Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15
Inside History Of Servian
Prince 5 Latest Escapade

! to understand this when one re,nem-
beers that Belgrade, the servian capt.
tai, stands on one bank OF the Danube
and Iimony, the Austrian frontier town
on the other. People llaveano difficulty
in passing from one side to the other as
many times asday as they wish. as the
boats run frequently between the two
points. Austrian and German Journal
lists always go over to Zimony to tele-
| graph their news.
The gentlemen Of the. princes house,
hold declare that the valet was one
OF Austria's most active spies who had
\ for months past carried wild stories OF
his masters doings to the other side of
/ the Danube. Fora long time the prince
| had great confidence in the man Who
had served him for years. Once. how
| ever q letter he wrote was not ans
| wered and his suspicious We're aroused.
I Some time passed though before he
| could confirm his doubts.
AT last the prince wrote n letter to
! an official in Budapest. sealed it and
| giving 1T to his valet set one of his
officers to watch him. The valet, In
| stead of going, to the postofI1ce with the
| letter, walked about the town for some
time, and strnlling down to the quay,
| got into q Zimony boat The officer
| followed On arriving at Zimony the
valet, walked quickly up to a private
house, was admitted like we'll known
hahitue, and after some time. left it,
taking the boat home.
KICKED HIM DOWNSTAIRS.
From the moment the valet left the
princes lodging till the time lie re-
entered it he did not so to the post
office, Unfortunately the officer could
not find the prince at once and this
gave the paper which published the
story chance to say that the man
posted the letter when he. came back to
Zimony where he had visited a friend.
When the prince heard the officers
story he flew into a terrible rage and,
sending for the valet. cried.
Where did you post my letter2'
I'm the pcstofiice, your highness.,'
You lie!'' cried the prince you
have not been near the postofiice: you
have been to zinony You're a. spy
and I'll make you suffer for it."
Thcreupon he kicked and struck the
man. who. rs they We're near the
staircase, fell backwards and down
stairs.
All who saw the incident are unanl-
nous in saying that the prince struck
only once and Immediately retired to
a nearby room, banging the door after
him The valet the doctors say had |
been suffering from hernia for some
time The prince, his enemies affirm. |
knew this because he had paid for the |
mans treatment. The kick. or blow /
and the fall downstairs combined to
aggravatc the malady to such an ex-
tent that the man had to be taken to
the hospital Where, though an operation |
vas performed, he died some five or six
days later.
Before lie died, however. he signed
n statement saying that he did not post
the letter: that the prince, in striking
MN, threw him down by accident. be-
cause lie had just got to the top OF the
stairs when the alteration began, and
he was killed by aggravation OF the
hernia caused by the fall. He denied
that the prince struck him more than
once Or followed him downstairs He
refused to say what he had been doing
in Iimony, but declared he loss the
letter. Fills statement was Wit
messed by the five doctors who attend
ed him.
REACTION SETS IN.
At the time, rshody listened to this
explanation. But since then Their. has
oeen reaction in the princes favor,
The people In Servia are very angry !
nat war has been ayertad, and as the
Prince was for war, say he is the only !
FOOD man about the court The minis
ers and the king are abused right and
eft Why did the reg;cides stain their
ands TN blood to put such an unworthy |