Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
Last Resting Place of John Paul
Jones Not Found.
RESULT OF CAREFUL INVESTIGATION
Reasons for Believing That II viii
Never Be Located.
40 RELIABLE EVIDENCE

>P'' iai correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS. December u, 1899
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an '' % - W IN -'ii'' an tS-N 'i''il'ii'
he"a i".Iiit l. th'' present resting place
u hl- dust. under The small house at No.
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Eastern runway station Nh'n the mouse
WIS built WAS rho greatest care taken not
20, disturb, rfp. GRAVE
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rsssI,.u 4GEch publicity It Is planned 10
bring Ike. f,nT,- Of III, great naval fighter
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III his "''" @'i"i lll'' congress can no"
a.i- o. Ws~- therefore. t" describe IN more
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My ar-- r,r"- howeysr. Wa Z" visit he
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Inn t,r-rT m III f...,lf- e-,,,er.,,-L as
,-r,.,.. sd .p-i.E~rn 4 check on NV own rfuGi--
.-:rEf.stf.l-- .i t...-is.-u. In truth # hers
have I.-1 occupied for months. J. X.
';av,Iy- from hi- otiie, 10 lhe Avenue lie
Ippgra- nt- pr,--,ru,rG his r.-,arch,- in
tas rl.ir .-r f,r 2. full year and more. The
tsf.- ,.f H.. ,r.i-f.s< h:ou+,I thuughtfuI Amer
i.gu L,--..r reformed in the history Of his
,..rr.tr.. f.-rlll- than many II more. youth
C-rI frpIr..., of orr universities he met the
question wI-h immediate good Will AMI m
-.r.-t Calling for his letter book he said
with tED ~5-L of one vino hops against
hope l,. -u. progress We'll. bit loving cold
Tr1Ith mnrr. Read this letter. which At its
fqrs summed vi All ! hal discovered with
f.r.II pf 10
bone .I John Paul Jones Smooyh-faced.
with thoughtful lines. hair touched with
gray. erect and pprtly in his ri"se-hutt"ned
frnrk suu. kindly though formal. very
mulch jue traditional \ American. Mr. GuWdy
r.lude a strong impression Her. Is man
who weighs his statements l SAID to my
r. Lands with respect:
Our Consul Generals Futile Search.
PARIS. January ., 1889.
NJ p,..r Lands: I am in receipt Of
y,ur letter # November % asking me TO
cive YOU some information about the grave
~ Tho hero Of the American navy. John
PAM J,us=.
.Nrfer three weeks Of dilisent research I
,-rrrt go say that 50 far nv efforts have
~, 81, win, y-,u say that the remains of
~
John f-tHl Jones |Ittl' M an vi
mark = crave III FariS- ENG'y eii"rt l nave
brought e" % if on Tie SunIyet in1nG me
ti,i'ii h % "'tl IVA 'i' ttLlNti''NI $50 :,
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li'@N,Ls "i t,i,s 1T 'i' ti'.ts VI
Ram. ~,- y4f- rTIt unfortunately neither
the Tau, Of ia" chapel nor the cemetery is
-itgA-
..aIr, nc ~ II. ~ Psrf
me fnu-f ancient having hem created In
l>hL have resulted in no trace of the burial
n-l.' ~ John Paul JONES. officer OF the
it.'t sac navy. VII" d'',i al f3li9
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10, ~, y.,sll,,rIt, ''' '''' VI '''''l7'
Way Lie in the Catacombs.
There -ra f., tn, ce.ttrsr,ts homes r.,,,a-
..,... 4. on. ~, -, =,
~'-''.'T ".'N'-''' Pt'Pl'- AFTER All Ihe re-
Nt'E'i nave made. very much Tear that
The mains uf John Paul Jones lie in the
,fst.aTlb- f.rrt ba,-.. r...,.r.l No, bf,,e, ,,o.f
t---. g. al 60, F
learn from his biography that his re-
mains were placed in d leaden coffin for the
rpGI,a uIruce OF their removal in case Inc
,-''IIt ever cram them Tor
eyer did 20 ''' 7''' i'iii'A III
I am sorry not to be able To or,o,a in full
this admirable letter, which gathers to-
g,'nsr The more striking claims of John