Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, February 2, 1906, Vol. 10

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Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, February 2, 1906, Vol. 10: The Flight of an Empress, Minutes of the February Meeting, The Social Life of WashingtonIt was only by degrees that the true facts of the case came to be known. No doubt the persons who were imme diately interested for personal reasons hesitated to publish all the particulars. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1887) brie¿y says that the story is told in several ways, but that it is generally accepted that the Empress was taken to the residence of Dr. Thomas W. Evans for refuge. She was hurried into his carriage, it is said, and driven beyond the walls of the city, while he. Held in front of her face an open newspaper which he was apparently reading. The Cyclo paedia Americana says, in the same connection, that she was recognized only by a boy whose exclamation passed unnoticed. The latter state ment may be founded on a doubtful story which we heard many years ago. It was said that when the Empress en tered Dr. Evans' carriage a man recognized her and said, That's the Empress! Immediately the Doctor caught him by the throat and prevent ed him from saying more. The by standers inquired What did he say? And the Doctor replied, He said, Hur rah for the Prussians! Then he whispered into the man's ear, Run as fast as you can or they will tear you to pieces! The fellow took his advice, and it was in this way that his excla mation remained unnoticed. We may add that this story is entirely without confirmation, and that it is probably one of the legends to which we have already referred.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.