The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16
A-R RaIsed as TO His Insanity
&sSamliy Curse-Hls Many
Eccentricities.

nave arrived here ana nave
my tncsited ia the Mar;er Kapelle
rroi.{ 1iugsr will hold a post NOR,
tenn ACTION to-day. The funeral
will ! Sly take place on Saturday,
THE DEAD KIEG's MALADY.
The AHgemGne Zeitslmg says tits inn
possible, without a violation Of the
respect due the dead King, to publish
the part culars Of his mslsdy. IL adj
vises the ultTamontsne press 10 defer
judgment and says thst the d will
not embitteT the situation needlessly.
rHE PHYSICIAN sTRANGLKD ny THK
KING.
II is now supposed that DR.. Gud.
den, who was puny man, was
stranPled in the water by the King,
who wa Risnt in strength. On the
doctors face near one Of his eyes YVES
blue swr log, suggesting a heavy
blow. There wss a mild expression on
the Kirg's face.
THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA,
who Is s1jnurning on the other side OF
Sta'nberg Lake, opposite Berg Castle,
exchanged many telsgrams with the
Austrian Emperor referring TO Lud-
wigs suicide. Special editions OF the
newspapers, giving full particulars,
were purchased with avidity here.
DIR, Won scHLEIss,
who was formerly King Ludwig's ply
siciEn, denies ihot the King was IN.
sane. He maintains that Ludwig was
eccentric only. The doctor sddS that
though he disagreed with the official
report OF the examination board of
physicians declaring the King iDslne,
still he felt compelled TO keep his
views t. himself, "for," said he, "if /
had Published statement in oppOsi-
ton 10 that OF the court doc ors ]
would have shared the fate OF certain
other persons and been az last con.
fined 10 prison. NY opinion as to the
Kings condition is based on my ex-
peiience as his physician since his
birth. Ny colleague, DR.. Clint, sgrees
with me-"
THK FUNERAL SERVICES.
AT $50 o'c ock last evening Dean
Tuerck, assisted by the court clergy,
read the funeral rvlces over the re-
mains OF the late King Ludwig, which
were lying in the entrance court OF
Berg Caslp. After the services the
body WAS p acsd in plain coffin aud
conveyed TO Munich In a hearse
drawn by four horses. Three carriages
conveying the clergy followed the
hesrse. A detachment OF heavy
cavalry met the heaue at Sending, a
suburb OF Mulch, aud escorted II 10
the city. The remains reached the
Reside zIchlDss at | 30 o'clock am.
Their arrival was unexpec ed, and
nobody was IN attendance 10 Tecei We
them. The Empress of Austria sent
atp'eudid wreath TO Berg Castle TO be
pl'osd on the Coffio.
THE FAMILY CURSE.
Much sympa by is felt for the fallen
monarch in the imperial family OF
Germany.
He STATED in life with noble sspira.
tlons, and but for the hereditary curie
might have accomplished noble things.
His ailments, however, were both
physical and moral--vanity snd Wag.
nerolatry flashed what physical brain
sickness had begun. "Thers Ia always
something wrong about a confirmed
women batter" sud lady of the
court with whom | was taking about
the poor would-bs "R)i Solei' at the
opera the other night, and King Louis
disliked all women, evens his mother,
with two bEiRht exc ptions, the Ex-
Empress Eugene aud the Princess
Gisela, wife Of his cousin, Prince Leo.
pold. He nenry cried his eyes
out when he left Paris after a
visit TO the Tuilerits years ago,
when Napoleon and his beau iful con.
sort were 10 the sunshine of their
cory, His attentions TO the Princess
Gisela were 30 csntriC and pointed
that they were hardly appreciated.
He would send her bouquets in the
dead OF thu night and wake her up a.
untimely hours 10 receive h visits.
But this was nothing to the en- is be
made uptn his Mir ter's patience.
One gay old Polonius had his life
made wIet he'd by tue sudden Md
night invitations to get up aud play
billiards, which lie deteBted. Ell
quetle, OF course, absolutely forbade
his ever winning, 80 even the slight
excitement OF playing bona 6de
game Was denied 10 hin.