Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1931, Page 23

MARSHAL NEY DIED IN'0. 5.1 CLAM Firing Squad Story of His-| tory Attacked by Omaha Man. Speelal Dispatch to The Star. OMAHA, Neb.,September 28 (N.AN.AJ. =A man here who says he is a grand- Dephew Marghal' Michel Ney, Naj 's “bravest of the brave,” has Just broken a tradition cf silence handed down in his family for upward of & century to assert that Ney was nof laced against a wall and shot, as his- arry states, but was slipped out of France to America, where he died 30 years later. “Are you sure you are a grand- nephew of the Marshal Ney who led the last charge of Napoleon's old guard at the Battle of Waterloo?” was the first ted this man, who first name spelled with two * “¥es” he answered. “And are you sure Marshal Ney was Dot shot to death as a traitor in Paris’ T certain,” he said. “When you make that assertion” it was u-?&fcm‘w by his interviewer, “you con! t all tten history. In the French achieves are records to show Ney was shot. . Every detail/is set out, even the names of the 12 men said to have shot him, and the exact places in the body where 11 of the bullets hit.” Records Declared False. Tecords sre false,” was the escaped to America, and my own grand- | father, his brother, visited him in North Cazrolins “Why is §t,” Mr. Ney was asked, “that your ’nnaht.hn never told this, that ur father never tcld it, and that you ve kept it a et until this day?” “That's simp! replied. “To save Ney a conspiracy was formed in pro- foundest secrecy. Had the trlith come out, 20 men in Prance, some of great prominence, would have lost their heads. Even the Emperor might have been dethroned, fcr he was in the con- spiracy, “To protect these men my great- uncle, Marshal Ney, assumed the name Peter Stewart Ney, and for 30 years lived humbly, teaching in backwoods school houses in North and South Caro- lina and in Virginia, For the same reason that he kept silent, his brother, my grandfather, kept silent, too, and thet tradition of silence was handed down to my father and by him to me. “But now, after so long a time—it is 116 years since my great-uncle was sentenced to die—I ‘have decided that no longer shall our family rest under the odium of that false stain. “I am urged to make this disclosure articularly because my own son, Virgil ichel Ney, is a first lieutenant, grad- uated from the Infantry School of the United States Army and assigned to the 17th Infantry at For Crook, Nebr.” Likeness to Portraits. Mr. Ney shows a striking likeness to portraits and cescriptions of Mar- shal Ney. He has practiced law, and was with the Western Union Telegraph Co. in Omaha 30 years, until he retired several years ago. He began his family history as follows: “My grandfather, Kefon Ney, fled to Dublin, Ireland, when Marshal Ney was supposedly shot.” “But,” he was interrupted, “history says Marshal Ney had only two brothers, Jacques, who died in child- hood, and Jean, who was killed in the battle of Trebbla.” “History or no history, my nd- father was a brother of Marshal Ney, and he took refuge in Dublin, where “The snswer. “Ney was never shot, but my father, Keron Ney, jr., was born & THE EVENING and educated as a civil engineer. “My grandfather later went ‘Waterbury, Conn, and then to Fort Wayne, "n‘; father had documents of various kirds about Marshal Ney's escape that had been given him by his father. The fear that made my grandfather fice Prance was always heavy upon 5 and father inherited the idea of secrecy. “Finally father destroyed all docu- ments that would have proved beyond doubt that Marshal Ney was never shqt. “Although father was so close- mouthed, named me Michael, after the grand.marshal, The French no not pronounce the ‘ch’ in Michael as ‘k,’ as we do, but they pronounce it as if it was spelled ‘Misshell,’ and my name was spoken in that way in our family, and to outsiders it became Marshall. So when I went to be ccnfirmed and the bishop asked my name, I answered, ‘Marshall’ and I have been Marshall ever since.” Fighting at Waterloo. Mr. Ney