Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-07

Ssa a m@ etoa II a o e1o1 TX.
GEN. BoULANGFrU- the grave of his
mistress for some time, appearing to be
deeply affected by sorrowful recol-
lectlons. An attendant of the
General, who had respectfully
remained some distance from Nine.
de Bonnemain's tomb, suddenly heard
a sharp report in that direction. Run
ming to the spot, the attendant found
Gen. Boulanger lying dead upon the
ground, with a revolver clenched 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,
FIRING THE FATAL SHOT.
One of the four men who were work
ing in the cemetery at Ixelles, one
mile south of this city, where the Gen
| eral committed suicide, said that
he noticed the latter when he en-
tered the cemetery gates at about 1:30
O'Clock this morning. The General,
according to this man, looked sad and
pale, but otherwise there was nothing
specially noteworthy in his appearance.
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 the
cemetery officials to the General s
presence. Gen. Boulanger, the work
| man states, at once proceeded to the
grave of Nine. de Bonnemain, which is
situated at little distance from the
spot where the four men were work
ing, and which was hidden from their
view. The men continued their work,
and about three-quarters of an hour
after the General had passed the place
where they were employed they were
startled by the loud report of q
revolver. Rushing to the grave of
Nine. de Bonnemain, they found
Gen. Boulanger lying beside it. He
was quite dead. His hand was tight
ly grasping revolver. The ball had
entered his temple and had passed
dead man was taken to his late resi-
dence in this city, after permission from
the proper authorities had been OBJ
tanned.
WHY HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
The Generals position, financially and
politically, has, it is generally admitted,
been getting blacker and blacker of
recent 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 con-
scious of these facts and that they
preyed upon his mind. Coupled to
this was the morbid love or infatuation
which he had for his dead mistress, to
whom he was undoubtedly greatly at
tached.
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.
The Vicomtesse de Bonnemain was
the cause of Gen. Boulanger's ruin,
both political and social 1t was she
who, on the memorable 9th of Janua-
nv, when he achieved so brilliant an
electoral victory in the metropolis and
was at the zenith of his popularity and
power, induced him to turn deaf ear to
all those who were urging him to march
upon the presidential palace at the
Elysee and to possess himself of SUI
preme power by coup de main. In
stead of thus taking advantage of his
success he left Paris on the following
morning with the Vicomtesse and es-
tablished himself at Royat, thereby
sacrificing all the fruits Of his victory.
1t was she also who made him under
take that flight from Paris to Brussels
which led to his political destruction
and to his judicial outlawry, as we'll as to
the loss of his hard-won grade of gen
eral in the army, and also of his pOpu-
larity. Thrty-fve years of age, tall,
and superbly elegant, Nine. de Bonne-
main was an exceedingly attractive
woman. Her features were as finely
cut as cameo, her eyes deep blue, her
hair golden brown, and the expression
of her face remarkably sweet and win
ming. Her father was a naval officer,
one OF her sisters is married to Col.
Royat de Mandre, of the artillery, at
whose house she first met Boulanger,
while her husband, from whom she was
divorced, was a son of well-knoWn
general, Comte de Bonnemain.
DEATH OF NINE. BoNNEMAIN
Nine. de Bonnemain accompanied
Boulanger to England, after his flight
from France, and early in July last she
was dangerously i'll in Brussels, suf-
tering from consumption. A Paris
physician went expressly in order
by new system, consisting in
inoculatlng the person affected with
the germs of phthisis with gayacol,
which is obtained from .creosote. How
ever, in spite of the efforts made to save
her, Nine. de Bonnemain died during
the evening of July II. Nine. de Bonnie
main, at the height of Gen. Boulanger's
career, two or three years ago, lived in
the Rue de Beeri, Paris, where she was
continually visited by the General.
Spies kept track of their movements
and soon discovered that the two per-
sons referred to were very intimate.
Nine. Boulanger was informed of these
facts, but refused to apply for divorce
1t was greatly through Nine. de Bonnie
mains favsr that Gen. Boulanger was
enabled to carry on his political in
trigues, for Madame had inherited
fortune of Sl,50000U, all
of which sum she devoted to
the cause of the then popular leader.
To such an extent did Gen. Boulanger
carry his infatuation for Nine. de
Bonnemain that when the French gov
eminent determined to arrest him he
could not be persuaded to pose as a
martyr before the French people by 60
ing to jail. preferring to fly with his
mistress from France to England and
eventually to Brussels, where they have
both met their death.
BOULANGER LEFT PENNILEss.
Boulanger's financial situation was
very seriously affected by the death of