Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-23
KILLED BY HIS RIVAL
TRUE STORY OF THE MANNER OF
PRINCE RuDoLPH's DEATH.

Prince to His Friend, Who Had Con-
son--An Account by Gossip.
met at n dinner party Il most charming
old Austrian lady who had come from
Vienna TO Paris to visit her daughter, who
Is the wife of French nobleman and had
Just presented her husband with m heir
10 their joint estates After dinner the
conversation turned upon matters AMI
things In Austria and spoke OF the mys
terious death of the unfortunate Crown
Prince Rudolph and ths secrecy that had
been observed concerning all the details Of
that CHASTITY catastrophe.
The Countess Won u shrugged her
shoulders. ct Is n mystery for the outside
world and for the newspapers If you will y
she answered, "but the true story Of the
case Is generally known among the upper
classes Of Viennese society, and have no
objection to relating It to you.
"BrieHy stated, the facts are as follows
A foreign nobeman. the Prince de D..
who was widower and a connection by
marriage with leading member Of the
Austrian royal family was presented one
evening at a ball to the radiantly beautiful
Baroness Marie de Vecsera. instantly fell
resolution of making her his wife.
"He WIS on terms of intimate friendship
with the crown prince, and before pro-
posing In due form for the young lady Is
hand he consulted Prince Rudolph on the
| advisability OF the step he was about to
take. i must see the Baroness Marie, re-.
piled the prince to ascertain II she is In
all respects MS charming rs you say before
| give you my full appreciation The in.
PRODUCTION took place, and the superb
beauty of the lovely girl impressed Prince
Rudolph no less than II had done his friend
before him.
DEATH FOR TWO.
"trho passion thus inspired was mutual
A liaison was formed, which was conducted
with the utmost possible secrecy, but
rumors of its rise and progress did not fail
| to reach the ears OF the unfortunate Prince
de r.. At last the i'll fated expedition
to Meyerling took place, and the presence
there OF the lovers was betrayed to the un
happy wooer by one of the servants who
was In his pay He FASTENED to Meyering
but was denied admission to the house
''IIe then made his way to the back part
Of the ground. climbed over the wall
scaled the balcony attached to the princes
room, and, SCATTERING the windows, he
|
and his faithless lady love. a terrible
hand to hand encounter ensued between
the two men, both of great strength ant
accustomed to all sorts of athletic exer
cises. The furniture of the room was liter
ally smashed to pieces in the conflict
FINALLY the Prince de 4 snatchetl III
an unopened bottle Of wine and dealt tn,
crown prince furious blow on the heat
with it, crushing in his adversary's skull
and killing him Instantly. The Baroness
de Vecsera had, it seems, always carrieC
about with her dose of strychnine, will
a premonitiop Of some such catastrophe.
ION seeing her lover fall corpse befor,
her she swallowed the fatal drug, ant
death ensued In very short space of time
One of the young mobiles who had beef
Prince Rudolphs guest Mt Meyerling has
tened to Vienna to bear the terrible tidinW
to the emperor, while another one remained
to guard the house wherein lay the bodice
Of the lovers.
THE EMPERoR's DECISION.
1.-THE emperor" continued the countess
''would permit no legal proceedings to h
taken against Prince de =, declaring
that he only acted in self defense; neithe
would he consent to receive the prince
resignation Of his position in the army
The facts were hushed up rs much as pos
sible. All discussion of the catastrophe
was prohibited to the journals of Austria
But the story was known to too many per
sons to be kept close secret"
afterward met at an evening reception
Belgian physician who has been settle,
for several years past at Vienna. He full
corroborated all the details Of the crow
princes death MS impaired to me by tn
Countess Won u, and added a curiou
little history concerning the Emperor O
Austria.
1t appears that for long years past hi
majesty has sought and found consolation
for his troubles and repose from the care
Of state in the remarkable intellect an
brilliant conversation Of an eX-actress, b
name Catherine Schratt, whose counsel
are said to have been of the greatest I'D
vantage to him on many important affair
of state.
} He Is accustomed to drive out to th
palace at Schoenbrunn. and there, leaviu
his equipage, he will be met by MIMI
Schratt, and will take long promenade
with her in the forest to talk over matter
and things in general, So widely is thi
} friendship known in Vienna that the lad
Ia known there as the vice empress He
extraordinary Intelligence aud clear, COT
Judgment are valued in the highest degre
by the emperor, and are acknowledge
even by the empress herself Paris Co
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