Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-07-04

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/ Albeit as PcaceEl1aikfT--AS Singta-
lar FascinafiOn-Star StarfIing scene
III a no yas Palace.
Some startling facts nave recently become
known in regard to lie poisoning Of Prince
perial cf Germany, Tor nssieh tie Jcsuits
were denounced III iii.lnnlqasaartd terms. Tie
/ progress Of his nalady w..s Matched with III
tense interest, and when. upars his recovery.
he returned to Berlin. he n'as.s.ycry where the
object of enthusiastic ovations a a victim oil
| Romanisn. Although the German ncWsp:l-
pers. for obsions reasons, haye not yenture9
to publish line Oh tue subject. it Is no
longer secret at tile Imperial capital that
| the Jcsriits Lad nothing whatever to do with
| the poisoning, and thar the real criminal,
who. however. was not prosecuted at all for
the offence, was a woman. Tile first stIs-
| picions in regard to this mysterious affair
were aroused by The appearance in the niddla
Of January last. in 4 Berlin newspaper. OF
the announcement that Henry Peltzcr had
been married to Pauline Weigel. Peltzer
| was middle-aged attendant of the house
| hold ef tie Crown Prince, and Pauline Wei
gel, who os.ensibly carried on tie business
Of a milliner. lad for years been the mistress
OF the Crown Prince. The relations OF the
latter with the milliner had long furnished
material for the gessips of Berlin. The
Crown Prince, it appears, formed the ac-
quaintar ce Of Pauline Weigel shortly after
his marriage to the oldest daughter OF Queen
Victoria. Pauline, at that time, was DASH
ing. spirited beauty, dark blonde, of
slender. graceful form. an expressive, viva
ciotls Ncsnntenance, small hands and feet.
and engaging manners. The Crown Prince,
like most of the Princes Of his house. had a
decided weakness for the fair sex. and, meet
ing the fair Pauline, who was then but
twenty years old, al a popular ball, he fell in
loss with her. A week after she was his.
finisress. He visited her eyery day. and trem
the first she gainctl an ascendancy over him.
which she maiiagea to retain until o very
recent p rio.l. In. the course OF time she
lore several ehiltlrcn To the Prince, who
amply provided for tiieir wants, while he
furnished the mothtr with means enabliag
her to live in style far above her station in
life. This haison OF The groYn Princes did
not long rrinaia secret to tie Crown Prin-
cess Victoria. aud il led to inany angry
alterations betweea Ter and Icr Maynard
gFsa Mdrsa and fs,s sst ssssfh HEN
rupture between tlicnl was ayerted only By
the etfsnts Of tlic Gro8ii PRINCESS father.
I'slI,ec Albert, who hurried irom Windsor
castle to Berlin, and who succeeded in cflect-
ing reconciliation between his daughter
aud her husband. Tie latter promised to
behave himself IN The future; but although
fora time he acteI with more circumspectlon,
lie did not by any means break of his liai
soli with Pauline Weigel, who, knowing full
well her great power over the Crown Prince,
iiigenuously stimulated his Jealousy OF her,
and thereby strengthened he meshes in
which she held him captive.
Years rolled on. and still the liaison con-
tinued. Pauline Weigel's beauty was not
seusibly impaired in the course OF time, and
ii was not until 1866 that the Grown Prince
made ali ctfsrt TO shake off her woke. The
death Of his (legitimate) son. Sigismund,
which occurred Just at the breaking out of
the war with Austria, made profound I'M
preston upon him. which was, perhaps, ial-
tensified by the terrible events of the Sst-
dowa campaign. When he returned to Ber-.
lin. after the conclusion ofFpeace. he told his
mistress that they must part. Pauline Wei
gel. who. Oh her part. had become passion
ateIy attached to hin-. and whose disposition
was extremely jealous, succeeded by dint OF
tear, reproacles. and threats of suicide, III
keeping him attached to her chariot. The
Crown Prince succuHlbed again, but tnence-
forth visited her more rarely. Finally. III
November last. he resolved upon definite
rupture with Pauline Weigel. He visited her
one night in the early pals OF that N onth.
and told her, with true lioIenzollern brusque-
ness. that tlleir liai>on must come to an end
that she must marry; that Henry Peitzcr.
who had frequently acted as go-between for
them, had consented TO become her husband;
that he would literally provide for them. and
that they must leave Berlin and Germany af-
,er the wedding. Vainly did she try to shake
his determination. Tears and suppications
proved unayaiing. TIE only thing which
she eytorted from him was the promise that
he would visit her again on the following
evening. but lie told her most empMtirally
that it would be for the last time.
The wretched woman did not leave her
room during the whole Of the following day
nor receive anyb ody. At half-past in the
evening the Prince arrived in public hack.
he was deeply ,nuffied in his cloak, and wore
the uudress uniform Of Al ofiic Of low
grade. What occurred between him and
Pauline Weigel duriag this their last inter-
view, is secsct, except that the Crown
Prince took a cup of tea just before leaving
her. which vas after 10 o'clock. When he
arrived near his palace, the hack driver
stopned. as he had been ordered to do. and,
| upon opening the door of the coach, found,
| TO his great alarm, that the Prince had sud-
denly been taken seriously sick. lie carrieti
the patient to the door Of the palace, where
| he 4 as Ut once taken care Of. III few mir
ttes the servants we're alarmed, the. Crown
Princess made her appearance, The Prince
was taken to his bedroom and the court ply
sicians we're sent for. They unhcsitatingly
] declared that the Crown Prince had been
poisoned. The patient refused to tell where
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