The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-26
ANNOYING A PRINCESS.
The Effort TO Trace n Letter that was Sent TO
the Windsor Hotel.

Between and 8 o'clock on Saturday even
ing last carriage ratified up to the door OF
the Police Central Office Two gentlemen dis
mounted. Tho elder. q tall, dark haired youth
OF 25. fashionably attired, and with bouttonaire
in his lapel. announced himself as the Count
Kalouvrat of Russia. nephew Of the Princess
suvaroff. who is boarding in the Windsor Hotel
He and his companion had called to invoke the
aid OF the police in discovering and furnishing
blackmailer. who had annoyed the Princess
for some time with threats and demands for
money Tho Count said. through an intcrpre-
ter. that on Saturday morning last the Princess
received by mail letter, written in French, Of
which the following is translation
Mss l, rnlSctss addressed myself 10 you, some
few days since asking oi You as conpatOt to lend
Your ad You have not seen NJ 70 answer even one word
you interesting and piquant biography of your his.
tory ~ ~, hands and Win be pgihed tcmsffow in
sressele to ogm remains wrh YOU Nine Ia rrincc,;e .
addres. icreunto annexed the manuscript containing
,his grant portion ., mk pcrsoal ree1, euons wi he
night. and 70 merrow you WI receive ths numoer 4 the
10 render yuur soiourn here agreeable
Acecgt Nms la rrinccssc The cxnre ssiSn Of my re-
% A9STs'j ,gs, g Mr. sgpss,Ss' ,g, Sr S5
Please send your letter through messenger.
The handwriting was clear and distinct, and
apparently that OF man used to handling a
pen. III WAS on ordinary note paper, and en-
closed III "A plain white envelope.
The Count requested that there should he the
greatest secrecy in learning the facts, and ac-
cordngly every means WAS taken to throw the
reporters OH the track. II was at first reported
that the Princess had been robbed Of her mag
ninccnt diamonds which she had worn at the
Licderkranz ball. Then IL was whispered that
the case was one Of "blackmail." and in the
hotel the effect seemed TO be To mystfy tho
press. one Of the proprictors going SO far as to
declare that two OF his guests had merely sent
down for two detectives to escort them through
the sums
The cnsc was given to Detective Thomson
and he visited the hotel ami had long inter.
view with tho Count and the Princess. II wis
finally agreed that the detective should 20 to tn,
orice of the MesSdgcr Franco. AMERICAN with a
addressed to " Pierre de Mokrzyski." and that
on the latter's appearing BE- should be seiz,d
with the marked money IN his possession. L,
make the plot perfect. the services OF a messcn.
ger Toy wer" called in rs repue sted in the letter
| On arriving nt the on ,r in Bond street how.
| ever. Detective Thompson found the front en-.
| tirely closed. NJ. de Sup"rviclie. ona Of the ed
| ltors. wds found aud shown the contents of TIA,
| blckmailing cpiStle. H. expressed the great
cst surprise that his name should have beer
used in III n Il manner. and volunteered To- Il,
| al in his power toward discovering the author
! H. Know no person answering o. the name IL
! question. OF Who could throw any hsht on tn
subject
/ ltwas now nearly midnislt AMI the dot ,otivs
! after consulting with tho INSPECTOR. conclude,
/ TO wait until Monday. Meantime, the same ali
| Of s'rrr., was preserved intne Police Contra
| Onice. and all sorts NJ surmisf- were iyiul
al.ut hs 70 thr rnll nature oi the proceed nEs.
Yesterday the Princess was confined to hel
! room by illness. brought on hy tie worry nm,
excitement through which she had passed. She
says that she had no objection to the puf liratioi
! of the extract from IIdh relative Ia her borrow
/ ing $4,000 francs OF VI. Drairgr. The latter
she nvrrS. wanted 20 per cent. interest for Ia,
money. which she refused To pay. and this w''
tnr origin oi the story. Sh" drnI'~ entirely 3e
stated in THE sun of yrrtrrIay. that she /,
separated from hrr husband or that the luttel
ever pawned her diamonds.