The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-13
A Fugitive Prince I'm New York.

There can be but little doubt, ac'
cording to recent advices from Rat
isbon, in Bavaria, that there is so
journing at present in our midst a
wayward young German Prince,
who, although his house does nc
longer belong to the reigning fami-
lies of the father, is still, on account
of his connections with some Of the
royal and imperial dynasties Of Eu-
rope, and furthermore, owing to the
enormous wealth of his family, OF
which he is sole heir, almost as re-
markable being as if a royal crown
were in store for him. He is no 9th
er than Prince Felix, of Turn, and
Taxis, the last lineal descendant OF
the eminent family which in the
middle ages played so conspicuous
part in Germany, and which ac-
quired a historical reputation. The
estate to which young Prince Felix is
the sole heir still amounts to about
S15, 200, 600.
Although Prince Felix is barely
twenty years old, he has seen already
much of the world, and for several
years past led the life of a fast man
and spendthrift. With his beard
less face, he cut last year quite a
figure at Baden-Baden, where he APP
peared in public at the Kur-Sual
and on the promenade, with prom
inent member of the demi-mOnde,
and where, during the season, he
lost enormous sums at the rouge-et-
nOir table. In three years he ran
through with nearly one million of
dollars. His extravaganza finally
alarmed the executors of his fathers
estate, and, believing that, if they
allowed Prince Felix to 60 on with
out let or hindrance, he would soon
spend every cent ofwhat was coming
to him, even before he was of age,
and, finding that he had given his |.
o. I. to greedy usurers for hundreds
of thousands ofdollars, they obtain
ed decree from the Superior Court
of Bavaria, authorizing them to limit
his allowance to six thousand five
hundred dollars and appointing a
guardian to take care of his estate.
This decree of the court was publish
ed by the executors in many German
papers, and threw the young prince
into a terrible rage. He employed
lawyer to have it set aside, and, re-
ceiving from him very little encour-
agement, he set about raising money
at eXorbitant rates Of Interest. AS
matter Of course, he was but moder-
ately successful. Among others, he
obtained four thousand florins at
Frankfort on prOmissOry notes of
nearly ten times that amount, and,
when one of his creditors sued him
for debt, the young fellow secretely
possessed himself of the family dia-
monds and other relics, which he
sold at ruinous rates and fled 10
America.
From New York he wrote to the
tAtNutolH anu 10 IllH SudIuldn d Nti
saucy letter, in which he said he
would bid them defiance, and, as
soon as he was of age, would return
to Germany and make il hot for
them. He added significantly he
had plenty of money, could obtain
as much more as he wanted, and
determined to live exactly as he
pleased. This delectable missive was
at once answered by the executors
and the guardian of the prince by
the following warning, which ap-
peared in the german papers:
1--WE have reason to believe that
Prince Felix, of Turn and Taxis is
now in the United States. He has
no right tocontract any debts, what
soever, and the estates of his family
will be beyond his control even af-
ter he has reached his majority. His
promissory notes are absolutely
worthless, and the undersigned will
not under any circumstances pay
any of the debts the prince may
incur"