Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-11
THE COUNTS BRIDE.
Count George Karolyi and
His Actress Wife.
The Old Counts Efforts to Re
claim His Son.
The Boy in the Hands of Finan-
cial Malta.
A Gang of Usurers Make Use of a Pretty
Actress to Keep Their Prey = The
Young Count Has Disappeared.

Count George Karolyi was married in
Oakland to burlesque actress, who had
accompanied him in his fight from
Buda Pesth. his home. The young man
caused considerable comment by his ac-
tions in San Francisco, Santa Barbara
and Los Angeles. The sequel to his
story is told by the Vienna correspond
ent OF the New York Tribune as follows:
Count Stephen Karolyi, one of the
most powerful and wealthy members OF
the old Hungarian aristocracy, has just
returned here from the United States
without having succeeded in his mis-
sion. The object of his journey across
the Atlantic was to recover his son, the
young Count George, who landed in
Boston last autumn accompanied by an
actress named Boriska Frank, the star
OF one of the fourth-rate theaters OF
Buda Pesth. According to the state
ments of the old count, the woman is
considerably older than his son, and
forms part of gang of Vienna usurers
whose sole object is to exploit the fam
lily of the young man. The latter has
been in their power for more than
year, and it was only when, toward the
end of last summer, he was on the point
of making full confession to his father
of his troubles and of appealing to him
to save him from their clutc, that the
gang, fearing to lose their prey, caused
Boriska to induce him to elope with hef
to America.
As soon as the count became aware of
his sons fight he made inquiries at
Vienna and at Pesth, which brought to
light the entire conspiracy, and at once
set to work to get into communication
with the lad for the purpose of warning
him of his peril. With this object in
view he dispatched letter to the Aus
tro-Hungarian legation at Washington,
containing the following message for his
son:
THAT you should have fed from home
/ can understand. | did the same thing
when l was your age, with the difference
that the object OF my fight was to join
our army on the battlefield. / am only
sorry that you should have panied
your mother and sister so deeply. Take
care of your health. With open arms
you are awaited by your affecUionate ia
ther."
Although copies of this message were
forwarded to each of the Austrian con-
sulates in the states, yet, owing to the
artiices OF the gang, who were deter
mined at all costs to prevent reconcile
alton, it failed to reach the young count.
In order to discourage them, the father
in January published an announcement
to the effect that he would decline to
pay any debts contracted by his son.
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that his son had married the actress,
and he Immediately set out for the
United States, attended by suite of
some dozen retainers, including doc
tor and secretary. On reaching New
York the count began search for his
son, visiting in turn Boston, Philadel-
phia, Washington, Chicago, Baltimore,
Atlanta and New Orleans. Atthe latter
place all traces of the couple were lost,
and it is unknown whether they have
betaken themselves to Mexico or Aus
tralia. The count has accordingly re-
turned home, stopping on his way in
London, where he invoked the influence
of his former guest, the prince of Wales,
with the Australian authorities, through
whom he hopes to be able to communi-
cate with his son. The old count de-
clares that the marriage which the
young man contracted in America is
illegal, inasmuch as both the bride and
bridegroom made false declarations on
the registry as to age, name and pa
rentage. He likewise expresses regret
that he should have taken so large num-
ber of attendants with him to the United
States, since it enabled the persons
interested to keep the father and son
apart, by persuading the young count
that his father proposed to use violent
measures to force him to return to Aus
tria. This was all the more easy as the
young man is subject to military service
and as such liable to arrest on his return
to Austria for having left the empire
without leave.
The object of the gang in keeping
father and son apart will be more easily
appreciated when it is stated that the
young count is an only son, and as such,
legally entitled on the death of his
father, to at least one half of the latter's
vast fortune. According to the Hun
garian laws he cannot be disinherited,
and is, therefore, being persuaded to
discount his future inheritance at
ruinous rate, by the gang. The latter
keep the young count supplied with
moderate amount of money, in return
for which he is signing away to them
his rights of inheritance to some of the
finest and most extensive estates in
Hungary. 1t may be added that the old
count complains bitterly of the ineffi-
cacy and also of the extortionate meth
DDS of American police-though,
whether he refers to the regular forces
or to some private detective agencies it
is impossible to say.