The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-02
FLIGHT
WAS WELL MANAGED
Louise's Husband Is Glad of
the Elopement and Pursuit
Will Not Be Keen

BAD EESTER, Saxony. Sept f.
Princess Louise, Of SAKE Coburg, es-
capped alone from her hotel at o'clock
5 Tuesday, morning. She. was Joined un-
der the trees in the hotel garden by
: two women and a. man. They entered
a two-horse carriage which was wait
ing outside and were driven swiftly
away in the. direction of Munich. A
man named W. Gratz, who was stopping
at the hotel, has not appeared since
Monday night. 1t is supposed that
he provided the means for the fight
rof the princess and that he was an
agent Of Lieut.. Count Matassich-
kegleviteh, with whom she eloped in
1897.
The princess, closely attended by
her physician and lady of the court,
went to the theater Monday evening.
She was animated and seemingly en-
Joyed the music, as she has enjoyed
everything during the three weeks she
mad been permitted to leave the seclu-
sion of Pierson sanitarium at Coswig,
Where really she was prisoner of
state. She had been provided with at
traetlve costumes for this reappearanee
y "a III etliO cllOWeu once
more to wear the splendid Jewels
which were part of her dowry when
she married Prince Philip of Saxe-C
burg. After the theater the princess
and her little party had supper in one
of her rooms She said good night at
1880 and her guardians were not
aware OF her departure until o'clock
IN the morning, by which time she
pfopaply was far toward the Swiss
frontier.
Changed His Room
{ Gratz first had a room on the third
floor of the hotel, but Monday he
moved TO one on the ground floor, with
"a private entrance into the garden. 1t
is presumed that the princess used this
exit and 1t is certain that Frau Schu-
bert, of Dresden, engaged the car
rage at a local livery stable. Neither
turned.
Beyond the outskirts of the town
some OF the occupants of the carriage
were transferred to an automobile and
the carnage continued its rapid flight,
probably to confuse possible pursuers,
is deemed likely that the princess
was one of these taking the automo-
Dlie. The chauffeur drove the machine.
through several roads leading in diff
Ierent directions from the town, doubt
less with the purpose to further create
doubt as to which road the princess
really took. An automobile similar r.,
mat which left Bad Elster was traced
TO Hot, forty miles away Telegraphic
reports reaching here that she had
fpeen seen at Asch, Bohemia, and that
rooms had been engaged for her in
Farls are considered improbable.
CleverIy Managed
The disappearance of the princess
was most dexterously managed. as she
was under sharp surveillance day ana
night, both by an especially Il dstworthy
court lady, with three servants, and by
the manager of the royal baths, who
nau peen made responsible Yor her
satekeeping. A Waterman, who was in
the hotel corridor at the time the
princess escaped, saw nothing of ner.
"A cnambermaid who had access to the
princess apartments carried notes reg
ular1y to the princess and another
person 1t was in this correspondence
douptless, that the. plans to escape
We're conveyed. The princess was to
nave been taken back to the SAM
tarium in two or three DAYS. A visit
from her sister, the Countess Lonyay,
had been promised for Sept Z.
The pursuit is not likely to be keen.
as 1tsls very well understood that the
husband of the princess is rather
pleased than otherwise at her escape.
because he thinks she has been suffi-
GENTLY punished. The sympathies OF
the Belgian court have been with her
for the same reason, it being thought
that she has been harshly treated.
While Escort Admired Art
The princess met Lieut.. Matassich-
KegieV1tch in the garden of the Dres-
den art exhibition two weeks ago.
where she was taken under the escort
OF Manager Pierson, of the sanitarium.
The latter had turned away a few
minutes before to look at a piece of
sculpture. AS soon as he saw the
princess talking to strange man Pier
son fastened toward them. She told
him that the man was Lieut. Mattas-
slch-Keglevitch and begged to be al
lowed to speak with him. Pierson re-
piled that she knew that to be i'm
possible and that he must insist that
she go with him Immediately
The princess began to cry and asked
to be allowed to talk with the lieu
tenant for a few minutes. She became
so distressed that Pierson turned to
Matassich- Keglevitch and requested
him to give his word of honor that he
would not attempt to persuade the
princess to leave those who were taxi
ing care of her. The lieutenant prom
ised, Pierson withdrew out of hearing
and the two SO long separated talked
together for several minutes, until
Pierson told them that the interview
must end.