The Sunday Oregonian., January 21, 1912, SECTION SIX, Page 7, Image 71

TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1912.
Leon Peltzer, After 30 Years' Confinement in
Brussels' Prison,- Emerges Into Modern Life
With Its Wonderful Changes He Adjusts
Himself to All But the Sight of Woman His
"ind Has Not Been Following Her Evolution
And Her Present Appearance Overcomes Him
Strange Story of His Imprisonment.
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THIRTY years complete severance
fnm human activities, and even
the sight of the world outside a
prison wall! flow does the scene strike
the returned prisoner of educated mind?
Leon Peltier, whose trial once stirred
Belgium to its depths, has Just stepped
out of the cell he has occupied for half
lifetime. What strikes him most?
Traffic developments by land or air
The postal card flood, automobiles or
the gramaphone? . None of these things.
"What astonishes me. most. said he,
as he Irft Brussels for England, en
route for America. "Is the shape of the
women. The narrow skirts give them
a very different look to what I have
had In my mind all those years, and
can't sot used to the new Impression.
In bis case. 30 years ago, a woman
played a leading role. Here la the
story of this love-drama that has now
culminated In the return of Leon Pelt
iw as from the tomb, specially told for
The Oregonlaa by Herbert Devine:
BT HERBERT DEVINE.
BRUSSELS. Jan. 10. (Special Corre
spondence.) Within a few weeks there
will arrive In America one who has
come back to the favored life of today
after being Immured for 30 years "far
from the madding crowd." When he
went to prison the mothers of the pres
ent generation were In wide attire.
Hence It la that the pipe-line profile of
the modern woman has struck his vis
Ion with so sharp a shock as to obscure
all other Impressions.
It Is a declaration worthy of consid
eration by philosophers who review the
rapid progress of mankind In the arts
and sciences. Moreover, It Is the decla
ration of one who. for all his 30 years
In Jail, has had his hard knocks at the
hands of Dan Cupid. In fact, the mis
chievous Dan had a whole lot to do with
the tangle of Leon PeJtaer's life. This
was the way of It:
One January morning si young advo
cate named Gulllaume Bernays left hla
house in Antwerp, remarking to a ser
vant that he was going to Brussels and
would be back for dinner.
As was his custom, he had escorted his
little son to school the little lad who
was the sole, unconscious tie that kept
sn unhappy household together. For
It had Ionic been whispered In Antwerp
that Gulllaume Bernays. the brilliant
lawyer, lived In strained relations with
his beautiful wife. It was ssld that
they never exchanged even a formal
word of greeting, all Indispensable com
munication between them being effect
ed through domestics. The complete
separation that such Intolerable cir
cumstances seemed to demand was pre
vented by the solitary bond of syrapa
thy which survived from the wreck of
their domestic bliss: they both adored
their little boy and both resolved to
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seemed to the servants very unlike hla
usual precision. When be did not return
the following day. nor yet the day af
ter, even the cold Indifference of
Madame was stirred to wondering In-
ouiry.
But when a, week went by without
tale or tidings of Gulllaume Bernays
all Antwerp was agog with mystery.
Theories were advanced from every
side. He had committed suicide; he
had gone to Join a rigorous order of
monks: he had simply "run away"; he
had lost his reason. AH agreed on one
point that domestic unhapplness had
become Insupportable to him. No one.
not even his closest associates he had
no Intimate friends knew anything
more than what the servant could tell
them, but everyone expected to hear
from him presently some Inquiry as to
the little boy.
Mysterious Letter Seat.
Advertisements were Inserted In the
newspapers; then the police began to
take up the case. Suddenly there came
bolt from the blue. A letter, dated
from Bale, came to the Coroner of Ant.
erp, 11 days after the disappearance
of Bernays. This letter purported to be
from one "Henry Vaughan." It was
written In the most hysterical vein, de
ploring first the mislaying of an al
leged former letter, and proceeding
with anguish to unfold again the tale
that the first letter was supposed to
contain.
Henry Vaughan" explained how
Gulllaume Bernays had come to his
nouse, 159 Rue de la Lot. Brussels, for
an important consultation on the morn
Ing of the day he left Antwerp. When
they had finished their business, the at
tention of Bernays had been attracted
by an American pistol belonging td
Vaughan. While the latter was ex
plaining to Bernays the working of the
pistol, it "accidentally went off," and
to Vaughan'a horror, Bernays fell mor
tally wounded.
