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4 Sensational London Paper Says He Was Com
PEELED, by the Brother of Girl He Had
WrOnged, to End His Life or Fighta Duel.
ParisPaperSaysHe Was Assassinated,
and Hints Darkly Toward Bismarck.
DeplOrable Condition of Affairs in the Northern
Portion of Hayti-The French Political
Crisis-0'Brien and His JailerS.
RUDOLPH,S DEATH.
OfIicia1 Statement that He Committed Sui
cide-Sensational Story from London.


weapon was revolver. The Wiener Zeit-
ung says: Professor Wiederhofer, who
performed the autopsy on the remains of
Crown Prince Rudolph, found a large
wound in the side of the head, which must
have caused instant death. A revolver,
with one chamber discharged, was found
ON the bedside. close to the right hand of
the dead Prince. The position in which it
was found proves, beyond doubt, that the
Crown Prince committed suicide. The
pericranium was torn, and the skull-bones
were partially shattered. The report of
the revolver was heard by no one, the
Crown Princes attendants having left the
house to make preparations for
a hunting excursion. Several MEM
bers of the Crown Princes
entourage state that during the last few
weeks the Crown Prince had manifested
signs of morbid nervous excitement, and
therefore the view that the shooting was
the result of temporary mental derange-
ment must be adhered to. Some time pre-
vious to his death the Crown Prince conf
planned of headaches, which We're attrib-
uted to an injury to the head which he sus-
tanned by fall from horse last autumn"
1t is believed that the statement of the
Wiener Zeitung with reference to the Crown
Princes death is the outcome of Yesterdays
Cabinet meeting, at which Herr Won Tisza
expressed himself as strongly In favor of
stating the details plainly. In this view
the Emperor cOncurred. 1t is fully con-
tirmed that Rudolph, in conversing with
his intimate friends during the last few
days, showed an utter WEAKNESS of life and
betrayed great nervous excitement.
The Paris Soir insists that Crown Prince
Rudolph was assassinated. ItcOmments on
the mysterious and premature disappear
betta, Emperor Frederick and Crown Prince
Rudolph, all adversaries of Prince Bis
marck, who seems TO have destiny at his
service.
The Neue Freie Presse has the following
account of the circumstances attending the
death of the Crown Prince, which it says
1T received from an eyewitness:
Crown Prince Rudolph and Count Hoyos
separated at midnight on Tuesday, Prince
box in the evening. The Crown Prince was
up and dressed at 6;3O clock on Wednesday
morning. when he. rang for his yales
~aA6 ordered his carriage, also in
ssruipns sTsspast esay tns servant as o to oeeT hsEe
The valet asked whether he might send a
groom for the carriage, the stables being
distant. SO that he might attend to the
breakfast himself. Rudolph replied: mo,
you must go to the stables yourself" Upon
returning, the valet found the door of the
bedroom locked. Being unable to obtain
a response, he became alarmed, and spm-
moned Count Hoyos and two other gentle
men. who burst in the door. Rudolph lay
the ground. and his left arm Efeless
by his side. Seeing drops of blood
on his lips, the. valet exclaimed, "He has
taken strychnine." declaring that in all
cases of strychnine poisoning blood comes
from the lips. All three Immediately with
drew from the room and hurriedly consult
ed. Count Hoyos started for Vienna. The
two others decided to. wait in the next
observing that the light burned low
fire to the house. they re-enteredd
the room. They then saw
wound in the middle of the forehead and
blood streaming from the mouth, and the
right hand holding revolver. When
Count HOyos told the Empress that Ru-
dolph had taken poison she said, Il shall
not tell the Emperor that" and as amatter
OF Of. fact, ct, the Emperor did not learn, until
committed suicide.
The CONSERVATION of Vienna has trebled
since the truth became known. The most
extraordinary. rumors are afiOat. it even
The students of the University have re-
solved to wear mourning for six weeks
The Wiener Zeitung will publish to-mor-
row full account of the autopsy, which
is reported to have revealed abnormal
growth in the brain sufficient to account
for mental alteration. Rumors say the
Prince was shot through a window by
person employed on his estate, who after
ward committed suicide, and that the body
| OF the murderer lis already buried.
Archduke Charles Louis, the Emperor's
brother, has renounced his rights of success
sion In favor of his son Francis. The act
OF remuneration was not formally signed,
but draft of the document was hurriedly
Iya% %<><.l- L, AnfI 1E .Isap
privately before Emperor Francis Joseph.
who summoned his nephew Francis and
had a private interview with him, lasting
an hour. The news of the renunciation
caused general surprise. Archduke Charles
Louis and wife are favorite leaders of So
clety. Francis has renOunced the MOdena
| fortune In favor of his brother Otho, and
VIII henceforth reside in Vienna, with the
| title OF Archduke. The heir to the throne
is major In the Fourth Dragons. He is
not married. He is gOod-natured, gentle
and lndolent, and has never made q great
figure In society. The newspapers were
confiscated tonight, one for saying that
| francis was about to be crowned King of
| hungary, and another for limiting that the
Emperor was seriously I'LL. The Emperor
will shortly 60 to Gondolie, where he will
stay for several weeks.
Had to Choose Between Duel and Suicide.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The Pail Mall Gazette
SeNyc - FAA'0tCly lulOlnC0 1lOn lClut
that Rudolph committed suicide because it
was conditional with him to take his own
| life or to fight duel with with the brother
of princess, who is member o. one of
the highest Austrian families, ard whom
he had seduced. When conceatment was
no longer possible the princess confessed
her shame to her brother, who gave Ru-
| dolph the alternative of commi sting suicide
or lighting duel. The Gazette further
says that the doctors who were summoned
| refused TO sign a certificate to the eject
that Rddolph's death was dle to apoplexy,
and that great scene ensued. One of the
doctors told the Neue Frioie Press the real
facts, which that paper published.
The statements of the Gazette are gener-
ally accepted as true, though many persons
adhere to the belief that he was killed in a
duel, while not disputing the accuracy of
| the reported cause of the encounter. The
| rumors which were rife in the London clubs
on "Wednesday give color to the duel theory,
since the. haisof With the princess whose
brother Is said to have Killed him was
known to q number of persons In aristo-
cratic circles who had lately visited the
| continent These persons had apparently
expected tragi toufcome of the affair, and
/ the rum0rs did npt seem to excite much sur
prise among them. On the other hand. it is
| asserted by various personages thoroughly
| versed IN the matters Of etiquette and de-