The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-05-25
WAS MARSHA N[|B1 SH0|
The Evide That Ma kesS a Mort SS6s sa'
carollnian Conclude That s.s||I2s s8
He Was Not. III ssf;s sS2SsasEs.gj Ez.;jj
Story Of the Noted French imam II 81 4
Escape which Bear the Stamp Al
of Credibility. q

| of credibility. ' 81
Reference to His Supposed Execa--s
tion Said to Have Taken Place ~
in Paris December 2, rS15. s35
According to careful investigatibn
, made by an Episcopal Clergyman, Mar.s
shal Nye slammed death, escaped 10
| Charleston, taught school in North Care
lima, and died near Third Creek in 1886,
SAYS the New York SUM-. He was known,
| as Peter Stuart Ney. In his last ID X.
| ness Or. Locke approached his bedside
and said: mfr. Ney, have done every
thing for you that I could do, and .it
grieves me to tell you [ do not THINK
you can possibly get well; we would Ike
to know who you are before you die,
Mr.. Ney answered: 81 might as we'll
tell you. I am Marshal Ney, Of France,
The peculiar circumstances Of the life
of The man calling himself Peter Stuart
Ney have been matters Of interesting
discussion for the last so years, and the
Rev. James A.. Weston, rector o1 sne
Episcopal Church, Hickory, ". c., has
made it "a labor of love to investigate
everything connected with the life OF
one who in every respect was q mcSt
remarkable man, who on mis- deathbed
so1eYnnly declared that he was MarsbaA
Ney' Mr.. Weston has pursued his la n
quiries for many years, and has been
supported in his efforts to unraval 81
great mystery by many well-knoNyl
men, among them DR.. Morgan Dix and
MIR. Seth Low, of New York; Or. Riancii-
ard, of Philadelphia. and several histor;S
ical societies Of America. His work ~
dedicated to- the late Senator Eabulcfl
Baird Vance, VINO previous to his death
took the deepest interest in Mr.. Wes..t
ten's Investigations. s
The manuscript was brought n Mr.
Thomas Whitaker, Of this city. wing
submitted specime ems of the handWTtt-,
ings Of Marshal Ney Of France and of;
Petea. Ney of America to an expert In
handwriting, who reported that the thlF'
writer of the specimens on the four
pages purporting to be those Of Marshal
Ney aud the writer of the specimens
on the four pages purporting to be,
those Of Peter Stuart Ney is one and
the same person.
The evidence of a very large number
of persons we'll known in the Southern
states has been collected, and consid-9
Grafton Of the evidence which has led TO
Mr.. Westons conclusion will be inter
esting. 4
Mr.. Burgess Gather, Of Far1ningfan,
Davie county, N. c., says that Peter Stir
art Ney taught school on one Of his
fathers plantations in 1892, and was his
teacher for some years. Mr.. Ney was q,
fine scholar, and could speak with ease
and fiuency not only the French lam
guage, but Latin, Greek, aud Hebrew
He spoke French as If it were his naptflr.stt
er tongue, and Ems glish as we'll as any
Englishman He told MFR. Gather that
he had a wife and children in France
and often referred to the cannp igns afff
Napoleon He had the highest opinion
of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Thought him
the greatest. man that ever lived .j He
often alluded to Waterloo, and sont6~Y
times to Elba and st. Helena, but the
mention Of the places appeared to- sadly
trouble him. ss s5$ s.5s III ri 35 ss9
Among other. things M. Gzaither assI
lafes the following incid dent: sSs HI
One Monday morning 1n the q year zts
somewhat unwell from the effects Sof a
told his pupils there would be no school
that day, but to come back the NEXT iaysS
Tuesday. sIf, however, Il said he, .Rny Of
you choose to remain II will INSTRUCT
YOU, but there will be no regular sGhOo1ssssll
stayed and went on ith my stt5d1es,s
as usual Some time In the day Mr.s 1aeys
told me that. he was suffering a1 gp0ds
deal, and asked me to get him some
brandy from my father house, which
was not far of. He drank It of b, amds
said 1t gave him great Eel ief. S He tlksll,
remarked that lI had always heeu AfN.
kind to him, and he WOuld he glad t1i re-a
ward me when Ia a post Ion tp3 sdfgs sp.5s
people here, said lie, .caa me Old Nsey.s
but they do not In owr h WI II am. sY
Napoleon will lsoon sbe Soff age, ana
the French people will put him stxgs
/ throne, and shall go back TO H ID faagsS:
and have rank and position ard
fiuence DC am not what & seem to bas1
Is am Marshall Ney3 Of France XII XII IIIe
told me how he escaped. He said lsi
gwas tried and scond demned to be- sl4t,Ssss t,Ss
and was app pparentl shot and lint s II
count ymsn thought he Eas AZ dead IN n
Louis aid he