Vaughan described the consternation.
the wild terror that seized him. his
vain but frantic efforts to restore life
to the corpse, his decision to fly first to
his Invalid wife and only child, and his
mention to return to Brussels to abide
by the consequences as soon as he could
arrange his affairs.
Immediately the house. 159 Rue de la
Lol. was entered by magistrates and
police, and there was found huddled In
an armchair, the body of Gulllaume
Bernays.
Facts did not tally with the details
of the letter written by the mysterious
"Henry Vaughan." Inquiries were made
as to who had recently hired the house
In the Rue de la Lol.
Itt was ascertained that he was a
man with a black beard and blue
glasses who styled himself a rich Amer
ican who hab come to Belgium for the
purpose of establishing a trans-Atlantic
steamboat service between Antwerp
and New York on behalf of accompany
with a capital of $2,500,000. It was also
ascertained from various sources, chief
ly from some of the shrewder business
men with whom Vaughan had had in
terviews, that the whole scheme as ad
vanced by him seemed rather shady and
that he himself Inspired anything but
confidence.
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Justice started out oh the trail of the
suspected murderer, and Justice natu
rally looked first for what might seem
the likeliest motive for a crime. Who
was the person who could profit from
the death of Bernays? Was there in
the deceased man's circle an Individual
upon whom the eye of suspicion could
rest?
. Gradually from the labyrinth of fact
and fiction, there began to stand out
some telling circumstances that led to
all Investigation being concentrated in
one direction.
Beginning of Romance.
Armand Peltzer had returned from
South America, a disconsolate widower
with one fair little daughter. He had
In time made the acquaintance of Gull
laume Bernays, had won his friendship
and been invited to his house. From
the first moment a sympathy sprang up
between the romantic young wife of
Bernays and the strong command
ing man who had suffered. That inti
macy grew with time Then there had
come the sudden crisis, after which Ar
mand Peltzer was received no more In
the house where he had been a wel
come guest. Madame's open attach-4
ment to him naa oecome me suDjeci oi
servants' gossip, and later it was re
ported that the seal' which Madams
Bernays had set upon her lips came
from her resolution never again to
speak to her husband a resolution dat
ing from the day when Armand Peltzer
was forbidden the house. I
Armand Peltzer had a brother, a
ne'er-do-well who had been everywhere
and everything, and whom he had more
than once plucked from the fires of
fate. This brother had spent most ol
his time in the United States was, in
fact, alleged to be there at the moment
the wall of suspicion was growing up
around Armand. And when Armand
was arrested he had letters ready for
production of recent date, though the
envelopes had been torn or burned, to
prove that his brother was "out San
Francisco way."
The" tentacles of justice were being
stretched forth upon every side, and
just when the Belgian people were al
most convinced by the protests of Ar
mand Peltzer when he wrote to the
press that he would get his brother to
come across right away from the United
States to help dispel these suspicions,
suddenly Brussels was astounded by the
news that Leon Peltzer. the man sup
posed to be "out San Francisco way,"
had been arrested, disguised. In Co
logne. "Nobody worked then!" That is what
the Belgians who are old enough to
remember tell you of the sensation the
trial of these two brothers produced.
It lasted over a month. Every day pro
vided a new development, some more
startling revelation.
It was shown how the master mind
of Armand Peltzer had thought out
every detail, prepared for every contin
gency, even to the taking of a house
quite near the station for the murder
so that it would not be worth any man's
while to take a cab. Thus there would
be no accusing cabman to "come knock
ing at the door" when he had waited
hours for his belated fare.
But from the tangled skein so deftly
woven by Armand Peltzer to secure the
woman who had become the desire of
his life, thread after thread was pa
tiently unraveled. And when, at the
end, sentence of death was passed upon
both brothers, the strong man, broken,
shrieked the curse of himself and of his
daughter upon the jurymen. Leon, was
content to state that an injustice was;
being done to the brother he loved
Armand, who was "Innocent of all."
Reprieved From Death.
