Arizona republican., 1906-12-20

a thing could not have happened. 70:
scores of persons yesterday recognized
the body as that OF man whom they
had seen about the streets here for the
last two months. De Raglan had be.
come quite well known to many people
in town outside OF the hotel, where
she died.
Tanner said that he first knew d.
Raglan thirteen years ago. They were
in Chicago during the Columbian Ex-
position and for two years thereafter
Another young man occupied bachelor
apartments with them and it was un
derstood that De Raglan was in som,
way connected with the Russian con-
sulate. De Raglan had all the habit.
of a man. He went about town. drank
whiskey, smoked cigars and frequented
the society of women.
On one occasion he accompanied thu
Russian vice consul to New York and
brought back with him a Polish wo-
man with whom he lived for some tim
and who was supposed to be his mis-
| tress. Their relations were broken W
after about two years and IL was I'M
| derstood that De Raglan had spent q
1
Then he married a concert singer In
St. Louis. He had formed her acquaint-
ance during the Chicago fair and then
relations had occasioned some remark
At the time of their marriage there
was a small child which it was under
stood was that OF his wife by former
husband but Tanner says that De
Raglan told him II was his child.
There was a general understanding
then that De Raglan was an assumed
name and that the real name was Mic
! OLAF Constantineovitch. There was an
impression that De Raglan was of no
bic birth. Concerning the story that
De Raglan had been in the Spanish
American war, Tanner says that is an
error: at the outbreak OF the war he
and De Raglan went TO a recruiting
station TO enlist. He was accepted and
served through the war. but the slight
appearance of De Raglan was against
him and he was rejected without ex-
animation.
Before he had seen any OF the eff
fects of De Raglan. Tanner described
several Of them, among them a curious
watch and the Greek cross with the
name ''Nicolai" inscribed on it. ard
which had been found on the neck Of
the dead mystery.
Regarding the letter from President
Mckinley, Tanner said that he could
tell the story OF that DeRaylan had
Joined a marching organization in Chi
cago and that organization was the
escort of the president on his last visit
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fell, and the rider was severely iniur-
ed. The president ordered his car
rage stopped and inquired solicitously
as to the extent OF the riders injuries.
On his return to his hotel he wrote De
Raglan a letter OF regret and sympa-
thy. AS to the Spanish war medals il
the possession OF De Raglan. Mr.. Tan
ner says he knows nothing.
The Associated Press sent out the
following from Chicago yesterday
morning in relation TO the Phoenix
mystery:
De Raglan was a clerk in the
consulate said Baron Schlippenbach.
the Russian consul in Chicago. He
was in the employ Of the Russian gov
eminent in Chicago for twelve years
He recently left the office in i'll health
and went to Arizona. have not heard
much of him since do not know much
OF his antecedents. Whether he is Of
noble birth or not l do not know II
any mystery is attached to his identity
/ cannot solve it"
out Of what has developed there is
reason TO believe that De Raglan told
the truth about everything but one and
that was her sex. The slight variations
between what she said and what are
now known facts are easily recon-
cilable. A clerkship in the consulate
would not have been unnaturally mag
nified while the story was passing
through two or three hands. So might
also her part in the Spanish war. That
she received a letter from President
Mckinley has been established though
ii has been shown to be a letter OF
sympathy and not of commentator
and thanks for military services It
is quite probable that someone to
whom the facts had been related mis-
understood and exaggerated them.
De Reyland had said that her father
was Russian admiral. No prominent
Russian officer OF the name of De
Raglan appears in the Russian naval
list within the last century. but there
was a more or less distinguished naval
officer. Constantine Nicolayevitch who
commanded the Black sea fleet In the
middle OF the last century. He was a
younger grand duke. son of Nicolas.
Tanner in his testimony says that
there was an understanding that De
Raylan's proper name was Nicolai
Constantineovitch. that is Nicolas
''the son Of Constantine" The feminine
form which might have been substitute
ed by De Raglan would have
been Constantinovna. There is
therefore an interesting possibility that
the dead woman was a morganatic or
an illegitimate daughter of one of the
RomanOffs. Why she might have
chosen TO hide her sex is no more of
problem than why any other woman
might have chosen to do the same
thing. These left handed children of
nobility have no standing In royalty
or nobility. They have the advantage
though of being provided for by their
noble or royal fathers.
DR.. Rowe was able TO add nothing
yesterday to what was already known.
He said though that there was n mis-
understanding as TO the beginning OF
his relations with De Raglan. He did
not know him in Chicago but he mot
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