Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-07

There is no country in the world
,vhere SO many sensational crimes re-
main unfinished and even unfath-
umed, as in France. a fact which would
lead one to believe that poncc ana
bench are just as much subject TO hlgh
Influences as during the days or the
Napoleonlc empire. OF the score or
more murders which have been permit
ted to remain impenetrable mysteries !
need only to refer to the case of M,
narreme, project of the department OF
the Ure. who was found in railroad
carriage.
And now we are reminded that no
clew has yet been discovered to the
assassins of the Duke Of Elchingen
Prince de Ia Moskowa, whose widow
has since married the Due de Rivoli
His death took place nearly fifteen
years ago, and IL is difficult to under
itand why the whole affair should have
been ralted up in the press again and
made the subject of public discussion
unless 1t is that some parties having
n knowledge OF the facts of the case
wish to put pressure upon those who
have been paying them blackmaii for
their silence in connection with the
matter
1, may be remembered that II was
/ this cavalry general, the Due d'Elchin-
.
/ against that foreign spy and adven-
4 turess, the Baroness de Kaulla, In
whose beauty the susceptible minister
I OF war, General de Cissey, had become
h infatuated in such degree that he
4 used Invariably to take his dejeuner
4 or luncheon at her residence on leaving
i the cabinet councils at the Elysee pal
Il ace HIS portfolio. full of the records OF
u the cabinet meetings, would remain in
A the salon while he was In the dining
Fl room at table with his charmer. Dur
n ing that time some of the footmen Of
Il the baroness who We're disguised stan
IA officers of foreign power. would take
81 shorthand notes of the contents OF the
portfolio. with the result that for more
"A than year two foreign governments
N knew within n few hours what had oc-
\ Cured at the cabinet meeting held I'M
+ der the presidency OF Marshal Mac
. MahOn
About ten days after this trial, which
u Resulted In the disgrace OF General de
IA Cissey and the expulsion from France
&. Of the Baroness de E<oulla, the Due
& d Elchingen's trusted aide-de-camp,
q" Captain Duvivicr. was seated In his
81 broom at the ducal residence. when a
* stranger suddenly presented himself
q land said that the duke was below and
swlshed TO see the captain, on going
| down stairs the nid-de-camp found the
'Mduke seated in hired carriage with
1Htwo other strangers. The duke, who,
q taccording to the captains statement,
+H looked very much perturbed, exclaimed
Id Let the duchess know that 1 shall not
"a lie home tonight, nor yet tomorrow /
q am going TO Versailles o.. official bust
##ncss."
~ Next morning Captain Duvlvier re-
<&ceived an anonymous letter tell
t#ing him that II he wished to
~ pave any news of the duke he
unjust go to the Place de Ia Republique
That evening, and bring money with
lim. The sum was not mentioned. but
IN indication of the amount required
4'enay be gathered from an anonymous
'tl etter which the duchess had received
fome time previous. and which con-
rr falned the phrase "If you persist in
,5 efusing your husband the 100000
\ rancs he asks for, woe be to him. -
81 p'he duchess, may add, was a daugh-
Der Of tie enormously wealthy banker.
Helm. and the duke was more or less
~ dependent upon her.
.2 captain DuYivler. on receiving the
~ anonymous communication. immedl-
htely Informed NJ. NJ se, chief OF the
,f Reflective police. and the latter was Inn
% prudent enough to act as an escort Of
Ia {he captain when the latter went to
Peep his appointment on the Place de
# N Rcpublique The moment NJ. Mace
appeared cab. which had been stand
T. ng on the square, drove off at break
+. eek speed,
' A few days later the dukes body
F0s found in a small house which he
naa taken at Fontenay-auN-Roses some
2tm me previously for the purpose OF prac-
x.t eng pistol shooting. A revolver was
lnched In his right hand. Two cham
2f9ers had been DISCHARGED. and the duke
al been shot twice through the head.
H1 me dukes physician, DIR. Davesne.
2.9 eelined to accept the hypothesis OF
I#B lclue, which, after the first few days
<HAad passed, was put forward with
<<4eat persistence by the government
|I5 shorties and police. He asserted that
here was an interval of an hour and
H4 halt between the infilction of the
4INounds on the generals head. also the
t,|,4 aees OF blows on the face were OBJ
& trNed. which must have been done at
.1f nst thirty hours before his DEATH fur
Per that the revolver was tightly
8 washed In the right hand. which, ac-
= prding 10 medical experience, never
+ fcurs In cases Of suicide, since the
"a ma releases It's clasp.
AIthough the Ney family, to whom
Xxx tpe duke belonged, declined, like the
,|t fetor and Captain Duvivier. to accept
"tpe theory of suicide. yet strangely
81 ouEh II was accepted by the duchess,
.|Hho did not live on terms of particu-
rs ~ Felicity with her huoyant. rollick-
ana Jovial husband. n typical cav
= ~ general. For she herself has re-
<<*'ed 10 me that certain charges had
AZ. en- made against him, that the detec-
" he who came to arrest him gave him
.1-t MS own request the time and oppor-
nj Wllty to do away with himself, and
{. 51pt he took advantage OF 'the oppor-
(. NY % blow out his brains.
fuangely enough, NJ Mace, on being
& 12pealed to now for information on the
h, Inn aF he
K ~ ness, although his present version
;.|3 IN fragrant contradiction both with
III conduct and his utterances imme-
.H 9N tely nfter the tragedy. His present
sPry ia eorroborated by NJ. Andrleux