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Show An Old French Print Illustrating the Funeral of Napoleon at St. Helena, in 1821. Just Discovered Diary Refutes the Old. Assertions That Rats Devoured It The Emperor's Coffin Was Made from a Dining Room Table THh oaffhng and grewsome mvstery concerning the great Napoleon's ' heart seems at last to nave been authoritatively settled. For nearly a century reports have been prevalent in France and England that the heart was not buried with the body. According to some versions it was "appropriated "ap-propriated b- the Emperors phvsician. Dr. Antommarchi. or by some other frenchman. Other accounts say that it' was devoured by rats during the funeral preparations and a sheep's heart substituted sub-stituted for it. This controrersv had reached such a point that shortlv before the present war Dr. Raspail and Dr. Cabanes. both w-ell-known French phvsicians and writers, petitioned the French Government to have Napoleon s tomb m the Invalides opened to decide the question. The discovery which appears to end the dispute has been made by Maior F. M. Foulds. the medical officer now in charge of British tmons a I. Helena. He has tesund the diary of Andrew Darling, an upholsterer, who had charge of various repairs and finallv of the arrangements for Nanoleons funeral at Longwood House. St. Helena, where the great Emperor Em-peror died on Mav 5. 1821. Darlinp- descrines with great, detail how he helped to enclose the Emperors heart in a suver vase or tureen, winch was then placed m the conm. Darling, although al-though somewhat llh'erate. is evidently a vevv careful and couseioni ions man, and there is everv- reason to hnlieve that pis sta'ements are absolutely reliable. The precise details he gives 20 to prove this. (Sep extracts herewith. Fditor.) Then he wrote with no idea of the controversy con-troversy tnat would arise over .anoIeon s neart. and his diarv was mislaid shortlv after lie wroie it 111 ISfM.-and lias not been brought to livrnt acain until to-dav. A curious confirmation of the fieoti-racv fieoti-racv of Darling s details has been furnished fur-nished by Mrs. Owen, an aged ladv of ninety-five, who was a babv in St. Helena at the time of Napoleons death' and is srnl living in London. She was the daughter of Cantam Bennett, of the British Brit-ish army and remembers hearing her family tell that they had sold a mahogany mahog-any dining table with a, remarkably thick top to furnish wood for Xnpolecn's coffin. Darling, it will be noticed, speaks of the difficulty in finding mahosany on the island to furnish a coffin of that material. It may still be argued that Darling's diary does not prove that Xanoleon's heart was not stolen or destroyed and a sheep's heart substituted for it. Darling, of course, did not know that the heart he helped to seal up was really that ot Napoleon and not that of a sheep. He did not tnink of such: a matter. Apparently the heart and stomach had been lying in separate receptacles since the previous day. and something might ,Jiave happened to them. Nevertheless, considered in connection with the inherent in-herent improbabilities of the sheep's heart story. Darting s diary does make very convincing evidence. He knew that Dr. Antommarchi wished to secure Napoleon s heart and that some Oi the other Frenchmen wished it. and that tne English authorities, who were m command, would not permit such a thing. It is not easy to go out and secure a sheep s heart and' substitute it for a dead mans heart m charge of soldiers of a foreign nation. The storv of the substitution of the sheep s heart is certainly curious and rests on several pieces of evidence. It is most strongly stated in the "Memoirs ' of Dr. Charles Thomas Carswell. an English Eng-lish physician, who took part in the autopsy. He writes: Dr. Antommarchi. assisted hv Dr. Charles Thomas Carswell. proceeded to the autopsv of Napoleon, ight overtook over-took them. When the doctors came m the next morning they discovered that the heart of the Emperor had been eaten by rats. Thev replaced it bv that of a sheep, which they had killed immediately. immedi-ately. Dr. Carswell further states: "Through a board m rhe wail, as I entered. I could spy a rat just devouring the right