Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-05 | Page 6 | Plot of the Third Empire

PLOT OF THE T TillED EMIRE EMPIRE Death of Man Who Wo as Infant Figured in an Episode of Napoleon Napleon III I. I A patient who died a few days ago at the Hotel DI Diu u was generally supposed sup I posed to be the son of Napoleon III II and arid the legend attached attached to his name was outwardly confirmed confred by a startling resemblance or makeup It I appears that the only ground for the supposition supposition ton tion was the h fact that he was really the son of the famous Marguerite Margerie Bel- Bel whose letters to the Emperor whom she addressed as a Mon cher sieg- sieg neur were found In the Tuileries after September 4 18 1870 O. O Appended to them were two other documents signed by M. M 1 Devienne first t Judge of the Imperial Supreme I court court in which vague vage allusions were made to a fraudulent attempt now known to be an efort an-efort effort to father a male I child upon the Emperor by Marguerite Margerite Bellanger Belanger li in 1 the last epistle the latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter tar begs his Majesty's pardon for her fault The heroine of this adventure ad died some time ago ao In a suburb of Paris leaving a sum of money to M M. 1 Paul Charles Charies Bellanger Belanger This was spent in gambling and on race courses and Belanger Bellanger Bel Bel- langer after having sold newspapers in the streets street was eventually taken on onas onas onas as a super at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt where by a coincidence he figured In L LAiglon Like the story of the Prince Imperials Imperial's Imperials son that of Bellanger Is a myth Paris Paris Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- of the London Chronicle