A distinguished lawyer of Antwerp, .
connected with the case, married the
widow Bernays, thus hushing the voice
of scandal about her after she had come
as a witness, callous to the death of'
her husband, and avowedly attached to
Armand Peltzer. She has since sep
arated from this second husband.
Perhaps it was due to the fact that
all the world loves a lover"; anyway,
men of force and persistence rose to
plead for the convicted brothers. They
succeeded in procuring a reprieve from
the death penalty, but the alternative
was life imprisonment.
Armand died in prison of a broker
heart. Leon lived on, till the other day
he emerged from the gates of the Jail
to blink at the rush of modern ways,
and marvel at the tube-like forms ol
the women of today.
A visit has been paid to his mother.
90 years old, In Cologne. Now he is in-.
England, gray, pallid and emaciated, a
dungeon-wreck of a man waiting to
cross the Atlantic, to seek still newer
impressions in the broad freedom of
the West.
YOUNG MEN WALK 3500 MILES TO SETTLE DIETETIC QUESTION
And Then the Answer Afforded by the Long Tramp of Two Harvard Students Is Not Accepted as Final.
TWO Harvard students, the brothers
Warren and Jesse Buffum. start
ed last July to walk frpm Boston
to Los Angeles. They reached Los An
g les a short time ago. Throughout the
lonT walk Warren Buffum ate nothing
tut vegetable food, while Jesse con
sumed only meat.
Before starting they were carefully
measured and weighed by Dr. Dudley
8. Sargent, Harvard's well-known
physical director. On arrival at Los
Angeles they submitted to similar
measurements and weighing at the
hands of Dr. A. H. Reynolds, physical
director of the Los Angeles Y. M. C. A,
It turned out from these examina
tions that Warren Buffum. the vege
tarian, had gained 13.7 pounds during
the trip, while Jesse, the carnivorous
member of the team, bad gained only
11.3 pounds. Also. Jesse became ex
hausted and was compelled to board a
train when still 300 miles from his
goaL
"A triumph for vegetarianism." cried
the man who has formed "an affection
a la Plato for a bashfulyoung potato
or a not too Freochy French bean."
"A triumph for vegetarianism." ex
ulted his brother-faddist, who munches
nuts while others pursue the ' Juicy
steak.
And all the other people to whom
parsnips and cabbages are the sum of
human endeavor lifted up their voices
and proclaimed that their fad had won.
So It would certainly seem from the
results of the transcontinental walk
of the Buffum brothers. But here
comes the strangest part of the tale. In
spite of the relative condition of War
ren, the vegetarian, and Jesse, the.
meat-eater at the and of the walk,
neither Dr. Sargent nor Dr. Reynolds
will agree that a vegetarian triumph
has been won.
Both have been Interviewed freely,
and both are of the opinion that many
things must be considered by the gain
in weight shown by the two brothers.
Proves Not blag, Sara Doeter.
"The matter of the diet has proved
nothing at all to me." said Dr. Sargent-
"Why? Well. U must be borne
In mind that Warren Buffum. before
the trip began, was stronger organi
cally than his brother, besides being a
little heavier. It was because Warren
was the stronger that I suggested the
vegetable diet for him. as I thought
that if either weakened It would be the
man who was deprived of meat. My
own experiments have convinced me of
this.
"Also, it must be remembered that
Warren did not confine himself to
vegetables wholly. He was allowed
cheese, crks and milk, all of which
tcme under the head of meaty foods.
"On the face of It. It appears that
the vegetable diet was the more suc
cessful, but In reality they both gained
greatly by the trip, and Warren's
slightly greater gain may be ascribed
to his advantage over his brother In
physical condition at the start.
"One remarkable fact." said the doc
tor, "la that while they both gained
greatly to welg'nt. there was no other
change In their stature or physique out
side of the fact that their calves gained
each a fraction of an Incn In girth.
"However, there was a great change
In the condition of the men. While both
were sound and healthy at the start,
the close of their walk found them In
a vastly better condition. The flesh of
both was Arm and sound, their skin had
the glow of health, and waa tanned a
fine brown by the sun In short they
were physically two One specimens of
manhood. So Dr. Reynolds writes me.
