Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-01

NJ lrrr a Wilt AND POLITICAL
TESTAMENT.
ny telegraph TO the sHws.i
TuE FALL or 4 'fErToH.
c.u.e Of nouinuger's suicide.-cow'
fsrrt- Of the Press.

NmuNn 0I hNuthhANN
fsrrt- Of the Press.
BRuWr1s, Sept. 3O.-This evening |
friends admit that recently he Ic-
surntly openly ay0wcd a desire lor |
death, and !. II even added that Tue /
general several times attempted " iake 1
his own life. Tie consequence has |
bren that he Il watched 80 closely a.
possible by friends who remained 10y |
nj. Even they, however, appear "a |
hay, grown tired Of their task, ana |
warned the generals niece and tue /
Iatt,r,s husband. The niece and bus |
hand arrived few days ago, and tbs !
first thing they did was " cause all
weapons 10 be taken away aud hidden.
gouerAl BDulanger must have noticed
the precautions aud managed 10 secure
aud hide the pistol with which he shot
himself.
Boulanger. according 10 the stories
told .his evening, madunO secret of his
wVnrincas oil lifu, since the collapse OF
his pafty, and particularly No since the
death OF Niue. dc Bonnomnin. His
frlunds now recall the fact that when
III, coffin lid finally closed over tho
remaius OF his mistress, lac Kept on ie.
poating aloud In hcartbrOken tones
i,Au rcvoir Il blentot"
fNcfy unNs Auuut ' W Nh' hlN'AhN'hf
since nor Death, Boulangcr has gone
TO the cemetery and dcpotl1oi manu-
some funeral emblem upon the grave
lie would stay 10y the grave sometimes
for an hOur, either engaged In prayer
or In deep thought.
TlE FAMILY WERE SURPRISED
when this morning they heard Him
order the landau much earlier than
usual. Nobody, however, seems 10
have the slightest Idea that he intend
lionplng ia Brussels N the present
time II one Of BOulaDgct's most ai.
tHrhed ndhofents. His name Il Alfred
Dutinr, aud lac came nom Paris, upon
the receipt Of letter from Boulnnger,
about week ago, announcing that he
intended TO commit suicide at an early
dato. Duun. came 10 BRUSSELS for the
express purpose Of endcavOring 10 per.
auade the general TO alter bis mind.
DutinH and this leader had several long
interyI.W-, during which the former
did his utmost TO persuade the general
that he should abandon such morbid
Ideas.
Tho generals niece bscoming
alarmed after his departure this morn
Ing, sent ior Dltins, ana together they
started for the cemetery.
In the meantime General Boulanger
had lrn the landau al the gate Of the
cemetery, and walked slowly and
calmly 10 the tomb Of Nine. Bonnc-
main. lie remained there some time
In deep thought, and was afterwards
seen slowly walking around the come.
terry, still thinking deeply. Contrary
10 tho int reports received Of the
affair, the general must have walked
about the cemetery for nearly an hour
and a half before he returned To Nine.
Honnemain's tomb.
All reports agree In the statement
that ~ soon M the General reached the
tomb a second time he Immediately
placed the pistol to his head and
o,, ,,,,,s,.,,
''
The report OF the revolver was heard
by tho o0achmau, who was driving
tho Generals landau, and by the valet
who accompanied the suicide TO tho
cemetery. They both rushed 10 Niue.
Bonnemaln's tomb, and there found
the General quite dead, lying across
the grave.
Death must have boen instantaneous
A. Inc pol,c. were bearing the den.
a,sIis hody away from the tomb Of hIs
mistress. with the intention Of placlng
II i'm tba landau for conyeynnce 10
pru,sels' tile dead mans niece, ac.
companied by NJ, Dutlns, reached the
c.m.Iery Tho niece faintsI upon
hearing tue news, anu Dutih,s RfIei NJ
being too late 70 save the lie OF MS
fHend was excessive
The corpse mas neeh prepared ior
burial, but Ia only being viewed ny IN
Innate friends OF the family. The
latter unanimously desire mat tho
funeral should be OF the most S,niplc
order. Some OF the tienersps political
friends are In favor OF public demon
sita,ion.
The corpse foposes upon q table,
uTaped with black cloth. inc re-
mains are clad In black frock coat,
upon the breast Of when are several
decorations, notably the cross OF the
Legion OF Honor conferred upon tho
General aftor he had been wounded In
1850 at Turbigo In Algeria, when
Lieutenant.
The wounds In the temples, caused
hV fha fatal ahot AaNa ka.H htHHnp