Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-02-15
A PRINCES SUICIDE.
The Heir Apparent to Austria's
Throne Found Dead in Bed.
Shooting Himself in the Head With
Revolver.

The sudden and somewhat mysterious
death of Crown Prince Rudolph, the heir
apparent to the throne OF Austria, has
created a shock among the crowned heads
and nobility of Europe. The dead Prince
was thirty -one years old. He died while on
a shooting excursion at Meyerling, about
twelve miles from Vienna The newspaper
Fremdenbldtt of Vienna, says that on Tues
day when Crown Prince Rudolph returned
from shooting he complained OF headache
and retired to his room to write letter. he
awoke on Wednesday before seven o'clock,
and at half-past seven ordered his breakfast
to be brought up to him. his valet on en-,
tering the room with his breakfast, 1ouno
the Prince dead in his bed.
Count Hogas and Prince Philip, OF Co
burg, who were Prince Rudoiphs guests,
rushed to the Princes chamber when the
valet told them the Prince was dead. count
Hogas, attired in his hunting costume, I'M
mediately went with all speed to Vienna and
acquainted Emperor Francis Joseph with the
sad news.
The Count was closeted for some time with
His Majesty, who, directly after the inter-
view, fastened to inform the Empress. whose
grief upon Tearing of her sons death was
terrible.
Both the Emperor and Empress then went
70 the apartments of Grown Princess
Stephanie and told her of her husbands
death Princess Stephanie insisted upon 60
ing Immediately to Meyerling, where the
Prince lay dead, and the united efforts Of the
Emperor and Empress were hardly able to
prevent her. They were finally successful.
however, and the Emperor then remained
alone until three o'clock in the afternoon,
when he ordered the body Of the Prince to
be brought to Vienna.
The body of the Prince arrived in Vienna
at one o'clock A. NJ. on special train. A
large crowd had gathered at the depot to
await its arrival but quietly left the station
at the request of the guards. When the train
arrived the body was placed on bier and
taken to a carriage which was drawn by six
black horses
AS the bier passed through the crowd
every hat was removed and deep respect
shown by all.
The Court Chaplain. the Mayor of Vienna,
Prince Hohenlohe and other dlgnltaries FOL
lowed the carriage, while the guards walked
on each side of it. Crowds awaited the ar
rival Of the procession at the Hofburg.
The body, upon arriving at the Imperial
palace, was borne to the apartments lately
occupied by the dead Prince, where it was
left repOsing in state surrounded by guards.
An autopsy on the body of the Prince TOOK
place, after which the remains were EN-
baImed. The court has ordered three months
national mourning.
Owing to the size Of the copper coffin IN
which the body of the Prince was placed, II
was impossible to put it into an ordinary
hearse in conveying it from Meyerllng to the
railroad station, so large hearse used In
carrying the bodies of pauperS to burial was
brought into reQuisition.
Archduke Charles Louis, brother OF the
Emperor is the heir presumptlve to tht
Austrian throne, the succession passing TO DIS
sons, the Archdukes Otto and FerdlnanC
respectively.