Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-08
An ExpERoR,s LOST HEART.
A Ghastiy Story About Napoleon the
Great.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.


ing an English physician named Thomas
Cartwell, aged 80 years, who tells tray-
elers a strange story, in which he says
he figured as principal actor.
On the 9Th of May, 1921, Napoleon
the Great died at Logwood, st. Helena,
after causing Sir Hudson Lowe so much
unhappiness that he went crazy, and re-
turning to England lost all his fortune
in extravagant speculations in stocks
The Emperor's last companions, Der.
! trand, Montholon, Gourgaud, and Las
Cases, Immediately made demand for
a physician expertin the science of EN-.
balming. Sir Hudson Lowe, who
shrunk from no expense, sent physi-
clan, an Italian named Antomarchi,
who had attended the Emperor when
he was troubled with a sly on the eye.
The doctor fastened TO his work, but
certain instruments were needed. He
required at least two assistants, etc.
Sir Hudson Lowe made haste to supply
all his demands. He sent a boat to an
English frigate at anchor in the otling,
with request for two naval surgeons,
supplied with every thing required fol-
One of the two persons sent was a
youth of 30 Years, well educated and
full of ambition,' and he was received on
the island as Assistant Surgeon Thomas
Cartwell He and his comrade hastened
to assist DR.. Antomarchi. About 4
O'Clock in the afternoon Of May 5 the
work was begun. The corpse of Ma
poleon L. was lifted from the little bed
where he had died and placed on a long
handicapped table, which was still in
tact when, in 1858, Napoleon III. bought
with Government funds the small house
in which had died the man whom he
persisted in making the public believe to
have been his uncle. The process OF
ernbalming was not finished when night
came and interrupted it. Antomarchi
and his assistants agreed that the COM
pletion of it must be postponed until the
next morning. They determined to go
to bed and resume work at daybreak.
First they covered the EmperUr's body
with white cloth which they sprinkled
and saturated with certain liquids to
prevent putrefaction.y The various in
ternal organs that had been removed
were placed in metal cups on the opcr-
ating table Then the three operators
went to their rooms and slept pro-
foundry.
They had hardly been asleep an hour
when Marchand, the valet of the dead
Emperor, knocked at Cartwell's door,
calling out: ..Come down, sir, quick !!
A great misfortune has just happened. ~
"What is it?'' said the young surgeon,
appearing in his uniform. sob, sir,
the Emperor's heart has been eaten up
with rats!" 1t was true. The island
was infested with rats. They were as
thick as the English. While Marchand
was out of the room some rats had
rushed in, and, finding the heart of the
conqueror of Austerlitz in basin, had
made bat a mouthful of it. The valet,
on areturning to the room, saw them
scamper away, and all he could do was
to announce the irreparable loss.
What was now to be donep The ply
sicians met and consulted. 1t was inn
possible to conceal the absence of the
organ that had been eaten up, the oper-
alton ofembaiming having been begun
before witnesses who had seen it. To
confess =. the n accident :. was to, ex-
pose lAIarchandl II to severe rebuke,
and the poor fellow was already
wretched enough. A happy thought
occurred to Cartwel. II we could
only get sleeps heart" he suggested
to Antomarchi with excessive caution,
All the fourpersons looked at one an
other nervously, hesitated and then be-
gan to laugh together ike four Roman
augurs. They understood one another.
Marchand ran to a neighbOring farm,
Killed sheep. and brought back its
heart still warm and palpitating.
On the next day, the 9Th OF May, An
tomarchi and his assistants, in the pres
ence of Gen. Bertrand and NJ. de Mon
tholon, firfshea' the seihbalhiinS of the
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