New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28
DEATH REVEALS A QUEER TALE.
TENEMENT HOUSE INMATE SAID TO
BE A QUEEN REGENTS NIECE.
RAN AWAY FROM HER HOME IN AUSTRIA AND
WAS DESERTED IN NEW foRK-rHEN
STARVED TILL FRIEND
RECOGNIZED HI

xrs W, sneno Bodenback said to be the
baroness and Vicountess Of Spierenbergh' austria
niece OF Christina. Queen Regent OF SPAIN ana 'he
ross,,e heir TO throne and sole heir 10 fortune
NJ % 900 600 francs died yesterday in west size
,orement-house and had It not been for the merest
,dr,eance of fate her body might have gone TO
the Potter's Field . ,,
The quiet OF the West Thrty-seventh-st ponce
station Yesterday afternoon was disturbed ABOUT
o,c,oc,, by the entrance Of middle-aged man OF
digniaed appearance. who seemed much moVeo W
.o,ra occurrence A glance out OF the WINDOW
sboved Sergeant Burns. who was In charge OF ,he
station a carriage and liverie1 footihhi an" '"o
visitor was invited into the captains room 10 zen
his tale He displayed CREDENTIALS "'a' Oo''
tba sergeant and Inspector Thompson VINO nap
aanaa IN no in the station. that he was Baron de
&c NJ Austria Then he placed certihcate oi
death on the sergeants desk. signeo py III ~,
McGregor Of No S3S West Forty-sx.h-s'' ~ !,
oertiNed that Wanda Won Speno Bocehoach Iad
d,ea from heart disease in the carry hours VI 90 :.
urday morning at NO %V' "'''
Then he told this story: j..
az arrived in New-York thirteen Gays u.s. "
care for some financial interests " 100 %
81 am a banker and my business 'ahea "o y
or,ors of the earth. Two days ago as
man 49, aro,, ,brong at Broadway and Twenty
-. =, no, Knowing a soul and vainy hoping "
-. ,r,ord was suddenly startled oy "Ha'
.aor,od 81 familiar face / looked again anu We"
almost convinced. Walking Slowly, "'''' -
bowed l was almost sure saw Wahoa vo" 'p."o
from my own part OF Ahs'r'a' anu e
I'D by relatives as lost. 10,
.1n nv excitement placed my hand on he'
s,ou,der and spoke her name. and she al once
vecoqnized me /, was she. we spoke ioi ~"
moments and saw at once tha' sum ~ "a
wrong The wan face. the dark encircieo eyes a"o
the threadbare clothing were not those Oh i,oue"
hack and anxious TO learn her sad story SUB
rested that we go TO a quiet place ana nave
talk I suggested something 10 drink anu VIC "'
into one OF your wine rooms.
"'Win you have some wine?' asked $50
Wine? Winer she repeated. In bewiidereo
manner; oh no. But you love God some.
thing TO eat--,o eat. Oh. my God. can't you see
am s,arvingg and with this dcspairing cry she fell
TO the floor in a faint.
with no little difficulty restored her. and she
-old me her story. Her parents. according TO the
cruel custom which obtains in our country had
he,rothed the poor girl when an infant. An old
,oan was 20 claim her for his bride when she hac
the necessary years. and naturally the young
woman abhorred such a match. When TWO years
600 one of the handsomest youths In ali Russia
and. like Wanda. with royal biood IN ms veins
Maid her court she welcomed him as the oehve'ih.
knight who to save her from neI piue - .na,
,.ndeS in New York They had not married an.
aeon after reaching New-York Wanaa iouaa , an
sen 10, naners by which She might have obtaine
relief. and left her absolutely without money III
Tos lew dollars week which she raiseS Sso o.
pawning her clothing she managed 10 ge' h sh
room ana for Ea asys .HG and
Sdsng Unit int h found s'dsf her |he's '"s "D
The Baron said he had arranged 70 have the gu
to S.s " Win hm and
citation He paid the few small ,p iis snS oT he
and was to have removed her last i"u'' '"'' ""N