The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27
A MONTE CARLO TRAGEDY.
Tho Story as it Is Given in q Lette
From g Croupier.

From q Croupier.
From the Nstc Hauem Register.
julius Prokasky, proprietor Of the Yale
hotel and restaurant on Center street, has
just received a letter from O relative in
Monte Carlo. who is one Of the croupiers at
| the Casino, detailing one Of the most re-
markable tragedies which has been enacted
at this great gambling resort, for which 10
has become famous.
The letter STATES that about Nov. 20 there
arrived at Monte Carlo captain Of French
hussars THE name is not RIven), who was
accompanied by a most beautiful girl of
about 20 years OF age, whom he had but a
day or two before married, the visit to
Monte Carlo being their wedding tour. The
couple arrived at Monte Carlo about noon,
and took up their quarters at a fashionable
hotel.
During the afternoon the captain ex-
pressed wish to visit French garrison
| located on the outskirts Of Monte Carlo, the
| officers Of which were old friends of his
| whom he had not seen in some time. His
| wife gladly acquiesced in his plans, and as
| he was taking leave of his bride she jok-
ingly remarked that 1t might be well if he
confded to her care the 5000 francs which
he had in his possession, lest on his way to
and from the garrison he might be induced
to enter the Casino and become interested
in the play which was going on and lose the
whole amount. Although said in Jest there
was wealth Of earnestness underlying her
remarks that induced the officer to acquiesce
in her request, and he turned over to her
care the 900 francs, all the money he had
in the world. As he left the house he prom
ised to return by 10 o'clock at night at the
latest.
When he made the promise he fully in
tended to keep his word, but the garrison
forgot about time, and when he fully
realized that he must return home 1t was
long after the hour he had set to his waiting
bride. The latter in the meantime had be-
come somewhat anxious because of her
husbands nonappearance at the time set,
and, thinking that perhaps he had
stepped into the Casino on
bis return. had become interested,
and had forgotten his promise, she resolved
to go to the Casino and meet him. She
forthwith set out for the place, which she
reached in due time and, entering, began to
search for her liege lord and master. She
was unable to find him, but the attractions
of the place interested her, and in the ex-
element of the moment she forgot all else
except the gambling that was going on
about her.
In a moment of forgetfulness she re-
solved to tempt fortune herself, and sitting
down before a table she began to wager
money. At the time che had in her possess
sion the 5000 francs confided to her by her
husband, which she had carried with her
for safety. Losing her own money she be-
gan tine use of her husbands funds. Fortune
did not favor her, but the excitement and
the hope of retrieving her losses lured her to
continue, and before she realized it the
whole OF her husbands possessions had
passed from her keeping. When the last
franc had gone the realization Of her act
came over her, and, thoroughly alarmed,
she arose and staggered from the room.
1t was on the verge of dependency that
she staggered out into the grounds and with
but a faint idea of where she was or whore
she was going. she began to wander aim
lessly about. In the course Of her wander
ings, the letter states, a Russian count OBJ
served her, and being struck by her de-
meanor and beauty, made bold to inquire
the cause of her excited condition. She
answered him. She told him the tale of
her downfall. He sympathzed with her.
He won her confidence, and then, like an
animal sure OF his prey, he made PROPOSE
tions to her, agreeing not only to pay back
all she had lost. but as much more besides.
In her extremity, but scarcely realizing the
enormity of her crime she consented, and in
desperation accepted the counts arm to full
fill them.
In the meantime her husband, in his jour-
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grounds of the Casino. and was hurryinR
along with ell possible speed to meet his
wife, when, all unsuspecting, he came upon
her upon the arm of her escort. The truth
came upon him like flash, and without
waiting for explanations, but believing that
his wife had disgraced him, he pulled a
revolver from his pocket and fired at the
couple. He was an accurate marksman.
At the first shot his wife fell a corpse, and
at the second the Russian count was sent
into eternity. Standing over their dead
bodies the French officer completed the
tragedy by sending a bullet through his
own brain. Their bodies we're discovered a
short time afterward, and, aside from a
brief period of wonderment. matters con-
tinued as usual, the tragedy being forgotten
in the tumult of excitement that fills the
atmosphere.