The sun., 1896-10-04
WHERE Is BERGERETY
THE Story OF THE COMMUNISTS
ESCAPE FROM PARIS.

PARIS. Sept 15.-Here is something out {
the ordinary. II is almost history, and IL DIT,
cents In Its scenes and incidents at least a
much interest ms q fire attempted assass
nation. II is tho story OF an escape. NJ. Nnda
tolls ua. after twenty five years of silence un
fortunately too long justified by political enmI
ties, how he succeeded In saving NJ. Ber
geret, ono of the most noted Generals of th
Commune of 1871, after Eudes. who died sew
eral years ago, and NJ. Cluserct. at the present
time deputy.
NJ. Nadar is n pure Partisan who enjoyed
some little celebrity for short time under tn,
empire, not only on account of his politica
opinions and the utterly disinterested way ir
which ho defended them, but also. and above
all, on account OF his studies and experiments
in aerostation, q science in which he made great
progress. NJ. Nadar, Furthermore, was IA pro
fessional photographer and had great success.
He 10 nos retired from business, and lives,
think, In the country not far from Paris.
The insurrection had just been crushed. Ter
ror reigned in Paris. Nadar was Ill. when one
day he had a visit from woman. who insisted
upon seeing him.
After having asked me over and over again"
writes NJ. Nadar, III / was really myself. she
handed me little piece of folded paper upon
which was written in pencil: II not me. save
her. It was signed with the initials, j. b.
"'Who writes me this7'
" The General
"'What General?'
"'Bergeret.'
Now this the General who, on the out
break of the Commune, commanded the firing
at tho Place Nend6me. and 1t was also he who,
during the resistance set Ere tn the Tuileries.
He was at this time sheltered by this good wo-
man, who was both the comrade and seamstress
Mime. Bergeret. his wife. But the house was
nv ionksr pl".e Vi safety ihe ihiikln"n' VINO
,s naa snop on 'he sf1una moor .aa Ned he
o,,ars hn ,ho ,.,,s 81 80 .'.o 80 NAM
onJ hi, % Sbn ,n1 ,S sa nen a.. aan'om.
for soldiers who we're making perquisitiops
the repression reached the point Of frenzy
The. police agents, having at last returned to
ously the work of srrestins and perquisltion-
Each hor.a uas .aano,,od 80, - u,niaseu. ,
nSon nou'e was searched from ceiiar 70 garret
ANONYMOUS denunciattons rained in upon tho
Prsfsc,ups ~ Police the .ome ,h,nh uh'n nh ,ne
lioly. in note inserted in the journal osicis1,
asked for mercy. Everybody was liable to be
arrested and shot on the slightest evidence,
or without evidence. on personal appearance.
ST sasrse sas fnDe shape of the Shoes at random
On the line of the boulevards. amid the roll
ing thunder OF imprecatons and outrages. the
IS they mere, @ IN in hesps. Ersrywhere there was
squares, in the public gardens, in the trenches
gf the fortitcations, and in the walks OF the
tailleuses sna led, The Journals We'd with
each other in tanning the fury for blood"
Sapucines. in front OF the Jockey Club one Of
Vie most reactionary quarters Of Paris. 1t
would not be sought for there. One dny Nhen
eyerybody'e attention, was absorbed by the
h' to 1 psts ans Ty
drced Kim TO his WIFE,
sssH sure fen enough UGH he sos. was the man that had
ing ply sically but little place with vast and |
hslf;bald M fi forshead,, with the dark trimmed eye
Sided, gentle and searching. His beard Td' was vas
long and thin. like his hair. and the ensemble |
tho -oapo-ition. His simple appearance was
stficient To send him to the wall"
Of Nadar himself. although he had taken no
part in the Communist revolution but he was
the The pes who in the nsa
his evident illness, decided to leave bin in
Thsy sy humoTo to
GUS ..i side OF the thing was not wanting.
H he shsn Ss
was was commanding his troops az the Place Ven
horse. of his neghbor. the Marquis of SW' 'Ao
Others but certainly now returned with the the
Others from Versailles. The horse Of the Mar.
quis! We ,!ere in q Ak! And what Marquis
and what landlord"
Well. it was urgent to expatria % the Gen.
eral. But how was it to be done?
Eadar didn't hesitate; He went to see Alex
andre Dumas. one of the most prudent and
Danphet of easraordnara %aG
violence against the defeated, clam oring loud
ly, with very questionable bravery. for the
already practised on a large
scale. Of the insurgent prisoners. The In
nuential part which the articles OF NJ. Dumas
then published in the columns OF the FigarO
played in the organized murder of Parisians'
Is well known; More than 10000, admitted
by some; 10000. and more than that accord
ing to otherg, were shot, after the second sie9e |
Of the capital, in the full period Of pacication.
Neyertheless. that was the man y hom NJ
Nadar sought to bring him 10 see NJ Thiers |
II would never go to Dumas pere," said he.
"He hated me, but his son and myseIf knaw |
each other at college. Although on the best |
terms personally, We were at all times COM