Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-25
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De CHAULNES EXPIRES IN
ARMS OF WIFE
FORMER MISS sHoNTS, AMERICAN
HEIREss, WIDOWED
Heartbroken, Young Woman Refuses
to Leave Her Dead and Keeps
Lonely Vigil by His
Side
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PARIS, April 24.-In the presence of
his bride of less than three months,
Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Marie
d'Albert de Luynes d'Ailly, ninth duke
of Chaulnes, and of Piequigny, and
marquis of Dangeau, died suddenly
from heart failure at II o'clock Thurs
day night, in his apartments in the
Hotel Langham, in the Rue Boezader.
The physicians summoned to attend
the duke in his sudden seizure officially
gave the cause of death as embolism of
the heart.
The Due de Chaulnes and the duch-
ess VINO was Miss Theodore Shonts,
youngest daughter of Theodore p.
Shonts of New York, were married
in New York on February IA last.
The wedding was a brilliant social
function, and the end of the brief
honeymoon was sudden and tragic
Since the arrival of the couple here a
month ago they have lived compare
lively quietly at the Hotel Langham,
taking an occasional automobile ride in
the afternoon and in the evening din
ing with intimate friends or going to
the theater.
Duke III for Years
The duke, for years, has suffered
from a weak heart, and for some time
had been the subject of fainting spells.
Several times since his arrival here
he consulted DR.. Henri Iscovesco in an
effort to obtain relief from his ailment.
Yesterday evening the duke and
duchess, both in the best of spirits,
returned from a drive in the BoiS de
Boulogne. They dined in their pri-
vate apartments, and an hour after
dinner the duke complained of feeling
ill and retired.
About II o'clock he was suddenly
stricken, gasped foI breath, and i'm
mediately lost consciousness. The
duchess was seized with panic and
screamed for aid. A maid who re-
sponded to her cry was hurriedly dis
patched for DR.. Iscovesco, while the
hotel management summoned another
physician. The two doctors arrived
simultaneously at the bedside of the
sufferer, and administered the most
powerful stimulants, but their efforts
were in vain.
Died in Wife's Arms
The duchess was holding the duke in
her arms when he expired. She was
persuaded by some of her American
friends who visited the apartment to
leave the bedside of her dead husband,
and kept vigil there throughout the
night.
Theodore P. Shonts was notified by
cable of his daughters bereavement,
and a message was received from him
today saying that he would take the
first steamer leaving New York and
come to Paris. The dukes family was
notified this morning and his sister, the
Duchess Dues, who was at Biarritz,
started Immediately for Paris.
Today Mrs. II. Millington Drake and
other friends did what they could to
comfort the distracted widow, whose
grief calmed somewhat during the af-
ternoon.
When the death of the duke became
generally known today steady
stream of the dukes friends, including
a number of members of the French
nobility, called at the hotel and left
cards of coincidence.
Mystery Hinted
The refusal of the hotel authorities
during the afternoon to give particu-
lars concerning the death of the duke
led to reports that there was some
mystery surrounding it, but these were
completely dissipitated by M. Jeanton,
police physician who made an ex-
animation of the body in the presence
of other physicians, and officially GER
titled that death was due to a natural
cause and that there was no necessity
for an autopsy
Tonight the body of the duke was
placed in double oak coffin, and to-
morrow it will be transferred to a
crypt in the church of st. Philip de
Roule, where it will remain pending
arrangements for the funeral. which
it is expected will not take place until
after the arrival of Mr.. Shonts from
New York.
In accordance with traditions of the
French nobility, the funeral will be a
pretentious function, and will attract
to Paris the representatives of most
of the ancient families in France. with
which the dukes family is allied.
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