The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-02
RUDOLPH IS A SUICIDE.
BETRAYAL OF A PRINCESS WAS
A DEATH TRAP.

The Woman's Brother Gave Him the
Alternative of Self-D estruction or
Duel-A Pistol the Weapon He Used
The Doctors Refuse to Sign Certih-
cate of Apoplexy.
LONDON, Feb. ., 5 A. M.-The Pail Nal
| Gazette says it is privately Informed from
! Vienna that Prince Rudolph committed
suicide because it was optional with HIM to
take his own life or fight duel with the
/ brother of a princess who is me nber of
the highest Austrian families, and whom
| he had seduced. When concealmeGt
was no longer possible the princess
confessed her shame to her brother,
who gave Prince Rudolph the alternative
of committing suicide or fighting duel
The Gazette further says that he doctors
| who were summoned refused to sign a Ger
titicate to the effect that Prince Rudolpd's
death was due to apoplexy, and that great
scene ensued. One of the doctors told the
Neue Freie PreSse the real facts, which
that paper published.
STUDYING OVER HIS LETTER.
A dispatch to the Standard from Vienna
says that Prince Rudolph probably wrote
several copies of his letter before finally
dies ere burnt down to the sockets, prov
ing that they had been burning five or
| six hours The contents of the letter to
his father, which was dated Jan. 30, was
kept secret by the emperor for two days,
even from the ministers, and we're theu di-
vulged only to clear the memory of his son
from suspicious worse than the truth.
Pl ince Rudolph had contem lated suicide
for years When returning from the funeral
of King Ludwig of Bavaria, be said 81
fear hat my end will be as his.n 1t is
probable that the cause of his trouble was
absence of an heir.
SHOT HIMSELF In THE HEAD.
VIENNA, FEB. LIT Is officially an
nounced that Crown Prince Rudolph COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in the
head. The weapon used was a revolver.
The Wei1er Zeitung says: Prof. Vie
derhofer, Who performed the autopsy on
The remains of Crown Prince Rudolph,
found a large wound in the side Of
his head, which must have caused
instant death. A revolver, with one
chamber discharged, was found on the ed
stead close TO the right hand of the dead
rrit ce. The position in which it was found
proves beyond doubt that the crown prince
committed suicide. The pericranium was
torn and the skull Eones were partially
shattered. The report of the revolver was
heard by no one, tie crown princes attend
ants having left tho house to make prepara-
tions for hunting excursion.
TEMPORARY INSANITY.
"Several members OF the crown princes
encourage, state that during the lat few
weeks he had manifested signs of morbid
nervous excitement, and, therefore, the
Weiner Zettung says, the view that the
shooting was the result of temporary men
tai arrangement must be adhered to. Some
time previous to his death the crown prince
complained of headaches, W ich were at
trihuted to an injury to his head, which he
| sustained by a fall from a horse last au-
| tumn.
Tne Budaestdr Correspondent says:
"Two years and again recently Grown
Prince Rudolph entrusted Herr Won Szogy-
emile, an attache of the imperial house
hold, with the duty Of arranging his pa
pers. He subsequently wrote t. Herr Won
Szogyenijie, reminding him of Lis trust"
CAUSE OF THE ADMISSION.
1t is bel eyed that the state uent of the
Weiner Zeitung with reference to the
| crown princes death is outcome of
Yesterdays cabinet meeting, at winch
Herr Won Tisza expressed himself in
favor of stating the details plainly. In
| this view the emperor cOncurred. 1t IS
| fully confirmed that Prince RudolDh, in
| conversing with his intimate friends during
his last days, showed an utter wearinese of
|
HIS ONLY LETTER.
The only letter left by the crowa prince
was one addressed to his mother His will.
which was made in 1886, leaves his whole
property to his daughter, subjecs to the
| crown princess life in crest iii all per
sonalty, except Meyerllng and the island Of
Lacroma.
| THE FUNERAL.
The funeral viii take place Tuesday
| The renal have been lying in state since
this morning. The coffin is embedded in
| flowers, and countless wreaths are piled up
in front of the bier.
STORY OF AN EYE WITNESS.
The Neue F'reie Presse has the following
account of the circum tances attending the
death of the crown prince, which, it says,
| it received from an eyewitness:
Crown Prince Rudolph and Count Hoyos
80 arated at midnight Tuesday, Prince
| Philip of Coburg having left the hunting box
in the evening. The crown prince was up and
dresse at $50 O'Clock We nesday morning,
| he he III for his valet and ordered his
carriage. also instructing the servant to
have breakfast ready ut 80 o'clock. The
valet asked whether he might send a groom
| for the carriage, the stables being di
tant, so that be might attend
to the breakfast himself. Prince Ru-
dolph replied "No, you must 90
|
| the valet found the d )or of the bed room
! cked. Being unable to obtain a re-
| sponse he became alarmed and summoned
Count Hoyos and two other gentlemen who
burst in the door.
DEAD ON HIS BED.
Prince Rudolph lay in his shirt on the
| bed his head low, near the ground, and his
left ar n lifeless by his side. Seeing drops
Of blood on his lips the valet exclai ed
| 'He has taken stTychnine,n declari e that
! in all cases Of strychuiHe poisoning blood
comes from the lips. All three immedi-
ateiy withdrew from the room and hur-
| ried!y consulted. Count Hoyos started for
! Vienna. The two others decided to
wait IN the nex5 room for the arrival
Of the commission, but observing tnat the
lignt burned low and was in danger of set
ting fire TO the house, they re-eutered the
room. They then saw a wound In the mid
die Of the forehead, and blood stream ug
from the mouth aud the right hand holding
a revolver. w en- Count Hoyos told the
empress that Prince Rudolph had taken
poison, she said: II shall not tell the em-
peror that" and, as a matter of fact the
emperor did not learn until late Wed es-
day night that Prince Rudolph had com
mtted suicide
THE NEXT EMPEROR.
Archduke Charles Louis, the emp.ror's
brother. mas renowned his rights of success