The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-06-18
ASAPRECTSS
The Sensational and Romantic Career
Of Nary ElilSh.
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recalls one Of the most peculiar impos'
lures and romantic episodes within the
past dozen years Of European history.
Marie Zalinski belonged TO . respect
able family In Posen, having..a distant
connection with the famous house ol
CEartoryski. She made up in fascination
what she lacked in beauty and she counted
q number Of suitoFs among the better 30
ciety in ostroroG. In the ordinary courss
Of events she might have settled down n
Q reputable matron Of western Prussia.
But Marie's ambition was Of Q different
order and Prussia did not offer field fol
it. In October, 1882, being then about
q years Of age, Marie disappeared from
home. From that date her relatives never
laid eyes on her until they met her, thret
years later, in the Russian prison at KieH,
During those three yearsthe young woman
had been incorporating as Q princess ol
the house Of Swiatopolk, had contracted
two marriages and been received in high
Russian and foreign society.
The story Of her career is most sensa.
tional, even as extracted from the dry
and formal records Of q Russian police
indictment.
The house Of SWiatopOlk is one Of the
most illustrious in Little Russia, and
highly esteemed by the Russian imperial
family. Its members, however, have, for
the past score Of years, lived almost en-
tirely abroad, spending summer on the
Riviera and winter In Paris. It was in
Paris that Marie Zalinski first acquired
knowledge Of the family. She herself had
accompanied to that city q Polish noble.
man from 0strorog, and when he aban-
doned her she obtained q refuge and EN-.
ployment in the mansion Of Prince Boris
Swiatopolk.
It was there she formed the idea oil
living as q princess under . borrowed
name. She robbed her mistress, the wife
Of Prince Boris, Of q considerable sum oI
money and jewels, and then disappeared
from Paris as suddenly as she had disap-
Peafed nom Fosen'
Maries next appearance was as the
Princess Swiatopolk, in the quiet Wurtem-
burg town oi Ulm' she shreWdiy avoided
iasnlonaoie places; Doth because she did
not nave mucn money, and because there
would be considerable dangerot exposure:
In Olm II was NOT long before sne formed
the acquaintance Of q magnate Of the
neighborhood, Baron Gemmingen, q Wid-
over oil middle age he saw and was
conquered. Atter q courtship not TOO pro-
longed Marie became the Baroness Gem
mingen.
The young woman had' however, no
idea Of settling down in q quiet chatean
near the prosy old town Of Ulm. Subse-
quent Developments indicate thatshe mar
ried the Baron simply In order TO rob him.
She never lived with him as wife, % he
aiterWard admitted, giving some excuse
for putting of the honeymoon. Three
days after the marriage Marie absconded,
and with her went q quantity Of ready
money and golden trinkets, Tor which the
baron would haVegiven several times their
value to save from the melting pot.
The Princess sWiatopolk-for although
Marie had robbed the baron Of his purse,
she scorned 10 steal his name-waS next
heard Of in the lively city Of Buda, Hun
gary. Hercareert there need not be dilated
upon. Her name was sufficient to obtain
herentry into the palaces Of the Hungarian
nobility, but, lenient % society isin Buda,
her conduct soon closed the doors.
From Buda she passed on TO Warsaw,
and thence to Kisf. There she was in
troduced to the Count Nicolas Ladislaf %
the daughter OF Prince Boris, on tour Of
her native land. The young count had
plenty Of funds, - Marie soon found out.
He also loved Marie, and pressed his suit
with such warmth that she actually, de-
spite all her treachery, learned to love
him. They were married. At this point
Marie might have settled down TO be q
happy countess, instead Of q bogus prin-
cess. But Il was not to be.
The presence OF princess Of the house
Of SWiatopolk In Kief did not escape the
attention Of the police. 1t was duly re-
ported to st. Petersburg, and the fact
mentioned In the next dispatches to the
Rnnaian amhaaaad0F At paPia ThA am.