Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-28
THE DAUGHTER OF AN ASSASSIN.

w. THehech- Her PaIher'- Attempt
20 ktn Frederick William Nv Of
Prussia.
The New York Tribune of the
Oath says;
The daughter of Heinrich Lud.
wig Tschech, who was executed in
1914 for an attempt on the life of
King Frederick William " of
Prussia, is now living in abject
poverty in the upper part of New
York. Elizabeth W. Tschech was
a maiden of twenty-one at the time
of her fathers death. She is now
a divorced woman, tifty-five years
old, and her only companions are a
brood of half-grown, half-wild cats,
that occupy with her low-roofed
hut in the rear of building
scarcely more pretentlous, in Sixty
ninth street, near Eighth avenue.
She unwound the cotton string
which held her gate when a visitor
called yesterday, and the reception
room" was gained. 1t was scantily
furnished, the only ornaments be.
ing a lithograph of Garibaldi and a
daguerreotype of her father, sur
rounded by a faded wreath gathered
from the prison yard shortly before
his death. The following conver
sation was had with the woman BY
means of an interpreter, after fixing
her identity as Tschech's daughter
for she now goes by the name o
Mrs. Wellenare:
/" Was it temporary madness, az
claimed in some quarters, tina
prompted your father to try to xii
the king ?"
"No; he was prepared for thre,
years to take the kings life"
"What led him to this determi
nation?"
Gle was elected burgomaster o
Sterkow, city seven miles fron
Berlin, for a period Of twelve years
and intended to make certain re
forms. The poor were Overtaxel
and the rich were nearly exempte,
from taxation. He wished to max
reforms, as far as possible, bull
new roads and make Improvements
but he was opposed and annoye,
by an agent Of the government, an
so got into trouble. At last, dis
courged by this constant vexation
he resigned in IS41, after servin
nine years of his term, and went
Berlin to get some other place Ill
der the government where he coul
work for the common welfare. II
applied to the various heads OF dc
partments, laying before them h
work as burgomaster, but he wa
refused any position by the eutiI
ministry. The only reason the
gave was, you have no claims fC
being further employed in th
State SERVICE In his depressio
he confded to me that he shoul
ascend the steps Of the throne an
appeal to the king. He sent tw
petitions to the king. To the fir
the king answered simply mo- ]
the second, 1T remains as | ha'
said. Friedrich Wilhelm, " Rex
My father resolved to see the kin
in person, and petitioned the quee
TO give him an audience, and wrOI
to Alexander Won Humboldt for h
influence for the same objeC
Both replied very kindly that the
could not interfere. My fathr
was encouraged to ask this becau
of the kings declarations Of h
royal benevolence to the peopl
He thought if he could speak
the king, and lay his case befo
him, the king would do him iu
tice. He could not get justice fro
the government officials"
"Well, what came of it?"
"By-and-by it was evident th
all the promises were hypocriS
From that time to his death Ere
erick William was known by Il
people rs the Comedian Duril
y famine in Silesia he did not he
the people any in spite of his prOr
ises. All this embittered my fatht
He took the discomfort Of all {
people to his own bosom, and Il
himself destined for the instrume
of vengeance in the interest of t
people. This led him to the i'd
that all princes should be killC
and that he would begin wi
Frederick William. This 10
cherished idea grew so absorb
that he prepared himself by pr
ticing in firing at the image of
king with a double e-barrelled /
aoI. :"
GLOW did he carry out his plar
"On the morning Of July
1874. the king and queen W
travelling to Carlsbad. My fatl
waited ut the first portal of
chateau. Al the moment the k