The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-23
THE SAME OF STORY.
Prince Van Auersperg's American
Wife Grew Tired of His Debts.
New York JOuruaD


PrinceSs Won AueTsperg has returned
! 20 the nome of her parents at Shraws-
! Dury. y. J. The burden of Keeping the
prince free of debt is apparently greater
man her falr young shoulders can car
| New York was dazzled in 1899 by the
magnlhcence OF the wedding at Shrews-
/ bury, y. j.. of Florence +. Hazard.
oduShter OF the millionaire sauce manu-
| IacIuref, to Prince Franz Marie Johann
| Joseph Won Auersperg, one of the me-
/ ulatlzed or Semi-rOyal princes of Europe.
/ with an ancestral line running back 10
! Charlemagne. The bride was scarcely II
years old, and the prince had lust missed
MS majority. She was pretty in a girlish
way, and the prince was every inch =
/ nobleman.
He had come to the United States 10
make MS living. and he lad set about this
/ task oy entering himself in Long Island
medical college. when society discovered
\ MN. and IN short time Prince Won Auer-
sperg was the fad. y score of maids were
reported 10 have daZZled him, and a
/ score OF maids would have been glad to
acknowledge their enga cement to him.
Society said it was love match True.
/ the rather OF the bride. even before the
/ ceremony, settled some of the prince 5
/ more pressing obligations; it was said he
/ hdd ndlI million Of debts still hanging
/ over him in Europe, but his bride brought
/ MIN dover of a million
After their marriage the world heard
/ lltlie Tor while of the young prince and
/ princess. who We're tho engrOssed in their
/ happiness 70 give heed to worldly things.
I a rumor came that the Austrian court
/ mad refused TO receive the princess She
/ pursued her happiness undisturbed An
! usner rumOr came that the prince had
I sent printed announcement of his mar
: rage TO all his creditors in Austria
! coupled with the statement that he would
4 soon pay off all his debts with the money
I ne could get from his rich American wife.
/ me princess scOrned to believe it,
! IheN settled down in a handsome suite
! OF apartments uptown, and were happy
/ IN the princess castle of love Then
more definite rumOrs began TO get
abroad. Inc prince was living high, and
{ with al MS old debts discharged was
/ rapidly contracting new ones, and con
I tracing them faster than his wealthy
/ wife could pay them.
] The young princess set a r. smiling face
/ 10 the world. and held her head high
/ even when petty tradeSmen began to sue
I the prince Jor their accounts. At last the
gathering storm broke and Prince Won
{ AUersperg, son-in-laW of Z. {. Hazard.
I declared himself q bankrupt and in omen
/ court was discharged of his obligations.
That was in March last Then the
I prince and princess began life anew Most
{ Of her dover. il is said. had gone by this
1 time. but her love was Stil strong Six
months had hardly passed, however be-
( fore the prince was back in the same
place as before. He decided that his life
| must be insured in order that his wife
need not want if death should intervene.
and. with this end in view. negotiated
with the Washington Life Insurance. COM
pany for a S25.000 policy Being out of
1 ready money. he drew notes for the first
premium. amounting 10 81 0S7 and these
! ne induced his wife to indorse. The com
J pany readily accepted the notes. the
! policy was issued and all went well until
/ the day Of maturity arrived
/ Then. II is said, the prince. with truly
ROYAL Indifference. was pleased TO forget
all about the transaction. The princess
/ was appealed TO and the conduct OF her
: husband explained. It proved the final
I blow Shamed by his act and despairfue
| Of ever leading him away from the exc
/ travagant paths which he was treadfne.
I she reQudiated both him and the notes
/ When the suit of the insurance companv
[ on the notes was called in court recently
( through her attorneT. the princess took
/ advantage of the fact that she is under
/ age, and therefore not liable for her OH
/ legations and thus shut the door on All
/ future demands upon her purse.
] The apartments at 226 West Serenity
/ eighth street are now vacant. save for a
! servant The servant said yesterday that
J the princess had left suddenly last Satur-
( day for her fathers home at Shrewsbury.
/ The prince. il. was said. had not been
/ there for some time