ventricle.'' ven-tricle.'' Some plausibility is given to the rat storv by the fact that there was undoubtedly un-doubtedly a plague, of rats at St. Helena at tne time of Napoleons death. The island was then an important calling point on the way to the Last, the ships carried the rats there and the animals found conditions very favorahle. TVhen Nanoleons body was taken to Pans m 1S40 it was exposed to public view for a short time, but there is no mention of the disposition of the heart. The original coffin in. which the body was brought from St. Helena wa.s preserved, pre-served, and around this was placed a coffin of iron, one of steel, one of lead and one of ebony. Around this last is the great sarcophagus hewn out of a . single block of Siberian porphyry, which now meets the visitor's eye in the Chapel of the Invalides. Which He Was Buried. t -From the Painting by k" Paul Delaroche. scarcely 10 inches deep. The size of the coffin I made as follows: Length, 5 feet 11 inches: depth, 12 inches; width, at the head J0'2 inches, shoulders 21 inches, foot S inches. At that time I understood that he was to lay in state, and to be opened about two o'clock, but was not aware that he was to be put into coffin with his hat and clothes on, in the way that he used to dress when In full uniform. Monday, May 7, 1821. THE room in which he lay was by him generally used as a bedroom (the size small), by which means the people were 1 admitted. The iron bedstead on which he lav ' was about Ave feet ten inches by thcee. feet, about nine inches from the main corner nearest, the sitting room, and about twenty inches from the back wall, leaving hare room for a passage into the sitting room. The altar was at his head, next to the wall of the dining room. Above the bedstead hung a chandelier frame with twelve burners. In front ol the bedstead stood two stands with marble tops, on each of which stood one four-branch chandelier of solid silver. On the altar stood two of the same wiih four lar.rf- candlesticks and four pieces of opyrls'ii, 1915, or ji Star Company. A Curious Cartoon, Published During Na poleon's Exile, Evidencing J Prevalence of Rats at St. Holcna I wood, made white in each, at the top of which was a candle to appear large. The altar was about two feet four Inches wide and four feet six inches long, covered with black cloth and the letter "M" on the front, with a binding of yellow (taking from the drawing room window curtains round the front). On the top stood a "jassupe" adorned with column, a dome and cupola, where the figure of our Savior on the Cross used to ,be deposited, but at that time was on General Bonaparte's breast, with the sword and scabbard on his right side, his heart and stomach on the left. I having brought them in, Abraham Millington and Samuel Ley, the men who made the tin coffin, Dr. Rutleilg? J 20th Regiment,, being then in an.-(he an.-(he having relieved Doctor Anw orders not to let his heart be tat of the room, I having received orders, the reason, of this, as I i. formed, was owing to Dr. Anln-wishing Anln-wishing to have his stomach in l: possession to take to Europe m but the other French people did nt that to be the case. I believe thee his heart to be taken home nit but did not get permission; tt they wished to preserve it, which cordingly done in the following dp His heart and stomach, as 1 1; ready mentioned, was in a silver r. , tureen, having been part of hi : h 13 1 i : ".- .' ,''." . '--.' ?!W' ; W " i.-i,:i TrS ' ! " to---:' " "- " ' - .: " . ' . :."" v. ViSJ-B-yE----- Jt-r- W&u'Vitj;'U!..t; '2 nTZ " : I-" '"-'..; . "' , ..,,.. vi Kitm?1M'''(fM n Mc-k''h.J -A Hv ' A -;?r.;;(' ) .MVP '- -4, L'C V-y i .. i-i ' A- , W .f . 'i'l i'ji .La jcZ a itaiaJfaiAju ; " vf " J. ' "' ' ' ' '"'' :" ' "" : ' '"'' ,: - An Old Trench Print Illustrating the Funeral of Napoleon at St. Helena, in 1821. ' , ' - A Curious Cartoon, Published During Napoleon's Exile, Evidencing m - "1 Prevalence of Rats at St. Helena. Jmi Discovered Diary Refutes 1 :- " -e .V' ww . . jp,,;,,,;- The altar was about two feet four (he having relieved Doctor Anw fy AJ f A K , . mi -'SSpP.S,--;'iS:3iW! t mk Inches wide and four feet six inches orders not to let his heart be tal: 81 f $f3 f? ?Ct" $ raif 4" : ' I - long' cov"red witn bIack cIoth and the of the room, I having received V Wfci jTEi.i&t tiJ&& 1 ilUZ W :;';";- ;:: :i-:;:iiW '$ . letter "M on the front, with a binding orders, the reason, of this, as i tl ..":.""