The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-01
BOULANGER'S DEATH
The Once Noted Military Chief
tain Ends His Own Life
AT TIE GRAVE OF HIS MISTRESS

Ihfe skctch of the Man Who he.
came the Hope of the "Revenge"
Party of Frnnoe-His lnfatuation
for Nine. de Bonnemain.
i, BRUSSELS Oct 1.-General Boulan-
ger committed suicide yesterday on the
tomb Of Nine. de Bonnemain, who died
recently In this city. The general stood
alone by the grave Of his mistress TO;
some time, appearing to be deeply at.
fected by sorrowful recoliections.
, An attendant, who mad respectfully
remained at some distance from Nine
de Bonncmains tomb, suddenly heard a
sharp report in that direction. Running
to the spot he found General Boulanget
lying dead upon the ground with a re-
kolver clinched in his right hand. A hasty
examination of the body showed that
the dead man had placed the weapon to
his right ear and fred the fatal shot.
The affair has naturally caused great
excitement in this city and some COM
motion among the generals followers in
Paris. The police and the dead mans
friends here have taken possession Of
his lodgings.
No Hope for the Future.
The generals position, financial and
political, has, it is generally admitted,
been getting blacker and blacker Of re-
oent months. He had no hopes for the
future, and his remaining friends were
few and becoming colder as the once
famous general dropped more and more
out of public notice. There is no doubt
that the general was conscious of these
facts and that they preyed upon his
mind. Coupled to this was, the morbid
infatuation which he had for his dead
mistress.
One of the four men who were work
ing in the cemetery at Ixelles, one mile
south of this city, where Boulanger COM
mitted suicide, said that he noticed the
general when he entered the cemetery
gates.
Looked Sad and Pale.
Tho general, according to this man,
looked sad and pale, but otherwise there
was nothing specially noteworthy in his
appearance. 5-
The workman also SAYS that he has
often seen Boulanger visit the cemetery
In the same manner, and consequently
he did not call the attention of tine GEM
etsry officials to the generals presence.
General Boulanger, the workman
states, at once proceeded to the grave OF
Mime. dc Bonnemain, which is situated
q little distance from the spot where the
four men were working and which was
hidden from their view.
The men continued their work, and in
about three-quarters of an hour they
were startled by the loud report Of the
suicides revolver.
The body of the dead man was taken
to his late residence in this city. after
permission from the proper authorities
had been obtained.
When the body was examined after
the suicide photograph of Nine Bon
hemain was found under his clothing,
next to the heart, stained with blood
from the wound. No documents were
on the body.
The remains lie in room sumptu-
Uusly furnished, draped with blue silk,
and adorned with n large portrait of
himself, his daughter and Nine. Bonne-
main.
Grief led TO the Act.
PARIS, Oct 1.-The suicide of Gen
eral Boulanger hns caused tremendous
sensation here. The obituaries in the
newspapers do not reflect upon his po-
litical career, except that in lie Journal
des Debats, which says. General Bou.
langer knew the intoxication of the
widest and noiscst popularity. 1t was
Boulanger who said that the weakness
of one zoo often influenced the decision
of another His end fully justifies that
dictum. He had not the courage tc
survive her who sacrificed herself fol
him."
General Boulanger left will and q
political testament in his desk. 1t /.
stated that in the latter he enjoins upor
his friends to prosecute the great aimi
he had in view. He ascribes his deati
solely to grief for the death of Madame
Bonuemain.
The funeral will probably be held OF
Sunday.
q 1t is rumored that the Roman Cath
olic archbishop of Malines, Belgium
has refused to authorize religion
funeral for Boulanger on the grount
that he deliberately committed suicide
Forsaiken by the Comte de Paris.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The suicide of Gen
eral Boulanger caused tremendou
sensation here, although the general hat
long ceased to be lion in London SO
ciety 1t is said that only three week
ago Boulanger made an appeal for fund
to the Count Of Paris and received n
reply. The count, 1t appears, was neve
able to forgive General Boulanger TO
permitting his connection with the Bou
hanger conspiracy to be exposed to tn
world, and for a long time past he ha
refused 10 have any connection with tn
exiled ex-ministcr. The Duchess d. Uzei
notwithstanding the extravagant manne
In which Boulanger lavished the none
she had given or loaned to him for h
political schemes, has more than ono
recently sent him small donations and
Is said that abe never entirely lost COZ
Adence in the generals future.