The daily Republican., 1902-11-17
NAN WHO SAID He
LIVED HERE BURIED
ALIVE IN BALTIMORE.

Continued from first page.
SCotton strings sewed to the end to
4 BE- attached to tiagpole.
II On the burgee WAS printed in
neat Roman letters:
8u JAMES M BERNARD,
sf 1s52-19O2.
Several other pieces Of white cloth
and a monkey wrench completed the
outfit in the box.
sia BADOLLET TELLS HIS STORY.
Il After a great deal of questioning
1.-THE man told the officers in frag-
mentary way and IN his broken Eng
alsh, that could scarcely be understood
at times, the following story:
u "My name is John Marc Badollet
and my home is 5l3 King street, Will
mington. Del. am a watchm aker
and machinisJ by trade and for
number OF years have been travelling
about the country mendins bicycles.
For several years lived in WaverIv.
DO that this is not Il strange country
to me.
u II was born October 4, 1852, in
London, England My parents were
Swiss, and when l was three months
old they took me back to their native
country, where | was educated, learn
ed my trade and remained until
abous Is years ago, when | came to
Am erica. Most Of the time since |
have lived in Wilmington, Del.
"About 10 years ago | knew an old
German named Mayer-l have tor
gotten his first name-who was III
the poorhuuse there. He died and
some of his relatives asked me to
bear the expense of decent burial
and to have HIM inferred in conse.
Grated ground l refused, aud he
was buried in the Potters Field.
Since then men employed by May
sr's relatives have been after NE.
Trying to capture and bury me, l
have always eluded them, until
about four years ago, when four men
seized me in Bristol, Pa, and
buried me just like this.
= TELLS OF A HOLD UP
Il II came 10 Baltimore frCm Will
mington last Friday night and
stopped at the Mansion House, on
Gay street. Saturday night | came
put to Waverly and visited the bar
ter shop of Edward Clark, on the
York road, near Wilson street. /
used to beard with his mother |
knew several OF the men in the shop.
Il, "About 1l.30 o'clock l took
satchel had with me and started
down the York road toward the city.
"In front OF ST. Johns Church
four men seized men. | fought with
them and tried TO call for help, but
they choked me.
u "They hurried me east. along
Friendship lane, to the vacant lot,
dragged me over the churchyard
fence, took my clothing off, tied me
And fixed me aS | was found and put
me in the grave. felt sure they
were then hired by relatives Of old
man Mayer, who wish to hound mo
nntil give them lot Of money"
DESCRIBES MS "AsSAlI.ANTs.
Badollet was able to give clear
description Of all his assailants.
Three Were white and one was
colored, he said. The negro was
five feet two or three inches in
height, Is years old, weight about
l5O pounds and had small black
mustache He wore dark clothing.
All the men Wore soft black hats.
f. "Of the white men. one was five
feet seven inches III height, about
IS years Old, weighed l6O pDun Is
and had Il smooth face Another
was about five feet eleven inches
tall, 40 years Of age, had Il sandy
mustache and weighed about $50
pounds. The third, he continued. /
tWas about five feet seven inches tall
also weighed about l50 pounds, wa5
40 years old and had il smooth face
with small "turued-up" nose.
! Badollet declared That the man
answered the description Of the four
ner four years ago at BrIstOl, Ia.
Later he revised tie date OF that
episode and declared that it happen.
ed May 1lth last. At that time he
iwaS rescued from graz much 10
thc same manner as Yesterday. but
the police Of the town, he said, took
no notice OF the affair.
BadOllet asserted that his a,sail-
ANTS had taken s. CT 81 from his
pockets, but was unable TO explain
why they had ielt his silver watch,
which was 10 vest pocket. lie
did not know what h 4d DecOmc ol
the satcheI, he sali
= Shortly after BulJlIet was taken
to the police station Scrgt. Joseph
Smith. alter careful search. found
the MISSING satchC) hidden among
some bushes along tie south fence
,of the cemetery, some distance from
the open grave It contains only
bottle OF machine OIL, but was red.
olent Of the odor Of camphor, which
had also been pIanlc noticeable
,AbOut the clothes found arOunI Bad
bllet, This. together with an analy-
lis vi the writing Of the letter iouud
40 the grave, conGrmel the police
10 the belief that the man had douo
the whole Thing himself,
The police state that while Ba1oI-
let's feet were rather tightly tied,
his hands we're not bUu1l ~ they
would probably have been hy as
sailants Small white cotton cord
was used. 1t wa, tied IN hard
Knot about the left wrist, but was
ppiy wrapprI about the other. and
nlthougl the hands were fastened