Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-09-01
HOHENZ0LLERN GHOST.
AN INT ERSTlNG STORY OF PRUS-
SIA'S ROYAL FAMILY.

The white Lady" Who Makes Her APP
pearance Just Before the Death of n
Member of the Household and Her
Interview with a Prince.
In one of the last issues of the Rus
sian Archives" wellknown maya
zine Of the Cars country, appears the
translation of a document which was
added to the family archives of the
lIohenzollerns by Emperor Frederick
i'll 1870. 1t was sent to the Emperor,
at that time Crown Prince, at his
request. by Count Nostitz, son of
Count George NostitZ Prussian by
birth, who entered the service of the
Gar and died a major-grneral in 1888.
The document relates to the white
Lady" the famous ghost of the Ho-
henZollerns, who is supposed to make
her appearance just before the death
of a member of the family.
Count NOstitZ, jr, was sent to Ber-
lin in 1863, at the time Of the ccnten-
NAL celebration Of the Order of st.
George. to present King William, LATER
Emperor William, the grand cross of
the order. While the Count was in
the German capital, Crown Prince
Frederick learned of the possession Of
documents in the Nostitz family re-
lating to the white Lady AS every
thing in reference to the woman who
has played an important part in the
history of the HohenZollerns deeply
interested the subsequent Emperor, he
begged the Count to send him Il trans
cr,pt of the document. 1t read, ac
corling to the Russian Archives" as
follows:
"In the year 1906 Count Nostitz. sen
ior. was adjutant of Prince Louis of
Prussia. On the day before the bat
tie of Saalfcld. the Prince. with his
officers was at the castle of the Prince
of SchwarDburg- Rudolstadt In the
evening the guests were gathered in
large room of the palace. The Prince
wa$ charmed at the idea of a coming
contest with the troops of Napoleon.
As THE clock struck II. the Prince
turned to Count NostitZ and said:
How happy l feel to-day! Our ship
is at last on the high seas; the wind
is favorable He had hardly spoken
when the Count, to his great astoniSh-
mrnt. saw the Prince grow pale.
spring up suddenly, draw his hands
across his eyes, catch hold of the
chandelier. and a moment later rush
ih'" wv lttulhS w lit Sutit
room. Count NOstitZ went after him
q white apparition, which suddenly
disappeared through the wall. The
I"incc examined the wall; there was
II, opening. AS the Prince heard steps
behind him in the hallway, he turned
and said to the Count:
"'Did you see it. NOstitz?
Yes. Your Highness, saw it, was
.hr answer.
"'Thcn.' continued the Prince, st
was neither a dream nor ghost of
the brain
There was third witness present
the guard-who declared that a fig
W" wrapped in white had passed him.
He had allowed it to do so because he
i.Id believed it to be a Saxony cavalry
t.i"c'. The hallway had only two
out'nts-into the guard room. and the
:alon. where the Prince and his officers
We're gathered.
9TH" apparition made deep i'm
',""ss'on on the Prince. He said that
y '"rE"d upon it as a bad omen. for
the White Lady only appeared to an
:, ,.ncr the violent death of ii Hohen-
::,rrrn.
son the following day the battle of
s;aalfrld was fought. When the Prus-
r''n troops had been put to fight,
Prince Ferdinand and Count Nostitz
again SAW the White Lady who
sr>o'l on hill and wrung her hands,
y; in despair. Count Nostitz put spurs
to his horse and rushed up the hill,
brt the apparition suddenly disappear
cd. a few minutes later Prince Fer
G'nand received a mortal wound in an
"t:aci; of the French cavalry. Count
Nnst'tZ tried to carry the Prince to a
:'lrr of safety. but was also wounded
and sank ScnSeleSS TO the ground.
"connt NoStitz never spoke in all his
lifetime of this occurrence. save to his
son. and to him he commanded Sc
,."""y. Count NostitZ was not super
s'tnuS"
Emreror Frederick sent a hearty let
tor Of thanks to Count NostitZ. jr.. for
~" copy of the document. declaring
that the family would always preserve
II as a relic.