..; ::..-:'!: -h :'V-aiw - of yellow (taking from the drawing room formed, was owing to Dr' Antro- j M, W . H W 2. Iff f V & window curtains round the front). On wishing to have his stomach in i. Aiais uevourca iiilie Emperor s ur - A .nrt wa. ' ST v:-c-yy.':.;:Ti',-jt figure of our Savior on the Cross used to that to be the case. I believe thev OP ly1 IS M W 4 .Z?mMSMmimak ,be deposited, but at that time was on his heart to be taken home wnV Los nn Was made from a . . -- mvaS! xjt , heart and stomach on the left. cordingly done in the following & Dining Room Table iv c axzJz, & .SSHS THh nafthns and grewsome mystery sheep's heart substituted for It. Darling, . .lf . V"k Napoleon's Magnificent Tomb in the 'Invalides, which wa'ThJ0 r concerning the great Napoleon s ' of course, did not know that the heart . 'iJ4'"'f ' Paris, in Which His Body Was Placed in the arms with an eagk heart seems at last to nave been , he helped to seal up was really that ot : . ,sii' Coffm Brought From St. Helena. " toP' whicl1 w authoritatively settled. Napoleon and not that of a sheep. He ' JkjJ.&yf-?&Z"f& wnh a nut; this :: For nculv a century reports have been did not tnink of such- a matter S'X' 4'l A ' the? S the'te01 ''" prealent in France and England that Appaiently the heart and stomach had ' n v J i' jT " been put lnto'the - the heart was not buried with the body been lying In separate receptacles since ' - J''' - J jr ' " SWTfA 1 by Dr. Rutledge is : According to some veisions it was ap he pre-sious da and something might f- t f x . ence of Count ilor: propmtod b the Emperors phsician have happened to them Ne eitheless, ti sf5 t ( i" ''j.wd.A X Ttj to5 navlnS : Dr Antommarchi or by some other 'considered in connection with the m Tpii iS . " A 's ' ' VVV7 J4", ' I !0...on mi. frenchman Other accounts say that it hetent improbabilities of the sheep's .'J i ' ' " S: bottom oftVe" was de10ured by rats during the funeral heart storv. Darlings diary does make ' f )''i S I r " -J " "T" 5 spirlts was ; pieparatnns and a sheep s heart sub ery convincing evidence f !W j '"t ip?r ' ' ' ' A poured in by Dr. Bov stituted for it He knew that Dr Antommai rhl w ished ' , '?'" Vf f ' ' -,J '., f an.d, an old '" This cont 01 pr-i had reached such a to secure Mapoleon s heart and that some 1 Z' - ' Mn4derable d"" '' print that shorth before the plesent war Ox the o her ranchmen wished it and X-S " . ' T" f " Xif -nj taken place, otingt" Dr Rasnail and Dr Cabanes both well that tne English authorities who were t ' " i - 1 r - construction of the v known French physicians and writers, m command, would not permit such a : ' AJ 5.ffiisv?45f v";' 'Siij j -' s- -X j.' . . "J was past 8 o'eb'i petitioned the French Goernment to thing It is not easy to go out and v'SjC-r " 1 ' V v " 1 ' rJ'v'l fore the two men & have Napoleons tomb m the Invalides secure a sheep s heart and substitute It "Vt1 ' n ? ? - ' ' "' I ' urin ,he time tli; opened to decide the question for a dead mans heart m charge of ' V - " i ifl 1 ' ' ' or, I may sayjw c The discovery which appears to end the soldiers of a foreign nation. ' . - gtm::'iz-$,':&&- I ", Ti "'. t ' r table in the Itbtsrj -- dispute has been made by Manor F. M. The storv of the substitution of the . w . . ..,:: 'fgk&y&ftmiasfif'lto I V-t ft " ' ' - J ' ready, a silver sp-M foulds. the medical officer now in charge sheep s heart is certainly curious and y w $r .-. ..'. -r.--.iv-ctto Je!wsl:te5:&! I . , ,' fc , , and knife, will i of British troons n ct Helena He Ins re ts on sc eral piece of evidence It , XJ k', '" 41 I . C y " handles, one silvers leiind the diatv of Andrew Daihng an is most -trongly stated in the Memoir-' - f . " - L,,WW .-TOt"'M- cream jug with rM;' upholsterer, who hid charge of various of Dr Charles Thomas ( arswell an Fng i t - v t h -mmmxa' x . 