New-York tribune., 1909-12-24
WHITE LADY FOUND
Burial Of Her Body May Lay
Her Ghost.

aNHts wv ~ fnn kTrufurrn1 f'nrfnaus D
Evcf, hody has heard - The White
Lad" Who is said always - rneke her
ghost'y appearance in she ola paiaco a
r~rl'r Whenever Death is ahou, 10 over.,le
. member ~ the relgning house of Prussia
end concerning whose visitation on the eve
~ the demise az Frederick tho Great car
Z, % wrote - Interestingly an his h,stor,. of
ths; monarch Tho White LADY ,s sun
posed O. 10 the spvctrc 90 Countess Acnes
~ Ncrar. whose first husband ,,as CUNT
OrismUuao. aaa whom she murdered. alouy
vii tho two children shc had borne him
because they constituted ga obstacle 10 her
nsrrlagr WITH one ~ tho ancestors % ,be
keissr. "a r. related that. although she sue
crsded ,- cC0ouUlishiug hcr anaiti5n. she
became an object 20 such cNocration by the
people 30 R"riir that on tho death ~ her
second husband she vas Obliged r, nv ear
hsr ufe and ssrk refuge in southern Ger
rlsry. Accnr6ine o. tradition. sh- died I'M
the iitils Bavaran town of Hirrn,elsron.
rct very fsr from Rauberg bu, hcr tomb
has hetn sought in vain ga The churchyard
END iD the church itscf
Recent building operations IN connection
~ the strengthening - the foundations
~ No sncieit church ~ Uinmeik~cn have
's5 t0 T-r discovery. hidden sway teneath
q nNs ~ stones in The vaults of the church
- iecien corn. the remaining marks or
which served 20 indicate that n contained
thf ro5v ~ l1i- of SIC House %
loltnz'Ncr0. this heinz confirmed by -he
fact .hat when The coffin was orrned ana
sxsrn'rsc there were found the skeleton OF
o woman and the remnants ~ sold en-
bro.1creG rohrs. close hy this cofin there
vr-s Two smaller ones. holding The skeIe-
tons ~ children. While there is even. r.s-
Fo-. therefore. t0 believe that the skeleton
a tle hanger coffin Is that ~ tnc White
LA5v' of tle House ~ l.oheuzuucrn. Specu-
lau1E proyaLs os 20 vh@ther the children
.r tre smaller ones vera the Offspring ~
tro c1-utoss's first marriage and who msr
with death 90 her hands. on whether thsv
were f..e issue ~ her union with the prince
b. wed whom she had perpctrated such
f-rit-' crimes. From the location 81 the
cofns q would seem as Z they lad been
t-uef ou one side. without ant ceremony.
Or order to sv at she decision Of the highest
se-.~s.as-i-sl authorities a. 20 whether they
gee tCd 81 Christian burial ana the
r',ss ~ tle church. and had then been for
gotten. Perhaps Il they are non. after an
frrse hundreds II wears. Inferred with the
Blessing - tho church ir consecrated
ground .he ghost cf the white LADY
tts' hsunts the old palace a. Berlin may
h. .ail
't s matter of popular superstition thar
y #rr ghosts wan" u is because their
bodies fo uot iie properly buried. aud only
~ other day Z mentioned In these letters
sls casa of Hutton Hall SIR Frsncis Vaue's
rHesrr7' home tn Cumberland one - the
o. rtuIr-ts ~ vsi,h vas haunted ~ such
d-Erre as fa he rendered uniuhs bitabic.
vee r~isrt1Sen and the brickad-u9 skeI--
t'H 0l a woman discovered. Afte- tho IN
'Frurr- oI the skeleton iu cousecrsteI
s-oaud tbr spcrtrGl aqparitions iu thst
ieTU ceased. ~ the White LADY Is iua'lv
.-5 -o --st wirh the blessing Of the church.
rI-. trs rites which have hitherto boen
deH.rl to her BODY. possibly size too,
r. -ease to haunt the Hohenzollerrs
Hf course. many people scoT ~ the OK
is's.rt ~ ghosts in general. and ~ the
.Tr.re Lsdv- ~ tle lIobenzoIerns in par
trrlar- But tie late Emperor Frederick.
Er most matter ~ fact aud least .msg-
'r--.-e rrir-e of his lt1e. was particularly
Interested in TIE subject. and collected al
tFe ienoe ne could about it. for the pur-
no-s or depositing it in tho archives 81 hts
family Perhaps tho most important test
Dol. .H t1is connection consists 81 the
SWORN statements signed by Prince Ferdi-
hand of Prussia and a number - his fel-
'00 rF-rrs ~ al ~ whom the white
laHr I- declared 20 have appeared A. they
81 together oH tho eve ~ tie princes
issfH a. trc battle - SaaIfeld iu 1Ssi
Moreover. Thomas CARLYLE went % no little
trouble fo procure evidence. when writing
Pho history - Frederick the Great. f1at
f1s WHITE LADY" Lad snpearad - that
f1w0us monarch on the eve of his death.
T.r EHs so ,srIvle relates. was on tho
faaf fn recovery from his Illness. vhon
s1daer.v ono morning ie declares that he
Hsf rerr rro Vhfte clad spectre during tie
night f.rf ris hour had come. and that
v-r useless to usrd of death any
'or--- - 20 refused 20 take any further
medicine or uourishneut. turned his face
rr mo -.sII ana 1foT