Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-05
VALUABLE ANTIQUITIES
F,mous Collection Include. oHs Of
HspaleOn's Cshnons Hrousht
Over the MaNfInnnr

Ia the little farming tovn Of s.
Louis. Mich. $50 miles north ci D.
trOit. there is q collection of sass
books. antiques. plates. guns, tapes
tries and srIuoT that is famous sIfGns
collector nearly all the wav aFnrni
'he world. u is the property OF Louis
l. Newman. of 81 Louis, Detroit aaj
New York and II cost almost S-ro-
900 To cr' il together
Mr. Newman has travelled aHsr Ia
rope many times in pursuit Of his
tohhv-once he lived there for si~
wears and SOME OF the in1Il it'u1l
pieces il took tw" or ihre. years az
starch and effort to locate.
One of the leading feature az TIE
collection is 81 Napplcenlc ,aunop.
which from 1891 Ia 1895 stoo5 On IN"
walls OF The rR,leries and firsd sab
utes for he small petentssss who
esnc to visit the Emper0r 10 tina
day ruupoVd vas extreme eNrCu-
size, and during Napoleon create e
glory. the number OF King. q11ke, sCl
iukelets who visited Par VS. le2'os
l. was necessary to tire saiHtes 10 all
o. tncn
Another feature OF the collection !,
brass b.underhusS which was
brought over by the Puritaus VII"
came N thu Msytlower. Though Stee,
was used at that time to some extent
all ri the gums the passengers of tho
Mayflower carried had bias barrels.
Near the brass blunderbuss IN The -
louis house Is carbine carried by
pne of the soldiers who was ON dulA
At The execution Of Marie Antoiuettr.
Then there are three military caps
r.orn by General Scott and his aid,
at the CITY OF Mexico. and there is \
brass helmet given the collector b.
Prince Bismarck.
Mounted on pedestal in the al.
alory are tree cuirasses, one Of Cor.
lnonwealth steel which belonged 10
tliftf lIbiiNtlj. htiS Va pbA"'' Nn'
owned by - cuirdsslcr OF Napoieop )
Old guard. and one of plain steel be.
longing 10 William of Orange and III
ga BY him in the Netherlands. a SUI
Il Amor worn by the Duke OF Alb
which is over seven feet tall stand
rot far from q lot of Turkish armot IF
TIE fifteenth century. Among this Is
shield. helmet and neck chain ol
sadn. Tine hat has in it Iccepta
,e ia which . plume could be carried
in the daytime and torch at night
- let everybody know where Tie
loader was.
Thirty INSTRUMENTS Of torture used
turing the Spanish inquisi'.ou msb,
/ hat part Of the collection very com
rItte.
"rhcte is y Ncrr interee,ine story
onncctcd With \ Hessian's gun thai
havc." said Mr.. Newman. Il, was It.,
e. d Il, In. battle OF Lexington. and al
Ter the battle the soldier. who ~s
: onnucd b. n sword blow On ,hc lnc
4 souabt refuge in house which IL u
7hat Is now 4 suburb or Splin5tieid
Mass.
SON. years ago | bougb. propert.
there ard plpDned to build . bouSe Vi
ic banks ot The Connecticut river J.
lbe ba >cme,t excavation We ral
a.rnss IN Indian burning srouud VII,
number Of b0dies all sit,ine n
straight They had been originally
,iA tee underground. but in ,6'
course OF year. fourteen ar f'tteF
trct OF addit jonal dirt WAS washed j.
"a top Of them Am0ns them SO
found white mans boxes with on'
knee badly cut apparently by a bio"
rom sword.
ON inuu,rtuK from the tshhi' +1ou
lin | learned the story ol The He,
,hn the tact that he had had II ~,
hich had been carried ont mo IN
i, eHtutn Reserve b, some lnfmber 9
he family who moved ont ihi- We
y the lortics. got The Maaaacnu'
pis historical society attct Tho kp
and finally landed Il Nov / have IT.
sun and he bones OF lha Wau Wis
raricd il hotlr in my collectj5n.'
lo the New man collection iH a','
frcludcd . gun carried by D'n''
Boone and every rifle The lpite'
states government has used FROM th
ed Continental down 10 the iate'
KIM, Ilo hoS olan ih, Iret ptuuo Ma