The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11

Sntoincttc. Robespierrc. Charlotte Cor
day and various victims on the altar
of Notrc Dame dc Sainte Guillotinc.
one Of his forgotten figures" is the
man who guilotincd statues. The
author has a portrait OF him, Antoine
Louis Albittc. ST.. man with
broad, powerful! forehead. suggestive
of the legal profession; thin. clean
shaven, curling lip and lean, square,
arbitrary" chin. or course he had
piercing" eye. From Dieppe he went
, to the Legislative Assembly in 1871.
In 1892 he took place with he en-
tremcst extremist .Iacobins. ON
August 10 of that year. when the
Assembly. surprised at its unexpected
victory. still hesitated on the thresh-
old OF the unknown into which 1t was
, about to he dragged by the violence Of
| events" Albttc mounted the tribune
and made an imprisoned speech,
urging that the statues of the French
Kings be forthwith hurled from their
pedestals and The glorious effigies Of
Liberty set up in their place. The
idea OF statue destruction became an
+ obsession with him: he tracked them
down in the parks. church doorways
and other public places. "he buffetcd
! them with the decree OF the Conven-
I ton concerning imayes ~ rovaI,v aud
they fell shattered
( .Januarv 81 10. bo q, Il, ro,,,o,
To celebrate the anniversary ~ The
, execution Of the tyrant Capet he plans
an amazing solemn fete Troops drawn
up about the guillotine mold back the
converging crowds Of curious citizens.
/ In march Albitte and his escort of
, military with a wagon fu,, Of figures
standing aim "a - fro,ar. wax d,IIs
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cha III, 10y, pr,,...Ia In, ,,,,.,au.,, -,
br,tbar ara Dir, wh,,. ,h. n.o,l.
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hhIle' ana. Tor realism, as each hedu
, rolls into the basket bladder filled
with the blood Of beast drenches I,
ruddily. Albitte died in Russian snow
drifts nm tho retra.t from, N,scou, 4,
= 1919 m, ,rooia,s ,,orr,. a, .
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H"' ""Sse.
solder named Saint-PriX was
+ condo mned by the Revolutionary Tri-
bunal: he had indiscreetly EXPRESSED
"A prefcrencn FIR "tho nId order" A
messenger Of the Tribunal coming 10
Ss.nt-priX's house was bitten in the
leg by the soldiers watchdog. The
outraged Tribunal thereupon formally
decreed the inclusion Of the dog in the
sentence passed upon its master. The
animal was executed by a detail VI
four soldiers under command OF a ser.
geant. The official report is signed by
the eXecutoners and by the two en-.
VOWS of the Tuileries Section commits.
stoned In superyise the assertion oI
tn. Tribunals dignity.
syrr,o< MS r,v T,,,,,,,
committee oi he'o'u''ohA'E
surNeH'snVe.
On -Hn h'u"a"e' s'Nohu Seai
, o' IN" rreh'h Hepuo"' one "hu
'nI.His'o.e
!" fouau'er-lih'ille' fuolc prosecutor:
On reee'p. OF 'ne sentence OF the neNo
| ,luonafy Iripuha' c"ndemn'ns SAINT
: ft'N 10 'he dea,h pen'Uy anu "tdet'h'
r h's dos TO ne Si'ed' We proceeded q
eNe.u'e t"l' as portion OF me sentence
. are Sen"'ns you 'he onc'a' Aeoouh
, ot'Nh up :" 'na' ~"ect' We Deg you u
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nave '''" Pu''
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e jacques Rene HILBERT. called Per
}. Duchesne after the rabid paper n,
=, n,hIished-bimse,fa nersop mos, M
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4 the Varieties. became a furnace mer
{ chant and had acquired prominenc
v and the DANGEROUS respect of Robes
n pierre by the influence ~ his journal.
A There was rre., pnro,, durirx >,
h nigh, Of March ISL, 1874. The cou
II de- FORCES in the Rue Neu,e Egal!t6 FOR
a merry Bourbon De Vile Neu,e, is fun @
sh'a,S' oi''tS' wearing Men rush W
e ,.,..,,,. -. -,
g sound on IN. n,v.n.r, wlrdoy, an.
# and people can forth in curiosity an
a disquiet Who In ,ha; time OF fear dsr.
. swear they vii not come and arrest h!T
'o-"'s"r ''@' NJ PsPe's ana axe MI
,- rso ,,o.', 100 ~" a" ..
e through the dark Tn. rrcnp, hsy
II stopped before /. house III. open doc
~ allows the genda-mes % 60 IN and Oh
Il Nighteappod neishbor' gossip az the
= windows
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+ Of veapons and raised voices when .
:, sudden ,he strange. incredible. une,
n pe't"d SUPPLYING news circuiat.s;
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