, chasseur, a
zouave, Turco-all eapitulards. ~
To these were added at 10 p. N. the
hostages from Mazas. Their names
were not entered on the resister. Fran
co.'s merely called over the Inst (scruti-
nIzing the Archbishop afectionately and
narrowly examining Fathers Caubert
and Olivaint "to see how Jesuits are
made, put it away in drawer, wrote
on piece Of paper, Received, forty
cures and magistrates, and affixed the
prison stamp instead of his Signature
Thcr the hostages, after being formed
in line and counted over several times,
were marched to q detached part Of the
prison and locked up without food, wa
ter. sea: or necessary utensils. At
daylight NJ. Bonjean. seeing the dep
uty. Governor Ramain, passing, asked
for a char; another for glass OF water.
For the time you are going to be here
it isn't worth bothering about it," said
Ramain.
Nevertheless, the prisoners were
soon let out into the common ward,
where their JOY on being reunited is de-
scribed as almost childish. The priests
thronged round Mgr. Darboy TO kiss his
hand and receive his sbenediction; he was
supported by the arm Nj. Boniean, who
was so weak from illness that he could
not walk alone. What do you deduce
from our transfcr;' he asked Of NJ.
Rabut. one of the Commissioners de
Police. Nothing good, monseigneur,"
he answered. The Jesu,ts, calm and
smiling, gathered round NJ. de Perny
TO hear his adventures in China. where
he had long been engaged in mission
work. Father Allard was bright and
cheerful; he wore the red cross of Ge-
neva on his sleeve pacific emblem not
recognized in the warfare of the Com
mune. The giant Father Duguerry was
IN high spirits. and blamed the authori-
ties tor providing beds too short for him.
Two college friends who had not met
for twenty years recognized each other
and sprang into each Others armes: one
was jesuit, the other had been law
yer. free thinker, almost a convert to
socialism. They met as hostages of the
Commune, and the priest was fated to
perish. A single meal was served to
all, scanty ration of stewed beans,
and at 6 they were locked up.
That night they heard faint echoes Of
the fighting and keeper whispered,
The last stand will be made at Belle
vilie-courage and patience" Next
morning. May "a, he told them that
the whole crew" (the departments of
War, Pubic Safety and Finance) had
been transferred to the marie of the
Eleventh ACCOMPLISHMENT, the Hotel de
Nllle having been evacuated over night.
The Commune was in its last throes.
and fury. suspicion and despair reigned
every where. The Count de Beaufort.
who had been attached TO Ciuseret's :
staa, tried to reach the marie, and wa.
seized and set to work on barricade.
he protested has rank and that he was
disehargins special mission; he was
accused OF being a traitor. tried OF hand
by the mob, degraded from his rank aud
ordered to work; then the mob restored
him to his eaptaincy and sent hm on
his way with cheering: then some one
cried nnA H.. l.. IN