The New York herald., 1922-08-07
NAPOLEON ENTERS
AS BOURBON GOES
New Royal Claimant Denies
Claims of Others to
n Kingly Blood.
PRINCES VALET LEFT
Terrible Terry, at Riverside
House, Says He Was Left
Terribly Flat.

His Royal Highness, Prince Louis
Henri de Cateroux de Bussigny de
Bourbon. has left US fls.! With no
pomp. or ceremony which should attend
the departure of one who. according to
his own statements. is the real heir ap-
parent 10 the throne of France. former
adviser OF the Russian Czar. and who
has paraded Riverside Drive resplen-
dent in his white uniform and gold
sword. Prince Louis left the royal suite
at $50 West Ninety-sixth street some
time late Saturday night and at a late
hour last night had not returned. His
personal valet chief of his navy and
general aid, Terrible Terry. was left
behind.
a But-and here royalty enters once
more. A military looking gentleman ap-
peared yesterday at the royal suite as
the reporters and cameramen were
awaiting the Prince and Indignantly
stated that he. Napoleon de Remont. an
artist. graduate of st. Cyr. Frances
West Point, and former officer in the
French. Kussian and American armies,
is the real, bonafide and only living.
relative of the genuine Prince LOUIS. &C.
bourbon, who has been dead for num-
ber of years.
NJ. de Remont produced papers to
prove that what he said was true, and
also handed the reporters an engraved
card which explained that Napoleon de
Remont Is an artist illustrator. re-
TOUGHER and colorist and that he resides
al the Bible House at Fourth avenue
and Nineteenth street.
Only Terry and Police.
Terrible Terry sat all day yesterday
on the front steps of the royal suite
which faces the big garage near the
Riverside freight yards and which was
i'aided on several occasions by the police.
The Princess and the Russian wolfhound
had disappeared with the Prince. All
that remains is the sealed rbyal suite.
with it's contents turned upside down
and everything of value taken out. and
The lone patroman who has been as
signed TO watch the place ever since it
was raided some time ago. The latter
complained the Prince had not even
gixen him a title.
ZONE too Is the royal roadster and It's
,iveried chauffeur. According to Terry,
the Prince left incognito. dscarding the
stunning uniform with which he has
dazzled the Drive. lie Travelled as plain
Mister. Terry said. but Terry didn't
know when he left or where he had gone.
Perhaps, said Terry, the Prince has gone
to New Britain or Boston TO discover
who the relatives are that assert he
worked there.
Napoleon Tells II.
But to return to the other relative of
the late Prince Louis. His story told
20 the newspaper men yesterday was
that his wife's mother was Elizabeth.
sister OF Alfonso, Prince de Chalons, who
died in Algiers in 1895 while fighting
ms an ofYicer in the Chasseurs. That
ended the direct line. he says.
Napoleon de Remont, himself the
relative by marriage of the Prince. is
therefore the nearest relative known to be
aliv to-day. In 1894 Napoleon de Remont
was graduated from st. cyr. and served
in the French army as a Lieutenant.
Several years later he served in Rus
sia as an exchange officer. he says. and
later retired from the French armies.
having served his time.
With the outbreak OF the world war,
DE Remont who had come here some
yearS before and was struggling along
as an artist. decided 10 join the Amerl-
can forces. and, according 10 papers he
displayed yesterday. served with Section
20 Of the Photographic Department Of
the United States Signal Corps, and was
bonofably discharged.
said 10 BE Harold Schwarm.
Dispatches from New Britain. Conn.
said last night that the departed
Princes real name is Harold Schwarm
and that in 1913 his brother. Herman
Schwarm. five years older. had the habit
for a few months Of posing as a wealthy
youth. IL was his custom to leave fat
rolls OF paper and 81 bills with hotel
clerk 10 further the impression. He was
arrested for passing bad checks.