The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-22
ROMANCE OF a GREAT CRIME.

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pllce and paramour, lady of rank, in
Germany, some seven or eight years
ago. is no donbt remembered by many
OF our readers from the remarkable cir
oumstances accompanying the crime.
The after history OF the murderers is
even moro remarkable and reads like q
romance. Baroness Ebsrgenti con.
ts.e.sd deep passion for Count Gus
fave Ohrosinski. an officer OF the Aus.
srian army and Q man of high family
his father being governor OF Lower
Austria. The passion wvs returned.
but the Count had, previous to meet
ss6 Tho Baronesa. married an actress,
named Matl,ield Ruel, Q woman OF su-
perior accomplishments, great beauty
and fascinating manners. This passion
led the Baroness to resolve upon the
death CT the Counts wife, that she
might lawfully FIJI her place. In No.
yember. 1868. to consommats her
dreadful purpose, the Baroness. under
an assumed name, visited the city of
Munich. Bavaria, where her victim re-
sided alone in lodgings. The people
with whom the Countess lodged told
the story: How . strange lady came to
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Countess proposed to visit the opera
house In company With the strange
lady; how, for two days after the pro-
posed visit to the opera, nothing WAS
seen OF the Countess Ohrosinski; low,
at the expiration OF these two days. on
inquiry at the hotel Vier Jahyeszeitem,
where the strange lady had been snp.
posed to be staying, nothing could be
learned of her or OF the Countess; how
the Countess doors we're then broken
open. when she was found dead upon
the floor. A medical examination re-
vealed the fact that death had been
caused by prussio acid. The circum-
stances fully aroused the subtle ener-
gies OF the police and detectives, and
on the arrival Of Count Ohrosinski to
attend the last duties to be paid to his
hapless spouse, he was arrested and
examined. On his person were found
photographs OF female, which, on
inspection, proved to be likeness of
the Countess mysterious visitor, and
these we're photographs of Baroness
Julia Ebergenti. On the 28th of April,
1858, she was inoaroerated in Neadorf
penitentiary to serve out the term OF
ten years. A Bavarian paper painted
her portrait in the following captivst-
ing style:
S"She is twenty-six years of ago, with
graceful and elegant tournure. She
has youthful but energetic face. of
winning and sweet expression. With
ou. bsios beautiful woman, every
thing denotes refinement and her pure
extraction. She comes OF one of the
most sristoosatic OF Hungarian fami-
lies. Her hair is profuse. and OF aois
yellow shade. Her hand is small and
exqoisitively gloved. She had essnme,,
the dress she wore at tho time of her
visit to Munich, during which the
deed was perpetrated-a black silk
robe, lightly trimmed with white; q
pelisse astrakan and small travelling
hat with peacock feather. Her pend.
ants and brooch were deaths heads of
and her air OF distinction and girlish
mien were in conspicuous and painful
contrast to the savage spikes and grim
aspect OF the murderer's dook."
In August, 1859, it was reported and
published that this great criminal had
languiohed and died OF consumption in
she NesdoTf penitentiary; but through
the shrewdness OF BavArian detective,
named Obert. and Partisan detective,
named Merville. it was discovered that
the Baroness, with the influence Of
Louis Napoleon and Countess Gustave
Chrosinski. had made her escape and
fed to America, and through the in.
imitable and pathetic acting Of Mrs.
u. 2. Bowers, in the character OF
LADY Audley. was finally discovered.
During feigped illnese. the Baron-