Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-20
MOST REMARKABLE.
TO GET POSSESSION OF HEa WEALTH.
A Nan Who Can Talk Half 4 Dozen
Languages flusntly and Who Has
Travelled all Over the
World.

BrHrIxerox. VI. April ls--Henry De
Bosnys one OF the most extraordinary
criminals OF the sse, 10 to Be hanged April
27th. at Eli.abethtown, N. Y, . little vii.
lase on Lake chaplain, directly opposite
this city. His :rime 10 commonplsos
enough, being that Of wife murder. but bis
career has been Q most remarkable one.
Ne Dss.ys' shsehiag Crime.
A year ago last summer he driftsd from
New York city up the Hudson, and thence
along the western shore OF Lake ChamPlain
until he reached the town Of Essex, where
be procured employmentof farm lsoorsr.
Altar hrisf courtship hs married. kiissr
beth Wells, q widow much bis senior 10
years, who owned Q small property. On
the LIST Of August 1852. Nr. and Ma DO
Bosnys were seen driving out OF the VII.
lage, and after brief interval Dc Bosnys
Vas seen continuing the journey alone.
search was made, which resulted In the
finding OF her mangled and lifelsss body
concealed under Q mass OF leaves and rub
bish near the side OF the road. Crcum.
stances plainly pointed TO the husband -
the murderer. He was arrested and upon
his person Was found quantity OF articles
OF personal property, which were identified
as having belonged to his wife. The trial
took place last March, and tho evidence,
though entirely circumstantial In iu char
ucter, was overwhelming a. 70 the respond
ents guilt The jury was out only ten
minutes and returned with . verdict VI
guilty Of murder in the first degree.
Al ExtFa0rdiaary Career.
De Bosnys was born nearly fifty yesrs
ago, il appears, at Belenn, Portugal. two
miles from Lisbon. on the River Tarul
When he Was very young his parents re-
moved to France and he Was educated a.
communal school, the seminary OF the
Brieux, and the Normal Superior School at
Paris. His education Was thorough aud
extensive, and he can write and speAk SIX
lar arguages-English. French, Italian. span
ish, Greek and Portugese-and CA LEES
perfectly speak and understand several
other Languages. While yet mere lad be
sailed with north polar expedition under
I.sclaire and was gone nearly two years
+, bruary, lsis, TO October, 1850. In 1884.
with his father and brother, he yolun:
teersd for the Crimesn war, and
served In the French army In the Crimsa
for \ couple OF years. A few years OF pssce
followed. in which DE Bosnys completed
his education, but on the breaking ont ot
the var with Austria, In 1853, he Joined
NacMahon's army, in which, however, hs
saw but few months service. sailing In
the autumn 10 China with the French con.
tipgent. Returning TO France, he Joined
| the French expedition to Mexico Ia 1851,
and after few months joined the MeIican
side, becoming . captain VI guerillas undei
| Lopez. In this service he Was severely
wounded In an engagement, ana, coqoe'v
ing dlstaste for the Mexican systsm o,
warfare, he came North, and, heing cured o'
| his wound, enlisted In the Fourth rem
! sylyania volunteers In 1865.
Wounded at Gettysbarg.
A short time afterward the battle Of Get
| tvsburg was fought, and In II DE Bo,nys
was severely wounded In the head and lett
hand. His Injuries procured his dischargs
| from the army, and in 1854 he went bscs
| 10 France, where, In two months, he mar
| ried Mile Desmarais. Matrimony, however
| failed 10 eradicate his love OF adventure
and after q honeymoon OF only two month!
was absent in the polar regions nearly
three years-From July, 1864 TO- February
| 1867. Returning, he went TO Rome, theno>
| TO Paris, thence TO New York and thence
10 the Indian Territory. The outbreak o
| the Franco Prussian war called him IRON
| his aboriginal retirement, and he crosses
| the sea and entered the French army, ris
ing by successive promotions until he be
came col onel under General Bourbaki. III
served all through the war with varying
fortunes, at its close escaping 10 MArseillc'
whence he shipped for America On thii
side the ocean his career wn much lee
brilliant. He fell by degrees until he b
came tramp, wandering about tue county
L n H. ~ SnSk n
ard o farm lsborer; and finally came IN
crime which ended bis career.
1ysteyy ~ 70 His Identity.
Besides the extraordinary facts Of hi
| life there 10 Q rood deal Of mystery abou
the man. DE Bosnys IL merely su assumes
name, and what his real name 10 no on'
knows, nor, from the Pre.ent outlook, eve
will know. The murderer IL extremely re
tioent about bis personal antecedsnu, hi
family ard bis friends Hincs bis arrest b.
has communicated only with the Frsnci
Consul Ut New York. but Of courss tha
Official could do nothing TO shield him frou
the consequence Of his crime. At th,
snd had TO be taken into court. he lisl
! Dned 30 oil the proceedings with an cir o
4 "~mpleie indifersnce-an indif
fereros wIjtS d,..r.. '' .hs" % ~,
ing d The 6talh SB...--. "'" ..sI -.
wretched man broke do~n hsa vsp, sSee
sobbed aIond. lie subsequently sttenytsd
To siarve himself TO death. but the tsil ~
thoiities frustTsted the attempt III lsts
he has manifested toward IAi.srs and yisi.
tors the most ferocious ssvsgery, and no
one can do anything with him. His tins
be spends in writing his aut0biosSsphy ~,
sDd o singular document Is must prove u