"The size of their chests had not in
creased, but their breathing was firm
and regular. Their health was excel
lent. At no time on their trip were they
so much as threatened by illness. I as
cribe this. In great part, to the fact that
they slept outdoors continuously In
sleeping bags.
"Say for me that the matter of diet
proved nothing at all. What the trip
did prove, beyond any question, is that
systematic exercise, more than anything
else, gives vigor and strength to the
body. Both gained weight on widely
different diets so what Is proved by
that?
Effects ef Vlrmu Life.
"No. It waa the exercise of the trip
across the continent that caused the
great Improvement In their condition.
"Let any man or woman eat good,
wholesome food. Including meat, and
take exercise regularly by walking a
certain number of miles a day. and
there will be the same result, a gaining
In strength, weight and health.
In similar circumstances as those
Warren spent six months lots of fresh
air and exercise It seems to me that a
diet In which meat was Included would
be best at least, less likely to be In
jurious than a vegetable diet. It Is lit
tle wonder that Warren as I said,
gained on his brother, for the simple
reason that his diet Included meaty
foods with the vegetables, while the
other had far less variety of food."
"Then you favor a mixed diet?" Dr.
Sargent waa asked.
"I assuredly do." he replied, "and I
practice It. too. But It Is possible to
eat too much meat. In fact, men in
general eat too much.
"But I am In favor of considerable
(neat eating the peoples who have eat
en meat. If you want to dabble In his
tory, have always been strong, virile
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Horace: flktcher. whose dietktic ideas seemingly
webb proved.
'Do you think a vegetable diet may
have bad effects?"
'Yes," said Dr. Sargent, "and very
marked ones. I myself tried a vege
table diet for a year and I have known
others who have tried it. At the time
I was growing, and so naturally gained
In weight. What Is more I was en
gaged In athletic work. But during
that year I seemed to lack energy, vim.
I didn't have the snap and go that are
necessary in modern life.
"It is a fact that meat is a great
stimulant. It gives one that ginger
and vim which Is not supplied by a veg
etable diet A sprinter should eat meat.
A man going on a long hike of the sort
the Buffum boys took would, on the
other hand, need less meat."
"Can you give me a diet for the av
erage man?" Inquired the reporter.
"'No, I couldn't do that. There Is no
rule for regulating the diet. Every man
needs different proportions of food. He
must figure It out for himself. . If he
likes statistics, there are plenty of
books on diet to aid him.
"Most men do figure It out for them
selves, and without the aid of books,
too. For Instance, the men In the lum
ber camps eat lots of fatty pork, bacon
and the like. It Is the thing they need
most. Not long ago a lady whom
knew happened to visit one of these
camps with her husband. She watched
them eat their pork, bacon and ham.
and a great horror entered her souL
"She went home and the picture of
those poor lumbermen feeding on fatty
dishes haunted her. So she purchased
a side of beef and sent It to them. I
happened to know that the beef was
never touched. The lumbermen pre
ferred pork and beans. Fatty food 1
necessary to those who live much In
the open air.
"An experiment as to the value of
diets such as this one of the Buffum
brothers," continued Dr. Sargent, "lacks
scientific verity and accuracy. Such
experiments should be continued for
years before we could trust the conclu
sions. I have suggested that they
might be tried on postmen as well as
on those who walk for the fun of the
thing. A long walk is a long walk.
whether It's work or play.
"The logical conclusion to this Buf
fum experiment would seem to be that
the brothers be made to walk back on
opposite diets to those which they fol
lowed on the trip West. And I am
told that the Metropolitan Club of Loa
Angeles has offered to back them
financially if they decide to do this.
'From the letters which I received
from the boys, It would seem that War
ren was constantly sighing for the meat
which was denied him, while Jesse did
not particularly miss vegetables."
Dr. Sargent refused to come out def
initely as opposed to vegetarianism, al
though his remarks had not seemed to
favor It.
"Let them squabble over it," he said.
"I have given them something to talk
about, evidently. Really, I have no
theory. I am a mixed eater."
Dr. Reynolds, the expert at the other
end of the walk, waa equally reluctant
to be carried away with vegetarian en
thuslasm because of the performance
of the Buffum brothers. He maintain
that their transcontinental journey has
not finally determined any dietary or
physical endurance questions.
