The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-11
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40 such things now-perhaps because
they are much more strictly looked az
ter. But even tn these modern times
prfnces Of the blood royal have taken
the lives OF their fellow men.
1t Is always an accident, OF course ;
at least, so the official Journals say. IL
they say anything at all.
Only the other day an aged Servian
peasant received an official notice that
his son, a private In the Servian army.
was dead. and that the body was being
sent home for burial.
Nothing was said as to the cause OF
death. and when the coffin arrived the
old mar insisted on having 1t opened.
On the lid being removed. the soldiers
family were amazed to find a bullet
wound In the body. Suspicious of foul
play were aroused. Inquiries were
made. and at last the truth was drag
ved from b reluctant officials.
An officer, they said, had been prac-
tieing with his revolver. and. seeing the
loldier with 4 cigarette In his mouth.
he had bet that he could knock the to-
oaeco ash from the Tip OF the cigarette.
he raised his revolver. nred-and miss
ed.
who was the oficer-the man who
murdered my sony' the old man asked.
They tried TO put him of with all
sorts OF explanations, but at last he
forced them to answer his question.
"It was His Hlghpess the Crown
Prince"
Last July a hunting party. which In
Guided the Emperor Of Austria. went to
shoot at Mitten welssenbaeh, near
lschl. In a surprisingly short time
they returned TO ischl. one OF the party
having been injured
An inspired communication was
later sent TO the press 10 the eject that
Baron Krieghammer. Minister OF War ]
for the Austro-H Hungarian Empire. had /
fallen while shooting apd injured him +.
self. .
The Baron. who was an old man OF Z
IS, fingered for sopsS 4ime in great az !
my. but ten lays after the accident he !
lied !
The public accepted the official ac- d
cunt OF the affair and promptly forgot Il
it. Some weeks aftegward the a
beganfto alter through from court v
ircles, and without It actually becom-
ng public property the real story Of a
bat fatal hunting expedition was whts- i
cred cautiously about In vienna. q
The true facts were simply that. a
bout a quarter Of an hour after the a
arty had started, the Elnper6r's grand. Il
Dn, Prince George OF Bavaria. fred d
first shot. hitting Baron Erlegham- W
Ter In the thigh. The minister fell to
ground with a groan. Francis Jo-
sph, who rushed 10 his assistance,
'und him lying In a pool Or blood. er
The unfortunate minister wis carried be
lex to IschI. where attempts were II
AIDE to remove the bullet. The OH vi
al version OF the accident WIS only Pc
sued when It was seen that the gar- th
is case was hopeless. and that ret5v- &C
> vas impossible. III
II a motorist who runs down ami 50
lis any one may be classed rs a MUIR a
reF. then at the present momen n 81.
sits ON a European throne.
While travelling Ia his motor car a. DO
rnersdorf the King OF Saxony ran alv
a farmer named Starcke. The W'
IN was killed almost Instantly. King tni
ederick, who was one or the prinei- ief
Is In the most unpleasant royal scan re
Of recent years. was urged to grant feu
ne sort Of compensation to the dead ple
ms family. With truly regal mag na'
Icence His Majesty generously oner- !
them k60l ane
The final tragedy Of Ludwig II. OF ors
has never been satisfactorily e"i
and as both the chief actors :
dead il must ever remain a his -"
Ical mystery. %
the affair happened In thIs ~,
r: Ludwig had been pronounced 49,
4 lie was deposed and taken By - ,
Won Gudden, a specialist in insan- ~,
to the Castle Of Berg on the Lake o.
Starnberg. =,
evening the King and the doctor "a ,
{ out walking t0gether-and they con,
er came back. SIR,
ome hours later their bodies were gree
i'd floating In the lake. No one over
VS. how they came there. inspired the
municationsv said that Ludwig bad but
wn himself into the lake. and that ticin
Won Gudden had lost his life In not
ng to rescue him. skull
ut how, then, can one explain the
on Won Gudden's face and the
se, as though from the blow OF a A
The King must have hated him, stors
{ wa he who, with diaboiical tact teIep
less, told him bluntly that he was He
ID
rrible things were whispered. The he a
most widely believed was that ment
Wig had drowned his companion, him.
then, I'm a frenzy OF madness, X
red into the Iake-Pearson's Week your
clerk
Tn
No Wonder. that