New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
THE STOLEN SILVER.
alleged KIeptomaniac Not Princess
Wrede Who Yisited Here.

ne Princess Adolph Of wrede who is charged
.rith keptomania IN connection with the discovery
q a quantity OF silver. stolen from most OF the
leading hotels OF Europe. concealed IN the Castle
AZ Bastow. IN Mecklenburg which her husband had
leased from Count Hahn, Is not the lady or that
name who visited New York on several occa asions.
fhe last time in the role OF cafe chantant dvette
nat her successor in the affections Of the Bavarian
Prince Adolph Wrede. This second Princess Of
T1-rs5e has had q career Of almost extraordinary
n Character as that OF her predecessor. She is a
spanish South American. BY birth AIIIe- Alvear Y
Fseheco and widow OF Argentine OF the name
al Apolinario de BeniteE, and first attracted at
fsrtion in Europe by being cited as correspondent
sn tie unsuccessful divorce suit which the eccen-
,r,e Lady Abby brought against her roue husband
Nine de Benitez travelled all the way from Buenos
arres 10 London to testify in not only that
she was innocent of any wrongdoing with Sir Will
ssra Abdv but that she had never even set eyes
IN him or his wife. who were perfect strangers to
her She explained that the only reason that had
led her 10 take any notice Of the affair was the
persecution 70 which she had been subjected for
several years previously in South America. through
letters from Lady Abby addressed TO herself and
70 her friends containing most slanderous charges
against her. Nine de Benitez subsequently made
the acquaintance Of Prince Adolph Wrede and
after he. by dint Of much litigation. had secured
from the of his native Bavaria the dissoIu
zion Of his marriage 70 the woman who visited this
country under his name he married Nine de
Ben.tsz
The prince. who is somewhat odd. holds the Of
fee Of chamberlain the crazy King Of Bavaria,
ana since his second marriage has divided his
tine equally between his German castle and his
soEn house Of Madrid
The former Princess Adolph Wrede the prima
donna or Observation-Disclosures my readers Ike to call
hers by birth a Viennese. daughter Of small
Ehopkeeper named Maldaner and married about
twenty years ago DR. Dobrinsk of Austrian Po-
land Both were Roman Catholics, but migrat-
ov-1 ho-
came naturalized Muscovite citizens. subse-
cuently they ouarrelled. and the doctor obtained
divorce from the Russian ecclesiastical courts. On
the strength of this the lady, a couple Of years
later contracted at Paris a marriage with the
Bararian Prime Wrede who lived with her only a
short time. and then abandoned her, on the ground
that he had discovered that the ecclesiastical court
Al ST Petersburg had exceeded its powers in grant
ing legal dissolution of the marriage contracted
b two Roman Catholics in Austria before being
nsturaiized IN Russia.
On this plea the prince obtained from the tri-
bunsls Of his country. namely. Bavaria. decree
declaring his marriage with Nine. Dobrinski to be
nul and void. The Bavarian courts took the view
that at the time OF Prince Wrede's marriage the
lady her union with her first husband. DR.. Do
brnski had been legally dissolved, and that in
fact she remains 10 this day, in the eyes Of the
lap- the wife OF the physician. The French courts
declined. however. 10 register this Bavarian de-
Of dissolution and the consequence is that to-
DAY Prince Adolph Wrede is a bigamist in the eyes
Of the French Law. and the Austrian divette is
considered his lawful wife, while the lady Of klepto-
maniac habits IS looked upon as his belle annie
rather than as his wife. Everywhere else in Eu-
rope the songstresss use of the title Of Princess
Adoph Wrede is treated as an unlawful usurpation,
and she herself is looked upon pseudo-noble-
woman and adventures. From all Of which
q Eiu appear that both the one and the other of
The Prinoesses Adolph Wrede are subject to eau
ton