Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-02

'. ."' s'abbinE Ia n Theatre OF the
sc"ns dc Chanbcrd's Father.
\, :. ;, y, James Gar,itc.l

'~"p'nE In Theatre OF the
o""' ue Chanbcrd's Father.
r,,o Al, ~ James Gax.ttc.l
=. -, O't'uhistances of the DUKE de
be'Ii murder were very dramatic
lot o''y ~ Their theatrical surround
ihgs s'or tne performance still went on
Whlic 'hr duke was expiring In the
n,ahage.s private apartiuents). but
a,so ~ ,he striking manner in which
ms Wnols NE, with his double mar.
rage ana his two families, was couccn-
tfaseu III lne last few hours OF his ex.
istehce, The opera or operatta OF the
evening was al an end, and n portion
OF tue ballet had been plsyed when t,e
duke accompanied the duch, IS 10 her
carriage, Intending to return TO his box
III ofuer TO see the i,naiuaer Of
the performance Then IL was that
the assassin srappltd with him and
pierced nim to the heart. The Doke
was carried 10 the doctors room and in
accordance with tho practice of the
day. was at once bled IN both arms
Inc internal hemmorrhage was still
so great mat II was thought necessary
10 wiuen The oiiiice of the wound, and
the operation Is ~ d to have afforded
the paten some Temporary relief. BY
this tlme The Count d Artois (rfterward
Charles \ aud the Duke aud Duchess
OF Angouleme had arrived. 'srhere,
says the chronicler Of the scene. ''lay
the unhappy prince, on bed hastily
arranged and already soaked with
blood, surrounded by his father,
brother sister and wife, whnse poip.
nant anguish was from time to time
rAlinvnl hu Tat,.f
destined soon to be dispelled. When
Dupuytren, accompanied by four o
his most eminent colleagues. arrived
II was ehought for n moment that tn,
duke might yet be saved, but il soor
became evident that the case was hope
less. The dukes daughter had now
been brought to him, and, after EN-
bracing her several times, he expressec
= desire to see tue king Louis XNIfD
Then arrived two other daughters, tn,
childaen of the marriage, formal o
informal, that lie had contracted II
England. The duchess, seeing then
now for the first time, received then
with the iireatest OF kindness, am,
said to them: soon you will have m
father, and shall have three daugh
ters,n
In neighborlng room the assassin
was being iNterrogatcd by the Minister
Decaze AND Fa4quier, With the blood,
dagger on ,Ihe table before them, Will
on the stage the ballet OF don Quix
ote" was being performed In the pres
ence of an enthusiastic public. La III
course of the night the king arrived
! and his nephew expired in his arms u
$3.50 the neXt morning, begging thu
his murderer might be forgiven, ain
entreating the duchess not TO give wa
to despair. &
The theater on whose steps the crn,
| had been committed was now demo
ished, and IL is said that the Arcl
| bishop of Paris eXacted a promise tha
it should be so dealt with when Ii
consented 10 carry into the profan
| building the Holy sacrament. whic
| was, in fact, administered 10 the dyin
| prince at the hands of the arcl
bishop himself, The other theateI
were not pulled down, but the
were shut up for ten days; and thei
was general mourning in France nc
only because a prince OF the best bloc
had been murdered, but also becaus
the direct line of succession had, To Il
appearances, been brought to az en-,
1T was not until inore than seve
months after the tragic scene at II
opera that the prince who was 10 ha'
saved Francs-thc "Enfant du Mir
| cleo--was born.