Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-04 | Page 6 | Plot of the Third Empire

P PLOT OT OF THE TH THIRD EMPIRE EIE Death of Man Who as Infant Figured Wo a in an Episode of Napoleon III II A patient patent who died a few days das ago at the Hotel Dieu was generally supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to be the son of Napoleon III II and he le legend er d attached to his na e ewas was outwardly confirmed by a startling resemblance or makeup It appe appears rs that the only ground for fort the supposition supposition tion ton was the fact that he was re really Uy the son of the famous Marguerite Marguerie Marguerite Bel- Bel lannier whose lett letters rs to the Emperor whom she addressed as Mon cher si sieg- sieg g- g neur were found in the Tuileries after September 4 1870 Appended to them were two other documents signed by M. M l. l Devienne first Judge of ot the Imperial Supreme court in which vague allusions were made to a fraudulent attempt now known to be an effort to father a male child upon the Emperor by Marguerite Marguerie Bellanger Belanger In the last lat epistle the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter begs his Majesty's pardon for her fault The heroine of this adventure died some time ago in a suburb of Paris leaving a sum of money to M M. Paul Charles Dell Bellanger anger This was spent in gambling and on race courses and Bellange Bellanger Bel Bel- lange langer after having sold newspapers Jn in n the streets was eV eventually taken on onas onas onas as a super at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt where by a coincidence he figured In LAiglon Like the story of ot the Prince Imperials Imperial's Imperials son that of Bellanger is a myth Paris Paris Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- of the London Chronicle