The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-11-25
HUNTING FoR AN HEIR.
An Humble Rhode Island weaver and His
Immense Fortune. I

An Humble Rhode Island weaver and His
Immense Fortune.
Providence (R. T. speclal1 Is.
All the mills in this state are being Wis.
tied by Adolphe Balsshe and John e.
Girard, Of Cherbourg, France, who are
hunting for Edouard Marie Recamier, who
is the heir to large fortune in France. II
now alive he is an old man, and he is be-
lieved to have followed the trade OF .
weaver all his life.
The men who are searching for him say
that during the First Empire, and when
Nine. Recamier was . noted belle, . near
relative Of hers and heir to large estates,
deserted his family and entered the navy
as sailor under an assumed name. He
was but mere lad. He was placed on
board the brig Pomme dor, which saw
considerable service in Napoleon's reign.
Young Recamier was unsuited to his po-
sition, and he soon gained the il-will Of
his messma ates and his superior offlcera
Accustomed to life Of ease and luxury, he
found living on board ship before the mast
as common sailor very disagresable, and
hs was often disciplined for disobeying
orders Ayoung Lieutenant complained
of him often, and finally succeeded in hsv-
ing him triced up to the breach Of gun,
where he was dogged. The Lieutenant
little realized who the young man was, but
the latter knew him. He at once became
q sworn enemy Of the empire. While the
ship was at New Orleans he deserted her,
and, coming North, he fell in love with .
French girl near Boston and made her his
wife. The girl was an operative in . cot
ton mill, and she supported her husband.
A child was born, and soon after this
event Recamier deserted them both.
When the First Empire was overthrown
he returned to France and assisted in the
guillotining Of the Lieutenant who had hu.
inflated him on board ship While in
France he paid court to . lady Of rank, .
relative, it Is said, Of Mime. Roland, and he
concealed his American marriage. The
lady's name was Mile. Arnot and
she soon married Recamier. Seven chill
died about fifty years ago. Ten years aft
er their death their children, who had
come into possession Of their property,
discovered paper among their effects
which disclosed the fact Of the first mar
riage, which, of course, made the second
marriage illegal It was learned from the
paper that Recamier had made some Of
forts to discover his first wife and her
child, in order that he might in . meas
ure, atone for the wrong which he had
done The heirs by the second marriage
agreed to destroy the paper and divide the
property among them.
The paper was destroyed, and for forty
years the estates have been in their hands.
But the secret could not be kept An in
evitable quarrel took place, and one Of
the heirs, now rich from other sources,
disclosed the scandal for revenge, and Of.
fsrs to give up his portion of the inher-
itance, knowing that the others will be
ruined when they are obliged to follow
his example. A reward Of twenty thou,
sand francs was offered for the discovery
Of the child by the American marriage,
who is Recamier's first born and heir to his
estates. Messrs Girard and Balashe are
in earnest, and will leave no stone un-
turned to find the missing heir.