sketched a quick outline of Marshal Ney's career, recalling how, poleon had escaped from Elba, the marshal had been sent to recapture his old commander, but instead re- joined him, and with him fought the British at Waterloo. Royalists clam- ored for Ney's death, so he was sen. tenced to be shot as a traitor who h: surrendered the King's army tp Napo- leon. “The tradition in our family, sup- ported by the documents my father de- | stroyed,” said Mr. Ney, “was that the | Duke of Wellingtcn, having a profound | respect for Ney, interceded for him, and that Louis XVIII, also respecting Ney's bravery, but too weak to save him to save him while pretending publicly to have him shot. “The place of execution had been an- nounced as the Plain of Grenelle and 5,000 people had gathered there. But the carriage with Ney was stopped close to an slley near the Luxembourg quar- ter and Ney was ordered out. Few per- sons were there. One was Quentin Dick of the British Parliament. He saw what happened and gave this ac- count of it: ““The carriage with Ney came up sud- to | before the wall, refusing to have his openly, gave consent to the conspiracy | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. denly. Ney was hustled out and stood eves bandaged. The squad of 12 sol- | diers fired. Ney fell, and instead of the body lying on the ground for 15 minutes, a cloth was instantly thrown over it, and it was taken away in great haste to a hospital. Less than three l‘nflinutes was consumhed in the entire| afr.” ti “But there is another account, hand- | ed down as truth in our family: As| Marshal Ney passed close to his 12 | old comrades who were to shoot him he spoke in a low voice, ‘aim high’ That was the plan revealed to him before hs left the prison. It was arranged by | the Duke of Wellington. “When Ney was taking his place be- fore the wall, and refusing to have his| eyes bandaged, he said to the firinz| squad; ‘Do not shoot until I say “fire!”’ Next, placing his hand on his heart, he said.in a loud voice 1diers, shoot straight for the heart—fire!” Ney Apparently Shot. “Ney dropped. His old comrades of the firing squad had followed his ¢i- rections and aimed high. “The stones of the wall above where he stood were chipped as if by a whole volley of shots. “Two days after the ‘execution,’ when a sailor was holystoning the deck of ral deaux to Charleston, 8. C., a ruddy- ago in Paris,’ said the man, and during Temaine his cabin. well known to my was Paschal Luciani, who became a prominent business man in Philadel- | phia. The other was Count Charles grant of land near White Bluff, Ala., and died there. secretly to visit ‘Peter’ Ney, the lcho'ol-l master. other places in North and South Caro- | lina and in Virginia. Giles Foard, Rowan County, November 15, when death came were Dr. Matthew Locke, Mr. Foard, Thomas D. Graham Archie Poard and a Negpo. death these persons said told Ney death was approaching and begged him ® reveal his identity. claimed: France.'” the records straightened?” was asked, a French vessel about to sail from Bor- | was tried. Only one who has C, “‘My old commander, Marshal Ney,'] France answered the seaman, ‘Marshel Ney was executed two days e voyage to America he ‘The two men with Ney were | mi dfather. One febvre-Desnouettes, who obtained a Those_two often went th “He taught in Brownsville and in | ca “He died at the home of 0}?«3! 1346. At his bedside After his . Locke had “The dying man, with a last effort, | U ised to a sitting ture and ex- ‘I am )Kr.lhn Ney of “Why don't you go to Parls and have Mr. Ney “Long ago that | g gone to ‘Ha!" he replied. came aboard with two feet faced mwan others. The sailor leaped to his and saluted. “‘Who do you think I am?" asked the man. Columbia “Tech” DRAFTING Blueprint _ Reading. Estimsting. tion and Math. Classes. Enroil Avia- 3 . Any Time. Day and Evenin Burchell’'s Bouquet Coffee Exceptionally Fine 25¢1h. N. W. Burchell 817-819 Fourteenth St. YOUR neighbors ARE ENJOYING AUTOMATIC ‘GAS HEAT why don’t you? . 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