The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1928, Page 9

tale ee ee oY Ambre ser rnracn ater vacant ~oAUUMUANAACEAU MUA = = = = = = = = = = How a Louisiana Historian Found Evidence That the Famous Buccaneer Was a Cousin Of Napoleon and a Nephew of J ohn Paul J ones, And That the Real Bones of Al Three Are Buried ina Cemetery Near New Orleans ‘New Story of Pirate | afitte TTI I Yellowed documents have it that Napoleon, John Paul Jones and Buccaheer Lafitte . . . sleep beneath the spot where Medico-Historian Genella is standing. Before those who saw him could reach his side he writhed in a spasm of agony and fell across the butt of one of the deck be Huddled over that cannon he died without saying a word. Mrs Lafitte bore the body of Napoleon tenderly below. H laid it in the ‘little berth. Then, returning on deck, be gav, rete to set oa for epee the an els birth. i e picked his own last resting place. ere, traveling up the broad and winding path of Big Barataria Bayou, its banks lined with cypress draped in the beards of Spanish moss, gray- green, the body of Napoleon moved on its last journey. There it rests today, if this strange story be true, on the high point of land where Bayou des Oies joins Barataria Bayou. IHE world accepts the man who died on St. Helena May 5, 1821, as the real Napoleon and, apparently, the British authorities there had little if any doubt that Napoleon died ae in exile. That a “double” of the famed emperor could have de- A famous painting of Na- ceived those about him for five or six years seems highly im- poleon on his death bed... probable and constitutes the weakest point in the story that the Is this the real co jueror Of — great Corsican’s dust reposes in Louisiana. Europe? .. . Does his famed Dr. Genella argues that the Lafitte version of Napoleon's catafalque in Epon cle escape and death is plausible because the death mask which below, left—hold the remains Te, Antomarcchi told the world he made of Napoleon within of the emperor's double? 48 hours after his death on St. Helena, and which he brought to New Orleans, does not match the measurements of the face of the only statue made of Napoleon dur- ing his lifetime. Dr. Genella also argues that Dr. Antomarcchi’s coming to New Or- leans when all the capitals of Eu- rope were open to him, indicates that he wanted to know what be- came of his master after Lafitte took him away. R. GENELLA offers the theory that John Paul Jones may well lie beside Napoleon and Lafitte in the little Louisiana graveyard. John Paul Jones died in France in 1792, and more than a century later the U. S. govern- mc:.! brought what was supposed to the great sailor's dust to this country and enshrined it at Annap- olis. But, according to Dr. Genella, the folklore of the French coast bas | Se So! Jean Lafitte nee ‘ecords exist that have his dust sacled wi i ~ “Rescued by his cousin, tte, mingled with that of ee —" famous figures in veal a oes Jean Lafi ~Apcoen Is on te fh pot of lead tat jutsout a tne ‘he sib wat ven by «worm, And Jean int where Bayou des Oies, the Bayou of the eke rought him to that Barataria burial ground Gosse, eae dans Big. Baratara Bayou. There, in picked out fr his own resting place. The sterile atta mel oe pease; “START de Jas Late vu bred al D& in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, some 25 miles 7 tick oS bis long imprisonment, died on : history. admiral of the Revolution. And that in the French Revolution, the American Revolu- we, beneath that iron cross, rests the man history _tion and in the rise and fall of Napoleon Bona- knows as Fs Lafitte, the buccaneer of Barataria, Parte—as staggers the mind to conceive. that, the considered statement is also made that g Lafte, the dashing sea-raider who looted the ships of the PAINSTAKING tracing back of Pi- => Main, was the cousin of Napoleon Bonaparte; the rate Lafitte’s family tree shows him to = nephew of John Paul Jones. That Jean Lafitte really did _ be the son of Jean Corsica Bonaparte, = from St. Helena, leaving a substitute, almost a sister of Nees father. This makes the Continents conqueror, in his place. That Jean Lafitte and Na first cousins, La- jean Lafitte fought side by side with John Paul Jones in the fitte’s father was William Paul, dashing immortal battle between the British frigate Serapis and America’s Scotch sea captain of Solway Firth. It was little Bon Homme Richard, winning the battle with the first in Louisiana that the parents of the famed breech-loading in naval history, fis own invention. buccaneer met and married. 