The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-06-18
A ROYAL SUICIDE.

AInS LudWtg, lSaYar1a'S Insane ana Do-
throned Monarch, browns Himself--An
Attendant Loses His Life in an Effort to
Save His Observation-Disclosures of a Hard
Struggle-The Unfortunate Rulers De-
mented Brother, Prince Otto, Assumes
the Crown.
MUNICH, June 15.-King Ludwig of Ba-
varia, who was deposed last week on ac-
count OF his evident insanity. drowned
himself Sunday evening in Starnberg lake
in the park OF Berg Castle, where he had
been placed under the care of physicians.
The King went into the park for a prom
enade, and was accompanied by DR.. Gud-
den, one OF his attending physicians. When
the two failed to return after a pro-
longed absence the fears of the palace at
tendants were aroused and search was
instituted. and in the lake fifty PAGES from
the shore, in five feet of water, near the
bench upon which the two had been sit
ting, the bodies were found. They we're
conveyed to the castle, but efforts to re-
suscitate them failed
1t is supposed that during the walk in
into the water, and shat DR.. Gudden
plunged in to rescue his charge and was
drowned in the attempt. There are
evidences that a violent struggle oc-
Cured in the lake between the
King and DR.. Gudden in the en-
deayor OF the latter to effect a.
rescue Many footprints can be seen in
the soil at the bottom of the lake near
,-lo he no. N
several bruises on DIR. Gudden's face, which
nails. The marks consist of two
large aud two small scratches on
the right side OF the nose and fore
head. Dr. Gudden must have been forced
beneath the water during the struggle,
as the Kings foot-marks were traced far
ther than the doctors.
The corpse of the dead monarch has
been brought to Munich and laid in stats
in the Marter Kapelle. s5
A proclamation has been issued "in the
name OF the King, the royal house and its
people, who, through good and evil fort
une, have remained faithful" The proc
lamation says:
This house has sustained severe stroke
of destiny By Gods inscrutable degree
King Louis has departed this life. By his
decease, which has plunged Bavaria into
in pursuance of the constitution, to
our well-beloved nephew Otto As
is prevented from governing him
self, we, the nearest agnate, will
administer the Government in behalf of
Otto. We summon Bavarians willingly
and dutifully to acknowledge Otto as tho
rightful sovereign, and to tender to him
and to us as regent inviolable loyalty and
answering obedience. We command all
officials to discharge their functions as
heretofore until they receive more precise
orders"
The proclamation is signed 'Luitpold"
and is countersigned by Baron Won LuGz,
the president of the council, and by the
rest of the Cabinet ministers. The troops
have been kept in the barracks all
day. At ten o'clock yesterday morning the
Generals of the Bavarian army met and
. took the oath of allegiance to King
Ludwig's brother Otto, who at once
assumes the title Of King under the name
of Otto /. and to the Regent Luitpold. He
is three years younger than Ludwig was,
having been born April 81, 1S47. Otto,
however, will be simply nominally King,
as he is mentally inca pable of government.
Previous to his death the belief was
spreading among the common people of
Bavaria that the Kings deposition was
illegal. The people did not believe he was
insane. Precautions had been taken to
prevent the populace from rising to re-
store the King. ap @
Ludwig H., who was born August Is,
1916, was the son of King Macmillan IL,
and succeeded to the throne at the death
of his father, March TO- 1864. Ludwig sided
with Prussia in the contest with France of
1901, and favored the unifcation of
Germany. The account of his insanity,
deposition, and other events in his career
has been SO recently published that repeti-
ton is deemed unnecessary.
OSHKOSH, Wis. June 15.-Dr. Gudden,
who lost his life with King Ludwig, was
the husband of Mrs. DIR. B. Won Gudden
OF this city and brother OF DIR. William
Gudden OF the town of Black Wolf, Winnie
bago County. The deceased physician was
sixty-three years old and leaves eight chill
dren. He contemplated a visit to the
United States during the autumn.