SAVED AN EMPRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14644, 1 April 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

SAVED AN EMPRESS.

; .-'. I :<p rxm'*»** .■;, ■.*■»»?.■■ i,P*,*™» »»"**?.r" 1 ;., One of the few living intubate 'friefids; of the tale Emperor of the French has passed: . away in Jr'aris in the person of Dr. -John Evans, Mwcmis d'Oyley, nephew of the famous Dr. Thomas Evans, and » relative of, .''Fighting Boh" Evans of the U.S.' navy. It was Dr. Thomas Evans who smuggled the. Empress Eugenie out of 1 Paris when the commune broke out: The Empress made her way [to the doctor's re--1 sidence, a'.td Dr.' Evans, after making inquiries, decided that the : best thing for her to do was[to: leave Paris. He drove her in his own carriage to the coast >at Beauville, near Havre, passing her off as i a weak-minded patient; and took "her; on board Sir, John Burgoyhe's[ yacht Gazelle, ; which conveyed the Royal fugitive, to Ryde. : tike his "uncle, Dr. John Evans : played a prominent pari* at the Tuileriea, 1 for he enjoyed not only the friendship but the confidence of the Emperor Napoleon, who regarded Dr. Evans, who was an American, as a sort of private ambassador. The doctor was preparing [to write his memoirs, and ':• there is no doubt that they would have proved highly [interest- - : ing, j had he but lived to publish them. He might have tcld us of his many duels, in- * cluding that with the; Due de Moray '} in' the Tuileries gardens one night, whilei-;:ih the palace a masked ball was -in [progress; and of his experiences on the j field; of battle, for Dr. Evans was at Solferino and Sedan. He was the' first to introduce iodine as. an aseptic in the French medical corps/and. the success of his methods resulted in their general adoption. Napoleon 111. made; Dr. Evans a commander • of the Legion; of f Honour, and in all probability this; was the last decoration;"he ever accorded, for soon afterwards he was no longer Emperor. / Of the doctor's three sons, two met death by violence, and the disappearance of Alaster Evans was a nbje; days' wonder, The. [': doctor's V^tJift'^pSH!] : six itx-aib? I>&H ""- ' tO vl 'f 'i> ■• '• '■■ ■■ '• '■ -V" [■ ,fr ■•;:■ ?;' :'■'s \-%\*.% ■,[:[■.. ■.-;•'■:'■■■j?T > ■;, I isiiSSifiiiii^iiSiiii