The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-04
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False Claims OF Napoleon. Barber.
Surgeon.
HARON Antomarchi writes from
ssnntiago dc Cuba, REQUESTING
7 the publication OF a letter pro.
49, testing against certain con-
teIptuous remarks recently
Eminent FrelichJ academcian and his.
,toria IN Of the First Napoleon, concern
y, - ostor Antonarchi. The latter,
1t may be remembered, had been dis
patched ny Emperor Nnpoleon's mother.
Madame. Mere, and his cousin. Cardinal
Ecsch, In compliance with request
of the exiled Emperor. to attend upon
MIN 81 st. Helena. TIE baron insists
.htt MS ancestor. the doctor, who died
In Cuba In 1888. enjoyed In a quite
special drgree the. alrertlon AMI .goo,:
VIII Of mis- imperial patient, and the
highest regard Of all the latter's
Erencll end English encourage, adding
tnat the doctor was not only be-
Queathcd u handsome legacy by Ma.
poleon, but was likewise recommended
by him to his widow. Empress Marie
Louise with request that she would
attach him to her household, In recog-
r:tion OF his valuable services at st.
Helena.
Now the only authority for these
assertions on the part OF Baron Anto-
march, is tho doctor himself. who has
been denounced as an unconscionable
liar by everybody OF note who has had
occasion to write about the last days
OF Napoleon at st. Helena. Lord Rose
berry IN part!snlar TIE former Prime
}terly and standard work concerning
the captivity at St. Helena, entitled
"Napoleon:. the Last Phase" and which
extensive research, roundly condemns
DR. Antomarchi as .'mendactous," and
his utterances and writings regarding
Napoleon as entirely worthless"
the Very moment OF his, arrival owing
to the young medico. who was mere
barber-surgeon. and not phystcian.-
treating his cancer OF the stomach;
agonies, as an imaginary illness. In
fact. a few weeks after his arrival.
Napoleon closed his doors against him.
and declined to retain him any longer
In his service.
During the remainder OF the time
he was on the island Antomarchi
spent most of the time in the town.
.ridiculing the Emperor. making jest
tions of Cardinal Fesch and Of Madame
Mere to return to Europe, Sir Hudson
Lowe, the Governor OF the Island de-
Ginning to grant him permission to
leave until he had himself received In
istructions on the subject from Eng
land. Copies of letters are on record
addressed by Count Montholon in tho
name OF the Emperor, declaring that
your moral character, and you have.
been{o no use to him In his illness"
When Napoleon died. on May 5th.
he remembered all his attendants in
regarding Antomarchi. In spite of this.
DR.. Antomarch had the incredible i'm
pudence to reproduce in his book on
Napoleon an alleged and perfectly I'M
aginary codicil to his will, couched in
the following language:
Il request my beloved Marie Louise
to take into her service my surgeon.
Antomarchi, to whom bequeath q pen
5000 francs year. which she is to
pay to him; while another clause OF
this codicil is to the erect that the
Emperor. realizing that the pension
timony OF his gratitude for the care
and devotion which he had received at
the hands OF DR.. Antomarchi, ordered
sa0,0o0---should be handed to him by
Count Monthoion, Count Bertrand, and
Count Marchand the executors Of the
Emperor's wilh from the funds belongS
hands at his death.
Now not word of this codicil APP
pears In the official authenticated tes-
It's existence is based only on the un-
supported and wholly uncorroborated
assertion of Antomarchi. while the res.
ports made OF him by Counts Montho,;;
as by General Sir Hudson Lowe, the
Governor OF st. Helena, and other Eng
slish officers OF the garrison, all go to
show that It is just as much Of an
impudent lie as most OF the other
statements contained in his precious
book.
! am unaware OF the exact degree
marchi, who now makes his home at
geon. of the First Napoleon, nor am
which he certainly did not Inherit from
marchrs death in Cuba, in 1888, his
ique, living. at Alorsiglia, in Corsica.
and of another brother. Joseph, making
his home at Caracas, In Venezuela The
a fhe death Of Joseph sel An tl his
widow established herself at santa
her heirs advertised for sale there a
number of alleged roles Of the First
Napoleon. The Minister of Finance at
Bogota sent to his government q de.
iscription, as well as photographs, of
the relics. but they were Of such. a
nature and OF such questionable
authenticity that no steps We're
taken to secure them for the Ma
$tional Museum at Paris Possibly the
Baron Antomarchi. OF Santiago de
Cuba, Is one Of these heirs.
y But it would be interesting to learn
where and how he obtained his barony,
which is not of the Spanish creation.
1t Is amazing that he should have
thought 1t necessary to write to pro-
test against the utterances OF the his,
torlan and academlcinn, Frederick
Mason, slnce the effect Of his letter
has merely served to revive the very
stories concerning the
original DR., Antomarchi.
The death at Bombay Of the Parsee
baronet, srsJamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the
fourth holder of the baronetcy, serves
to recall not only one of the most fa-