The record-union., 1893-06-22

Partisan clubs before he was exiled 10
Brussels. The members OF the Orleans
family DO not gamble at all They can
not bear to let 60 OF a napoleon, even on
the chance of getting thirty-tive napo-
Icons in return
SO far as known, the King of Wurtem-
burg never gambled for any stake of con-
sequence but once in his life. That was
years and years ago, when he was merely
Prince of Wurtemburg. He was then an
otflcer of the PUtsdam Guards, and with
a brother officer ran over to W1esbaden
one day, lost couple of thousand marks
at roulette without winning a bet, bor-
rowed money enough to get out OF town
and never gambled again.
A GAMBLING TRAGEDY.
One of the most extraordinary incidents
IN the history OF Berlin was direct, re-
suit of the mania for gambling, which
even as far back as the 5Us had seized the
aristocrscy of the German capital. So far
as l Know, the story has never been told
iHtype, although it produced profound
impression at the time. The Baron Won
Hlnkeldey, member of an old and aris-
tocratic German family, who was Chief
of Police of Berlin in 1852. one day called
the attention of King Frederick William
": to the fact that a coterie of aristocrats
and mobiles was in the habit of meeting
nightly in private room attached to a
restaurant and there gambling for large
stakes. The King thereupon directed
HIM to disperse the coterie, but the Chief,
as urgently as etiquette would permit,
begged his majesty to issue an order on
the subject and thus break up the coterie
instead of forcing him to do it personally.
King William, however, was reluctant
TO take the proposed step and insisted on
Baron Won Hinkeldey's personally put
ting stop to the gamblers meetings.
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restaurant, and knocking on the door of
the room in which the gamblers were in
session, demanded admission. 1t was re-
fused him, and thereupon he burst open
the door, and in the name of the Emperor
commanded the dunn bounded gamblers
to dlsperse. All of them were acquaint-
ances OF his, most of them were numbered
among his intimate friends and the
leader OF the coterie was his own nephew,
Baron Won Rochow.
lncensed at his uncle's interference, the
nephew picked up hunting whip which
happened to be- convenient, and without
word slashed his uncle across the face
three or four times. The uncle made no
resistance, but every man in the room
realized that the blows meant the death of
either uncle or nephew. Such fragrant
insult, even from ones own kinsman,
could only be wiped out in blood, accord
ing to the code of the day, and the next
day the Baron Won Hinkeldey applied to
the King for permission to fight duel
with his nephew. The King refused to
grant the desired permission, but the
next morning uncle and nephew met in
the hunting park at Potsdanl. Only the
seconds were present. The duel ar
ranged for was not TO be a show affair; 1t
was to be death combat. By virtue of
the agreement made by the duelists' rep
resentatlves the two men held a handker-
chief between them, each one holding
corner of the handkerchief with his left
hand and in his right hand pistol. In
other words, the two kinsmen stood
within five feet of each other, and at the
words "One," "Two," Three they
simultaneously lowered their pistols,
which they had been holding at arms
length above their heads, presented and
hred at each other. The ball from Baron
Won Rochow's pistol priced the heart of
the Chief of Police, who died without
moan. His murderer, for murderlit was,
left Berlin Immediately and has never re-
turned. Berlin society regards him as
dead. lie lived for years in Paris, where
he has a magniticently appointed resi-
dence. His hair is white as snow.
King Oscar of Sweden has not much of
reputation as gam bier, but little ex-
perlence ofhl at AiX-la- Chapelle not such
great many years ago showed that he
would make a pretty nervy gambler.
One night he entered the big gambling
house of the city incog and after watch
ing the play at roulette moment care
lessly threw a silver coin on the table.
Scarcely looking up, the croupier scorn-
fully pushed the coin away. saving.
This cannot be for the bank; it must be
intended for the servants" White with
rage. King Oscar cried out, "En banc."
signifying that he wished to venture an
amount of money equal to the total as
sets of the bank at a single stroke. AS
tonished, the banker trembingly asked
the name of the man who proposed to
risk fortune on the roll of a marble.
"Je suis le Roi de Suede" Il am the King
OF Sweden), calmly announced the
stranger, and, not needing the apologies
and excuse of the banker, demanded that
the play go on. As luck would have it.
the red color, on which he had bet, won.
and the croupier, with trembling fingers
gathered up all the money in the bank,
placed 1t in little casket, and pushed it
toward the King. With single naughty
gesture Oscar flung the casket from him,
scattering its contents all over the room,
shouting, lit is for the servants" and
hurried from the room.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.