The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-13

always masked with mask Of black vel
vet died, and was buried on Nov
20, in the graveyard of ST. Paul.
They called him NJ de Marched on the
register
In the parish record the following en-
try was found: on the 18th Marchioy.
aged forty-fve or whereabouts, died in
the Bastile, whose body was buried in the
churchyard Of St. Paul. his parish. the
10Th of the present month in the presence
Of NJ. Rosarge major Of the Bastile, and
N. Regime, surgeon major Of the Bastile,
who signed-(Signed) Rosarge, Reilhe.'
"On April 80, 1701, n. Zunca wrote: M.
Aumont the younger, came, bringing a
prisoner named Maranyille, alias Recar-
vile, a worthless fellow, whom I have
put along with Tirmon in the second
room Of the Bertaudiere tower, with the
ancient prisoner, both being well locked
in. The ancient prisoner was the
masked man. who was so-called by Saint
Mars. The masked man had formerly
been in the third room of the tower. but
was moved out Of it 10 make room for
fortune teller named Anne Random.
These are some of the papers upon which
IS hereafter shown. Funck- Brentano
bases his opinion that Mattioli and the
masked prisoner were Identical
AT the time of his disappearance the
Count Erculo Antonio Mattioli was one
Of the principle personages in Mantau
Secretary of State to Duke George ",
young, handsome, and accomplished, he
entered into plot with the French am
bassador, by which his royal master was
10 be induced to surrender to King Louis
the fortress Of CasaIe, an act which would
/ nave aroused the jealous indignation OF
the Spaniards. who We're bitter rivals Of
the French in the Italian States This
arrangement was actually made and the
Duke received in exchange for CasaIe TO-
0JJ crowns In a private audience Louis
presented MattioH with hundred double
louis and costly diamond. II may BE-
inferred that MattioH was dissatisfied
with that sum. At all events. he return
cd to Mantua. Within two months he had
sold his secret TO the Dukes mother. and
simultaneously the news was conveyed
to the courts Of Vienna, Madrid. Turin
and the Venetian Republic
Then like a thunderbolt came the news
to Versailles that Baron d'AsfeId the
secret envoy of France. had been arrested
at Milan and turned over to the Span
iards. King Louis was furious and re-
solved upon revenge. Soon afterward
MattioH was invited to a hunting party
by the Marquis darcy, who represented
the French court at Turin. Mattion had
often visited him before. but since the
arrest Of d'Asfeld he feared hat the
French might suspect his good faith His
suspicious were lulled. however. by d'Es-
trades. and, at last, after several refus-
ais, he agreed TO go. The ernissaries OF
the French King were in waiting for him
1T was while approaching the rendez-
vous in his carriage, in broad daylight,
that the arrest was made Coming to Il
turn in the road the carriage was met by
a dozen mounted men and the leader
presenting c pistol at the traitors head.
announced that he was a prisoner. \
mask or helmet, was clapped over his
head, new driver substituted and in
another minute the carriage, surrounded
by an armed guard. was on the way to
Pignerol. Count Mattioli was never
heard Of again
This occurred on May 2, 1873. For fif-
teen years according TO unck-Brentano.
Mattioh remained in that prison. with
his face always covered with a black
mask. In 1924 he was transferred to the
Isle Of Marguerite. and on Septem-
Der IS. 1898, he reached the BastiIe where
he died in 1903. Funck- Brentano quotes
number Of dispatches 70 prove that
Mattioli and the masked man were one.
The prisoner Is to be conducted 20 Pig
nerol,' wrote Louis XIV, to d'Estrades.
with regard 10 Mattioli where he is 10
be kept without anybody having know
ledge Of it. You must see that no one
knows what becomes Of him
1T came off without any violence
wrote Catenat to LouvCts. NO one knows
the name IF the knave. Not even the
officers who helped 70 arrest him.
"Du Junca's journal previously quoted
shows that the Man in the Iron Mask
was imprisoned first at Pignerol and
then at Isle Of Saint Marguerite under
the care Of S.. Mars. In 1851 ST. Mars
left Pignerol and became governor Of
ExiIes There We're then five prisoners
at PigneroL Leuvois wrote 10 him or
dering the removal If the two prisoners
in the lower tower. and in the next par
agraph he referred to the rest ~ the
prisoners in your charge Later ne SAYS
the Count de ChamOy has orders to pay
two crowns a day for the board 81 these
three prisoners At the same time s.
Mars writing to d'Estrades saws: I
am to keep charge OF two Jail birds 7
have here MattioH is TO remain with two
other prisoners Now all OF these FIVE
prisoners are known. They were Ia Ri
Were. who died in 1885. an insane JSco5In
who died in 1875. Dubreuil who iied az
/ Saint-Narguerite in 1897. Besides hese
there were only Mattioli and Danger, and
the latter was a mere servant
Therefore the Man in the Iron Mask
could have been none other than Mat
toll Now. in the burial certificate of the
masked man the name IS given as Mar
chioIy' In Italian this would be FRO
noiInced NarchIroly. and It must he re-
merbere1 that Saint-M7rs. when writ
ing u Natuoli. always spelled the name
Na~ticli. And SAYS Funck- Brentano.
that * the very name on the register
less distorted than the name = the Ma
i9~ If the Bastiie. who wes called RO-
savges. and not RaSaEe: and the name %
the surgeon. who was called Reilhe. and
not Rislhe-'
..Fu-ck- Brentano also adds that Louis
Ky. went 81 for. fl speaking to Nine
/ Pom7a foc-. as u say that the masked
man had been the minister q an Italian
n-frca. ard -hat N De Mau-e7aS. Who
+ 1-r4 Na-., - shsrce % the lsr-ers Do
+ ~-s- f-5F- Louis NV had intorTnei
( Louis XVI that tae masked man was
simply dangerous person. subject .
+ the Duke q Sfantau. and had been iE7ed
/ n The frontier, arrested and imprisoned a.
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