Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-27
SPENT 100000 I'm ONE YEAR.
Edith de IseiIevilIe cuts a wide swath with
Emperor williams Money.

"Some time in 1856 Prince William
saw me at the races near Berlin and
asked who ! was, said Edith de Belle
vile to a New York World writer
shortly afterward an officer of his
staff treated young friend of mine in
what | thought was very dishonor-
able way, and | wrote to Prince VIII
lam asking him if he would use his
influence in the matter. | received an
answer granting me an audience. But
why go onP | do not believe that any
woman would refuse diamonds and
costly dresses, horses and carriages, q
magnificent house on the principal
street OF a European capital, every
luxury in the world, and such a posi-
ton as | afterward attained. / had
everything. The best known men in
the country came to my drawng-r
My Drougham was the most costly and
conspicuous in the drive. | had all
the money | could spend. | spent
$l,00O,000 in one year, and beside this
contracted debts to very large
amount
81 was the talk of the town. Berlin
is a small place comoared with New
York, and all my eXtravagaut demon
STATIONS were noticed aud discussed.
But knew it could not last | was
always sure of that. People began to
talk about Prince William. They
spoke Of the fact that he was mar
ried man. They pitied his wife, and
they said what was. perhaps, true,
that he could not afford to conduct
such an establishment as he had given
me and indulge my exHavagaut ex-
penditures. The feeling against me
grew apace. Angry looks greeted me
when ! went out driving. There were
many who would have liked to kill me,
and they cursed me as ! passed. AT
last one morning representatives from
the municipal authorities came and
told me | would have to leave Berlin.
Il acquiesced, because / could do
nothing else. ! sent message to the
prince, but | received no answer.
do not believe now that he ever receiy-
ed it. Even then | did not take things
very seriously. ! thought matters
would blow over after a time, so |
gathered my jewels together, took
some dresses, and putting what money
I had at hand in my pocketbook, 1
went down to a little country place two
or three hours from Berlin, and wait
ed. ! wrote Prince William FROM here
again. Again no answer came to my
letter. Alter few weeks | returned
to Berlin. | went To my house. lean
not describe my surprise when lreach-
ed there. The house had been dis
mantled; all my beautiful things were
gone. The furniture, pictures, bric-a-
brac, everything had been carried off
and sold so ! was told, aud the money
applied to the liquidation Of debts
which had been incurred in establish
ing me in Berlin. But not only was
the furniture. pictures, and statuary
gone, but everything of a personal
character. An my letters had disap-
peared. Two or three packages of
letters from De Belleyille, and anothet
from Prince William were among
them. The completeness of the wreck
simply stunned me, but | could not do
anything, and | accepted the ineyita-
BILE Then they said, rs / had married
an American. belonged to America,
and was no longer a German citizen,
and on this pretense they warned me
again out of Berlin / wrote for the
last time TO Prince William, but again
receiving no answer, left the German
capital, aud have not been there
since.