Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-24
PRINCESS IS FOUND,
SIZE rs AT GENEVA, WITH BROTH
Err AND FRENCH TUTOR.
TIE MAN IN THE CASE.
He is Described as 90 Striking Per-
sona1itv'-The Court, It is Said,
Has ,Iade Cabinet Frivy to Cir
: cumstanccs Of Princess, Flight as
It Secs Them.
It Secs Them.
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! BERLIN, DeceThsr e3.-The elopenent
Of: the Crown Princess OF Saxony creates
extra ordinary excitement there. and tbs
sensational world learns that for months
the Crown Prince and his wife have been
quarrellins and she began to hate him
He is unpopular everywhere. The Crown
Princess could not stand the perjury OF
the Saxon court, and for this reason she
is everywhere in Saxony to-day an objec:
of pity and sympathy rather than con
tempt. z5
A young French master named Giron
| is her lover. He is eminently handsome.
about % years Old with sparkling black
eyes, black curly hair. They both are
still in Geneva.
The theatres and all public places Of
entertainment throughout the kingdom
are closed tonight. as the land has lost
its future Queen. The illness from which
the Crown Prince suffered, it is alleged.
is an invention. He met no accident, and
it is said that on his return to Dresden
lately, the Prince ill-treated his wife. It
is this which caused her to fly to her faith
er at salzturg to beg him to set the mar
riage dissolved.
The princess's suite at court has been
dismissed and her letters contiscated
The tide of popular opinion, SO much
against the Princess at first, seems chang
ing to her favor. She expects accouchc-
1nent in May.
Similar Scandal in Vienna.
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VIENNA, December q. The Saxon af-
fair is more complicated to-day. The
Crown Princess brother. Leopold. intend
Two ~, II,.c = ocl.
ed the Emperor to allow him to give up
the prerogatives of birth like his Uncle
John. He is supposed to have left Saiz,.
burg with his sister, and Adamvoiss, the
French teacher OF the children. now said
to be the Princess lover The Emperor is
terribly upset at the scandal the affairs
following close upon each other.
GENEVA. SWITZERLAND. Dec. %
The Crown Princess of Saxony is here
under the name OF Fraulein Won Oban.
Her brother Arch Duke Leopold Ferdi-
uand. and Professor Giron, are at the
same hotel. The arcf-duke has assumed
the name OF DeBuriano. The party are
living quietly and propose to spend Christ
mas here.
BERLIN. December Ga dispatch
from Dresden this evening TO the LolsaI
-Anzeiger confirms previous advices from
CESlickS ~ lie StESCl tiidI-- tllc NIO"iI
Princess of saxony is in Geneva, with
Professor Giron, q French teacher Of
languages. whom she met during her
last trip 10 Paris Re is described as "A
years Of age. and "a striking personality,
with large, bright eyes
DRESDEN, SAXONY. Dec 22-King
George and tire Crown Prince Frederick
know where the Crown Princess Louise
has sought refuge. but they have decided
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cess and ner husband as irreparable.
They have made the cabinet privy to the
circumstances of the princess flight as
they see them, and decree OF divorce
is talked Of as a necessary sequence to
the pricess' resolution to leave the court
forever
This determine ton, the princess an
nouI2ced to her husband early in Novem-
Der, after one of their frequent violent
scenes. She also confded her intention
to separate herself utterly from the court
and .sall its wretchedness" to two or
three Of her Intimate friends and dis
cussed VITA them mposs!bility OF her
longer enduring the artificial etiquette OF
the court and the forced companionstlip
of a man who was loattsome to her
The princess wrote to her mother
at the end Of November that It was her
purpose to leave the crown prince. and
give up the prospec: Of the queenship.
which instead OF being attractive. the
princess frequently said. was detestabla
to her She formally told members of her
encourage that she was going to visit her
parents at SaZburg. The letter of the
princess to her mother brought the arch
duchess Immediately TO Dresden. She i'm
plcred her daughter to reconsider her da-
ton and make the best of an I'M
pleasant situation for the sake OF her
children and see as little Of the crown
prince as permissible. The princess re-
ply, according 20 one Of her conIidentes,
was that she would see nothing OF that
BEAST that the tutelage Of her children
was largely taken out OF her hands and
that she could not bear to see them
spoiled by ..the hypocrisies of the court.
What she complained Of in the prince was
his intemperance his infidelttles and. as
her partisans affirm, his cruelty Of dispo-
sition.
LIAIsON WITH ACTRESS.
They affirm that he has had for years
/ liaison with an actress named haste.
md it is credibly reported that at re-.
view OF troops at Grinnula. a couple Of |
years ago. the prince fell from his horse,
intoxicated in front OF his regiment,
However true these incidents may be, |
he court and all Dresden knew a chasm
the affections OF the crown
princess from the crown prince. Though |
1e seemingly had genuine admiration for |
lis wife, the prince did his share OF |
luarreling, and often tried to impose his |
will upon her; but he always hoped that |
she would in the end humble herself
His attitude recently, until she had |
actually gone. appears to have been that !
# disdainful Indifference and disbelief |
hat she really intended to carry out her
hreats.
The Crown Princess days at Salzburg
we're spent in controversy with her
father and mother, who did not excuse
her for moment in her mad desire to
cave her position and family. Her
brother Arctduke Leopold Ferdinand.
ook his sisters part. The circumstances |
IF the Princess flight are still obscure |
here and no further reliable news is avail |
able. The only fact that seems clear is |
that the King and Crown Prince know
where she is: and are in communication !
with her, but it is learned that she is alb
solutely intra ctahle.
Dresden is absorbed by the sensation |
The theory that the Crown Princess is
from mental alteration is now |