The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-26
NAP0LEON'S GRANDSON
STORY OF RAMON VINO SANS
u;-S L'AtGLoN's son.
Bonapartlsts Halsr rnnd- aud the
Man Who u said to Be NRpaIeon's
Only Dcsccndant Wul tive ia
style in Parts.

, Of Rcichstade ol "I-Airlon -tho "EnR.
lee whose patheu, story Reruhnrjt ana
Muudc Adams have portrayed on the
stage of thlt baby King 81 Rome whose
very pAythnEs-a cup aud hill-wcre a
| sccpter ord globe in token OF the uni
ycr-al dominion chat wac 20 be- his. but
/ who died powcrlcss and forgoften
Tho claims OF the tailor are - we'll es-
/ tabdshed that Baron Lcgoux chairman
Of the French Imperial party. b prepat-
Ink home In Paris Tor the direct d.
scendaut OF Frances greatest ruler
Baron Lcgoux b. raising "a fund of 5000
/ francs for him. and he will live on the
Interest OF this fortune in a little palace
I on the Champs Eiysees not far from the
/ site ~ the Ola Tulllefits. where his fatlr-
/ or saw tho light
/ Prince Eugene Joseph Napoleou's nrs,
recolie,tons go back 70 the town Of
/ Wurzeu. in royal SaxouS where he lived
a. the adopted son Of "a tailor named Lud-
wig
When be had grown 10 manhood his
foster father told him that he came into
the family in isi3. and that previous 90
that time bee had resided with his moth
e., "a great lady At the palace.
THE great sadly he explained was
the mistress 81 one Of the Austrian I'm
pttor's graugsous
I The son of LAlcl0n SAYS this informi-
ton revived iu hls mind chlldhood re-
hectionr which heretofore he had regard.
I Cd a. drenms. he remembered having
I spent several years Boz a stately house
ana park where ne owned @ pony ana
carriage and fine playthInrs
/ The thought OF establishing hlz identity
was nppcrmost Ia Eugene Joseph's mind
/ when. az =, he lcfi his foster father and
/ accepted position at HetEendorf VIII
I lage near the imperial castle 81 schoon-
I hrunu. A. che documents telling Of the
7 young tailor were IN Latin. Eugene Joseph
/ had mover learned their contents and the
I vifng" pastor was appealed To- He dis
covered that the headings relating 20 mar
entage ANA birth were not hlsed a. In
stead there was che remark state Sc
Z cret in the keeping of the Minister OF the
I Imperial House. HolburK." which seemed
/ 10 indicate that Eugene Joseph's father
I belonged 20 tho reigniuR family az Aus
I irin. The Information under religion
1 read, "Bapuzed IN ,he religion of che
mother. Hungarian Protestant"
/ Under means Of Identification war
/ this Birth mark-Maltese cross on the
1 lef' breas, over The heart" Eugene Joseph
SAID be possessed that and the priest ex-
amlnod him Finding that the tailor had
{ told The truth tho pastor said II am
bound 10 take shis paper to the Vienna
authorities but win give YOU on anthem
/ heated copy" This was the last Eugene
I Joseph snw of the original which was
connscatrd by Prince Mefternich while
before the week was up he was marched
/ toward che froptier ~ saxony between
/ two gondarmes a. on obnoxious for
/ agncr"
The Schccnhrunners including several
officials who had access 10 the records
asserted that his life's circumstances tall
/ lied with what f. known 81 the fate or
/ ;he ns:Es g Res, sst5'i;'s only SON
This child shey said was born In
I schoenbrunn toward the end of 1881. and
/ his mother was Comtesse Wilma won
\ scdlnocky q beautiful Hungarian.
Reichstadi died July p 1892 and Mile
Won sedlniocky ara her child were hurried
away from Llxonhurg where the Imperial
lover had established them IN 4 hunting
I box Tho baby son WAS between and 10
\ months Oh
Prince Mettcrnlch caused Nile Won g..
/ dlriocky and her child 70 be- taken 10
| saxony. whose King could be trusted a.
I h. was under obligations 10 Austria ana
I 10 the Bourb0ne
Eugene Joseph Instituted Investigations
/ ~ Wu1zcn and learned that n Hungarian.
/ lady. accompanied hy male child. had
/ been q prisoner % state here. and her
/ very considerable allowance was paid by
| the Austrian embassy In Dresden
/ Nothing had interrupted the prisoner
/ NE for ten o. more years when "a young
] and handsome stranger. with the bearing
l OF an army officer. began 20 visit ~ the
I palace 10 and the Countess became
I friends. ana ono day he carried her of.
/ the royal Governor looking beniRuly on.
I for shey were 10 b. married
] III
moved from the castle and taken TO Ores
den. whence he returned q Htle later. not
/ as the pensl0uer Of the palace. hut as the
apprentice OF Tailor Ludwig. who. Il was
! understood. received a large sum down
I The servants 81 the palace were paid
and discharged. the garrison was broken
no and sent 20 distant places aud the
castle was turned into government Offices.
Eugene Joseph gathered that all that
/ was needed 20 establish his IDENTIFY was
| 10 ma Wilma won sedinlocky. for there
I could o. little doubt that she was hts
mother fc travelled Tor years. searching
for the woman who had abandoned him.
/ The srdiniockvs be- discovered soon
] enough. there are two branches % "a
| family. on Austrian and Hungarian
one.
/ Regarding the fate of their relative.
/ Wilma they were silent. and when Eu-
l gone Joseph continued 20 bother them
/ lnev procured hia removal from Hungary.
/ soon after Eugene Joseph had estsh-
/ H.hed himself Boo Chemuitz Dc was visited
/ hy cant Daniel ven kaszony. Of The Hun
/ rarian Honvrde. whose story OF his car.
| .utaro colncided with the discoveries al
ready made Moreover. che captain had
/ known Wilma Won scdiniocky personally
I'm fact she had Tilted him FOR the Duke
| OF Rcchstadt
/ Kaszony offered 20 90 so Hungary and
continue the search for Eugene Joseph's
mother Three. four months passed. A.
/ last me tailor received word to come %
/ NenudOrf. County Zips.
NeudOrf was Vilma's birthplace. and
/ the Hungarian and Austrian authorities
/ had reported 10 the parson every change
/ IN her station of life. as the law pro.
vidca.
The records showed that comsesse VII
ma became the mother OF male child IN
November. 1882. and That IN the follow
Ing August she removed 70 foreign
state fsaKouyl.
The child was baptized IN the Protestant
| faith and received the name Of Eugene
Joseph Napoleon.
The next entry was made Aug. Is, 1855.