The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
4 PRINCEss,s PROTESTED NOTES.
Crown PriRcoss Stcphanie'- Gndsrsement TorErd
on Princess Loulse'a Promises TO PAY.

Crown PriRcoss stephanie'- Gndsrsement TorEcd
on Princess Louise'- Promises to Pay.
A settlement satisfactory to the Princess
Louise of Saxe.Coburg's creditors has been
made at Vienna, and all proceedings in the civil
and criminal courts have been put an end to.
The nominal value Of the notes alleged to bear
forged signatures was 575, 600 gulden, or near.
ly $500, 600, but as they were money lenders
notes, and court influence was brought to bear
In hushing the matter up, the sum paid in set
Element was probably much smaller. Strange.
" enough, the person who represented the
Princess in the transaction was her wronged
husband, Prince Philip of saxe-CoburR, her
father. the King Of the Belgians, having refused
to interfere in any way.
The story of these notes, as told in the Berlin
B6rSen-courier, on what 1t asserts to be high
authority, is as follows: In June a year ago
outstanding notes Of the Princess TO the
amount of SOC, 1000 gulden fell due. and her
creditors presented them for payment. Their
dealings had never been with tho Princess
personally, but always with u certain Lieu
tenant, who professed to represent her, the
Lieut.. Mattacic, with whom she clipped. On
this occasion he asked the creditors for an ex-
tension Of time and for a further loan Of 275, 900
gulden. They held back. but offered to lend
the money II all the paper was Endorsed by the
AAAipSAo Va VI 49, AAihb VI NAk 4 Ils
Later they agreed to accept tho ind orsement
Of the Crown Princess Stephanie instead. Notes
with her Endorsement and bearing a high rate
OF interest were thereupon given to them.
One of the money lenders happened to look
into a shop window one day, and saw there a pic
ure of the Crown Princess, with her signature
underneath. 1t struck him that the handwrit.
ing was not the same as that on his notes. and
to clear the matter ur he made inquiries at tho
Crown Princess palace. Though not admitted
to her presence. he obtained from her an ex-
plicit declaration that she had ever signed a
rromissory note Of any kind in her life. He
went straight to the police with his story, and the
police informed the Court Chamberlain. In
answer to his inquiries, the Crown Princess re-
peated her assertion that she had never signed
any form Of note.
BY this time Princess Louise and her lover
had reached a country seat near ARram, In tho
course OF their journey. and the police set about
separating them. The Lieutenant was decoyed
ton being needed for an application for sick
leave he had sent in. As he Was known to go
about armed, the police waited till he was
stripped before the doctor before arresting him.
Meanwhile the Princess was carried of to
Vienna on q special train, and confined in O
private asylum, where the doctors are to watch
ton Of her mental responsibility, There she do
clared that she had never troubled herself with
business matters. that she know nothing of tho
Grown Princess Stephanie's Endorsements, and
that she did not understand why the Crown
Princess should BIO dragged into her affairs.
and, moreover. had never heard Of the notes.
These statements gave promise Of a lively
conclusion that tho Princess Louise had at
tanned sufficient notoriety, and that the case
must be stifed. On King Leopold's fiat re-
reluctantly stepped. in and has closed that
phase Of the scandal.