The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-27
A ROYAL ROMANCE
REVEALED BY DEATH
Known Son OF Austrian EN-.
peror's Titled Physician Cast
Off Because Of Love.
HE MARRIED A Man
Emperor Franz Josef Wished Him t.
We'd a Nobleman, But His Love
for a Daughter of Bohemian
Prevailed.

epSSAsAs XIX wa
hme of human pathos is finally pub
hshed. a page will be filled by the story
of the life and owe of Btla Sznbo. G
disinherited son of Count Bila Szabo
physician to the Austrian emperor
Franz Josef, and of his sweetheart
wife, Rosa, for whom he threw away
wealth n title, and in whose arms
he died on Monday. at their home, 26O
West Forty-thtrd street.
The a is best told by Mrs.
Szabo herself, a beautiful woman just
IS she told il last right. .sssssssa
"Bila,' said She. was born laf sBuda-
pest of a noble family. Hts father,
The Count Szabo, has longesheen the
trusted medical adviser ofstha Aus
.rlan emperor and the royal family.
When Bila was Is years oflage he went
Q the University Of Vienna and be-
anne an officer IN ona of the cavalry
,toops of our country-theIG hlans.
"When Bila was 20, his father, the
'ount, with the APPROVAL of the emperor,
arranged a match between my hus-
2and and a noblewoman of the court.
3ila did not love anybody at that time,
10 he agreed to the engagement.
Met His Fate at a Reception.
."one morning I went to a reception
bt'Sh W u AilGllu. oOIlG yOulS Officers
If the Uhlans came in. Bila Szabo was
among them, and that is how we came
% meet. My father was not of noble
blood, but he was not poo He owned
many large hotels in Austria. When
Rila found where l lived he came to
zee me, and after a While told me he
owed me and wished to marry me.
II loved him. too" said the dead
mans wife, with fearful frankness. Il
could not help loving him. He was a
gentleman in all his words and actions.
out l told him 1 would not marry him
oecause-we were different-you I'M
ierstand."
Several times In the course of her
narrative Mrs. Szabo broke down and
sobbed bitterly, for the young couples
happiness was just beginning.
But Bila was strong in his deter
,nination to marry me- continued the
young widow. He told my father so;
30 told his own father; he told the
tmperor-told the whole world. In fact.
Tne emperor said it must not be; Bila
must marry the noblewoman whom he,
Franz Josef, had chosen for him. For
answer Bila-my Bila-broke off the
engagement with this noblewoman and
said he would marry none but ne
Rosa Menschiek, the daughter of a
Bohemian. The Count Szabo was
and said he would disinherit him
" - "A AAo q Va ldaSllSl, loI ~
had esates in his own right. The en-
peror. too, was angry. and said he
would exile him. Bila laughed and
came to me and offered to marry
me and take me with him to this coun-
try. I said l would go, but later Bila
he would go first and make a
home IN America for me, then send for
me. And l promised 1 would come at
his command.
She Was But Eighteen Years Old.
$50 he cane to this country twelve
years ago. l was only eighteen then,
l was a woman. and / waited for
Sila to send for me. But when he
wrote it was to tell me how hard 1t was
for a gentleman who had led the life
Of luxury at court to make a living.
In the meantime my friends in
laughed and said: He will
never come again. You will never see
l wrote and told Bila what they
He was angry and cahled me
20 come to him at once, SO we could
sght together. I hid the message from
NY people and n night | stole from
nd set ou for America. 1 arrived
lere quite safely In November, 1903, |
Ind there was Bila--handsome, gentle
3ila Szabo-waiting for me on the
bier.
80 I'VE went straight to the city hall,
IN llS1S We we've lllaIIleu. 1Qen ne &
me to these rooms, where we
ave been so happy.
ut was only last Wednesday that he
ook Ill. He had been teaching Latin
md Greek In a private house. and
aught pneumonia on the way home.
vi Saturday-all Sunday, I sat with
ny arms around his neck, and he made
ne promise that l would go back to
and ask my fathers forgive
less. At l o'clock on Monday morn
ng he died. and I sat all alone with
i'm till morning-just as he had died
his head on my shoulder"
So ended the life and the love of a
nan who defed his king and kindred |.
or the sake Of a Bohemian girl. He
I'll be buried at Calvary cemetery on
after which his wife will re-
urn tc Austria to tell Count Szabo
the emperor how Bila died.