The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-31
MODERN B0RGIA
Poisoned Perfume Found in This
High TILED
RAsCAL'5 BOUQUET.

Prince TschiEiudro, oi Montenegro
Poisoned Women Guests While He
Entertained Them and Then
Robbed Them of Their
Valuable Jewels.
| In Paris q criminal has just review.
ed the methods which have made Lu-
crezIs Borgia's name infsmously i'm
mortal IL history and Synonymous
with ingenious and Wholesale poison.
leg. The modern Lucrszis Borgis is
q prince. He bears tee title and nsne
CT Primes Tschilin6ro OF Montenegro.
Tue P;incs las just been arrested at
the Grand Eotel il Paris On charge
of sttenpotce to stesl costly dia-
noad tiara from rich American Wo.
man, whose name Is withheld by the
Partisan pciioa, according to their Gus
tom, but who Is sai6 to be Mrs. An
Mabel Gardiner, OF Chicago.
Ee wss calling On Mrs. Gardiner,
having sccsptsd sn Invitation to din.
ner. A vatter entered unexpectedly
srd found him stopping over the wo
ns1, wnows unconscious. The Prince
yas III the yssv &C. Of removing q
splen5id diamond TIARA from her head.
In her hand, which was
dropping iato her lap. soe held mag
Z: :fccnt bouquet ot ShiEe flowers,
which the Prince had evidently pre-
sspted 20 5a1. Vne waiter, man OF
couesgs sod determination, inmedi.
stely summoned heip and although
the Pcicce pecenpto1ily ordered him
to leave the loom, he refused to bs
o7erawed.
Wien the pol:es arrived one Of them
took up the bouquet from Mrs. Gsrdi.
ner's lap to sgs mi.le it, and iDlmed'
istely bacsne dizzy, staggered, and
then fell unconscious. The bouqus5
sss carried away TO the police station
ca sae end Of q pole and the Prince
vas locked up. 1t vas many hours
bstcre Mrs. Gardiner recovered con.
sciousnsss, AID then she stated thst
after the Prince handed her the bou-
uuea she lifted 1t up to smell it and
found t5at il had very strange but
fascinating odor. Immediately after
wsrd she felt terrioly faint and then
she lost Consciousness.
II the Princes rooms the pclics
found 3 lafgs aunber OF small VislS
soatsir!ng liquids, aud also reto-ts,
test. subes, e pestile and mortar, G
glass fsce- mask, and 8 considerable
quantity of other chsn:csl apparatus.
A;l th;s, together With the mysterious
5ououst, Is noR IN the hands Of scisn
5tfc expartz. employed by the police.
They have nos yet announced their
conclusions, hut il is understood ttst
tAsy have found many varieties OF op-
tiates, 6 large quantity OF pEussic acid
anG several Chemicals, Ct which they
capnoS tell the nature, among the
Prinoe's belongings. They are satisfied
ahat hs is g poIsoner Of remarkable
skill and knowlsage. Apparently he
vas sble tc concoot yolstile poisons,
which would be mistaken for perfumes
waen innalsd. he could compound
them SO that sney would produce
death or merely unconsciousness.
TAay ma6e another moss ex5raord;-
nary discovery among lis possessions.
They found lsree collscsion OF pho
tsgrsphs OF women whose scqua!n-
tsncs he had enjoyed, among them
being mauY Americans, rich, hand
some and sell known II Amsrican snd
cosmopolitan society. One OF these
Photographs was eVidsasty that OF
Mrs. Ba!sey Corwia, the handsome
foung wonar whose alleged loss OF a
oismond stomachsr by theft at the
house CT cne OF her friends in New
York excited the greet metropolis for
several weeks. She Is nov staying In
Paris ana it will surprise no one that
!, she should hsve been among the
, Princes v!ctins.
The police bsgsn thorough inves
I t!gstioa of the Princes past and found
: mat for more than year be had beer
rohbiug Hoael by means Of bis In
gscicus po:scns. BE ffequenssd ths
PRINCIPAL Summer saG Winter resort!
: i ot FrcEcs, where there Is always
+ greas gathering Of wealthy cosmop5li
). sans. he always took g fire suite o.
j. roohs ST the principal hotel. He hst
9 3 very imposing appearance, tail
straight, sith thick tlack hair, WAKE:
: musfsche and impsrisl and sn ala
i hsster complexion. There was a goo'
!. deal OF the grand seigasur about hin
e aith dasa OF the bsrbsrous noun
9 taineer.
e he hsbiGuslly sought tie acquain
= teEcs of women poSsesstng fine jewel
ana the msj7ri5y CT his victims wer
Americans, who were fascinated b.
the ides Of receiving attentions fron
q q Prizes. He ofersd his victim
e bouquet Ct p3isonad flowers, and Will
, she vas unconscious, robbed her Q
= Der Jewels. TIE police were only abl
. to copi What had occurred L
% ihe najoriay CT instance. The wome
lad complaiasd 10 hotel keepers O
the loss OF their jsTels, but usual
. xhsy wers 1oT cb7!cus reasons disi1
y cltaed to ra;sts she exact circonslauc
S. which hao saaended their loss. The
ID lid ucs liks 80 adni6 that they ha
!, :osa consciousness in the society OF
fascinating foEsiga Pcincs. The infe'
5 ance, at sec noiidest you'd hava bes
:. thst they had been intoxicated. WIS
,: oaey reported 5hstt lvss they ala nc
. want the police called in, and there
j fore the nattsc was dropped there.
As tbs Prizes Is q man Of maui.
age, IL is probable shat he has caErie
a. !. csrcer OF crime fer yesrs. IL
SIS M. Hka1v Shst rosp Of his iDgeul1t