The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-02

and embraces that would have been
witnessed under ordinary circum-
stances. h..
TIE MOTHER KNEW THE FACT.
The intimacy OF. the Crown Prince
with Marie Vetsera was therefore well
known to the King and Queen OF the
Belgians, to Crown Princess Stephanie,
to number OF people in Vienna and
London, and, but not least, to Mime. de
Vetsera herself, full year before the
latter declares that the Prince first
made her daughters acquaintance and
two years before the day on which the
Baroness claims that she first became
cognizant thereof.
think that this will eHectually dis
pose Of. Mime. de Netsera's pretended
ignorance OF her daughters liaison. l
am perfectly aware that these state
nents, so directly in contradiction to
those of the Baroness, may appear
somewhat wrong But think, sir, that
my card-inclosel not for publication
which bears a name us well known at
tile Austrian Court and in Vienna So
ciety as it is in London, will satity you
as to the good faith, and above all as to
the authenticity, of my assertions.
WHY DID SIZE RAKE UP TIE STORY?
Speculation will naturally arise as to
the reasons which can have induced the
baroness 10 rake up the story Of her
dead daughters disllonor. Cold
blooded, intrigunnte and selfish as |
know her, doubt whether she would
have been so anxious to prove her ig-
norance OF her daughters intimacy with
the crown prince had it been merely an
ordinary liaison. There Is every rea-
son, however, to suppose that the rela-
lions between the two lovers consti-
tuted not only'an ordinary infraction of
the Seventh Commandment, but more
over crime OF which the baroness
alone was cognizant, and Of the char
acter OF which both her daughter and
archduke were entirely ignorant.
FEW WORDS ABOUT THE vETSERAs.
But before proceeding any further
let me say Few words with regard to
the vetsera family. Baroness Vetsera,
although exceedingly small, under five
foot high, was in her young days famous
for her oxquisitely formed figure, for
her classically cut features, her superb
black eyes, and her lovely mouth. Her
complexion was very clear. though very
dark. She was born ut Constantlnople,
and is n Levantine by birth, with all
the drawbacks OF character as well us
the capturing graces OF the women of
the East. One OF her sisters, Marie, after
whom her ill-fated daughter was named,
was married in the first place to the
Austrian Hussar officer, Count Won st.
Julien, and after being divorced from
him, became the wife OF Count Otto
Stockau. Another sister, Eveline, mar
ried Count George Stockau, brother OF
Count Otto. OF her three brothers one
isnamed Hector Baltazzi, and is mar
ried to Countess Ugarte, daughter OF the
former Austrian Envoy at Stuttgart.
Countess Ugarte, it is reported, is about
to become professional "hGute ecote"
rider in Renz's famous circus. She has
long been celebrated as one OF the best
equestriennes in Europe. Aristides
Baltazzi is married to a young Countess
Stockau, who is niece OF his two mar
ried sisters, and Alexander Baltazzi is, l
believe, Us yet unencumbered.
NEVER RECEIVED AT COURT.
Neither Nine. de yetsera nor her two
sisters, the Countesses stockau, nor
yet her three brothers, have ever been
received at court. They are indebted
to their position, such us it is, in Wen
ma to their connection with the sporting
element of the aristocracy, Hector
Baltazzi's horse having on ono occasion
won the Austrian Derby. Brothers and
sisters migrated from the Bosphorous
to Vienna shortly after Baron Vetsera's
marriage to Helene Biatazzi, whose ac-
quaintance he had Vaudeville secretary
OF the Austrian Embassy tothe sublime
Porte. Alarie's union to the Count de
St. Julien followed soon afterwards,
and these two marriages, together with
the charms OF the sisters and the
money and sporting proclivities OF the
brothers, contributed TO give them n
certsin kind OF mild social currency at
Vienna among the horsey element of
the nobility.
TIE BARONESS AND THE EMPEROR
Baroness yetsera, soon after her es-
tablishment Mt Vienna, became the
heroine OF any number OF adventures.
She abstained from accompanying her
good-looking, easv-going husbaul 10
his various Diplomatic posts abroad,
and remained at home at Vienna, anus.
ing herself according to her own fashion.
H. l,nan nI In a
questionable manner with quite n num-
Der of men OF light and leading, not
least among whom was the Emperor
Francis Joseph. OF course, no one ex-
cepting the two parties principally in
tcrested, can tell exactly to what extent
the gossip associating the names OF the
Baroness and the Monarch was justified.
But one thing ut least | am able 10 say,
namelythis, that the Baroness did every
thing that lay inherpowertogive basis
and cause for the talk. The question
as to whether there was not n strong re-
semblance between Marie and tho En-
peror was current and favorite topic
OF discussion in the salons OF Madame
Vetsera and OF her most intimate
friends ut the time when ! first knew
the young girl. She was about fourteen
then. Possibly it was only the indis-
Greet talk and attitude OF the Baroness
and her friends that led to the wide
spread belief in court and high military
and diplomatic circles that young Marie
Vetsera was more closely related to the
Emperor than TO Baron Netsera.
MARES RESEMBLANCE TO THE EMPEROR.
another reason which Increased the
growth of this belief was the totally un-