New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10
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had the good luck to stay the arm q, a would.
be assassin as the pistol was fired instead n,
beforehand.
Inc PRESIDENT OF the French Republic Is
guarded by company Of picked members OF
the raris1an police force, composed of the
cieVerest men In the service and they have kept
watch over the chief magistrates of France
ever since the constitution Of the Third Republic
In Its present form There has only been one
break In their term Of service. and that was
attended with fatal consequences For some
reason never yet satisfactorily explained. Prime
Minister Dupuy dismissed the so-called Elvs4e
Palace Brigade of police shortly before NJ Sadi-
Carnots last visit to Lyons. alleging that he
mad other projects In view with regard to pro-
viding for the safety of the President These
projects he failed to put into execution, and the
result was that Nine. Carnot. aware that her
husband was in daily receipt of ANONYMOUS
letters threatening him with death, was thrown
into state Of nervousness that filled her with
the gloOmiest forebodings when he left for the
South. 1t was the first trip Of this kind that
he took without being escorted by members of
the Elysee Palace Brigade, md 1t is probable
that had they been in attendance Caserio would
never have succeeded in plungng his knife into
the breast Of the unfortunate President. IT is
scarcely necessary to add that of the first
things that was done after the election of NJ.
Casimir Perier to the Presidency was to re-
constitute on a still more elaborate scale than
Heretofore the Elysee Palace Brigade.
Police watch over the safety of King Hum
bert. one of them. a sergeant of gendarmerie,
acting as the shadow of His Majesty by day
and even by night. He is a of absolutely
Hercuean proportions. of tried courage and
resource, and. being a native of Piedmont. Is.
lilr@ A1x~l,,~ Ill
King. He has been attached to the service Of
Humbert for many years. especially since the
Anarchist troubles which led to such severe
reprisals on the part Of the Government and TO
consequent threats OF assassinating the King.
perilous mountain excursions after the channels,
and at night time has him sleeping across the
threshold of his room.
THE CARS CORSICAN BODYGUARDS
The late Gar Alexander III. relied for preser-
walton from the hands of Nhilist assassins
mainly upon the picked body Of French police.
mostly Corsicans who had been selected for
him by NJ Hyrvoix. the Chief of the Palace
police at the Tuieries in the days Of Napoleon
III. NJ. Hyrvoix spent nearly two years at St.
Petersburg organizing the service, which exer-
csed supervision over every branch of the
CATCHING Palace administration, even to the
very kitchens. The men Were the most respec-
table of that bodyguard Of picked police which
watched over the safety OF Napoleon III. and
which was under the command of the notorious
Corsican Griscelli. who saved the life of the
French Emperor several times. His methods,
however. were of such a character as scarcely
TO commend themselves TO a constitutional
government. Thus when Count Camerata q
cousin of Napoleon III. was assassinated In the
Tuileries under circumstances which would not
bear publication TO the world Grsceli dis
guised himself and followed the supposed muir
derer. a man named Zamba. to London. where
the latter was mysteriously stabbed, his body
being found floating in the Thames. ldentically
the same fate overlook Silvani di Perruggto,
who had organized plan for wrecking the
imperial train near Biarritz. Somehow or other
the would be assassin fell a victim to Corsican
dagger at Bordeaux. Two other MazZinist con-
spirators named RaSsini and Call, who were
engaged in a scheme to murder the Emperor,
were likewise stabbed by Griscel. and a certain
Sinibaldi a Mazzinist who was staying at the
Hotel Mrabeau at Paris. under the English
name of Peters. was found hanging stone dead
To the bars Of his cell the morning after his In
generation in the Mazas Prison These are
only a few of the numerous lives which arc
known to have been taken by Griscelli In the
defence Of his imperial master. Napoleon 11I
EX-ATTACHE.