The sun., 1912-07-21

below this line is the file number ("Car.
Ton NO. 120D and beneath that appears
printed; "Requisition TO the commanding
general OF the Partisan armed force
Inc remainder Of the document. trsns-
lated. reads:
IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC.
Inc prosecuting public attorney Of the
nevoiutionary Criminal Court. establisbed
ao raris by tho act Of March 10. 1898. in
c.ecut'oh or the judgment OF the court
or this day. requires the com,nandins
General OF the Parisian armed force IN eiys
assistance and TO put on foot the pnblio
'orce necessary for the execution of said
Judgment rendered against Marie An
'oinefte Lorraine Autrche IAus,rionI
w"ow or Louis Capet. and which con-
ueihhf her TO the penalty Of death. which
.Necuti9h shall take place to-day at 10
u, W. IN the Place de la Revolution In this
"ity. The commanding General IL re- nuired
TO send the said public force from tho cour,
house yard on the said day a,sA. N prs-
ciseiy.
"Nen az Paris on the twenty-flfth day
oi the second year OF the French Republic.
one ana ihdNisibe. tOld style, Wednesday.
o''oper 10, 'o'ciock in the morning.
fublic Prosecuting Attorney
tSignedl A. L. FouoUIEB.
Inc document is stamped with the
seal OF the National Legislation Section
OF the Archives"
Although lio years old the document
is remarkably well preserved. due no
doubt to the fact that il has been kept
IN dark place during the greater part
OF the time. Three we'll formed creases
aud one slight crease mar its surface.
but otherwise the sheet OF paper. q tribe
yellow from age. is az perfect a. on the
day 1t vas signed by Fouquier. The ink
is still black and the printing has not
faded in the least.
The three slips Of paper which were
found in the same book as the warrant
were apparently taken from the archives
OF the Temple at the same time a. the
larger document. Two Of them are about
three by four inches. while the other ia
only small slip containing the single
signature OF the "Comteese Valois de
IL Motte.' surrounding whose varied
career the elder Dumas wove the tale
OF The Queens Necklace"
The signature Of the Countess il. A
one would expect from such q clever
criminal. Arm and determined. The
letters are we'll formed and tho very writ
ing appears to breathe character and
determination. The .Motte" ends with
lengthy flourish. a. do both -ds..
another contribution to the theory OF
Lombroso and other criminologists that
the more ornate signature the less moral
the writer.
The autographs on the TWO other slips
OF paper are fully a. interesting a. il
nf hn
three OF the writer's however. have gone
down in history. These are Louis Charles
Capet the Dauphin; Therese Capet, his
sister. and Elizabeth Capet. his aunt AMI
sister to the King
ThereIare two signatures Of the little
Dauphin. one on each slip. Both Of then
are scrawled in the childish hand OF the
title Prince and in ono OF them the %
in Capet was missing and inserted over a
caret. The childish letters were evidently
formed with great difficulty ono at a time
and in some cases they do not even joln
one another. The Il" at the commence
ment OF one signature il more like sk'
han its proper self. while the re- ~
semble the SIS. The young KIM. .to-be
was also little careless about the placing
Of tho dots over his SIS" for in both auto.
graphs the dot is over tho first loop OF
the I'll" in Louis. instead Of over the letter
to which it belongs
Tho signature Of Therese. his sister.
however. is we'll formed and indicates
the character OF all women OF the Capetian
line, Although but child when the auto
graph was put to paper. the daughter OF
Louis XVI. was as able . penwonan
a. her Aunt Elizabeth. only the Z.
in Capet being malformed. The Princes
Elizabeth's hand ia bold and easily rad.
the final - being completed With heavy
swing and downward stroke OF the pen
which Ii carried on to tho crossbar.
Among the other signatures ON tho sline