Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
INA FIRsT-CLAss COUPE.
An Austrian Gentleman's Adventu
With q Rararian Rnnnnnrs

With Bsvarian Baroness.
Our Continental railway carriages,
with their oseds-cOupes, says Vienna
letter to the New York World, afford
pretty adventuresses opportunities Tor
! Matchmaking schemes which would be
| imI ossible in your open American cars
A specimen operation of these fair ladies
| has just been afforded by the adventure
! which befell merchant-Karl A
whose full name the police considerably
refuse to make public. He was travel
| Ing from Steyr to the city and had to
| change trains at the little town Of-St.
NaleRtin. While waiting there for the
Paris express which was to take the pas
seugers to Vienna a friend introduced to
him young girl, apparently only eigh-
teen years old, who was also going to this
city. When the train reached the station
Mr.. A. quickly took 8 seat in a tirst-class
coupe, Of which he was the only occu-
pant. shortly before the train started the
young lady entered She same coupe.
Hardly, however, had she cast a look
around her when she remembered that
she had only second class ticket, but
before she could leave the coupe was
locked by the guard and the train set It.
self in motion.
Mr.. A. explained to he- that she could
Gave herself transferred to a seconded a SIS
coupe at the next station, Amstetten, or
pay the difference for firEt-class ticket.
Tee lady contented herself Tith this and
entering into conversation said she was a
baroness, born in Munich and reared IN a
convent. She was travelling to Poland
by way OF Vienna in order 20 accept a
position as gOverness in that country.
lnEtead OF changing cOupes ct Amstet-
ten she permitted Mr.. A. to procure a
irst-o2ass ticket for her and continued
hur 1raF1v NffNs, ell
er. Alter the train had left st. 2oelten
Mr.. A. desired to offer the lady a cigar
cite. Hardly, however, had he drawn his
cigarette-case from his pocket when the
lady showed evident signs of uneasiness
and begged Mr.. A. to open the window
He readily did SO, and then the goverRess
approached the half-Open window. She
looked out Cor a few seconds, then sud
denly pushed down the window entirely
AID swung herself on the sill in order to
jump through the opening into the depths
below. The train was going at the rate Of
thirty miles an hour.
Mr.. A. sprang up from his seat and to-
wards the window and managed to catch
the girl by her legs. A struggle ensued
between the strong man and the desper-
ately resisting girl, who was leaning with
the upper halfOf her form out of the win
dow and apparently did not want to be
drawn back. All this time she kept
screaming: ale wants TO murder me-"
The struggle lastedoveF quarter OF an
hour. Persons at stations at which the !
tram did not stop saw the encounter. |
Finally the gOverness' cries for help |
dominated even the Numbering of the |
train Passengers in the adjoining |
cOupes opened the windows and added |
their shouts to the girls until, at length, |
the conductor heard it, and stopped the |
train on the open track. The girl was !
taken into another coupe, Mr. A. re-
NAMED alone and the train continued |
with increased speed on its way to this
city.
In the meanwhile the police authorities
here had received kilograms from the
different statiOn-keepeTs on the road,
describing the scene they had witnessed |
at the carriage window. When the train
arrived Mr.. A. and his felloW-uavelar
were arrested and taken 20 the police
station in the depot, where they were |
asked to give an explanation Of the oc-
currence. The lady declared that when
Mr.. A. drew out box she feared that it
contained an opiate and that he wanted |
to make her unconscious. Fortunately |
hr. 4. was able to prove on the spot that
the little case contained only Turkish |
As there were no grounds for
a charge against the merchant, the Of
fCials released him as we'll as the lady.
Mr.. 4, left the station house vOwing
never to travel alone again in a frst-class
coupe with an interesting young female