The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-25
TWO UNFORTUNATE PRINCEsSEs
The Infanta Josephine's Lonely
Death.

The Infanta Josephine's Lonely
Death.
London Globe: The life and adven-
lures of two unfortunate princesses are
now going the rounds of the salons.
The first the Princess Josephine, be-
longed 20 the reigning family of SPAIN
and descended in a direct line from
King Charles ". She was aunt of
King Alphonso XIII, sister-in-laW of
Queen Isabella, and sister of King
Francis. Fifty years ago she was one
of the most adulated princesses of the
court of Spain, and by her numerous
qualities seemed destined to become a
queen. But fate willed otherwise and
her life was one of poverty and obliv-
ion. The beginning of her decadence
was her marriage with a certain Pole,
the Count Gurowsli, which took place
at Dover in 1871. The union displeased
her family and a rupture followed. The
count died in 1887, leaving her almost
pennileSs. She then came to Paris,
where she lived on a small pension
from the Spanish government. Two
years later she took a lodging in a
humble hotel in the Rue d Antin, where
she died a few days ago.
She rarely spoke of her family, save
to obtain credit from the trades people.
She knew that her neighbors were not
ignorant of her noble birth, and that
sufficed her. During the last years of
her life she grew very corpulent, and
never left her room, where she spent
her days in drinking. She was a, dead
ly enemy of religion. One day. on be-
ing asked why She a Spanish princess,
did not go to church, she replied: ooh,
no! The bare idea of seeing priest,
especially a, Spanish one, is obnoxious
to me- For some time a little court
gravitated around. her. Dukes and
counts with doubtful titles and empty
purses partook OF her generosity and
ate and drank till the early hours of
the morning. But her resources were
soon exhausted, and the grand seig
neurs ceased honoring her with their
presence. Solitude now reigned COM
plete in the poor dwelling of the In
fanta, who, wrapping herself up in her
sorrow, remained mute and unconscious
for days together. She was terribly
afraid of death and would call in one
of her fellow dodgers to. see her. ooh,
for the sake of Godr' she would ex-
claim, feel my pulse. I know that I
am dying. My heart no longer beats.
One morning she fell down and
broke her head against the corner of
a table. A doctor was summoned and
ordered her to keep her bed, but all in
vain She never recovered. She was
eral times: "Oh, what a sad end!
What a sad endv' She died peacefully.
and it was the landlord of the hotel
who closed her eyes. She was buried
the next day and among the mourners
was the good natured landlord, who
had often supplied her with the neces-
saries of life. Such was the checkered
career of this unhappy princess, who
died in debt, and was kept out of pity
in a lodging house, without a friend
by her side to pray for her during her
last moments.
The second unfortunate princess is
Eyanhe. wife Of Prince Duong- Chacr,
son of King Norodom. The prince was
eXiled at the beginning of 1898, for hav
ing conspired against the paternal
throne. The royal couple came to Paris
on leaving Camb odia. and installed
themselves in a luxurious apartment in
the Fauburg st. Germain. where they
kept a salon, freauented by other royal
eXiles. The prince. who was of a gay
disposition. soon ran through all his
fortune. and one fine morning he found
himself ruined. But he did not despair
Being of an ingenius turn Of mind. he
set to work borrowing in all directions,
| and made SO many dupes that the au
liberties had to interfere. NJ Goron. the
chief of the police detective force, ar
| rested him and conveyed him
to Djelfa, in Algeria. where he
from the concert halls and night
| restaurants which he was wont
to s1atronize.
The Princess Evanhe. after the de-
parture of her husband. was taken i'll
and went 20 the Rue de Colonies, at
Ccurbevoie, just outside Paris, where
there was a kind of asylum known as
the Villa oes Cedres. 1t was at that
moment under the direction of a so
called DR.. Bance. whose wife was a
midwife. The princess remained at
+, Ccurbevo1e week. and was then con-
Quoted by a. police agent to Djelfa,
| where SHE reioined her husband Before
| leaving, she gathered together all the
! objects belonging to her. Her fortune.
representing 100000 francs in Jewels,
J was placed in a small Golfer. THE DO
| lice will confiscate your Golfer as they
have confiscated your husband" said
! her friends. ''Confide it to DR.. Bance.
! the good DR.. Bance. who Will return it
to you whenever you like The too con-
! fiding princess Entrusted the Jewels to
the doctor. and then left. Some time
after she began to doubt and appealed
! to the project of police for the recovery
! of the Golfer. NJ. Clements. the we'll
known commissary of police, was or
| dered to inquire into the matter. He
| summoned the so called doctor. and orr
dered him to return the jewels. Il can
| do nothing of the kind" he replied.
! THE princess owes me money for the
week she stayed at my asylum When
she has remunerated me for the enor-
nous expenses which l incurred on her
behalf 1 will give UP the Golfer. but not
before" And he thereupon placed in
! the hands of NJ. Clement a list of ex-
| DenSeS amounting to the respectable
| sum of 5000 francs.
Not being able to obtain the Golfer by
/ administrative means. the princess re-
| solved to go to law and brought an
action before the tribunal of the Seine
The doctor, it is said, has done all he
! can to delay the suit. and has so far
| succeeded, seeing that, although it was
begun as far back as 1893, it is still be-
fore the court of appeal. In the mean
while the judges thought it necessary
| to place the Golfer under sequestration,
| NJ. Gauteron, police official. was
chosen to undertake the operation on
the 18th of May last he informed NJ
Bance that he would call on him the
next day to receive the jewels. When
M. Gauteron arrived at the Villa des
| CedreS. he saw only the wife OF the
doctor" who handed to him the fa-
nous Golfer, which, on being opened
was found to contain only 300 or 400
francs. It was said that NJ. Bance had
escaped abroad. 1t appears that he
took the Jewels to the pawn shop. but
rot thinking them sufficiently secure
there. he withdrew them a few days
later. The question now is. where are
they? Did the doctor take them with
him? Here this curious case remain:
for the present. TO the chagrin of Prin-