Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30

ally. sit in a usurper's seat" Shortly
after he was assassinated-
Naundorf was growing Troublesome,
says Boissy d Anglas. and Louis XVIII
agents started to reduce him TO silence.
First he was accused of arson OF the
Brandebourg Theater, near to his Watch-
makers shop-and acquitted only AFTER
long Imprisonment. Next he was &C
cused of counterfeiting-recent Jules
Claretie repeated both accusations!-ano
now, you will say. he had a good puDhc
opportunity to proclaim his real identity
as the lost dauphin?
what happened: The judgment or the
Brandebourg court. while admitting no
evidences Of counterfeiting. affirmed
condemnation to be essential, 1naSmuch
as the defendant has proved nimseit an
impudent liar, declaring himself to be a
born prince of the august family OF the
Bourbons, whence we give him three
years prison
How he finally arrived in Paris and
was recognized as the lost dauphin by
DR.. de Caro-, physician of the Duchesse
d Angouleme: the Chevalier Cosson, her
dentist; de Jolly, last minister OF justice
of Louis XVI; Mime. de Rambaud. femme
de-chambre Of the little dauphin: Marco
de St Hilaire. usher Of the kings cham
Der. and many more. Is too long a story.
Others refused to recognise him-among
ttem the Duchesse d'Angouleme herself,
his sister who would never meet MN
face 10 face. 1t is said that she ieit
memoirs. TO be published long years
hence, alleging state necessity.
In a word. the lost dauphin-in the
form of Naundorfr-can2e an UNLIMITED
guest at the banquet of tha restoration.
They eYen started up riV's: claimants
Tatche1ront, Dufresne, PruneaI, Aerva-
gau!t-Io throw a stick Ia his legs He
lived ? life of struggle ana trarei, set
Ting dow. In Holland, where a.; artillery
invention gained ih,a ,nesns, and the Sc
c-et knowledge OF the Dutch king. II Is
said. wen him complete acknowled gGnent
"a Louis XVII, Duke cf Normandy.
King OF France and Navarro. born at
Versailles. 1855. deceased at Daft. I54a:
So reads his tombstone. His last words
were babhling OF the guillotlne and tenn
pie His autopsy showed the onlPalns
vaccination mark. the scar Gil his lip bit
bV a rabbit at Versailles: the dauphin's
mole in the shape of a pigeon. scar on
the little finger Of the right hand, and two
on forehead and chin from blows re-
ceived in the Temple prison! Ali these
could have been initiated py sCrgery-n
the party knew them.
But--who was lie, II not the lost
daughin? The famous passport being
ridiculous and containing
no reference to a known Naundnrf fam
lily. such absence OF other identity was
always his strong proof. Orl,' IA the last
month has an anonymous expert CT OLD
documents flung what the royalists call
a ''bomls'' into the Naundorff-deBo Bourbon
camp.
He is the &c. NJ" OF the Debats. (Can
it be Gabriel Monod, the greatest old
historian of France? Or Georges Monitor
geuil, who admits collecting "old pa
pers?") Burrowing patiently in the mass
of documents. certified trials, dispositions,
extracts from registers. exhibits. etc,
of Naundorff' stormy life, he follows up
the first wife Hassert and, Naundorf's
various declarations concerning her
He follows her to Halle, and learns