1 manship on it, one r repairs and flnalh of the ananements lish phvsician who took part in the - t y ' , 1 ' ' aH VKf-' silver plates, one i for Nanoleons fnneial at longwood autopsy He w . ites fiP Vf- ifJ 'i 4 1 m s -v-s same as now in R , House :t Helena wheie the gieat Em Dr Antommarchi assisted hv Dr 'a- tS W 1 " "l I ' . - - -,,wf " Ji session; a silver a: I peror died on Mav 5 I8l Charles Thomis Carswell proceeded to & r-f X 1 , f. ; j or mug with a top " Dirlino descrines v ith great deta 1 how the autopsv of Napoleon ight over v fit r2, ' j 1 5Mfas . 1 " in which was the sic:; he helped to enclose the Tmnerors heart took thm When the doctois came m ?A 4 V. - " - J the silver dish : in a Mor "vase or t iretn which was the net morning they discovered that Sk"" Iff v4 " V " ' t i heart- two double then placed 111 the conm. Darlms, al- the heart of the Emperor had been eaten .'V ... f-feKsf I tjc: ' ' 1 9 y.1 e0ns ' coined thm h sonewhat I'll nte is ewdenly hv rats Thev replaced it bv that of a -- I K " A - ' ?"),', ." i Renublic two ditto :.' v veiv cireful an 1 con mentions man, sheep which thej had killed immedl . - If v- 1 A r ' I d..,!,', t f" n 1 th re is eveiv rea on to 1 el ee that atelv V , 11 v J Wonaparte ' "r l 1 staiements are alsolutelv reliable Di Carswell further s ates Through 5 f t , i , ' ' V - . , Pin and" ' he p-e ip details he gives 20 to p-oe a boaid m the v ail as I entered I could Y1 nt - a ' ' " " 4 K"l ' ,,7 J I hi- If thi- (Me extracts here ith-Flitor) spv a rat 1 1st devouring the right ven t' - SwfiV' ' ' ' ' V ' d 0 lfL,,i -' Thpn t e w rote w Ith no idea o' the con trule ' I ,"' M t - ' '', .7 reign, with tour sk: tioers tn it would ause oei Nanoleons Some plausibilitv is given to the rat u t f . ' ' - ,v; A, ' " ' X ' r , - ' three silVer , neart a id his d u v v as mislai 1 hortlv storv bv the fact that theie was itn l-Ji J t X''it- t ' -YN . - mg had time to . after lie wro it 111 11 ind ins no doubtedly a plague of rats at St Helena H p , L ' r - 1 ' V f , , the various artel.: been him-ht n I1-1 t a--tin until to dav at tne time of Napoleons death The H M , ' VS. ' V- r ' the men were sol'-" cu ous eonfii mnion of the accu island v as then an important calling t i ' " " v ' S ' ' rim 0D the top of 1E- rac of Dai lugs details Ins been fur point on the wav to the last the ships K jLHl f XN? ' - ' A where the heart niched t Airs Oven an agel ladv of carried the rats theie and the animals L.SS3Sr?g3aar.gj&iSBgy3 j l 1 4 ' " ( Xk likewise having f ; ninetv fie whowisababv in Helena found conditions very favorable ft -, . . b , XX ? S f.l coins ani Pla!e "' at the time of Napoltons death' and is When Nanoleons body was taken to j. u r P- . II . J: , . .. - V v" coffin myself. srnl living in London. She was the Paris in 18-10 it was exposed to public ,n ' tne Uniform in M -:::..::: sii.:. aw:i.4kuiaOa NXir w - J lt,a f Napoleon's Magnificent Tomb in the 'Invalides, Paris, in Which His Body Was Placed in the Coffin Brought From St. Helena. with a cover to which was his r arms with an eagle top, which ; with a nut; this ;; been soldered on fi-then fi-then the heart i been put Into the by Dr. Rutledge is : ence of Count ilo: : The top having soldered on and 1 having been made i: bottom of the m spirits was (Sicl : poured in by Dr. Bov and an old 1: soldered on the Inconsiderable In-considerable delayer taken place, owing t: construction of the v-it v-it was past 8 o-'tfcri fore the two men fi-During fi-During the time tie: ent things were pre;:' or, I may say, lay t: table in the library " ready, a silver spun and knife, with handles, one silver e,: cream jug with ridr' manship on it, oner silver plates, one i same as now Id session; a silver cr. or mug with a to? " in which was tne fit-the fit-the silver dish u: heart; two double V eons coined during Republic, two ditto :.' Bonaparte's first C" ship, two ditto duw Emperorship, and ' ditto during his In: reign, with four sinr three silver coins; I ing had time to look' the various article: the men were solder:- rim on the top o(it: where the heart ; likewise having f ; coins and plate coffin myself. -3 -cjt fj,i'vJ&' jr -.4-:,, '.-'- ;." "-':":;.f,.?" . :;'.'; ' -' ' : ' , " ' " ' - . ' ; . j.., : "- -I..; . . r- . - '-. :-r. ' v-"- .. s. ,-:"" fc ' , . - , '..., w . " . . - ' ; 1 ",,.r:,, , i r. , r n 8 1-- ' . . : S Lon.3Vood Old Hourve, St. iH'-ien- ""1 -i ' Grent Br.taia Kiifht8 Reeved. " ' " " Wayolton Lived During His Last Exile and Died. |