The morning call., 1891-06-19
1.-THE YOUNG ASSASSIN"
4 Noted Character Whose Daughter Be-
came Princess.

n
came a Princess.
One of the most remarkable unions Of
recent times was that Of Prince Alphonse
de Chmay to the granddaughter and heiress
Of man well known in Paris in the days of
Eugene Sue as Michael, the Assassin" A
number Of years ago very wealthy miSer
was murdered in Paris under the most mys-
FERROUS circumstances, and the valet and
cook we're arrested on suspicion. There
was no proof whatever of their guilt, ex-
cept the fact that the cook had listened to
words of love from her master and had be-
come, under a will, his sole heir.
In the minds OF the people. however, there
was a piciOn that the valet had commit
TED the murder in order to marry the cook,
who he knew would have a great fortune.
Tie couple we're discharged after trial.
and Immediately confirmed the popular suS-
picion of foul play by getting married. TO
this worthy pair was born a son. who was
reared and educated with the greatest care.
IN time he fell heir to the enormous fortune
Of his parents. He built a magnificent resi-
dence in the Rue du Bac, near the Bon
Marche and had large retinue of servants
In the midst of all this SDleudOr the son of
Michael the Assassin" lived solitary and
miserable. He had not a single friend but
his washeTwOman.
Branded by the suspicious fastened on
his father, the young millionaire was
Stunned by every one. He cOnsOled himself
by deyoting his attention to his stables aud
to his stud Of blooded horses. He had tue
grandest tournouts 10 Paris.
Each time he drove out the "youag
assassin, as he was known on the boue-
Yards, ,astOnished the freQueDters of the
Bots by some new and unique equipage
Now it would be an English drag, quite a
novelty IN those days of tile empire; now
victoria. lined in rose satin and drawn b.
six white horses; a private hanson, re-
Splendent with armorial bearings, or a
massive Louis XIV coach, vanished and
gilded, with the servants gorgeous in gold
lace, plush and powder.
He reached the very climax of his glory
when he startled Paris by bringing out a
carriage made exactly like that in which
Napoleon III and Eugrnie took their airing.
lie had the same numbrT of pOStilliOns, his
horses were OF the same color, ami his coach
man and footman wore similar livery to
that OF the imperial household.
story is told in connection with this
venture OF the young assassin" Under
the Arc de Trlomphe, the gateway from
which'radiate the grand avenues of Paris,
the Emperor alone was entitled to drive
On bright spring evening, however, when
the avenues were crowded with vehicles
and everybody was driving to the Bots, the
assassin" drove under The arch unchecked,
his carriage being taken for that Of the En-
perOr.
At last one day he was missing from the
Bots, and Paris read that he died in his
splendid palace, his last moments soothed
by the humble and sole componion Of his
wretched life. On hrr he bestowed, on
that death bed. by tardy act of justice, the
right to bear his name. Their only child,
daughter, was thus legtimzed and made
his heir. This lady became in time the
wife of Prince AlphOnse de Chimay. and
helped by her vast fortune to restore tie
ancient glories of a house fast falling into
decay.-Memphis Appeal