The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
MURDERED BY CoURTIERS.
n GIRL MOUND AND DROWNED WEAR
PRINCE EIRDIN1ND's PsiL4OE.

The most remarkable story OF mnrilcr that has
been revealed on the European continent since
StambulofT's assassination has been nnravollcd
slowly In Budapest. Vienna. Sofia. and Philip
popolis in tho last six weeks. Unlike tho plot
against Stambuiotl. it belongs outside of tho do
main OF politics. It Is largely u story of love and
hate in tho ordinary relations OF society.
Nevertheless IL teaches tho samo lesson
as did tho political crime. regarding
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race that is supposed to DO part OF tho civil
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nroa captain III tno nu's'tt"n arms anu ~
hired them 10 kin is a bulgarian Major. already
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scono OF the murder was q stones throw from
the summer homo of this Prince. Yet the whole
power OF the bulgarian Government has been
tnroo gu'ity ohccrS iro" puhlsnhoh@
Only in response TO pressure from Budapest
tr,oo, tho Mat NJ tho rrimc Firat n was mr..
traced tno p'ot o.. Inc me-, crime ne. fs n,n.a IL was g an
Rarian girl Of 20 years. had disappeared, and
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knnwledgcd that she had been murdered, but as
serted that the murderer had escaped. After
repeated threats ana demands from Budapest,
where tho girls parents lived, they admitted
.nAt oapt. nol'enun' y FORMER io,or, n'sn' o'
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tno mn1,o snan whon S, men,i Mn.Gn h hrr ss'i I'M ,S So
neweoapcrs camc out. That story follows:
Anna simon was the daughter Of a royal Hun
Pc. was q eaft chantant, whose manager was
port twice daily, on her way 20 and from school.
Five years, ago last spring. when sho was in her
home to sing and dance on his, stare. Her
father father took S's iSs steps to q fo rec he her & to sbs return
~thwartcd him by ~hurryinS her Off with n travel.
ling company OF musicl Ill performers 10
RHSSa sanfIial There nnnsnr iha was She SnG ssrrid as h sse
reputation. TO Sofia with her. and in the Bull
Sss scE' "n SiP enil as sO fhe RsS w ss " SoS GfisE5s f IN a sSG
garrison: While singing, in Philippopolis, the
s sss9G CaS city S Of BSIgaT sbe II fs,i si n I Hnd m tFad'i b sae
left the stage to live with him, and, surprising
as !: may seem; never U, w nI red in her faithful;
which he pursued up to the hour Of her death.
mother. That Mrs. Boitchel thus countcnanccd
the relations of her son and the singer does not
seem to have. excited any comment in Philippop-
papers seem to think the fact Mt all noteworthy.
However. Boitcheft vowed he would marry the
girl. When he visited her parents in Budapest,
he gave his word as a gentleman and officer that
he would make her his wife as soon as he should
ne Dr0fnOtGI ana receive pay enough TO SUPPORT
wife. BY marrying her then. he asserted with
truth, he would embarrass himself iinancially so
chen. who had learned TO love her sons mistress.
protested by letter her determination that he
should Tn Iss keen Ib his rG aessin, uo,b.r d,od 7, tns
pame year n shoe manufacturers daughter
moyedto Phil:ppopolis as the wifo of the Bull
husband . dover Of 100000 francs, given her by
q former e friend" This fact, too. passes with
out comment in the Austrian and Hungarian
press. The wife OF the Chief OF Tclegraphs
hated. Anna Simon, who had outrankcd her
both had moved occasionally IN the same
circle. She had a girl friend. daughter
marry to Boitcl.cf, 10 the discontinue OF the
Simon girl. she and her friends worked upon
had robbed Anna Simon Of her only ally. She
S SaI,, unable sd e hold J, her J.. own riS against q ST. the R @PlGt., rs
aid Of two brother officers, he hired the house
II which she was i to pS be Killed, and hired the .ssa IS
make Miss Pope his wife; He wished the other
woman out OF the way. In Bulgaria such a sit
uation mems either murder or suicide.
Bo!teheff had the assassins waiting in the
hired house on the outskirts Of Philippopolis.
they approached 1t his heart failed him. Her de.
yot.on TO him caused bin to repent. and. order
ing tho driver to turn back. he exclaimed:
to be killed. but the mnrderers viii wait for US
Major Pope's daushtoT soon after marrying her.
n H1TTldHe WIS lete5StTN, ne eAIlhlUtl, TO
secure his promotion to u rank in which he
could support a wife properly. Major Pope was
a power at court, and would obtain his son-in-
laws nromoti0n quickly and easily. Soon after
"I allowed him to be married." Miss Simon
wrote to her parents. He promised me that he
would get a divorce and then would marry me
as soon as he should be in n position to support n
family. His bride is not at all pretty. In a year
he will leave her for me. My beloved swore to
me on the cruciGx: You know. darling Anna;
why, mother dear. should ! doubt the word of
my beloved in any rcspectf"
At the beginning of this year Miss Simon Wis
tied her parents in Budapest. Boitcheff had
not been promoted; he had almost forsakcn her:
still she must be near him. and after n short
E%ojourn at her home she started for Philippop-
oils, although, AS she told her mother, she was
'not sure OF even her life in that city"
In a street OF Philippopolis she met Boitcheff
with his wife. She asked him II she might speak
with him alone. He pushed her away and called
her a vile name. She struck him with her para
sol. That street scene sealed her fate.
Capt. BoitchefT's wife told her father that Miss
Simon must be put out of the way. Major Pope,
although already gazetted as First Adjutant'a nj
court, and known throughout bulgaria as an
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