The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-31
HELD LIKE PRISONER.
Forced to Tell Chicago Girl He
Could Not Marry.
How the TelItale Photograph
Reached Father.

tragic death of the young nobleman,
were today made known.
| The woman who furnishes the infor-
nation has just returned from abroad.
She is a personal friend of the Roths-
childs and pays frequent visits to their
| palaces. She was in Vienna when
Baron OslZar vainly sought to secure
the consent Of Baron Albert to his
marriage with the beautiful Chicago
girl, and was one of the first to hear
OF his tragic end. She told of the young
baron's hopeless pleadings and the dra-
matte manner in which the elder baron
terminated negotiations when Baron
| Oskar became too insistent.
You may marry the girl if you
cheese" Baron Albert is reported to-
have said, but if you do you are no
sen of mine. I will renounce you to-
the world and not one dollar OF my
| money will you ever get"
| Baron Albert followed this threat with
a command that Baron Oskar proceed
/ to Hamburg in company with two OF
his brothers and notify Mrs. Mem and
her daughter, who were awaiting the
outcome OF the conference, that the en-
gagement must be broken at once.
| With all the dramatic details, she de-
scribed how Baron Oskar, virtually a
prisoner left Vienna. How his two
brothers never left him for a moment,
either during the trip or during his stay
IL f1dnDuTS- 4uGy were pIGSCll W4AC44
| he told Miss Mem of his shattered
hopes and without oven the consolation
of a final farewell. they escorted the
! broken hearted nobleman back to Wen
ia. Baron Oskar. it is said, was nope
ful of securing his fathers consent un-
| til the bitter remuneration came. He
| had parted with Mrs. Mem and his
fancee after travelling with them to
Liverpool Two days after he reached
Vienna he directed them to proceed to
Hamburg, where he said meeting
v ould soon take place.
| From other sources. the movements
of the young couple from the time they
| left Chicago in company with Mrs.
MEM are had. Emma Washington, a
nC gro maid on the Twentieth Century
Limited. who lives at 1866 Calumet aV-
enue, this city, was in the same car.
The statoroom occupied by Mrs. Mem
and her daughter, she says, was bower
Of roses. The young baron and Miss
Mem spent much time together They
displayed the greatest affection for each
other and their lovemaking, according
to the Washington woman and other
passengers, attracted the attention OF
| occupants of the car.
| Added light was today thrown on
! the mission abroad of Julius kessler,
| a Chicago distiller, said to be A per-
sonaI representative of Doctor Mem.
| Oscar Hammerstein, the New York
! impresario, who was in Chicago
week ago, accompanied Mr.. Kessler
| on his trip to New York.
Mr.. Kessler talked freely of his
mission abroad said Mr.. Hammer
stein. He declared that he expected
to meet Baron Albert Rothschild and
| effect a settlement He scoffed at the
! idea of the possibility of duel and I
gathered from his conversation that a
| monetary settlement was referred to-
He also said he hoped TO meet Levy
| Mayer, the Chicago attorney, i'll New
York and induce him to accompany
! him."
] Levy Mayer. who returned to Chi
| cago from the east today, was reluct-
ant to discuss the matter. He declar-
! ed he knew very little concerning it.
Il was in the east when the Mem
! episode broke loose" said he. Mr..
| KessIer saw me in New York last
Saturday morning prior to his de-
parture for Europe on the Lucania.
have not seen any member of he
Mem family since Mr.. Kessler intro
months ago. Other than that I do
not know them. L have never been
retained by them nor acted for
| Them
DR.. Otto Graf. Austrian vice consul.
stated today that Baron Oskar did
| not call at the consulate during his
stay in Chicago. He said he did not
see him and the first he knew of his
| being here was when Ritter Won Quit
| man. son of a wealthy Vienna coal
| baron, remarked that he had seen
him at the Auditorium annex.
| The report that Baron Oskar trav-
! eled incognito while in the city is not
| borne out by the register of the Au-
| dftorium Annex. He registered there
at Baron OSCAR Rothschild, June &,
at Baron Oskar Rothschild, June 6,
The memorial dinner party at the
| Mem home, at which the young
baron met Miss Mem, is said to have
lasted until 4 o'clock in the morning.
| AS an evidence of the baron's COM
plete infatuation, it is said, he com
| posed a poem after reaching his
room, dedicated it to Miss Mem and
sent it to the Mem home by mes
| senger at o'clock the same morn
| ing. Later in the day it is said, an
! incident occurred which probably was
responsible for photographs of Miss
| Mem in stage costume being sent to
! travelling Ompanions into conference
| and declared his intention of marry
| ing Miss Mem.
When they offered vigorous objec
ton. it is said, Baron Oskar de-
| nounced them and refused to have
anything further to do with them.
! When they communicated with Baron
Albert the young nobleman accused
/ them of being spies. 1t is intimated
! that they may have sent the photo |
graphs.
The leading newspaper of Vienna |
the Neue Free Presse-printed
nothing concerning Baron Oskar's |
| tragic death. It announced his return |
| home in poor health and reported his |
death from apoplexy. The article |
memory of the boy, had given two |
| hundred thousand crowns to the poor
| and institutions of Vienna.
Quick Action on Income Tax.
Montgomery, Ala, July 3O.-Both |
| favorably today the national income |
tax amendment.