Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1909 — SAID HE WAS A SON OF NEY [ARTICLE]

SAID HE WAS A SON OF NEY

Dr. E. Al. Neyman, MW Years Old, Passes Away.. HE RESIDED AT SALTILLO Spoke Fransh Fluently and In Moments of Confldonce Expressed Assertion That the Soldier Known In France as "The Bravest of the Brave” Was His Father—All Hip Neighbors Will Recall Celebration That Caused Monen Trains to Pause at His Place.

Campbellsburg, Ind., Jan. s.—Dr. E. M. C. Neyman, who believed himself to be a son of Marshal Ney, is dead at his home in Saltillo. He was one hundred years, ten months and five days old. After lying in state a few days >the body will be buried in Panther cave, nearby. The manuscript of his biography is in the hands of his wife and will be published soon. On the 29th of last February Dr. Neyman celebrated his one hundredth birthday, being born on the odd day of leap year —The celebration was entered into by all the town of Saltillo and was such a big event for all ot Washington and Orange counties that all Monon trains were stopped at the little town on that day. At that time Dr. Neyman, who has been very reticent, talked at length. Dr. Neyman insisted that he was ason of Grand Marshal Michael Ney of France, who was so popular with the French people during the Napoleonic wars that he was called "The Bravest of the Brave.” According to history, after Waterloo, where Ney with the Old Guard made the last heroic stand, Ney was convicted and was shot However, in recent years, there has been a persistent series of stories to the effect that instead of being executed Ney was saved by Wellington, who ordered that the guns used be secretly loaded with blanks and that Ney should drop to the ground when the guns were discharged* at him. Dr. Neyman, who lived at Saltillo over fifty years, and who served in the Mexican war, was of distinguished bearing. He said he had been born in Paris. He spoke French fluently.