The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-23
CROWN PRINCESS YANISHES
Il SENSATION IN THE COURT OF
SAXONY.

Trace OF the Woman FOumd-An
Europe Searched ia Vain-Theory OF
Suicide and Rum0r of EIOprment.
Dresden. Saxony, Dec 22.-The crown
princess of Saxony fed from her home
during the night of December 11-12.
The Dresden Journal to-day says:
The princess. in a 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
servants of the royal household, has
vanished so utterly that the police of
every kingdom of Europe for ten days
have been unable to trace her. The
above official announcement was made
in order to obtain the aid of the gem
eral public in finding the princess, and
because the court fiction that she pre-
ferred to remain in retirement at Salz-
burg rather than to return to her hus-
band and children at Dresden cannot
longer be mainta aimed.
Accompanied by the crown prince,
the princess went to the castle of En-
peror Francis Joseph, near Salzburg,
month ago. A week after their arrival
at the castle the prince broke his leg
while hunting and was brought back to
Dresden. The princess, however, still
remained at 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. 1t was said that the
princess had surrendered herself to
periods of nervous excitement and that
her eccentricities of department caused
much concern to her suite and to some
of her Austrian kinsfolk who were
staying in the castle with her 1t is
now believed that she was under SUR
veillance, and If this is true it makes
her disappearance more extraordinary.
The narrative of the events at Salz-
burg during the night of December n
-, as told in Dresden, is that the prin-
cess, who appeared to be in an unusu-
ally tranquil mood. retired after the
sir In tho hofpFa ~
Three hours later, when a maid looked
into the royal bed chamber, something
in the appearance of the bed prompted
her to go closer and examine it. In
stead of the princess the maid perceiv-
ed dummy figure. She awakened the
lady in waiting, and the latter, with
other members of the princess suite,
searched all the neighboring apart
n1ents, then the entire castle and finally
the grounds of the castle for the prin-
cess, but no trace OF the missing WO-
man was found. At dawn the police of
Salzburg We're informed of the disap-
pearance, and inquiries were made
throughout the whole countryside, but
with no tangible result A number OF
what had seemed to be traces of the
pt lllttoS "SlC CltpN II W ne w WIUpuL
foundation upon careful examination by
the police. The inquiry by the end of
that day had extended TO all parts of
the kingdom of Saxony, and on author
ity from Dresden, by the end of the
second day, to all Of Europe. The the
ory of suicide was suggested, and a
fruitless search for the princess body
has been made. All the ponds and
other pieces of water in the vicinity of
the castle have been dragged without
result.
The disappearance of the princess
will doubtless cause the circulation of
many stories. 1t is already related
that she eloped, but inquiries made
here have brought out nothing to sub
! stantiate or support this supposition.
Prince Friedrich August, crown
prince of Saxony, was married Novem-
ber q, 1891 to Prince Louise of Tus-
pary rFhav hava five chil6re11