Show A GHASTLY RELIC Minneapolis Family Owns a Drop of ot Marl Blood Minneapolis Journal A relic of deeply tragic interest ani well attested genuineness treasured i ia Ln Lna a Minneapolis family is a scrap n f heavy finely woven silk yellow Mh It t is embroidered age with colors on it is a dull dark stain a drop Of f the lifeblood of Marie Mane Antoinette Th history of the bit is of deep interest and has been treasured in family tra and gathered together in i the t publications of the Maine s clety before whom a paper on the sub was read several years ago ag few weeks before the death of the queen the scaffold a plot was as din dis discovered covered to aid her to escape This ThIn probably hastened her execution French history however is silent up the details of the plan How er American research among family rp and traditions throws an interest ing light upon this incident At the time of the revolution tain tam Joseph Decker and others of AI Vim casset Me were engaged in the star spar and salt gait trade between that point and arl Prance France Governor Morris then minis minim tar ter to France and other American sympathizers with the royal rojal family sought to arrange for the escape of or Queen Marie Antoinette after the exe execution cx cution of the king Captain Decker ship the Sally which was engaged m in inthe the French trade and was as then in a French port under tine the command of his I Captain Stephen Hough lough was chosen to convey her and hei he com eom companions in safety to a new count M The ship had been freighted ith fui jt suitable for fitting up an anfor d for the queen and many personal N tj longings of the King and queen v r rin i iiii in iii th cargo A plan had been i ij j by b it was thought sho uli I elude the guards and escape vann Larrr I tine in his record of the lot say Fas that many joined in the plot i mu municipals municipals A gentleman of ro em sm gained access to the n ri on n nil contrived to see the queen ha i ling I 1 Isome I some flowers in which was as on a note telling her of the plan ri i the guards it and ari the secret was revealed Captain Clough was in the crr i which witnessed her execution Ju Jut bonn he came in possession of th the j i of the robe which she wore on tn ne M if fold is not known but to tl tI relic is a statement in the of the captain himself This v n a s staken taken from the dress which Queen Ma Marie MaTie Tie rie Antoinette wore at her c uti n by ly an eye ye witness Captain e Hn Clough |