The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21

Ono brigade undertook to immediate the inno-
cent lounGers and spectators from the Made
lcinc MS far as the Opera House another played
the butcher from the Opera to the Gymnasc
Theatre; third was equally efficient from the
Boulevard Bonnc Nouvclc to the Porte st.
Denis. Like a devil fish elongating lis tcntaccs.
the massacre presently rudintcd through not
work Of adjoining streets. In the Rue Tagcvin
n soldier says to somebody passing. What arc
You doing hcreY' " I'm going home" Tho
soldier Kills the fellow. In the Rue dos
Marnis four young men arc shot down in
their own courtyard Col Espinnssc shouted,
After the bayonct. give EN- tho cannon" Col.
Rochciort yelled. stab. bleed. hewitt saves
powder and noise" One officer babe his COM
rales admire the precision Of his weapon. say
ing. With this gun Of mine | am making SUI
pcrb shots between the cyes." and went on to
Justify his boast by picking of another poor
dovil. At the angle OF the Rue do Seniier. nh
officer Of Spahis screamed with brandshcd
SABRE That's not the thing. you mics the
game. pop at the women" As 1t happened,
woman was running past; she was prcg-
nont; tho poor thing drops, and they de-
liver her with knock from muskct
butt. Another. panic stricken. was Just
vanishing round the corner Of n street. she was
Ono said Here's ut the woman" and he
cvcllcd her. Tho baby rolled along the pave
mcnt. and tho other soldier cried Here's ut
the brat" He killed the brat. Sometimes II
head would look out OF window-Not was the
signal for n wager. Bet mo ] don't drop that
fellow" /; was in this way that Count Ponin-
sky was killed in his own house. No. so Rue lie
Ia pax
\ word or two about the proportions Of this
massacre. Xavier Durricn went on the Boulo-
wards shortly after tho firing ceased. :" | took
sixty steps" he said. and came on sixty
corpscs." distinguished scientist. DR.. Ger
main see. declares he found In single house
under M awning in the courtyard. some eighty
wounded persons, almost oil odd men.
women. and children" In the Rue Mandar
snys an eyewitness. there was n chap
let Of dead bodies " which ran a. far
ivs the Rue Ncuve 81. Euetache In
front Of the Maison Odor were stretched
some twenty carcassos. Thirty lay before
the Hotel Mon,morcnci In front OF the Va
riftds Theatre were nfty-two-clcvcn Of them
women. In the liuc Grange Batelicrc were left
three nude bodies. No. 10 Fauhourr Mont
mattrc wns crammed with dcnd. These data
are mcsgrc enough, Tor Bonapartc. We need not
say. was not studous TO publish correct bal
unco sheet Of those shamhlcs. History il left To
piece out statistics 81 this sort ms she may.
one Of the two Colonies. however. above men
toned. protested that his regiment alone had
slaughtered somo $500 individuals. or more
than one victim To each soldier. Lircux. liter
airy man. who WIS arrested and about to be- shot.
Int WHO ESCAPED by miracle. anrms that he
counted within eyeshut more than $40 corr srs.
This sr~inoss Of determination wlirh an Eng
lash eye witness. Capt. jesse. called "a fusil-
ladc hy way ~ lark. ." lasted from 2to o'clock.
Up To- II later hour the bodies siill lay cut
stretched Oh the pavement. bruised traml!rd.
livi with rincd pockets. The soldier who
played the cutihront hy day. toward nishi'all
drupucd into the thiet.
nur.nr those thrcr hidcous hours Louis
Borapui,r c.ii>unna'cd his work aud fulfilled
what h- chilled he destiny. Up to that time tho
t,mid. weak. ltil' conscicnrc of the middle class
had been almost indulgcnt toward him. After
all, 1t said a coop f-toi IS iho proper game ot
prinees-a Species of grand political thimblc-
rig: n slci ght Of nand on au august sc.l'; while
the skept.rs and c.osrr men Chilled 1t" good
,okc upon those nunisku.l~." al at once tbs in
gcnious NJ Bonuraric. Erowin. anxious. finds
himself constrained To unnHsk his whole pol
iry" q" Tell saint Arnaud.' h. saws, TO rN-
c.uic my orders" saint Armand ohcys; the
coup U,ldi ncconll-hcs the law Of It's exist
ence. and hcncciorth u torrent Of blood browns
the smartnrss and nppancy OF crime, and In
vests il with II ioathsome dignity.
II was the cnrnnr" on tho boulevard Mont
martrc which gave the coop Refa' It's stamp 81
[ originality. Without this feature tho "a De-
r,t.irr would have been only an 18th Bru.
rH.r, II Was hy massnrrr says Hugo that
( Louis Bnnupurie ESCAPED liaI .ar-m. ilither-
10 No had nocn II ropyi,t The little three
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