The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-29
CLAIMS SHE IS A PRINCESS
Upon Jewels Put About Her Waist When a Child, Mrs. Joseph Hold.
obler Relies to Prove She Is Entitled to Big Sum in Eank of England.

cTai times relatives and members of the
great house which had ruled in Raj
putana sought to gain possession of
the little princess n asked the Eng
lish officers to assist them in their
search. The German woman tool the
little girl, then but s years of age, and
fled to Bombay, where Mott Pearl grew
to an age which is considered m
hood in India. With the money derived
from the sale Of Jewels, she was edu-
Gated in the great private schools of
Bombay. There h learned German
and French, and several of the 200 Diff
ferent dialects of India.
The German woma was a high
minded individual. If Anna Holdobler's
description of her can be believed. She
watched the child grow and gave her
But there was a dark day coming for
little Mott Pearl. The same grim, rel
entless hand Of fate pursued her. One
morning h went to the apartment of
Lady Mackrodt only to find her face
turned to marble. The same strange
the father and mother had now taken
the guardian. who had been as a mother
to the little princess.
Mott Pearl was then is years of age.
A tall handsome woman she would
have been considered In India. She
searched the palace for jewels, but
found only a paltry number of cheap
silver and brass h%angings. The gems
had disappeared. 1t was then thai Mott
Pearl resorted for the first time to the
string of pearls sewed through her
flesh and fastened with a gut string to
her abdomen. AS best sac could she
cut a large pearl from her body. un-
dergotng much pain in pressing it out
and taking it from the string which
held it. With this she paid her way to
Hamburg, as the German woman had
told her many times that her mothers
people We're from Hamburg, Germany.
But her visit to Hamburg was UNI
satisfactory. She was unable to con-
vince any n that h had come all
the way from India to secure the pro-
of her mothers family. Fol
three years she contrived to live in the
city, again having occasion to
cut out n of the pearls. which were
now grown more firmly than ever in
her body. She became a governess in
Il German family when she was q
years of age.
1t was there h beheld the rst famil-
lar face h had seen since she left
India. A woman whom she had fire.
quently seen talking to Louise Mack
in the palace at Calcutta stepped
from her carriaga one day and greeted
the governess as Mott. Before think
AAi6s liz SI1Ls WIN III S1lCllH ~ DIS
Anna Leongardt. replied that that was
her name when she lived in India.
The visitor proved to be a German
woman Of noble birth and related to
of the royal families of Ger
She was the first to tell the
girl of the fortune which the English
officers had deposited in the Bank of
England for the heirs of Gujelt-Singh.
AS h stepped back into her carriage,
she promised to go to London with
Mott Pearl and make an effort to secure
fortune. This was in 1893, accord
Ing to Mrs. Holdobler. and a few
months later she sailed for England
with her new friend
w had letters from the German Of
Gals to the officials in London" said
Mrs. Holdohler, but we could not con-
vince the bankers that I was entitled
a pound of the money AT first they
the money o be paid over if
heiress of tine House of Gujelt-
Singh would sign certain papers. We
correspondence passed between
Bank of England and some British
in India. But when the letters
were finally returned to London. we
were Informed that the Identification
could furnish was not sufficient and
that many important facts We're want
Ing. My friend was not discouraged,
promised that the matter would be
taken up by the German consul. We
to Berlin a week later and 1
resumed my duties as governess."
For sever years this woman says she
and watched for some word
would bring her the happy
of a good fortune awaiting her,
but 1T never came. and. in the mean
while, her friend, the noble woman,
had zone to France. Discouraged, she
a gardener, Joseph Holdobler,
to win her heart, n became recon
ciled to his plan to marry and sail for
This was in 1900. and they
to the little city of Wakefield the
spring.
Anna Holdobler had few friends among
the Germans of this city, as She spoke