The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-30
MONTE CARLO TRAGEDY
The Startling Story Presented in
a Cr0upier's Letter.

Julius Prokasky, proprietor of the Yale
Hotel and restaurant on Center street, has.
according 10 the New Haven Register, Just
received a letter from a relative in Monte
Carlo, who is one of the crouplers at the
Casino, detailing one of the most remark
able tragedies which has been enacted at
this great gambling resort, for which it has
become famous.
The letter states that about the 10Th of
November there arrived at Monte Carlo a
Captain of French Hussars (the name is not
gwen. who was accompanied by most
beautiful girl of about 20 years OF age, whom
he had but day or two before married, the
visit to Monte Carlo being ON their we dding
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 acqniesced ID his plans, and as
he was taking leave of his bride she jokingly
remarked that 1t might be we'll If he con-
hded to her care the 5000 francs which hs
had III 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
Niiolo Although Sdiu III jest IN ere
was wealth of earnestuess underlying her
remarks that induced the officer to acauiesce
in her request, and he turned over to her
care the 600 francs, all the money he had
in the world. As he left the house he
promised to return by 10 o'clock at night at
the latest.
When lie made this promise he fully in
tended to keep his word. but the officer.
upon meeting his friends at the garrison,
forgot about timei and when he fully realized
"a ha N n rot hpp .
tie hour he had set to his waiting bride.
The latter in the meantime had become
S0mew hat anxious because of her husbands
non-appearancp at the time set, and think
ing perhaps he had stepped into the Casino
on his return, had become Interested and
had forgotten his promise. she resolved to
so to the Casino and meet him. She forth
with set out for the palace, which she
reached in due time, and entering began TO
search Tor her llege lord and master. She
WAS unable to tud 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 moment of forgetfulness she resolved
To Tempt fortune herself, and sitting down
before a table she began to wager money.
AT the time she had III her posses sion the
COCO francs conhded to her by her husband,
which she had carried with her for safety
Losing her own money, she began the use of
uti luobduu luDuS. FORTUNE ala not favor
her, but the excitement and the hope of re-
trlevlng her losses allured 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 faint idea of where sho was or where
she was going, she began TO wander aim
lesSly about. In the course of her wander
ings, the letter states, Rus Count OBJ
served her, and being struck by her de-
meanor and beauty, made bold to inquire
cause OF her excited condition. She an
swered him. She told him the tale of her
downfall He sympathiZed with her. He
won her confidence, and then, like an
animal sure OF his prey, he offered not only
TO pay back all she had lost but as much
more besides, provided she would accom-
pany him. In her extremity, but scarcely
realizing the en0rmily of her transgression
she consented, and in desperation accepted
the Counts arm.
In the meantime her husband, in his
journey home from the garrison, had en-
INtered the grounds of the Casino, and was
hurrying along with all possible speed to
meet his wife, when, all unsuspecting, lie
came upon her upon the arm of her escort.
The truth came upon him like a flash, and
without waiting for explanations, but be-
lleyins that his wife had dlSgraced him, he
pulled revolver from his pocket and fired
at the couple. He was an accurate marks
man. At the first shot his wife fell a corpse,
and at the second the Russian Count was
sent into eternity. Standing over their
bodies the French officer completed the
tragedy by sending a bullet through his
own brain. Their bodies were 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
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