The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-30
THE MAFIA IN TUNIS
They Have Brought About 8
Reign of Terror.
WRENCH ANGER AT ITALIANS
Serious Complications May Arise II Any overt
Act is Committed-A German Duke
and His Daughter.


gSnecial 70 THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.l
New YORK, June 90. - The Suns
Berlin cable says: Dispatches from
Tunis says the Italian Mana Is
doing deadly work there A series
of outrages has been committed, and
friends of the victims and detectives are
seeking to discover the perpetrators. AS
they were on the point of succeeding, they
have been stilletoed in the street Suza,
a Sicilian, has been arrested and confessed
to three murders. The terrible work OF
the Malta, nevertheless, still goes on, anu
at last accounts the number Of undetected
homicides averaged four week. Eacn
crime propagates another to conceal It. and
something like a reign of terror prevails,
resembling in some degree the condltlon IN
New Orleans before the lynching.
The French authorities in Tunls have so
far been unable to deal efficiently with this
outburst of crime, and the French residents
in their wrath may rise anc take fearfui
vengeance on the Italians without dlscrlm-
inauon between the innocent and the
guilty. In the meantime the protectordle
is inclined to eXpel the entire Italian popu-
lation from the country. Either OF these
courses could not fail 10 arouse the mag
nation of Italy; and serious complications
are possible at any moment IN the already
precarious state OF relations between the
t'reuch and Italian governments IN the
Mediterranean.
A scandal mas just come to light which
has shocked Berlin society. The OLD luke
of Rattibor, the head OF the house OF Ratt-
Dor s. Corvy, and a brother OF Prince Hol-
enlohe, Stathalter of AlSace-LOrralne, has
1ive sons and four daughters. The sons
hold an equal rank IN the Prusslan army
and three OF the daughters are married TO
noblemen. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth,
born in 1851. has never been married.
Twenty years ago she was betrothed to
Prince Fuerstenberg, who was killed In the
Franco-Prussian war. The duke recently
proposed to marry her to Count Barner, who
is fifty years old. The princess refused to
have him and declared to the establishment
of all she would marry no one except Carl
Muller, forest keeper in her father
service, thirty-five years of age whom she
comics SEQ, she had long and devotedly
loved. The duke rsved on hearing this and
instantly dismissed Muller, being with diff
ticulty restrained from killing him.
This happened in April last. Muller
Asoon found good place IN Austria and the
duke hearing nothing further on the subject
from his daughter. supposed all had been
forgotten. But last week he found she was
in secret correspondence with her lover
through the medium Of a servant in his
QOuS6QOlQ- Inc daughter, Wu6u cudrRcu
by the duke with this enomity, was defiant
and declared wi b much spirit: Il am old
enough to know my own mind. Carl loves
me for myself alone. We shall marry with
out your consent. Carl has 5000 marks
saved IRON his earnings and possess d, ZOO,
my mothers bequest, which nobody has
power to touch. l am willing TO renounce
any family rights. Our minds are made
up."
The duke in great rage swore he would
imprison his daughter in the castle and OBJ
tain from the courts decision OF lunaoy
which would give him the right to immune
her forever.
The princess retorted, ''Then two will be
in prison in a few months"
The duke was puzzled by this reply,
whereupon the woman whispered few
words in his ear, which explained all He
staggered to his feet, attempted 20 strike
her and fell full length upon the floor sense
less 1t was feared he mad a stroke of ap-
poplexy. The servents, IN great alarm,
removed him to his room. Doctors were
Immediately summoned and soon restored
>him TO consciousness. The duke, who is
seventy three years old, is heartbroken by
this revelation. 1t is expected, howes er,
he will consent to the marriage to save his
arlily from worse disgrace.
Her brother talks of killing Muller on
sight. but Elizabeth threatens IN that event
TO i've until she is delivered of the pledge
of her love and then end her own existence.
In this delimma the honor of the house
stands now.