Washington sentinel., 1901-02-16
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< hNElN III ANah'l
Germans are con
vinced that she IS IN no immediate
danger OF death. The reason -
tha- the ghost, which foretell
the death OF every Promlnen
member OF the Hohenzollerr
Tanil, has not ~hown rsrSel,
THIS ghost IS The Whit
LID" For t.ur hundred YEAR
she has frequently ap lear'd 'r
some one of the royal palaces for
the purpose OF announcing tn
forthcoming death OF some Hohen
z,llern For two hundred years
she a pa ed only in Bohemia,
In 1859 sne vIsi ed Tor the hrst
time the ro> al palace at Berlin
Alb IT IRE derick was then ruler
and a month alter the ghost 40
peared he be anne insane and was
opposed. John S,gismuud, his
bro 'her-in law, sucC eeded him and
prospeTed until 1919, when one
afternoon The White Lady" was
seen rocking the cradle OF the IN
fant Albert. The nurse tainted
and two weeks later Sigismund
d ed. In 1907 the apparItion ap
peared six weeks before the death
of George Wilhelm, and in 1858
she was seen on the roof OF the
palac on the night before the
death ofthe Great Elector Fred
erick Wilhelm.
Many years passed before she
was seen again, Suddenly, IN
lS4o, she showed herself in Berlin
a week before Frederick William
III. died. Ten days later a court
attendant saw her gliding through
the bed room OF the Prince OF Prus.
sia, and the Prince died few days
later. In 1879. she appeared a
fortnight before the death Of Prince
Waldemar, and there is a story
that she was seen in the palace at
Berlin shortly before the death Of
both the late Emperor William L.
and the Emperor Frederick
THE White Lady" has stately
figure and IS always clothed IN
pure white.
1t is told that there are really
two White Ladies, Of whom the
6rst was Countess Agnes Of Or
lamunde, a very beautiful but i'm
moral woman. who Aourished
during the fourteenth century. A
Margrave oil Brandenburgh, who
was a Hohenzollern, was the father
ot her three sons. Her life was
reasonably happy as long as the
MargtaVe lawful vile lived.
When that lady died the Countess
insisted tha- the MargraVe marry
her, but he declined. Thereupon
the gentle Agnes poisoned heI
three bows and showed their bodies
to the M4rgrave. The Counte, s
As mes was burieo alive in vaul
beneath The palace. Just as they
were about 10 wall up the Vaul
she swore that she would be pres
ent at The death OF everv Hohen'
zollsrn forever after.
According TO other authorities
the only genuine White Lady" is
the gnost OF Bertha Won Rosen.
berg. who died some centuries ago
as.sl ,si h Sic n larua artni nf n, or,eU
the income Of which was TO be dis
tubu'ed eacn year among the
poor An impecunious Hohen
zolIrrn, It Is said. appropriated the
entire amount for his own pur.
poses, and as consequence there
has been for hundreds OF years
much unnecessary poverty in Ber
In Is rtha comes OUT once IN a
while n her grave clothes o 10 k
ior tn stolen money. She always
as bunch ri safe KEYS dangling
al rr belt. She was last seen in
1879 bv a sentinel, who was so
scr d that he dropped his musket
and fl d TO the guard room He
W, arrested tor deserting his post.
I Emperor does not believe
m ghosts, vet he knows well thar
the tales told about the "White
Lazy" are not to be lightly dis
missed as mere fiction. Even If
she should appear a lew DAYS be
fore the death Of the Empress
Frederick. it is not likely thar the
orld vii be Informed ofthe EVEN.
1t Is sale TO say shat strict orders
have already been issued to the
court attendants not 10 breathe a
word # anV Of them should see her.