The Van Buren press., 1903-05-16
GRIMES OF TITLED PERSONS
Members of European Noble Fami,,-
Commit Atrocities andAre
Punished.

title can no longer commit crime viii
impunity, yet punishment is too often
shockingly inadequate. The case q,
Prince Prosper Won Arenberg is an ey.
ample Of how far favoritism Of 1b;.
KIND can go, says the Chicago Trih.
une.
The prince was in command of
German southwest African district
and had as his confidential servant
a half-breed named Keen. The man
chanced TO arouse the princes dis.
pleasure, so his master made him
drunk on brandy, and then, mapaclnp
him, drew him up by cord to the cell,
ing and practiced 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
order, shot at Keen and wounded him
in the leg. The titled torturer, mad
with fury, pulled ou, q revolver and
shot Keen through the hody and again
through the head. As the man suI
showed signs of life, he seized ram.
rod and forced it through the last
wound into he mans brain. The
prince was tried by court-martial and
sentenced to three and a half years
detention in a fortress! Detention in
fortress is sort of first-claSs i'm.
prisonment, and is actually welcomed
by many officers as a relief from the
severity Of their duties. Prince Won
Areuberg is member of one Of The
greatest families in Germany, one Of
which the members are entitled to
marry into the reigning family.
In the winter Of last year a 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 $1,000 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
This daring and successful robber
was Prince Alexander Lordkipinadse,
the author Of series Of crimes ex.
ceiling those perpetrafed 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-
Gatiunp extended to BatOum, Titiis and
Baku. \ few months ago-to be exact,
in March, lgOl-the head Of the band
was caught, and with his two lieuten-
ants, Prince Nalerian and Prince Elias
LuMkiGse, put on trial The case lasted
a fortnight and there were proved
against them no fewer than 100 muir
ders, besides numerous cases Of arson
and almost innumerable robberies.
All three met a richly deserved fate on
the gallows.
Berlin recently enjoyed a scnsa.
tion in high life, Countess Won
Schlicben was arrested on charge
Of setting fire 60 her summer
residence in Steglit2, one Of tn.
mburbS of the German capital
Bail was refused and the lady immured
IN prison The life story Of this won.
an is distinctly interesting. Twenty
years ago she was plain Mary Hertog
Il flower seller in one Of the principal
streets OF Berlin Her business did so
well that she made a fortune and bios
somed out a. patroness Of charities
and editress Of a wOman's periodical
Then she married Countvon Schlieben,
a man considerably Younger than her.
self, and the pair went TO live at Steg'
lit2 in The villa which has now been
burnt down, This house, which tho
countess built with her own moncy,is
the one she IS accused Of burning
Austria has her titled criminals, In
April 1900, a landed proprietor, Count
KerschenduriI, was arrested for com
plicity in an extensive series Of for
gcrics in Trausylyonia, with him
were implicated an cX.district prcfec.
two lawyers, several priests and Other
persons ~ good standing, The notes
which were most clcycrly forged, were
issued 10 value of over clO,000 be-
fore the fraud was discovered, An
other Austrian roblcman who has re-
Gently 60, into trouble is Count Hans
Arr, who has been Gcpriycd Of his rank
and sentenced 90 two months impri" /
onmcut with hard labor for commit
ting thcfts In dentists waiting room
at Vienna,
The case which has created most
popular interest ~ any In which titled
have been concerned " that
of Princess Radliwill, The ease arose
out Of the action brought by third
party against the late Cecil Rhod@
and Princess Catherine Radliwill tooe
tain sentence In connection with GER
tain Uromissory notes drawn by 'he
princes and purportng TO be indors@
hy Mr. Rhodes Mr., Rhodes dcbles
that the signatures were his ana
The result the princess was found gun!
~ forgery and sentenced to a tcrmd
Imprisonment.
Snlnry and wages,
Daughter Yes, pa, there are Two
young men who have asked me 10 mar
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