National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-11-01
AN AMERICAN GRAND pucnEss.
An American Indy Claims to be tho WIZ
OF tho Late Duke Of brunswick and sues
for His Vast Estate.


| An Awcr,c,, Ind, claim. to be tho wife
| Of the Late Duke Of Brunswick and Sues
for His Vast Estate.
| =, lfr,m the Nov ,o's H suna" me'S ,.,
MIS- hnna i -, y, an'
about sixty years oil age Resident Oh Lon
don, has given notice TO the municipal au-
tborItIos Of Geneva, the city 10 which the
80 mai, cba,,cs ~ Rrup.wIck has left his
,s.,,,no ,ha, s,o I,,o,ds 4, contest his
vast io',u'o' '"" sao "'on"s " 80, ,,iIc
will on the ground that she Is inc p"iu, VIZ
OF the deceased duke. inns Important ~" ',
suIt involves the enormous sum Of upward Of
an, ,,,,,ion soIla,s In bsr memorial to the
my INN, nun n u =, co,o,a Mrs. Anna Tay-
municipal counch oi "."o'a 80. - ON. q,
Tor Wray states that hcr ia'"o' 49,,
the fiscal agents OF the cclepratcu N'oho'"'
Riddle. of Philadelphia, In London, and that
sho mot Duko Charles OF Brunswick In 1888,
sue i" - 80 hof,rc had bcon oxpcllcd
VINO, uf" ,v A.. ,aJ,,,nan, srh,cc,s
from MS duchy ny ms i"u'Sna'
Mrs. Wray was about twenty years oiu' anu
engaged TO be married to q younger member
| of The Barinp family. The Duke sought her
aou,,on, ana a,oi,r 4, tsai naked her to
company, "nu "'''9 :" 49, :, .,.,,,...
become his vile. In moment " Wc"hneS'
she consented, and the wedding was celc-
brntcd clapdestipcly In a small church In
IIor,o.,, ., ,ho ,cc,,r ,f which the Duke
- "' w ~ C,,.,,.a p.,nsnicL lilo
gave nus name US 'n"''oo -, ~
wanted the marriage 10 remain Sce'.', ".
cause Il would be injurious to him IN MS ei-
| forts IN rccovcr tho crown. and she consented
"a hor hrijcgroom yavo her n written pledge
- W. W ,'sn ,,nh,s. ~ prnnswick in casc he
sHa,,ia rnssccnd Tho throne, She saws she
Lao ~, in,oro.tipg docnmcnt as well as the
ar.ia,,o ncr,incaic s,ill in her possession,
.hm asisc,inS Incident Ia the fact that Young
Fsriinand 1acing Baring. her former be.
iro,hcI committed suicide. The Duke
treated her well for year. lie bought her
q ycrv fne rcsidoncc In Tho West End, and,
nnon bcr GIVING birth 10 a son. In 1885, gave
her consois in her own name yielding Gi, 800
n year Her child. however, died shortly
aficrward and after that time her ducal hus-
hand treated her nj flrst coidly, and then de-
serted her. He provided, however, literally
Tor her. and yould visit her occasionally
She saws that she first noticed symptoms Of
Insanity In His conduct In 1850. and expresses
her conviction that he has been dcrangcd
from that time forward until his death. In
1872, shc saws. he lived at her house for
nearly three months. and again In is47 for a
stlii longer time. Al that time he repeatedly
brougbt Louis Napoleon to her house. In
lsls the Duke quarreled with her, and threat
epcd her life because she refused TO grant
him divorce. He then cut her yearly allow
ancc down TO 1900 and did not visit her
again until 1854, but during the whole of his
absonce he corrcsponded frequently with her,
addressing her very often as MADAME, my
wife" "NTy dear consort, " and the like. OF
these letters, Mrs. Wray says, she has at least
| 800, Upon learning, In 1855, that Duke
| Charles was living In Paris with another wO-
man. who STYLED herself his wife, she wrote
protesting against such conduct, and then
| she appealed to her old friend, Louis Napo-
| -. ,,i,hn,t r,.ai wing mn nuswpr