Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

used for burials. was assigned to them
Two registers were to be kept, one for
foreigners and one for Frenchmen. Now
here is where the first difficulty rises in
the way of NJ de Ricaudys theory. No /
Rue DIES Ecluses- Saint Martin is over the
courtyard assigned exclusively to French
Protestants. Yet he would find the body of
Paul Jones in it. He satisfies himself nv
reasoning on the character of the soil fur
ther down the block, which indicates that
II was nj ed up first. The letter of the old
raw nevertheless. is against him, and the
BODY of Paul Jones ought legally 70 have
been buried in the older portion of the
cemetery set apart by law for foreign
frotestants. But that would extend the
'"ich LOT MIN today all through the block
Serious Objections.
10 ma the body under No Rue des
tcIuses -Saint-Martin still another sunnosi-
ton must be granted. The body of Paul
JONES' being one Of the last buried In If NJ
de Rlcaudy says 1t should be looked for
near the gate as the last locality likely to
oe hiled up NJ. Dupont's door is where the
Old gate was. This reasoning howevar i
based only on likelihood -
"A lar more serious objection rises in con-
hecuoh with the Saint Martin Protestant
me acte d lnhumation discovered by Gharl,.S
f'ead IN 1903. admits that the act does NOT
name the place of burial Charles Road
s&ys ne copied it from Register No ~
|
status of Professionals. NJ de Ricaudv saI-a
mat this Register No. So begun in IS1.
concerned first a Protestant cemetery near
me Porte Saint-Martin and afterward the
plhtr protestant cemetery with which we
nave Deen concerned. He does not give hia
authority for this, whether it be Charles
Read or another ~ O''i teS
Were there not still other Protastan,
oeIhelerleS at tins time, five years after the
nH!clal recognition of the Protestant re-
iglon?' | asked Mr. Gowdy.
t, LOU ,, nave struck curious point" was
He touched an electric bell A c1erk m
peared. Fetch me the Paul Jones dos
look at that he said, handing me
paper. 1T is the report of one of nv oyrn
men made to me in January, 1899 It runs
as loilows, and is most surprising:
Another Last Resting Place.
January 81. 1899.
Il he Hon. ]. X. Gowdy L. s. Consul Cen
eral. Paris:
Dear General: On learning your desire to
ascertain the resting place of Admiral
Jones' who died in July. 1892 in this CITY.
appealed to the authorities at the city
hail and to the parochial authorities. spent
several days in the National Library and in
me afchlves, visited all the cemeteries
searched through the records of the arch
plShop. went to the public Worship offices
elc.. etc, and finally brought up at the ad-
nlraity, where, although unsuccessful at
hrst L persisted, secured letters of rncon,-
menda ton and finally elected the fact that
Admlral Paul Jones was buried in the
Protestant cemetery, near Notre Dame
tathedral, the site of which cemetery IS
nc" pullt over part of the same being
where the Hotel Deu now stands. The adj.
miral having been buried in a leaden coffin
ana MS obsequies having been attended by
members of parliament, / am convinced
that his relics were not dispersed Tbo
search for the said lead coffin would, how
ever prove so long and difficult that I do
not undertake it without further instruc-
tlons from you. as you may perhaps prefer
TO nave a memorial tablet or statue erected
In the site of the cemetery, which is both
picturesque and central.
JOHN EMMETT"
Was John Paul Jones first buried in This
cemetery, then removed to that near the
Canal Saint Martin? There is no evidence
TO prove 1t. except that of the register No
~. taken on faith of Charles Reads tran
scription IN 1859, and supposed to refer
exclusively to the Saint Martin cemetery
Can 1t be that the body lay for two months
in receiving vault believed to have been
attached to the Hotel des Invalides? The
, official acte d'inhumat ton, which is dated
precludes this idea
well-known American was in the con-
SUI generals office with us.
General he said, Il prefer the of6cia,
evidence of the French admiralty
I think l do. too" replied the consul
General" said, Il have a confession +o
make before leaving. Just before we took
| the photograph of NJ. Dupont's cellar die
appointed at not finding any grave dis
tinctly marked as the reports had prorn-
lsed, drew chalk mark on the wall at
the right level, six steps down, 1t looks
wen In the photograph, but l fear now
that 1t may prove misleading"
scarcely more so than the rest 20
phed the consul general. Paul Jones
! sleeps IN an unknown grave in Paris,'
STERLING HELLO.