The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-14
A RUYAL LIBERTINE.
The Crown Prince Rudolph or Austria Shot anS
Killed In q Duel.

rhe Grown Prince Rudolph or Austria Shot ana
Killed In Q Duel.
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria was killed
In duel ON last Tuesday the goth of Janua-
~ by Count Franz Clam Calais. The crown
princes witnesses were Count Hoyos and
Prince Coburg, his brother-in-law. The
counts witnesses were Prince Ferdinand
Kinsky and another nobleman. The duel
was fought at p. m. in little wood near
Baden. The crown prince was wounded and
transported to the nearest castle, Meyerling.
he died late in the evening, just at the
hour when his coming was anxiously await
ed at state dinner in the Hafburg.
The crown prince had been paying at
tention to the Countess Clam Gallas,
nee Hoyos, for the past six months. 1t is
claimed that recently, while on shooting
excursion on the estate of the lady's mother
In law, Count Clam Gallas surprised his wife
in compromising situation with the crown
prince. The count at once challenged Crown
Prince Rudolph, and the latter asked for
time in which to consider it. At the expira.
ton of the time, which occurred on Jan. 29th
he declared that in accordance with the I'M
written rules of all affairs of honor in Aus
tria, ne would avail himself of the privilege
OF declining the challenge, but he
would give satisfaction. Subsequently
the prince changed his mind, and
the duel occurred as stated The
whole affair has been largely suppressed by
the Austrian court, but it has leaked out
through some aristocrats who were COM
promised in the affair and had to leave the
country. The emperor, who knew of the
whole affair, has, it is said, fully approved
his sons behavior.
The gallant adventures of the young Haps-
burglar scion we're so numerous that to keep
track of them in chronological order was q
difficult thing even for the most versatile of
the court historians. Schloss Meyerling, the
low Austrian castle which has become so I'M
expectedly famous, has actually of late been
In the possession of a lady whose acquaint-
ance with the crown prince has been fully
detailed. 1t is now stated, however, that the
castle, originally present of the emperor to
his son, through diplomatic interference was
returned to the crown prince some weeks
ago. This story gave rise to the rumors that
the former proprietress of the castle where
| the crown prince died was in some way con-
| nected with his terrible end. The lady for
whose honor the future sovereign of an en-
| pire, the second in power in Europe, had to
! die, was of pure, unauthorized blue blood.
| Her full name is Marie, Countess Clam Calais,
| nee Countess Hoyos Sprinzenstein. She was
born on Aug. II. 1858, at the castle of her
late father, the Count Joseph Hoyos, who
| played a prominent part in the military his
| tory of the years 1859 and 1866. The
Hoyos are one of the Oldest wealthiest
and most aristocratic families of the empire
on the blue Danube. The forefathers OF the
lady had for centuries been the most devoted
and loyal subjects of the imperial family II
is reported in Paris that the slayer of the
crown prince Rudolph was the eminent finan-
| cier and banker; kuranda, who had but re-
| Gently become aware of what the gay world
of Vienna had long discussed, the relations
existing between the prince and Nine Kuran-
da. The injured husband resigned all the of
fees to which he had attained, as he supposed
by reason of his ability, but which were really
due to the secret influence of the prince he
then proceeded to avenge his honor. The
chateau where the tragedy occurred was
gift to Nine Kuranda from the prince.