Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-01

NJ If' M lolLtAl W Ills NlalAH
to that spot re-
soULANGER. mained in the car
rage outside the cemetery gates. The re-
suit was that they did not hear the shot
which caused Boulanger's death. They
were first notified Of what had occurred by
the cemetery keeper, who was the first to
reach the grave OF Nine. de Bonnemain
and who turned over and recognized the
body lying beside 1t as being that of Gen
eral Boulanger. The latter's neice tainted
when she heard OF his death.
The body was then placed in the carriage
which brought the party TO the cemetery
and was from there driven 20 police head
quarters. There, when the necessary
dispositions had been made, the body was
taken to the general late residence Sub
sequently the French minister here was
Informed Of the generals death and he
promptly telephoned the news TO Paris
Crowds Of people, attracted by the spread
OF the news regarding this tragic event,
gathered outside the house where the
dead man recently resided. There is no
doubt that the generals death has caused
sensation here
Some of Boulanger's friends say that re
Gently he had openly
Avowed IA Desire for Death,
several times of late made attempts 20
take his own life. In consequence he had
been watched as closely as possible by his
friends. They appear to have finally
grown tired of their task. With this OBJ
ct in mind, his friends in this city re
Gently warned the generals niece and the
latter's husband that the eX-minister Of
war was so despondeut as TO be appar-
emily determined 20 commit suicide. This
niece and her h&wband arrived some DAYS
ago at the generals hotel, and so inn
pressed were they with his demeanor that
one Of the first things that they did was TO
cause all the weapons found in his apart
meats TO be taken away and hidden where
he could not get at them
General Boulanger must have noticed
the precautions, and unknown 10 his niece
and her husband, he must have managed
t. secure a%l hide from them the pistol
with which lie eventually shot himself.
Even the generals valet, who had been in
ructed to use his utmost endeavors TO
find and obtain possession of any weapon
the general might have about him, seems
TO have been cleverly deceived in this fatal
instance.
General Boulanger made no secret Of his
weariness of life since the collapse Of his
party. and particularly 50 since the death
of Mime. de i nGemain.
Every day ac about O'Clock I'm the after
mon it has now become known that Cen
eral Boulanger, since Nine. de Bonnie
mains death, has gone TO the cemetery at
Ixelles and has deposited some handsome
floral emblem upon her grave. lie would
stay by
The Grave of His Beioycd Friend
sometimes for an hour Over the grave
itself the general had caused pretty,white
tombstone TO be erected, and az its head
stood n broken column inscribed: "Alar-
guerite, ls5j-lS9l."
Contrary To the first reports received Of
the affair, the general must have walked
about tie cemetery for nearly IN hour and
half before he returned to Nine de Bon
nemain's tomb All reports agree in the
statement that as soon as the general
reached the tomb the second time he inn
mediately placed the pistol TO his head and
shot himself. The body now lies i'm the
generals bedroom in the Rue Monteyer.
1t has been prepared for burial, butts only
being viewed by the intimate friends Of
the family. Tho latter desire that the fu-
neral should be Of the most simple order.
Some of the generals political friends are
I'm favor Of public demonstration
The corpse reposes upon table drapcl
with black cloth. The remains are clad in
black frocl coat, upon the breast Of
which are several decorations, notably the
cross of the Legion of Honor, conferred
upon the general after he had been
wounded in 1853 at Turbigo, in Algeria
when a lieutenant with only three years
service in the army. The wounds in the
generals temples, caused by the fatal shot, 4,
have been hidden by pieces of broad,
white silk ribbon so pasted on the head as
TO almost completely
Conceal tho Cause Of Death.
The dead generals features are placid
and upon them there is not a trace, except
the dimly seen white ribbon Of Boulangcr's 5
sal ending.
In spite Of repeated inquiries made by
press representatives upon the subject the
relatives Of General Boulaugcr persist
emily decline 10 furnish the public with
any definite information as % the written
declarations which he has left behind him.
Yet il is known that the dead man pre-
pared several documents for publication
in view Of his sudden death, and that he
had written and placed on his desk "A NUM-
Der OF kilograms announcing his suicide.
which he intended should be sent 70 tho
persons TO whom they were addressed 90
soon rs the deed had been committed.
Boulanger left IA will and political tesla.
mcnt in his desk. II Is stated that the lat
ter declares mistaken confidence en- his
party, enjoins his friends to prosecute
the great aims he always had in
view, and ascribcs his own death
'cly TO iuconsolabe grief over the
- Of Mime. de Bonnemain. The
iu.c 81 Of the general will probably take
place ug Sunday afternoon. The generals
mo, her. tg:d ~, is still firm In the belief