The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-28
RESULT OF TEN
YEARS OF DISSIPATION
Spoiled Darling SOreIy
Pressed By Creditors
After Marriage

Paris France April Although |
no autopsy was MADE on the body of |
The Duo dc Chaulnes. since Dr. Castex |
certifies that he died of embolism of |
The heart no doubt remains that the I
Gtath OF the young nobleman came as |
the result OF his ten years habit Of |
taking several kinds Of drugs, espe
cially morphine.
Dr. Castex says the duke was
warned several weeks ago that only
the prompt cessation OF the habit and
prolonged quiet would save his life
Never having been subjected to any
kind of control. the duke was morally
unable to help out his medical ad-
visers by following their counsel
Had Financial Troubles.
Moreover the end was FASTENED by
the dukes financial troubles which
constantly succeeded one another
even after his rich American mar
Tiage" II was no secret yhat the
ducal couple was bounded by cred
itors morning. noon and night, who
had obtained fresh judgments against
the duke after his marriage. Most OF
them We're turned away from the door
unpaid By a special superintendent
/ The duke evidently did not mean 70
lpay his old debts with his wife's
money unless there was no other way
ont OF II.
AT the same time a handsome house
The De Chaulnes Intended to occupy
/ was being constructed in the most
fashionable part OF Paris and this oc-
lcasioned adverse continent rogarding
the dukes probity, which did not fail
to reash his ears All this threw him
into a highly irritable and even OK
cited state which hastened the end.
although the couple managed 90 keep
secret the fact that he had cardiac
4 tsoublc
Reputed Spoiled Darling"
The duke enjoyed only the roputa-
/ tlon of a spoiled darling In Paris,
lwhere he had never shown character
His friends and the members of his
family eharitably ascribe his weakness
TO the fact that he had no bringing mp
in any moral sense
His parents alternately kidnapped
him and his sister until his moiher,
the beautiful Princess Gaiitzin, died
lleaying them on the hands Of the
dukes grandmother. the Duchess Chow
lreuz. whose ausierity and severity did
the duke more harm During her life
his mother grudgingly allowed him a
ldoIlar a day but when she died she
Ileft him an income OF $50 900 a year.
THUS in twenty-four hours the duke
lrose from penury to wealth. Start
ling in az once 10 make a record rs
a speadthrift. he did IL so thoroughly
THAT in two or three years he had re-
lcoursed TO the life Of an adventurer
now being found in the army now liv-
ling a Wild career in Paris being mixed
up I'm the mysterious ether poisoning
death OF "a famous young woman OF tie
city, and now swing picturesque
lspecEcle OF how even in the French
republic a young nObleman with a his
ltorlc title still may put his back
lagainst tie wall and fight a host OF
creditors with a single weapon, CON
sisting of the promise, II mean 10
marry a rich American girl soon
Obstacles ~ ANsss.of Marriage.
A member of the family said Now
lihat poor Emmanuel IS dead the truth
Knight as well be told The real diff
lnculties IN the way OF the marriage
We're made on this side and not on
the Shonts side.
"The Duo de Chaulnes had 70 have
lmoney. and the Duchess n. ID. dues
and his other relatives hoped mar
lriage would settle his habits and pre-
lvent the development OF his heart
ltrouble by ending his life Of dissipa-
luon Unfortunately. a man OF 30 does
lnot change bis disposition an az once
lat all events the task was too great
tor the poor boy. who las gone.