The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-05-23
THE youns ASSASSIN.
Life Of q Famous Character Whose
Daughter Was . Princess.

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Daughter Was . Princess,
One Of the most remarkable unions of
recent times was that Of Prince AIphonse
dc ohimay to the granddaughter and
heiress of man we'll 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 un-
der the most mysterious circumstances,
and his valet and cook were arrested on
suspicion. There YES no proof whatever
Of their guilt except the fact that the
cook had listened to words Of love from
her master and had become, under VIII,
his sole heir.
In the minds Of the people, however
there was q suspicion that the valet mao
committed the murder in order to marry
the cook. who lie knew would have great
fortune. The couple were discharged
after trial, and Immediately confirmed
the popular suspicion Of foul play ny
getting married. To this worthy pair was
born a SOD, who was reared and educated
with the greatest care. In time he TELL
heir to the enormous fortune Of his par
ents. He built magnificent residence
in the Rue du BAG, near the Bon Marche.
and bad large retinue of servants. III
the midst of all this splendor the son OF
.'Michacl the Assassin" lived solitary and
miserable. He had not single friend
but his washerwoman.
Branded by the suspicious fastened on
his father, the young millionaire was
Stunned by every one. TO him even the
doors of the most bourgeois society were
closed, and his great wealth never proved
an open sesame to the home of the hum
blest Partisan. He consoled himself by
devoting his attention to his stables and
TO his stud of blooded horses. He had
the grandest turnouts in Paris.
Each time he drove out the 'young
assassin" as he was known on the boule-
Yards, astonished the frequenters OF the
Bots by some new and unique equipage.
Now it would be an English drag, quite
novelty in those days of the empire;
now victoria, lined in rose satin and
drawn by six white horses; private
hanson, respondent with armorial bear
ings or q 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 II
carriage made exactly like that in which
Napoleon III and Eugene took their
airing. He had the saline number of pos
tilians, his horses were of the same color,
and his coachman and footman wore a
similar livery to that Of the imperial
household.
A story is told in connection with this
venture of the "young assassin" Under
the Arc de Triomphe, 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 Emperor.
At last one day he was missing from
the Bots, aud Paris read that he died in
his splendid palace. his last moments
soothei by the humble and sole ompan-
ion of his wletched life. On her he be-
slowed, on that death bed, by tardy act
of justice, the right to bear his name.
Their only child, daughter, was thus
legitimized and made his heir. This lady
became IN time the wife of Prince AL
phonse de Chimay, and helped by her
vast fortune to restore the ancient glories
of house fast falling into decay-New
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