The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-05
AN AMERICAN PRINCE
Death of Jerome Bonaparte at
His New England Home.
The Story of the Romance of the
Youngest Brother of the Great
First Consul.

BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. 4-Jerome Bona
parte died ct his summer home. PRIDE
Crossing, last night.
In 1903 Jerome BOnaparte, youth of
10, who had been serving In the French
navy in the Nes: Indies. arrived in the
| United States and was invited to Balti-
more by Commodore Barney Here he
was attracted by the beauty and vivacity
OF Miss Patterson ard soon made a pro-
| pOsal of marriage. which she accepted.
Aer father hac opposed the match. and
the French Consul protes ted against il, but
the contract was carefully drawn by A. J.
Dallas, and the marriage ceremony was
performed by the Roman Catholic Bishop
of Baltimore, Rev. Dr.. John Carroll. on
December a. 1903 Napoleon, enraged at
what be called the mesalliance Of his
brother, prohibited the registration of the
marriage in France and declared it null
and void. He also issued an order nro-
hibiting all captains Of French vessels
from receiving on board the young person
TO whom The citizen Jerome had connected
himself. who was by no means to be per-
mitted to come To France. Jerome re-
ceived this information in the summer Of
1904, but delayed taking any action. In the
meantime Napoleon declared himself Em
peror and formed an imperial court, but
excluded Jerome from the dynasty and
threatened him with Imprisonment unless
he repudiated his wife.
In tile spring of 1905 Jerome and his
wife embarked for Europe in one of Mr..
PattersCn's ships ana arrived at Lisbon
April .. Leaving her on board the shin
Jerome went 10 meet MS brother, hoping
to Induce him to recognize the marriage.
Napoleon at first refused TO meet Jerome,
but finally an interview took place at
Alessandria May 6. The Emperor de-
clared that he would never acknowledge
the marriage. but if Miss Patterson should
return TO the United States and not as
Sume the name Of Bonaparte he would
allow her annual pension of $4,000 francs.
In the meantime she had sailed for Am
sterdam. but finding herself excluded from
all Continental ports she went to England.
On July Z. 1905, her only child was born in
a lodging-hOuse at Camberwel, near Lon
don, and named Jerome Napoleon Bona
parte. In less than three months, con-
vinced that her husband was about TO
yield to the threats of Napoleon and con-
sent to a divorce. she returned 10 her
fathers house in Baltimore The En-
peror in vain endeavored to persuade
Pope Plus VII to annul the marriage, but
the French Council of State was more
yielding and declared the marriage null
and void.
jerome was married to the Princess
Catharine of Wurtemberg August II, 1857,
and was then made King of Westphalia
by his brother. Nine. Bonaparte, after
ward yielding to the inevitable, accepted a
pension from Napoleon on the terms be-
fore mentioned. She also obtained a
divorce by an act of the Maryland Legisla-
ture; in Europe she was heneeforth known
as Mrs. Patterson, but in America she was
called Nine. Bonaparte.
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte was the eld-
est son of the boy born in the Camberwell
lodging-house. and inherited half fortune
Of 81, 100000 from his grandmother He
was born in Baltimore November 5, 1890
graduated at West Point in 1852 and
served two years in the United States
army. He was then appointed by Napo-
leon III Lieutenant in the rench army.
and served with honor in the Crimea aud
In Italy. de was also engaged in the
tranco-frussian war. and after the sur
render at Sedan escorted the Empress
Eugene to England. He hastened back to
the defense of Paris, but at the close of
the war returned TO America