History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 96
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] pense. What did he think of the old soldier ? Why, that he was a Grand) a liar and a vagabond; that he had never held a place in the ranks of the French army. Mr. Rowell lived many years and filled many offices of public trust in Westchester County, but he never forgot this little episode at the prison. When Louis Napoleon, after many vicissitudes and failures, was finally placed upon the throne of France, the former, a genial old man, told the story with great eclat. He would surprise his friends with the almost incredible revelation that " he once had the Emperor of France locked up in a dark cell in the State Prison at Sing Sing." Si.nu Sing, 1885. 236 IIISTOKY OF WKSTCIIKSTEK CUI NTV. a newspaper just as the carriage containing Louis Napoleon went by. The prince's attention was ar-