The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-02
Pursuit of Louise of SAKE Co
bourg Is Not Likely To Be
Pressed With Vigor.
PRINCE SAID TO BE PLEASED.
Husband Considers She Has Been
Sufficiently Punished for
Misconduct of Seven
Years Ago.

Bad Eistcr, saxony. Sept. Mo trac
| has yet been found OF Princess Louise O
saxe-Cobourg. who escaped early TuesIa,
morning from the hotel whe.e she Va
held under surveillance.
Tho pursuit IS not likely 70 be keen. a
| II e very well understood that the hus
band OF the Princess Is rather pleas.
than otherwise at her escape. because p
thinks she has been sufficiently punished
The sympathies OF tn Belgian c0ur'
have been with her for the same reason. &
being thought that she has been harsh.y
treated.
The Princess. IL now appears. esrapsc
alone from her hote! at o'clock Tuc=las
morning. She was Joined under the IRE,
In the hotel garden by two women and =
man They entered a twO-hOrse carrlag.
which was waiting Outside and Wert
eIiyen swiftly away IN the direction Of
A man named ". Graft. who was stop
ping at the hotel. has not appeared sine.
Monday night IL Is supposed that IL. pro
weed the means fOT the Hight OF the Fr!n.
cess. and that he was an agent Of Leu
tenant Count Matasssich- keg!eyitch WITH
whom she eloped IN 1897. Since Iss sh.
has been held IN q virtual prison by- h.
relatives
ATTENDS THEATER.
The Princess. closely attended by her
physician and a lady OF the court. wen;
10 the theater Monday evening.
She was animated ana seemingly en-
Joyed the music. as she has enjoyed ey-
eryth!-g during the three weeks she had
been permitted to- leave the sec!us!or o:
tie Sstntiorlum Person At C1syig where
really. she was q prisoner Of state Shg
tunes FOR this temperance into che
world. ard She was allowed once more 20
wear the splendid Jewels which were part
Philip OF SaNe-Coburg.
The avidity with which the Princess en-
tered Into the quiet entertainments pro
vide3 Tor her. and the hours she spent at
the windows OF he- apartments. watching
persons on the lawn. and the almost child
ish enthusiasm she showed at carriage
drive through the rather dull streets and
the enviros OF Bad EIsted. made those
who saw her feel compassion for one who
so long had been separated from her orti-
After the theater the Princess aad her
little party had supper In one 81 her
rooms. She said goOd-night at u.1a and
her guardians were not aware Of H. de-
which time she probably was far toward
the Swiss frontier.
Graft arst had room on the third floor
OF the hotel. bur Monday Re moved 10 ore
on the ground floor. with q prirEte en-
trance Into the garden. II Is presumed
that the Princess used this ext. and IL Is
engaged the carriage NJ n local NveTy'
stable. Neither the driver nor the equip
page have returned.
AUTOMOBILE CONFTSES PURSUIT
Beyond the outskirts OF tho town some
OF the occupants OF the carriage were
transferred 10 an automobile and the car
rage continued on its rapid fight. probably
70 confuse possible pursuers- Il u deemed
likely that the Princess was one Of those
taking the automobile. The chauffeur
leading in different directions from the
town. doubtless with the purpose TO create
further doubts as to which road the Prin-
cess really took
An automobns similar to that which
left Bad Elster was traced 10 Hot. forty
miles away.
whether the Princess took the n. m.
train there for Munich OF proceeded IN an
automobile Is undetermined
the effect that she had been seen at
Asch. Bohemia. and that rooms had been
engaged for her IN Paris. are considered
improbable
The disappearance OF tho Princess vas
mos: Ge1terously managed. es she was
under sharp surveillanc. day and night
A Waterman who WAS In the hotel cOrri-
dor at the time the Princess escaped saw
nothing OF her.
A charnbernaii. who has access 20 the
Prlncess's apartments. carried notes reg
uiariy TO the Princess and another person
II was IN this correspondence doubtless
that the plans 70 escape were conveyed
The Princess was 10 have been back 70
the sanitarium in two or three days A
visit from her sister. the Countess Lon
yay. had been promised for September !.