The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-07-13

of the carriage and struck the royal
arms painted on the high back of the
carriage. The King was not injured.
but he was sick from the effects of the
attack. My father was taken to the
military prison and I was forbidden to
Who was the woman who presented
the petition ?'
She was from the neighborhood of
the Rhine. There was no connection
between her and my father. Her petit
ton was for son or husband in prison.
My father was imprisoned Intil Deem
Der, 1874, and was sentenced to be
broken on the wheel, but was de-
capitated by the sword instead, on De
cember IA, at Spandau, near Berlin,
where executions usually took place.
One hour after the attempt | was ar
rested and placed in the room for fe-
male prisoners at the Stadtvogtei, and
detained three days. | was never be-
fore accused. Every day / was ques-
toned if | knew of my fathers inten-
ton. l said no, for if had admitted
it, would have been beheaded as an &C
compIice."
Had he not told you he would kill
the King, and did you not believe he
would try to do so w
~ did not know; was in doubt
whether he was in earnest"
Did you see or hear from your
father againT'
eyes; ten days before his death he
sent me letter and poem, one verse
of which | remember, the import being
as pure gold, though tried by fire, is
indestructible, and shines the brighter,
SO in the prison by myself, this day will
be crowned"
She said that the letter and poem
were afterward demanded of her
guardian by the Government. She
gave an account of two occasions on
which she saw her father after his arrest
Only at the Hausvogtei, whence he was
soon removed, was she allowed to speak
to him. Police and prison officials were
present.
"Did she speak of the attack"
"Only this: If had said at the in
QUESTION that was sorry had shot at
the King, suppose l would have saved
my life, but | would not say it, And
further, he said, with strong emphasis ::
If you were man / would command
you to avenge my death feel obliged
to tell this in honor of my father ]
saw him for the last time at four a. M,
when he embraced and kissed me, as we
were about to part. If ell back, half
fainting, and was caught by those pres
ent. My father again opened his arms
to me, but l motioned him away. My
grief was greater than l could endure"
1t appeared by further inquiry that
Tscheck made three copies of his biog-
raphy, all of which ultimately fell into
the hands of the Government through
the fear of the recipients; that Eliza
beth obtained particulars of the manu-
script, and supplementing what she
learned with her own knowledge of her
father, she published book at Berne,
in his vindication. After many vicis-
STUDIES, hunted from one city or another
by the police, she finally came very re-
luctsntly, to America. Herman Kompe,
now living in Seventeenth-street, in this
city, was then an Associate Judge, and,
on account of befriending her, was ex-
lied with her,
She has never received any of her
tatner properly, ana letter sent to
the Crown Prince in March last, asking
the privilege of returning and pleading
for his protection, has never been an
swered. She lives by occasional work
and the charity of some ladies. She
states that her father declared that
Prince, now Emperor William, Gin
duced his weak brother, the King" to
sign the death warrant.