Records Were Indefinite.
Professor Reynolds declares that th
records kept by the brothers during the
trip, their physical condition, what the
ate from day to day and the general
effect of the undertaking on them, are
too indefinite and have too many ele
ments of uncertainty to allow of the
forming of general conclusions.
"The fact that Warren Buffum was
on an exclusive vegetable diet an
came through In better condition than
his brother, may have been due to su
perior constitution and more equabl
temperament," said Professor Reynolds,
A reversal of treatment might produce
the same results; Warren Buffum may
be better fitted for the test than James.
The only way I should be satisfied with
such a test would be where a complete
and comprehensive record Is kept by
some one competent to keep it. Ihls
should include form charts before and
after the trip, together with data en
tered from day to day or from week to
week."
The walk across the continent by the
Buffums was not fair to them nor to
the theories they sought to demon
strate. according to Professor Reynolds.
In the first place, a time limit
should be fixed for completing the
trip," he continued. "I am not saying
the time they consumed upward of Ave
months was too much; but I am try
ing to convey the Idea that almost any
one could walk from here to Boston n
given sufficient time, and he could do
t on almost any wind of a diet.
To conduct such a test rainy, the
NAPOLOEN GAVE LEGION OF HONOR TO FRENCH, AS "GEW-GAW"
RAXCE owes the Legion of Honor
I to Napoleon. AH orders of chiv
alry had been abolished by the
revolution, and had left a gap which It
was not easy to fill. "They are mere
gewgaws." said Monge. the chemist,
who had taught the revolutionists how
to make gunpowder out of plaster of
paris. "Gewgaws. If you will," the first
consul answered, "but people like them.
Let us approach the question frankly.
All men are enamored ot decorations,
the French more than any. They posi
tively hunger for them, and they have
always done so."
This waa at Malmalson In 1803. In
May the conseil d'etat was Invited to
consider the project of the Institution
of the Legion of Honor. It was ridi
culed by many, notably by Moreau. who
as victor of Hohenllnden. was bitterly
Jealous of the victor of Marengo. At a
dinner party he sent for his cook and
said to him In the presence of his
guests: "Michel. I am pleased with
your dinner. You have Indeed distin
guished yourself. I will award you a
saucepan of honor." Mme. de Stacl was
also satirical upon the subject. "Ah,
one of the decorated?" she used to ask
each guest who was shown Into her
salon.
But Napoleon had gauged human na
ture correctly. His Legion of Honor did
meet a felt want, and It was definitely
Inaugurated on July 14, 1S04. Among
the eminent men of science and men of
letters on whom it was then bestowed
were Included Laplace, the mathemati
cian: Lalande, the astronomer: Cuvler,
the naturalist, and Legouve. the poet.
The most notable name omitted was
that of Bcrnardin de St, Pierre, just
then in disgrace for championing
Mme. de Stael, whom Napoleon had
banished, but he arnt th rinnr&tinn
ter on the entreaty of Queen Hortense.
After Napoleon's downfall the ques
tion of suppressing the Legion of Honor
arose. Chateaubriand, whom Napoleon
had not decorated, strongly .urged Its
abolition. So did Puzzo dl Borgo. Mar
shals Victor, Marmont and Macdonald
opposed. After debate It was decided to
recognize and retain the order, not on
any moral or patriotic grounds, but be
cause Louis XVITI could not afford to
make himself more unpopular than he
was already by stripping people of their
decorations. Chateaubriand and Lam
artine consented to accept the red rib
bon, but it was also conferred upon a
great number of worthless personages,
and so brought Into contempt.
There have been many Legion of
Honor scandals since those days, but
one of them surpasses all the others In
magnitude. This Is, of course, the Wil
son scandal, the history of which,
though Intricate, Is worth recalling.
Tha t rn ii hi ccc mav be M tn hav. hem- I
gun on the" dav on which Mile. Allee i It wis proved that Wilson had made a
Grevy fell In love with an opera singer regular practice of selling the Legion of
who need not be mentioned here. He
wanted to marry her, and she wanted to
marry him, and the papers were begin
ning to couple the two names In a
manner most embarrassing to the Presi
dent of the republic. The President,
however, sent the opera singer about
his business and found his daughter an
other husband, not a very good hus
band, but the best husband he could
procure on the spur of the moment
His choice fell upon M. Daniel Wilson,
who had long been one of M. Grevy's
political supporters, and was a finan
cier of some mark.
