The Dolores star., 1903-08-07
CRIMINALS OF TITLE.
Princes and PIincesses Are Punished
for Their crimea
Some Rsssms Instances OF Depravity
Among the Ge rlnan Mobility and
fAe Ps1Abeies I1possd
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Whatever q mans rank, he cannot
escape the penalties of the law if he
breaks it Abroad, though man of
title can no longer commit crime with
impunity, yet punishment is too often
shockingly inadequate. The case of
Prince Prosper Won Arenberg is an ex-
ample of how far tavoritism OF this
kind can go, says the Chicago Trib-
une.
The prince WA in command of .
German southwest African district.
and had as his confidential servant
half-breed named, Keen. The man
CHANGED to arouse the princes dis
pleasure, 20 his master made him
drunk on brandy and then, manacing
him, drew him up by cord to the cell
ing and practieed upon him tortures
too dreadful to mention.
At last he cut the moaning victim
down, and, turning him out of the
house, ordered the sentry to shoot
him The sentry fired in the air, and
then, when the prince repeated the
in the leg. The titled torturer, mad
with fury, pulled out a revolver and
shot Keen through the body and again
through the head. As the man sGn
showed signs of life. he seized a ram
rod and forced II through the last
wound into the mans brain. The
prince was tried by court-martial and
Nd half u
detention in fortress! Detention in
a fortress is sort of first-class i'm
prisonment, and is actually welcomed
by many officers as a relief from the
severity u their dutiea. Prince Won
Arenberg is member of one of the
greatest families in Germany, one OF
which the members are entitled TO
r marry into the rei9ning family.
i, In the winter of last year most
daring robbery took place in the open
street at Batoum in broad daylight
The cashier of the Caspian Black Sea
Naphtha company was carrying the
sum of 81 1000 from his Office to a bank,
accompanied by an armed guard. Sud-
denly man rushed out from SIDE
street, stabbed the guard, seized the
bag of money from the cashier and ran
of with it. Two policemen gave
chase; the man turned and shot them
both and got clean away 2
This daring and successful robbeY
was Prince Alexander Lordhpinadse,
the author of series of crimes ex-
ceiling those perpetrated by even the
worst of the old time western Ameri-
can desperadoes. He was at the head
Of a widespread organization of ban
dts, whose headquarters were in the
Caucus mountains, and whose depre
dations extend ed to Batoum, Tifiis and
Baku. a few months ago-to be exact
In March. 190l-the head of the band
was caught, and with his two lieuten-
ants, Prince Valerian and Prince Elias
Lulukidse, put on trial The case lasted
a fortnight and there Were proved
against them no fewer than 100 mur.
ders, besides numerous cases of arson
and almost innumerable robberies
All three met a richly deserved fate on
the gallows.
Berlin recently enjoyed a sensa.
sOu IA uBn MIC SOunteAb VOn
Schlieben was arrested on a charge
Of setting Are to her summer
residence in Steglitz, one of the
suburbs Of the German capital
Bail was refused and the lady im1nured
in prison. The life story of this WON
an is distinctly interesting Twenty
years ago she was plain Mary Hertog
flower seller in one of the principa
streets Of Berlin. Her BUSINESS did S,
we'll that she made fortune and bios
somed out a. patroness of charities
and editress of woman's periodical
Then she married Count Won Schlieben n
. man considerably younger than her
self, and the pair went to live at Steg
litz in the villa which ha. now beer
burnt down. This house. which ths
countess built with her own money, il
the one she 10 accused of burning.
Austria has her titled criminals. Ir
April, 1900. . landed proprietor, Count
Kerschendnrh. was arrested for com
'plicity In an extensive series of for
geries in TransyivaDia. With hin
were implicated an ex-district pre- 8ect
two lawyers. several priests and othe,