The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
SUICIDES confession
BAREs. ARM |Y'.sCANDAL
Count, Ruined by Gambling, Re-
veals Regiment Monte
....s:. Carlo: to Kaiser. >'2
Special Gable to The Journal.

Special Cable to The Journal. ".}>.
Munich, Bavaria, Sept S-Oficers
ons the continent 'leadAa gay life, .btt
thef public seldom hear of their gam
bling and hbertine escapades. ~ The cur
tain Aass been lifted however, . OF The
life led I'M secret by many officers Of
"a crack Bavafi regiment: The reve2
lations" have $50 astounding, so
sensational :'th; he, authorities. have
hastily let THE &c :taino down again,
. An American ahA iTess, two royal high
nesses, ;tm any tnoblemen% and wealthy
men Of. Germany, France and Austria,
gambling for high stakes and bacchana-
Ian. orgies. make. up the remarkable,
tale. 1t began, so far as the public
is concerned, with: the suicide. of an
officer and a@count# and ends with the
mprisonmen Mt ands id ismissal from. the
army: Of another officer and count.
The young Count Won 2Preysing was
an officer in the BaVarian Chevealueger
regiment, one of the very expensive
and smart corps of zthe German army.
All It's officers are tnoblemen and scions
Of the aristocratic families Of Bavaria.
Some years ago the5high jinks and high
caused the. :kaiser?s SSdispleasure and the
regiment was ordered to the frontier.
That VIRTUALLY spelled exile., Dieuze,
in Lorraine, was called garrison town,
but when the Cheveaulegers arrived
there it consisted Of big barracks, a
fort and few struggling huts and
houses. It was some miles from rail-
way. and tho midway from Paris,
Munich and Vienna was hidden away
In little hole bysitself on the Ger
man-French frontier.
When the wealthy and lively noble
regiment realized that they would make
an. enforced stay in ,Dieuze for some
years, they began to look about for
some diversion. One built himself a
cosy villa and brought a piquante mis-
tress from Paris to help enjoy it..
Others soon followed his lead and a
dozen luxuriously%.< furnished houses
were soon in existence.
All had charming mistresses Bavar-
lans or Viennese 81. Partisan. Officers
Of these swell regiments would never
dream of taking their wives to the
and clubhouse andza Casino was built
with a grand ballroom and special
rooms for roulette and baccarat and
other games. The officers invited their
friends for few days. stay-other
wealthy men or ,noblemen. from the
various capitals Of Europe. And the
mistresses of the. villas invited their
friends, too--queens of the demi-monde
from Paris, Berlin, Vienna.
St. SO Dleuze was transit ormed from a
sleepy little frontier garrison village
to smart. and gay place, miniature
Monte Carlo and Trouville combined.
And the outside world knew nothing
of it. Is. 5sl-? 4: q
Among the jeunesse Of the CONT.
mental haute societe ct finance Dieuze
was justly celebrated. So it was among
beautiful international women of ques-
tionable reputation. Stories abound Of
the doings Of the gay Lotharios and
Of most frightful orgies, Of balls and
supper parties held regularly and of
the most disgusting description.
But these stories were overshadowed
by those Of gambling. The casino be-
came regular gambling establishment
at which the men and women played
freely at any game for any stakes. The:
officers Of the regiment financed the
club and took the profits, or losses if;
there were any. The. bank was never.
broken. JeWelry, deeds to estates,
mortgages and notes of hand were
taken at the tables as freely as money
Many men are said to have been ruined
there.
I But it is all over now. The regi-
ment will shortly be; transferred. The
scandal has been officially hushed up.