No sooner was M. Wilson established
at the Elysee than he proceeded to en
rich himself by various means. Among
other things, he founded a paper called
Le Monlteur de I'Exposltion Univer
sale, which really covered a traffic In
decorations. The whole story came out
tn .lot. trifl trcw, rri thm. AnA Af 18 2 7
Honor, or. rather, of inviting people
who wanted It to bribe him to use his
Influence to obtain it for them. His
overtures were presented through hi
jackals. Generals d'Audlan and Cafferel
and Mmes. Limousin ana itatazzi, ana
the whole party had to stand in the
dock together.
Wllsoa was sentenced to two years'
Imprisonment, a fine of 3000 francs and
five years' deprivation of civil rights.
He appealed, and the court of cassation
annulled the judgment. The accused,
said the judges, was obviously guilty
of everything that he was charged with,
but as his offenses were not anticipated
by any punitive law he could not be
punished. So he retired to the country
and tried to live down, his bad name.
As he ultimately got himself elected
counsellor-general, one must suppose
that he succeeded in this object. Ex
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men should set out with full knowledge
of their relative physical qualifications,
to be arrived at not only by a physical
examination, but by various prelim
inary tryouts. Then they should have
their task laid out for them. To be ef--fectlve,
this would involve sending
some one along to advise and super
vise them, in order that they might be
properly nourished and cared for, and
relieved of everything except the or
deal of the walk Itself.
"For example. Warren Buffum, who
came through on the vegetable diet,'
tells me that his elder brother, who ate
meat, worried during the trip. I asked
him what he worried over, and he said
it was mainly over the probability of
their reaching food stations from day!
to day and the possibility of being
caught out and suffering from hun
ger. This may have affected the phy
sical condition of the' man.
"To obviate such condtiions an au
tomobile should be sent with the men
to Insure a supply of suitable provis
ions In the way of food and drink, and
the man in the automobile should ar
range the itinerary, designate the
stopping places and' attend to all the
non-essentials, thereby relieving the
men on foot from all unnecessary ef-,
forts and anxieties. This man should
also be able carefully to note and com
pare the condition of the men and
tabulate the results.
Examined at End of Route.
"When the Buffum brothers reached
Los Angeles they reported that Jesse
Buffum, 30 years old and 70.7 Inches
in height, weighed 132.2 pounds, and
had a girth of the ninth rib of '38.2
Inches, expanded, and 28.8 inches con
tracted. He had come through, on a
meat diet, and had been compelled to
take a train about 300 miles before
reaching here.
"Warren Buffum, who confined his
diet to vegetables, was 26 years old
and had a height of 70.2 inches,-.
weighed 137.7 pounds and had a girth
at the ninth rib of 33 inches expanded
and 30.4 inches contracted. ,
"These figures don't tell me any
thing, as the men did not have with
them the measurements taken by Dr.
Sargent, and I have nothing as a basis
for comparison. The men tell me they
adhered strictly to the rules of diet on
which they started out, and I accept
their statements. They also tell me
they both gained in welRht. which I
believe, but I am not satisfied as to
the accuracy of the records I have
been able to get from them, for they
admit too many possibilities of inaccu
racy. It appears they stopped at San
Bernardino several days before coming
on into Los Angeles, and naturally,
living at hotels and resting, they would
gain weight rapidly after what they -had
been through, so that their weight
when they reported to me cannot be
aken properly as their weight at the
close of the trip. All data of this
kind should be kept religiously.
'I should be interested in observing
the results of such a test under proper
conditions and with a view to the
trictest accuracy, and I think it would"
be of great value, although I do not
attach much importance to the rela
tive virtues of the meat and vegetable
diets.
I am not an extremist. I believe
many of us eat too much meat more
than we actually require or can as-
imilate properly; but I don't sub
cribe to the doctrine that all men
ould be benefited physically by com
pletely eliminating all meat from their
food. The requirements of the individ
ual must at all times be taken into
Consideration."