The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-24
She FLED FROM
her mean HUSBAND
Crown Prince Knows Where
His Wife SIS :: =. :
THE KING ALSO KNOWS.
Princess Louise Is Determined
Not to Return to Dresden.
TIRED OF BEAsTLY couRTs''
TIRED OF BEAsTLY COURT"
III Trsated by H.r Hush md. She De.
ternines to Spend tbs Remainder
of Her Days in SecIus on-A
Newspaper Hints Tha. the
Secret of ths Matter Is
"a Man in the Case"
By Associated Press.)

By- Associated Press.)
DRESDEN. SAxoNY. Dec. 23--Kin8
George and the Crown Prince Frederick
know where the Crown Princess Louise
has sought refuge. but they have de-
cided to accept the estrangement Of the
princess and her husband as irreparable-
They have made the cabinet privy to
the circumstances of the princess flight
as they see them and a decree Of divorce
Is talked Of as necessary sequence to
the princess resolution to leave the count
forever.
This determination. the princess al,
nounced to her husband early in Novei1-
Der. after one of their frequent violent
scenes She also confided her intention
to separate herself utterly from the court
and "all It's wretchedness to two OF
three OF her intimate friends, and DIS
cuzsed with them the inpossibility OF her
longer enduring the artificial etiquette OF
the court and the forced companionship
of q man who was loarhsoule to Esr.
DETESTED THE COUNT.
The Princes, who wrote to her mother
at the end Of November that twas
her purpose to leave the crown prince.
and give UP the prospect Of the queen-
ship which. instead Of being attractive,
the princess frequently said. was detes-
table to her. She formally tcld members
of her entourage that shs was going 70
visit her parents at Salzburs- The letter
OF the princess to her mother brought
the arch duchess Immediately to Dres-4
den. She in,piored her daughter tU re-.
consider her determination and make thoa
| best OF an unpleasant situation for the
sake of her children and see os little OF
the crown prince as permissible ihe
princess. reply. according to one OF Eera
confidants, was that she would see Hoth-
ing Of that beast" that the tutelase OF
her children was largely taken out of her
hands ard that she could not bear %
see them spoiled by ..the hypocrisies ot
! the court What she complained OF
| In the prince was his ,intemperance. his
| infideitias and. as her partsans affirm,
| his cruelty of disposition.
FELL FROM HIS HORSE.
| They affirm that he has had for years
! a lason with an actress named Baste.
!; anG It Is credib!y reported that at q re-
! view Of troops at Grinlma couple OF
/ wears ago. the Prince fell from his horse
| Intoxicated. in front OF his regiment
However true these incidents may be.
| ths court and all Dresden knew achasm
/, SEP. ratsd the affections OF the Crown
| Princess from the Crown Prince Though
:
| his wife. the Prince did us share OF.
! u,IarrsI!ns and often tried to impose his
/ u Ill upon her but he always hoped tLat
| sho v-orE'sr ~ .r-a ara s'rr--rla sn
| The Crown P. P.incess' days, at saIzburg
! and mother. who did not excuse her father
and mother who did not excuse her for q
! moment In her mad desire to leave her
position and family. Her brother, Arch
| duke Leopold Ferdinand took his sisters
part The circumstances of the Pr1n-s
| cess fight are still obscure here, ana
! no further reliable news is available ina
! on'y fact that seems clear IS that tne
I King and Crown Prince know where she
I is. and are In communication with ner..
+ hut Il Is learned that she Is absolutely
/ intractab'e.
Dresden is apso bed by the sensation.
! The theory that tie Crown Princess ts
/ suffe-e,ns from mental alteration is now
| only feebly propagated by the saxon
/, court. and the Crown Princess adherenf1
intimate that an Illicit lore affair is the
cause Of the P incess desert,on.
a MAN IN THE CASE
The Dresden Nachrichten. one OF the
principal newspapers. and having conser-
vative learings. after saying it could all
| most be sorry for the Princess. with Q
disposition incompatible with that OF the
Prince. and d'slik'ns the eiquette ct this
/ court. suggests that ITO find the reason
for her departure one must find tho
man" The man in this case who Is ass0-
ciased by gossip with the Princess. IS
! handsome Frenchman. who was tutor to
/ the Princess children. He was peremp-
/ to-ily discharged uy order OF the Crown
| Prince Decembe~ I'd.
The Crown Princess had ifveiy
| viennere manner. She was independent
ard h gh spirited. and was inclined to rtd-
icule. the obse.,vances of the title Saxon
| court which takes itself most seriously.
] The Crown Prince. who has recovered
ON the injury that he recently sustain
ed while hunting. drove out to-day with
two OF his sons
The Topic IF the Dav.
By Associated Press)
VIENNA. December 23.-The flight o1
! the Crown Princess OF Saxony Is the abs
sorbins sop.c Of the day here. All kinds
OF sensational reports are in circulation.
When she left Salzburs. accom- panied by
Il her brother. a: chduke Leopold Ferdt-
/ nand the Princess went, to Munich where
/ y French tutor awaited her. Her brother
was also Joined there by beautiful
4 viennese woman. and the two couples
A proceeded to Brussels. and thence 70
i Geneva.
i 1t appears that when the Crown Primes
!: returned recently to Dresden from his
4 hunting accident In the Tyrol. he discov-
4 cred secret cor. or.espondences exchanged be-
tween the Princess and the French tutor.
s whose formal relations with here had
4 created scandal. resulting In; the tutors
{ expulsion from saxony. Besides disclosing
1.-THE couples relationship letters revealed
another scandal Immediately afterwards
4 the Princess left her home and went TO
Il SaIxhurg. The fact that she t6ok z