Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-02
NOT AP0PLEXY.
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
Committed Suicide.
Official Circles Attribute 1t to Insanity.
A Story to the Contrary is
Printed in London.
o'Brien May Suceumb to the Hardships of
Prison Life-A Crisis AFerted in France
by Vote of Confidence.
GROWN PRINCE RUDOLF.
1t is Omcially Announced That He Took Hi
Own Life.

1t is Officially Announced That He Took His
Own Life.
VIENNA, Feb. 1t is officially an
nounced that Arehduke Charles Louis,
the emperor s brother, is now heir to the
throne,
It is officially announced that Grown
Prince Rudolf committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the head. The weapon
used was a revolver.
The Wiener Zeitung says Professor
Wiederhofer, who performed the autopsy
on the remains of the Crown Prince Rudolf
found large woundin the side of the head
which must have caused instant death.
A revolver with one chamber discharged
was found close to the right hand of the
dead prince The position in which
it was found proved beyond
doubt the prince committed sui
eide The report of the pistol
was heard by no one, the crown prince s
attendants having left the house to make
preparations for the hunting excursion.
Several members of the prince IS entourge
state that during, the last few weeks
he had manifested signs of nervousness.
The Zeitung says the view that the
shooting was the result of temporary
mental arrangement must be adhered to.
Sometime previous to his death the prince
complained of headaches, which were at
tributed to injuries which he sustained by
q fall from his horse last autumn.
The Buda Pesth correspondent says,
two years ago, and again recently, the
crown prince Rudolf intrusted Herr Won
SZOgyenyi, an attache of the imperial
household, with the duty Ofarranging his
papers He lately wrote to Herr Won
Szogyenyi reminding him of his trust.
The only letter left by the crown prince
was one addressed to his mother.
AN UGLY STORY.
LONDON, Feb / The Pail Mall Ga
zette says il is privately informed from
Vienna that Rudolf committed suicide
because it was optional with him to take
his own life or fight a duel with a brother
of princess who is member of one of
the highest Austrian families, and whom
he had seduced. When concealment was
no longer possible the princess confessed
her shame to her brother, who gave Ru-
dolf the alternative of committing suicide
or. flg hting a duel.
The Gazette further says the doctors
who were summoned refused to sign a
certificate to the effect that Rudolf's
death was due to apoplexy, and great
scene ensued. One of the doctors told
the Erie Presse the real facts, which that
paper published.
STATEMENT OF THE WIENER ZEITUNG.
VIENNA, Feb. 1t is believed the
statement of the Weiner Zeitung with
reference to the crown prince S death is
the outcome of yesterdays cabinet meet
ing, at which Herr Won Tisza expressed
himself so strongly in favor of stating the
details plainly. In this view the emperor
concurred 1t was fully confirmed that
Rudolf, in converslng with his intimate
friends during the last few days, showed
an utter WEAKNESS of life, and betrayed
great nervous excitement.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
Emperor William, will attend the funeral
by request of Emperor Francis Joseph.
The kaiser himself viii not be present.
HIS WILL.
VIENNA, Feb. Grown Prince Ru-
dolf's will, which was made in 1886,
leaves his whole property to his daughter,
subject to the crown princess life in
terest in all the personality except Meyer
ling and the island of Lacroma.