Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-13

ulteS or unwrltten law. Duke Eu
gene of Wnrtemberg, whose widow
Is sister of Queen Alga OF Greece
Is generally understood to have bcel
Killed in 1877 by the husband OF /;
lady OF rank. who, after being tetray
ed. had been so shamefully abuse
by the Duke that she appealed to III,
man whose name she bore for pro
lection. 1t Is added that the lady In
question. when she saw the Duk,
PROSTATE on the ground in dealt
throes, followed the example of thai
Countess Won Platcn. who. ono hun.
urcd and fifty years earlier. had
stamped on the face Of Count Philip
Noenigsmarck when lie was expiring
from the wounds inflicted by assa:-
SINS III the royal palace of Hanover
III emerging from the apartments of
queen Sophia Dorothca of England
The name of the slayer OF Duke Ell.
Gene of Wurtcmberg was a matter of
common gossip. not only at Stuff.
sart. but likewise throughout Europe.
ut the time. But he was never call.
ed to account for any share that he
might have had in tho matter, 1t be.
ing assumed that he had acted In nc
cordance with the dictates OF nm.
written law. which required the do.
fence of his honor. Moreover, tho
FAC; that nc lived happily with his
wife afterward and that neither sur-
fcrcd any loss of social prestige goes
far To confirm the report. according
to which the lady was an unwilling
iictim to the royal Don Juan.
Country House Drama In England.
These ethics hold gool to certain
HNt"nt even in Great Britain Some
Years ago married man who was
given to the unpardouable practice
IF hoasting of his "boDnes fortunes"
and was accustomed to talk lightly
IT women In general. was discovered
by couple of his fellow guests Mt
'ho country house whore he was stay
ing to have betrayed the daughter
of his host, a very pretty girl. only
4 little over seventeen, who had not
"et made her debut and who had no
experience of society Tho men,
ireading the fate in store for her,
made 1t their business to communi.
cate the facts which had come to
their knowledge to her two grown-up
hrothers. On the following day there
was n meet of the hounds. and mt
the close of the day the Don Juan
vas brought home stone dead, the
victim. 1t was said. of n croppcr. which
had broken his neck An inquest was
held the jury comprising the girls
TWO brothers and their fellow guests,
70 whom reference has been made
above. Tho coroner was under deep
obligations to the family and verdict
Df death by fall while out hunting
was returned. But the initiated knew
that the fall In question had hccu
brought about by revolver shot Mt
the base of the brain, fired by one
Of the girls brothers. and In killing
her hetrayer the young fellow was
held by those who knew or suspected
'ha true facts OF the case to have
done his strict duty and to have com.
piled with the requirements OF I'M
written law.
This Is nv no means the only one
of those hunting and shooting acct.
dents resulting fatally and casting
gloom on the days snort which has
constituted an act of Justice. inflicted
Nv some father. brother or husband
determined to avengc the honor of
his womankind and to silence forever
q tongue that might otherwise have
hcen disposed to boast Of its owners
Provinces In connection with the fair
sex. For men who are INSCRIPTIONS
with women, especially those respon-
Sible for the ruin Of young wives and
girls. are usually given
to pirate in public about their "af-
flares du coeur," and to merit that
worst of all names that can be an
nlied To brute. that is to saw, evil
liam Tell."-New York World.