New-York tribune., 1902-12-23
A PRINCESS MISSING.
S4YON COURT ALARMED.
Flight at Midnight from Salzbmg
Castle of Cro7Cn Princess Louise.

Dresden. Dec 22.-The Crown Princess of
Saxony fed from her home during the night of
December 11-12 The 'Dresdner Journal to-day
says
The princess, in d state of intense mental
excitement suddenly deserted her family at
Salzburg and went abroad. The Saxon court
functions for the winter. including the New
Years reception. have been cancelled.
The foregoing paragraph in to-day's official
journal, which was inserted by order of the
King and Crown Prince of Saxony, has turned
into truth what for several days past has been
regarded as an incredible tale. The Crown
Princess of Saxony, surrounded by her ladies'
in-waiting and numerous attendants and SER
wants of the royal household. has vanished so
utterly that the police of every kingdom of Eu-
rope have for ten days been unable to trace her.
The above official announcement was made in
order to obtain the aid of the general public in
finding the princess, and because the court f1c-
tion that she preferred to remain in retirement
al Salzburg rather than return to her hus-
band and children at Dresden. cannot longer be
rseefntained.
Accompanied by the crown prince the
princess went to the castle OF Emperor Francis
Joseph. Salzburg, a month ago A week
after their arrival the castle the prince broke
his leg while hunting. and brought back to
Dresden The princess. however. still remained
al the castle. Why she did so the people of the
court did not know, except that the princess
with gloomy tenacity usually does what she
wants. For a little while this explanation suf
feed: then fragments of gossip began to reach
Dresden It said that the princess had
rendered herself to periods of nervous excite
ment and that her eccentricities of department
caused much concern to her suite and to some
of her Austrian kinsfolk who were sta wing in the
castle with her 1t is now believed that she was
her disappearance more extra aordinary.
The narrative of the events a Salzburg during
the night of December 11-12. as told in Dresden,
is that the Princess. who appeared to be in an
unusually tranquil mood, retired after the music
in the salon before II o'clock. Three hours
later, when maid looked into the royal bed
chamber, something in the appearance of the
bed prompted her to go closer and examine it.
Instead of the Princess, the maid perceived 4
dummy figure. She awakened the Iady-in- wait
ing, and the latter, with other members OF the
Princess's suite. searched all the naighborinz
apartments. then the entire castle, and finally
the grounds of the castle for the Princess but
trace of the missing woman was found At
dawn the police Of Salzburg informed of
the disappearance, and inquiries we're made
throughout the whole countryside. but with
no tangible result number of what had
to be without foundation upon careful exami-
nation by the police. The inquiry by the end
of that day, had extended to ali parts of the
Kingdom of Saxony, and, authority from
Dresden, by the end of the second day to all
of Europe. The theory of suicide was sug-
gested and fruitless search for the Princess 8
body had been made. Ali the ponds and other
bodies of water in the vicinity of the castle
have been dragged without result
The disappearance of the Princess will doubt
less cause the circulation of many stories. 1t
quiries made here have brought out nothing to
substantiate or support this supposition.
Louise Antoinette Marie. Crown Princess of Sax
ony and an archduchess of Austria born on
September > 1870, and married to Prince Fred
erick Augustus. the present Crown Prince of Sax
ony and the of King George, November q.
1921. The couple have five children the eldest.
Prince Frederick Augustus, having been born in
1898: the last child Princess Marie Alice, born
in 1901. The Crown Princess of Saxony the
daughter of the ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany, a rela-
tive of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. She
has been described a remarkably brilliant
regard for etiquette and taste for carcature and
bicycling. Her independence of manner and speech.
natural in q niece of that Archduke John of Aus
tria who disappeared mysteriously under the
name of John Orth, used bring her frequently
into conflict with her husbands aunt Queen
Garcia. who is the last survivor of the historic
Swedish house of Vasa, and the only living de-
scendant of King Gustavus Adophus.