2 t is also said that this was the same type of gun, planted on Jean Paul, Wi Br aceties hes a ie order-them from your room the i, with which Jean Lahtte hurled for himself in history Pee: ascoaiad aes at fobs aul ' as often as you can. Try destruction into the British ranks when the Baratarian buccaneer Jones—was, of course, Jean Lafitte’s uncle. to pose as a man who Sp her talaga pat Sposa erro jackson at the Battle History seems to parsipeee fo attention to the son of Jean wishes to be alone. S o NSVATAA ACR Hens =” c 3 re: it that a year or so after Jones’ lew Orleans, and won from President Madison a pardon for te and William Paul until he in France in late. That was all. : removed himself and all his men. That Jean Lafite went to the fitle the days. just before, the Revelation, he was known Napoleon followed the Se ae Breton village where John Paui Jones died after his service simply by the name Jean of St. Malo until he took the name orders to the letter, hoping Louisiana has it that the ship was under the Empress Catherine of Russia, and brought the body of te. for release. commanded by Lafitte, who brought of his uncle back to Barataria. ‘ No one knows just when Lafitte his buccaneering career, On February 28, 1819, the remains of his uncle to the ob- Eesibeearers ak sabem ee, rottsn eytoets a8 the. Tol bt the records show that he was a skilled swordsman, a deadly at 7 p. m., as the ex- urs bese arene 28 miles from in Paris, which history gives as N: 's last shot and that he became ly rich. iled Napoleon sat solita place; and in the tomb at the United States Naval The musty documents concerning the amazing life of Pirate on the rocks looki out t0 _— ‘ Lafitte, according to the ancient ana Annapolis, where Admiral John Paul Jones is Lafitte, iter ci oe ofa New Orton family, 1840 sea, the British sentry some John Paul Jones. . .. Can it be that this doughty master ene macid i ells ord in Si wren A ty ht wn todd win’ glad Pi daa Laetoli i tine lon i ae ern ee acl p08, a wid the dusk he felt ritish . ff the f the pages of history. The members of his swashbucking ts = his sleeve. —_ oad? Yuet . one They = company of sailormen. had crawled to him 2 Lafitte’s men, with their breech- that ~ 5 amid the rocks, spoke. Napoleon recognized Jean Lafitte. loading cannon, had hammered the English ship into submission ISTORY will tell you how . Napoleon was handed a stick of his own height with a cross- and coming toward the pirate’s flagship was a boat bearing the a was laid in New Piece the width of his shoulders. Slowly that was up the British captain ray to surrender. ete to rescue Napo- back of his loosely-fitting overcoat. hat rested on its top. Lafitte signalled for the officer to come aboard. locn frame Ee mae oe {ileotly Napoleon sf down out of coat and hat. As silent- F Hopiglagrd atid J alte, ve bats seme, the superior f P on another place. Of al on your . St Kickees, lor, * ages He ee oe mentioned in some French historical docu- to aa your aH men a further cane Will ates lay at a in New ments as Napoleon's “double”—a man who resembled the to return to your ship and finish this fight hand-to-hand? Neither inning sad Comcinw ly tt indeed rim eames lof youn, Yup ad pr 4 on ita daring mission when word pearan te 0 onor that this is es y Eg Conloas's te - oT ” a — ot Se me cena The wig captain an- 4 ing in the bottom, tte a returned to his shi t Kae came to New Ocetes ee ee ee I win oe cee eines ee dats come se Tees hha eae mano te & penal ghinita. oath the death ae Ten gt males they rowed to vs little inane: that crews, led by their officers, met in hand-to-hand combat. = mask of the dead emperor. Seen s Geka ee EN British sajlor, half insane from pain of a cutlass =. Te erga, seed he the As oe as Late and his disioguhed an in were slash 2 his head, hall blinded by blood, fred 8 et into = rae gad Tab. i rig = ‘The Sera ep ag. Hert 2 bn ga. Pt be adr of com r% 08 pa | peg iy Be Had cg lB Spent gerommmentn Aad adel to tat ithe finaly taki 1p SespsaT epee, was only, blind, a ship that never sled. Napoleon sloeditg lines, sana Wed fea aiyt Tatinte crating dawn, A falling apar broke the let arm and right thigh 2 Re iicae tes eres m cee rede B kcaes Sees i Cite ies ot we oe te ot = be says Satly conkem this amazing stery..the Gt hint of which On January 18, 1819, it put into St. Helena, asa swore the man was Napoleon. an ee i Jone Late ore ed ek Caen haniod dows ts Hag, = be Jesened whan be te Sa, en ol uades shone Gos te i sg left a Malay slave AL fooling (hat the sentry might be siabt. scoured the surrender. He called farewell over the rail to the British || SER toe date bee brine slice he ck night the Maley ioged Nacioss saan a read, aint, ‘it Get Sete she sad cae of thir wankipe came carnns He gave orders to bis mento eur to tht own dak =! part in come of the greatest drama in the world’s 4 PI pel siyog Bnd Mlonr BIg aed By ol Late, alors crafty, Hew signal asking for raging ox 0 tropical’ hurricane, fought it cu. 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