The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-17

JONES' the examination OF the DOQN ana
its transfer from Paris to this coun-
try, gives an additional interest to the
new records Of Napoleon, which form
! feature in the January issue Of the
Century Magazine One of these pa
pers consists of the contemporary ac-
count of the elimination of the EN-
peror's remains, written a few days
afterwards by Captain Charles G.. Al
exander, of the ROYAL Engineers, who
had charge of the work. This docu-
meut dated October 10, 1870, relates
the incidents Of the actual opening OF
the tomb and the identification OF the
body on October 10. 1t says in part:
AT 1890 a. m, the 18TH OF OCTOBER
the TWO commissioners OM' lie Comte
de Chabot and captain AleNahuer)
proceeded TO the tomb Whlch they
found to be guarded IN ooedlence TO
the order OF H. r.. the Governor by d
detachment OF the 'Ist Regiment COM
manded 10y Lieutenant barry 10 keep
/ the ground clear OF all persons not re-
/ Quired to be present at the ceremony
/ or to assist III the operations ADMIT
lance was gwen WITHIN the lheiosure
to the representatives OF France ana
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The IRON railing surrounding Ihe
TOMB was trsJ removed WIN Ihe stone
coping upon when II was nNeu. me
surface OF the TOMB covering an acre
OF eleven feet SIX lhches' consisting OF
three slabs OF wrought stone SIN men
es thlck' llNeu Ill soma hasonaIy anu
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siues vi " S'o"e 'u'',
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After having removed the earth'
there appeared at the depth OF SIX
teet ten lnches layer OF roman &C.
ment covering the "hole area Oounu'
ed by the TOUR SIDE walls Inc earlh
having been removed by tnree d. H.
the commissioners descended INTO the
tomb and ascertalheu that II was per
fect ana untouched on all sizes. Inc
layer OF cement oelhg removed 'here
appeared horlzohtal pea OF nlasonary'
ten ana nat ihches thick, Oh naru
stone strongly celliehleu' anu Se'uieu
Dy IRON clamps "hIcn requiIeu lou'
and a hait hours 10 taNe up
The extreme difficulty OF this part
of the operations made 1t necessary TO
eXcavate a ditch parallel TO the lett
side OF the vault, and to take down the
masonary on this side in order to gain
an entrance to the sarcophagus by the
side II the masonary OF the surface
should resist the EFFORTS making 10 re-
move 1t, but TINS masonary Delng COM
pletely taken up by eight O'CLOCK "a
m. that part Of the operation was as
continued when 1t mad reached the
depth OF six feet.
Immediately under the bed was
found a strong stone slaD' n'e inches
thick SIN feet seven ana nan lhcneS
long and three 1eet broad FORMING
the upper surface Oh the interior sar'
cophagus OF wrought stone covering
the coffin, This SLAB was hrmiy Sc
cured to the sides by strong masohary
built with Roman cement
This masonry was removed with
care, and two lewlses let INTO the
slab,
AT $3.50 o'clock all was ready tof
opening the sarcophagus, and the
French surgeon having purlhed the