The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02
ONCE CARED FOR
EMPRESS, now.
. L|vERYMAN
Denies That Wife Of Napoleon
Fled under Protection of
American Dentist.

fteu ulfoer Pr0teCTl01 OF
American Dentist.
SMITHvILLE, Mo-. April Rum
ming a livery barn here, lives Henry
Fuller, who knew royalty once upon
time. The Empress Eugene, who
VIII be 80 years old soon, employed
Henry Fuller for seven years, and he
can tell you things not In the history
books, besides denying some Of those
that are.
You cannot persuade him, for in
stance, that when the exiled empress
lied from Paris 1t was under the guild
ance and protection OF an American
dentist, DR.. Thomas w. Evans, that
she reached the coast OF France and
was enabled to embark for England.
Perhaps 1t doesn't comport with his
cockney sense Of what is dignified and
fitting for an empress. Anyhow, he
won't believe 1t. Simply isn't so.
"Hit isn't reasonable" says Mr.. Full
Ter with dignity and finality. "Ow-
ever would she ave brought the
amount Of jewels and gold plyte with
her that she did II she had run off in
'ack and dentist? Habsurd."
Henry Fuller has cockney accent
which Is quantity exotic in Smithville.
lln sat in the little office of the livery
stable he and his wife run here, toast
Ing his feet upon the stove and twist
Ing a brown mufiier around his neck.
And he talked as one who has seen
men and affairs. He talked OF "the
hempress" and Napoleon-he didn't
think much of Napoleon. Nor the son,
the princie imperial. who died in the
British army in Africa.
Caretaker at Chiselllurst.
Fuller was taking care of Camden
Place In Chiselhurst, sixteen miles
outside of London, when the royal exile
came to England in the fall of 1870.
Camden Place, a country estate, was
under lease to Edward McMorland,
Fuller's employer. McMorland was a
silk merchant-at No. 80 st. Paul's
Churchyard, London. p c., and is there
yet@and he had made a great deal of
money through the court of France.
Eugene was the leader Of the
worlds fashions in her ruling days,
and to have her take up new fabric
or new color meant great sale for
1t. Worth gowns and McMorland silks
had been favorite combination with
her. McMorland was ready to do any
thing for her.
I'D met the hempress in 1868, when
l was in Paris with Mr.. McMorland
showing some fancy poultry" says
Henry Fuller.
I'm the summer OF 1870, mind, Mr..
McAiorland had bought couple of st.
Bernard dogs to give to the hempress,
and when he was down at Chiselhurst
few weeks before e says, Well not
need to be taking them dogs to Paris
to her. Maybe she'll be coming ere
to take care Of them Two weeks be-
fore she came had notice, and got
the painters to work. 1t will have
been late September when she came,
for 1t was harvest time. ! sent man
named Tommy Mitchell out into the
fields to hire teams from the farms
to bring UP their luggage and boxes,
and wotever he paid, don't know. A
goodish bit"
MdMorland had turned the place
over to the royal exiles, according to
his one time employee, because 1t was
the only way they could get house
In Chiselhurst.
ut was strong Protestant COM
munity,' Fuller explains, land being
Catholic, the visitor couldn't lease nor
buy"
she were tall, fine woman, and
straight as rush." Fuller said re-
fectivcly after a while, reverting to
the empress.
There was great excitement in CHS
elhurst over the coming OF royalty, and
many wild stories went the rounds
among the servants. There was even
some talk OF precautions against the
food OF the royal party being poisoned
but Fuller, who was in charge Of it all,
declares he never saw any.
Worried about Throne While,
Did the empress seem much cut up
over the loss Of her throne? Well,
for q while, but II you ask Fuller about
1t. he believes she and her son were
worse worried for fear there'd be
trouble over the amount OF riches
they'd take out Of France. AS an in
stance Of imperial lavishness, Fuller,
tells YOU they killed 100 chickens Just
for their livers, and give the carcasscs
away.
Twelve years ago." Fuller says,
when was back in England. went
to see the Empress Eugene at Farm
borough Hill. She wasn't there the
first time I went. but l was there
three months and ] went again. 1
found 'er and she showed me through
the chapel she's built at Farnborough
herself. She showed me Napoleon's
tomb and her sons. The carved mar
BILE work is very fine. doubt II you'll
see its equal this side of Rome or
France. maybe.
Fuller she says. 4 travel a great
deal. It Is so lonely here Nine. Lebre-
ton is dead. you know, and all them
that she knew that came over with
'er. She told me she admit any friends
left, any confidants. You see, she's
close on ninety"
CARELESS MAILING.