The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

Desden. Saxony. December 2..-Tho
crown princess OF Saxony fled from her
home on the night OF December IL. The
Dresdner Journal today says: The
Princess, IN d state or intense mental
excitement, suddenly deserted her fam
lily at Sa4zebulg and went abroad. The
Saxon court functions have beeen can
ceiled for he winter"
The ~:oregoIng paragraph In today's
official journal which was inserted by
ord~r OF the k;Gg and crown prince OF
Saxony has turned into truth. what for
several days past, has been regarded as
an incredible IaIe. The crown princess
of Saxony. surrounded by her ladies In
waiting and Numerous attendants n
servants - the r yaI household las v4n-
ished SO utterly Il at the police OF every
Kingdom OF EUROPE have for ten days
been unable % trace her. The official
announcement was made In order To OBJ
tain the lid ~ he general public In
finding the r;ncess and because Tn"
court fiction that she preferred to re
main in retirement at SaIzeburg rather
than to return to her husband and chill
dren at Dresden cannot longer be
maintained
Accompanied ty the crown prince. the
princess YenI IN the castle OF Emperor
Franci Joseph. near Saizeburg q
month Ego. A week amer their arrival
at the castle tie prince broke his leg
while hunting and was brought Il
, Dresden The princess. hJwev r remain
ed at the casts Why she did so the
people Of the c'urt did not know. ex-
cept that, with gloomy tenacfty the
princess Usually does what she pieases.
For a little VIII Re this exclamation suf-
feed. then fragments of gossip began to
reach Dres1ea. 1t was said that the
princess mad surrendered herself To
periods f nerv'us excitement and that
her eccentricI.;~s OF department caused
much concern 20 her suite and to some
OF her Austrian kinsfolk who were
staying in The castle with her. IL Is
now believed that she was under sur
VIGILANCE and if this is true IL makes
her Disappearance the more extraor-
dinarv.
The nara tive of the events at Salze-
burg during TIE night OF December IL
as told in Ores zen Is that the princess,
who appeared ~ be in an unusually tram
gull mood. retired before IL o clock
Three hours later when a maid looked
into the royal chamber. something I'm
the appearance OF the bed prompted her
70 go closer ana xamine IT. Instead
OF the princess the maid perceived a
dummy isure. She awakened the Iady
in waiting, aul the latter with other
! mon harG of thu prfnancos sK.ta
all the ~neighbor'ng apartments. then
the entire castle end finally the grounds
OF the castle ior the princess. but no
trace Of the mss. ne woman was found.
1t dawn the Io.ice Of Saizeburg were
informed of tn" disappearance and in
quiries were made throughout the whole
country side. but with no tangible re-
suit. A numoe~ OF what had seemed to
be traces of tie princess were shown to
be without fod1ds ton upon Careful ex-
animation D. tie police. The inquiry
by the end or ,hat day had extended ia
all parts OF IN kingdom OF saxony,
n on author g from Dresden by the
end of the second day. to all OF Europe
h theory Of SUICIDE was suggested
and a fruitless search for the ~princess'
body was ma lie. All the PONDS and
other pieces d water IN the vicinity Of
the castle have been dragged without
result.
The disappearance OF the princess
doubtless viii f-tuse the circulation Of
many stories. II is already related thai
she eioped but inquiries have brought
out nothing 20 suhstantiate this state
ment.
= Vienna, Dec smber 22.-The fight al
the crown rrtncess of Saxony has
caused great excitement here. Il Is re.
ported that the Archduke Ferdinand
accompanied oy ole OF the courf cham.
berlains. went To Geneva. whittier 4
was supposed TUE rfncess had lied, bul
he failed to fad any trace OF her. Ths
princess broth n. the Archduke Leopoie
Ferdinand. Is said TO be with her. bui
nothing can b. ascertained az 70 hei
Whereabouts.
II is oficia'y explained that tn
princess disappearance IS due 20 menta
: arrangement. there IS little doubt
however, :!Iat IL was caused by domestic
discord growing ut her husbands rela-
tons with an actress OF the Dresden
court theatre. Ii IL asserted here tina
the princess frequently threatened flight
on this account and hat she was In.
censed II her father the grand duke O,
Tuscany for coLnseliing her 10 forgive
her husband. she Is said 10 Dc encIente
IL Is rumore here tonight IN tkz
princes was accompanied by tt<
French tutor OF her children