New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
A NEW N4UNDORFF.
DEATH OF THE Roy OF FRANCE IN 20,
LAND AND THE SUCCESSION. op
HIS NEPHEW-THE MYSTERY
OF LOUIS XVII
OF LOUIS XVII.

Paris correspondence of The London GIohs Q
The curious Naundorff mystery is again :
fore the public lie Roy est mort, Wv /,
Roy Is the cry which few Legitimists ~ - d
bust faith have once more raised The "p
of ,FranCe-at least he whom the uartfsa- 4
NaundOrff have recognized as such-diad h 7
security some days ago in a forgotten cOrnz- :
Holland. He had no children. The oIdas+ r
his nepheWS. who is styled AuguSte Jean q
Bourbon. has been proclaimed his successor 4
legitimate master of France by a score or T. !
of faithful followers who still indulge in + 9
delusiOn. The new sOVereign-he is TWEEN Z
seven years Old-iS a WineShOp keeper AZ Trr
If he continues 10 write TO his subjects on 49,
bearing the royal arms of the -hrUr de Tvs
has wisely given up all idea of mounting =
throne. This young man is of his time. :
knows what devotion to lost causes is wor-.
Who now dreams in France of the old story 4
the young Louis XVII escaping from the Tn
pie. and. under the name of NaundOrff. lea5i
a miserable existence until the day when n
died poisoned at Delft on August 10, 1S45? An
yet, whether this NaundOTf was was n0r
impOstOr, the most recent labOrs of our h.
tOrianS agree in regarding not only as pOssit-
but as very probable, the theory Of esca1
There is one point, however, on which unca,
tainty still prevails, but on which our priTa
information viii enable US to throw some t!a
light.
on November Il. 1874. a closed carriage a.
rived at the Temple, and on the simple pres
tatiOn of pass the traveller obtained entran
TO the central court a man. still young but
serious aspect. descended. with a little boy VI
appeared to be suffering. The man y
BaUaTd. the former orator of the Mauc0nS
section. one of the most ardent of all those E1
played an important role in the COmmune
Paris He led the child into the building on
right, and after a conversation in a low 70.
with the chief guardian, Laurent, friend Of u
COnVentiOnneI BarraS, he departed leaving
the hands of Laurent the child so mysterious
introduced into the prison. Ten days h.5
Citizen Baulard returned at night and had
long conversation with Laurent he then =
hi ~ Fnv
cOmpanied him. This child. who crossed 0ys
the threshold of the Temple under the eyes
the 'sansculOtteTs." was the little King, or q
he was called, Citizen Capet The child pU {
the place of the Dauphin was named Tarl-
and bore striking likeness to him in many u
spects. He did not remain long in prison. !
sick child, whose name We do not knOw-s0-s
say his mother was named LenlnSer-SOOn t0i
the place of Tardif On June :, 1913. he died .
the Temple, and the doctors ordered by Il.
Convention drew up a solemn death certificate Z
him whom they believed to be the Dauphin
What became of the young prisoner who =
capped? Was he NaundOrff? Did ne end in o.
security, poisoned. it is said. by the emiSSaris
of the COmte de Provence. who desired to 81
rid of a rival to the throne? Who can say
The secret memoirs OF Comm Laurents sue
| cessOr at the Temple. his confidential friend
furnish no details of the life of Louis XVII afsl
the supposed escape Nine. deS Sables- GUM
chel. who formerly allowed us 10 read the pre
ciOus manuscript of the memoirs alluded 70
was of opinion, after having heard what ha
father said on the subject, that the little prince
after his escape from the Temple. lived To-
about ten years in a small village near Grey
in Picardy. and. strange TO say, if true, at hi
house of a relative of the shoemaker Simon
who. We are assured, had sworn 10 devote o.
| life to the deliverance and happiness Of III
Dauphin
A letter was found recently by the writer
the "Matin" on a book stall in which PrinG
Auguste Jean de Bourbon. the Roy Of to-day
addressed the following letter TO the editor Of
RoyaliSt organ: Dear Sir: I thank you NOS
sincerely for the noble and generous sentmenH
| which you express in behalf of the cause OF n
heirs Of the King Martyr. Treated by you sn
| in your publication. which / consider very Va
edited. the cause Of Louis XVII. Whch has a.
ready made great progress. cannot Idll 10 el
tinue to do So" On the other hand, ii IS SAL
that dlsdaining battles without glory, and el
riched by the success of his wineShOp ar Luna
the Prince thinks less OF the throne Of his falt
ers than of his little bills on quarter day. d
Is a wise man. and also an honest LEAdesna1