The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11

Les Angeles, relative 10 delays in the selling OF
certain properties and asking when the Baron
was coming to California. In q grip BELONGING
TO the dead man was found q quar-
ter pound bottle Of choral hydrate, one
quarter Of which hnd been used, also an
eieht-ounce bottle OF morphine, also a good
sized bottle OF chlorldlno. Thoro were also
packages OF hypodermio %syrinRes, n small pack
ago OF morphine. some bottles Of whiskoy and q
number OF packages Of drugs Of various kinds,
including a box of lozouEes of a sulphur salt.
At the homo OF John II. Flaeler. az West
Forty.ninth street, 1t was said last night that
Mr.. FlaRler had left for California at l o'clock
IN the afternoon. having up to that time ro-
ceiyed no information concerning Baron Har-
den.Hickey's death. Mr.. Henry NJ. FlaRler 10 In
the South.
Baron James A. Hardcn.H Hickey, James I. Of
the Kingdom Of Trinidad, which was erected by
his own hands. was born in France forty-threo
years ago. His ancestors came originally from
ireland. The King OF Trinidad was educated in
the Jesuit College Mt Namur. He also studied at
Leipsic, whore he gained the reputation of being
q duelist OF tho FIRST class. When he was 10
years old he entered the French Military Col
lege at st. Cyr. but ho gave up all thoughts
of being n soldier when his father died
in 1873. Then no began to give atten-
tion to literature and sculpture. Five years
later he began to publish La Trfbo,lct. a satiri.
cal weekly started In the interests Of the royal
lists. His career as an editor was short but full
OF excitement. During tho few months which
La Trfboulet lasted tho Baron was arrested ia
times and he paid fines amounting to 100000
franco, besides fighting q dozen duels. Even
tually Paris became too hot to hold so pro-
nounced q royalist and the Baron sought refuge
in England. After awhile he took passage on
the sailing vessel Astoria bound around Cape
Horn. One day a fierce South Atlantic storm
struck the Astoria md she was blown upon the
little Island of Trinidad In latitude 90 80"
south and longitude 90 90" west. or about 900
miles from the mainland Of Brazil. Tho island
10 about twenty.throe miles long and three miles
wide, and from its general appearance the
Baron Judged It was Of volcanic origin. Up to
that timo Trinidad had been often seen, but sell
dom visited. 1t was covered with green and
filled with tho song Of tropical birds. The Baron
was charmed with the island, and he mado up
his mind to found there n kingdom Of his own.
When the Astoria sailed away, however, the
Baron went with her. and for five years he did
not visit the island again; but he never lost
sight Of the idea OF becomin its King. In 1890
he married Miss Annie Flaglcr, the daughter Of
John II. FlaBlor, md several years later he be-
gan to put into execution his plan of creating
himBelt q sovereign. Tic Quit u ChDln on INC
little island and called 1t tho royal palace. His
subjects consisted of q handful OF colonists whom
he induced to settle in his kingdom. and the gov.
eminent proceeded without a hitch until one day
an English cruiser put in at the island. Its COM
mander told James /. that he had no right to set
up az King there because Trinidad belonged to
Great Britain, and he ordered the monarch and
his subjects to leave the island ut once. The
whole nation was bundled aboard n yacht, and
the King and his subjects sailed to America.
A short time afterward Count do Ia Buissiere.
Chancellor of the kingdom of Trinidad. by
the gracious favor Of James l.. came to New
York and issued n proclamation to all the
European powers. in which no declared that
England, in defiance Of the laws Of nations and
in spite of the Legitimate rights of his august
sovereign. had taken possession of tho kingdom
Of Trinidad. He called on tho powers to recoE-
nize the principality of Trinidad as an indc-
pendent State and to guarantee its neutrality.
In this manner. the Chancellor said, an end
could be made to a situation which threatened
to disturb the general peace of civilized nations.