The herald., 1893-11-10
THE LADY IN WHITE.
A DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE
HOHENzOLLERN GHOST.

1t Was In tho Possession of the Nostitz
Family and Was Presented to Prince
Frederick-Prince Ferdinand Saw the
White Lady Before saalfeid.
In one of the last issues of The Rus
sian Archives, well known magazine
Of the czar's country, appears the trans
lation of document which was added
10 the family archives of the Hohenzol-
lerns by Emperor Frederick in 1870. It
was sent to the emperor, at that time
crown prince. at his request, by Count
Nostitz, son of Count George Nostitz, a
Prussian by birth, who entered the serv-
ice of the czar and died major general
in 1888. The document relates to the
white Lady the famous ghost of the
Hohenzollerns, who is supposed to make
her appearance just before the death of
a member of the family.
Count Nostitz, Jr., was sent to Berlin
in 1869, at the time of the centennial
celebration of the order of st. George,
to present King William, later Emperor
William, the grand cross of the order.
capital Crown Prince Frederick learned
of the possession of documents in the
Nostitz family relating to the white
Lady" AS everything in reference to
the woman who has played an impor-
tant part in the history of the Hohenzol-
lerns deeply interested the subsequent
emperor he begged the count to send
him transcript Of the document. 1t
reac, according to The Russian Arch
ives, as follows:
"In the year 1906 Count Nostitz, Sr.,
was adjutant of Prince Louis of Prussia.
On the day before the battle of Saalfeld,
the prince, with his officers, was at the
castle of the Prince of Schwarzburg-
Rudolstadt. In the evening the guests
were gathered in a large room of the pal
ace. The prince was charmed at the
idea of coming contest with the TROOPS
of Napoleon. AS the clock struck ,
the prince turned to Count Nostitz alii
said: How happy feel todayl Our sh
is at last on the high seas. The wind 4,
favorable
He had hardly spoken when the
count, to his great astonishment, saw the
prince grow pale, spring up suddenly.
draw his hands across his eyes, catch
hold Of the chandelier and moment
later rush into the hallway leading into
the guardroom. Count Nostitz went
after him and saw that the prince was
following white apparition, which sud-
denly disappeared through the wall. TIE
prinde examined the wall-there was i
opening. AS the prince heard steps be
hind him in the hallway, he turned a,
said to the count:
"'Did you see it, Nostitz?
"sYes, your highness, saw it, was
the answer.
"'Then, continued the prince, it was
neither dream nor ghost of the brain
"There was a third witness present
the guard-who declared that figure
wrapped in white had passed him. He
had allowed it to do SO because he had
believed it to be Saxon cavalry officer.
The hallway had only two outlets-into
the guardroom and the salon where the
prince and his officers were gathered.
'The apparition made deep impress
sion on the prince. He said that he
looked upon it as q bad omen, for the
white Lady only appeared to announce
the violent death Of Hohenzollern
"On the following day the battle ",
Saalfeld was fought. When the Prus-
sian troops had been put to fight, Prince
Ferdinand and Count Nostitz again saw
the White Lady, who stood on hill
and wrung her hands as if in despair.
Count Nostitz put spurs to his horse and
rushed up the hill, but the apparition
suddenly disappeared. A few minutes
later Prince Ferdinand received NOR
tai wound in an attack of the French
cavalry. Count Nostitz tried to carry
the prince to place Of safety, but vas
also wounded and sank senseless to tie
ground.
Count Nostitz never spoke in all his
lifetime of this occurrence save to his
son, and to him he commanded secrecy
Count Nostitz was not superstitious.
Emperor Frederick sent hearty let
ter of thanks to Count Nostitz, Jr., fol
the copy of the document, declaring that
the family would always preserve it az
a relic.-New York Tribune.