The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-15
And His Medical Attendant Loses His Life in
Vain Effort to Prevent the Crazy Mon
arch from Ending His Career.
Another Lunatic Proclaimed King, but
a Sane Man Is Appointed Regent.
The Conservative Papers Bitterly Criticise
Gladstone's Manifesto-The Times Finds
the Document Weak in Two Respects.
KING LUDWIG.


MUNICH, June 14-Ludwig, who was recently
deposed from the Bavarian throne, committed
suicide at o'clock yesterday evening. He had
gone out for promenade in the park of the Berg
Castle, accompanied by DR.. Gudden, his physi-
clan. The King suddenly threw himsslf into
Starnberg lake. and was drowned. The physician
| jumped into the water to rescue the King, and
was also drowned
The medical commission which examined the
| late King Ludwig report that he had ordered
| the members Of the ministerial depntation,
| headed by Count Holstein, who called upon him
to procure his consent to regency, to be fogged
| until they bled, and then have their eyes ex-
tracted Before his death the belief was spread
the Kings deposition was illegal The people did
| not believe he was insane. Precautions had
| been taken to prevent the populace from rising
| to restore tho King
The watch worn by King Ludwig, and which
| was on his person when his corpse was recov-
cred from the lake, bad stopped at 6:45 o'clock
| last evening. DR.. Mueller and Hubert, the
Kings steward, had the bodies of Ludwig and
| Dr. Gudden conveyed to the Berg Castle and
| placed on beds. Although there was neither
any perceptible respiration nor pulse movement
in either body Dr. Mueller and his assistants. of
the ambulance corps attempted to restore ami
nation in both, and only ceased their efforts at
resuscitation at midnight, when life was pro-
| nounced extinct in both cases
King Ludwigs suicide has cast deep gloom
over Munich. Now it is seen plainly that the
people were deeply attached to the King, and
evidences are everywhere manifest of the popu-
| lar sorrow caused by his tragic DEATH The po-
| lice have Issued the following bulletins
''The King quietly submitted to the advice of
| the medical commission, and left for Berg Cas-
| tle Yesterday evening his Majesty went out
| Gudden. Their prolonged absence caused anx-
| iety at the castle The park and the shores of
Lake Starnberg were searched. The bodies of the
King and DR.. Gudden were found in the water.
Both showed slight signs of animation. Efforts
to restore life, however, we're unavailing"
At 10 o'clock this morning the generals of the
Bavarian army met and took the oath of ale
glance to King Ludwig's brother, Otto, who at
| once assumes the title of King Otto the First
He is three years younger than Ludwig was
| having been borr April 27 l848 Otto, how
ever, will be simply nominally king, as he is
| mentally incapable of government, and Prince
Luitpold, his uncle, will remain regent. The
| generals of the army have taken the oath of
| allegiance to Prince Luitpold as regent The
Bavarian troops took oaths similar to those
sworn by the generals.
There are evidences that violent struggle oc-
Cured in the lake between the King and Dr.
Gudden, in the endeavor of the latter to rescue
his patient. Many footprints can be seen in the
coil OF fho hnfto IF tho 1aCa xUha ha
bodies were found, and there several bruises
on DR.. Guddens body. which were probably
| made by the Kings fnger-nails These signs
show beyond doubt that struggle took place.
The King before plunging into the lake,
divested himself of his two coats, which were
found on the bank, and led to the discovery Of
the bodies.
According to the Constitution. Prince Otto,
although deranged becomes King. Prince
Luitpold remains regent, and will administer the
affairs of the government
The church bells have been sending forth
muffied peals throughout the day. Excited and
sorrowing crowds of people have thronged the
streets. despite the heavy rain that has been
falling. Thousands of citizens surrounded the
palace, awaiting the issue of the proclamations
in regard to the succession to the throne. Herr
en- Crailsheim Fausetle and Won Riedle, Min
listers of State, have gone to Berg Castle to pre-.
pare official minutes recording the circumstances
in connection with the Kings death and the dis
covery of his body The corpse of the monarch
will shortly be brought to Munich and laid in
in state in the old castle chapel The churches
of the city have been crowded all day. The town
is draped in mourning. The troops were held
within their barracks to-day.
Ludwig promenaded on Sunday morning and
quietly conversed with his attendant on bench
in the park near point of the lake where
placard is posted forbidding persons to land
Ludwig and DR.. Gudden dined together in the
evening. The King was composed in demeanor.
He ate rapidly, finishing the meal in half an
hour. Afterward the King and the physician
left the castle together. The attendants were
ordered to remain in the castle At IL o'clock
last night the two bodies were found in the lake
fifty PAGES from the shore, in ive feet of water
near the bench upon which the two sat in the
morning DR.. Gudden must have been forced
beneath the water during the struggle, as the
Kings foot marks were traced further than
the Doctors. The umbrellas of both,
and the Kings overcoat which had evidently
been torn from his body. were found lying on
the bank of the lake. The dead Kings finger
nails exactly ft the scratches on DR.. Gudden's
face. In a sworn deposition, dated June s, the
four physicians who examined Ludwig unani-
monsy declared that Ludwig was gravely de-
ranged. his affection taking the form known to
lunacy experts as paranoi, which Is incurable;
that further decay was certain; that the malady
absolutely deprived the King of free voltion,
and that it would prevent his governing for the
1snainder Of his life This deposition was