St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-03-03
A SINGULAR c1ncUilsTAxcE.

The death Of an obscure German artis.,
ard the recent revival before one of the
Paris courts q. the celebrated diamond
necklace eaa.s Z q u 's5,t, bfssnsfo minda Ain
gHlar adventure, which caused, some years
ago, great scandal at the court Of ,Munid1r.
Before Lola Montez went to the capital Of
Bavaria, King Louis attention was attract
ed by a German prima donna, Charlotte
kendrick. One morning, King Louis dis
covered, as he crossed the palace nursez1,
the floor Of the room covered With his chill
dren's toys; among them were several dol.
babies. He was then on his way 10 Char
lotte Kendrjeks ::r'eausA- DE thought that
|a single doll would scarcely be missed
among the nu'pereas tsysrhieh filed the
floor. He put enc of them.. thes 6nss1s
eepld4 lay his hands ugon, in his pocket.
When lie reached Charlotte kendrick' s lodg-
ings, he gave the doll to her child, and for
get everything about it. While the KING
was close,ed with the prima donna, the px.-
ace was in an indescrlbable state of con-
fusion: \ great robbery was discovered
to have been committed ia the Queens bed
chamber. A valuable turquoise, surround
Ell with enormous diamonds, and worth
about $50, 900, had been purloined.
The unfortunate occurrence was conceal
ed as long as possible from the King, for
he had given the jeSe..' TO his wife, tzds spsiz>
ed it extremely. 1t could not he kept
longer. from him, and the moment he was
informed Of 1.-THE :sc.ts fertAe >police, and
ordered that no pains should be sparedso
discover the culprit, whom, he vowed,
should be severely punished. Several serv-.
ants we're arrested upon:snspicion. "A state
concert was given that same evening. All
the diplomatic corps and the most distin-
guisLed company Of court were present.
The daring robbery committed IL the morn.
ing was the subject of general conversa-
ton. The turquoise was familiar to every
body in the court theatre. Charlotte Ken
drick appeared in the third piece il was
some favor:te tvarura from grand: :cpera.
She was dressec Il fS'1i 1gHt gHt blue silk. trimmed
with white lace. She advanced to the front
Of the stage and bowed to the: sesereisps,
and then 10 the other sptttst ss ors Is As she
rose from the profound obe;sance made, all
eyes were riyeted with astsnishmcnt upon.
her stemacher; AerA .glittered the royal
gem lost that morning! A buzz Of wonder
ran around ibe room. The King blushed
deeply. lie saw! It once how the alleged
theft had occurred. .:s55.szE.
His children, finding tho breastpin on
the royal table, thrust it Into the dress of
the favorite doll. He had not observed it,
and had given; it with The DOH ID the prim.
donna's daughtes. Charlotte Keudrick did
not see the valuable t;rsastpin. until after
the kings departure. She thought he had,
for delicac;, adopted this indirect way Of
making her q valuable present, and to
thank him as delicately, she wore it next
her heart at the state concert. The King
was obliged to confess:whst hea 'taRen place.
and to explain the mistake to the prim.
donna, who, with a heavy hear, surren-
dercd the valuable trinket.1i The palace
servants were at once released with valu-
able gratuity in money, to compensate
them for their imprisonment