The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-01-27
VANDERBILT WITH
NEGRO BLOOD HAS
BULGE on PRINCE
Declares W. d. Vanderbilt Was
His Father, and Talks Easily
Of Relatives"

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London, Jan. 26.-Fred Vanderbilt,
who In November obtained acceptances,
a%ggregatinC 81, 625, 600 from Prince,
FranS Josef, Of Brazanxa, but who has
since returned. 4sa6, 600 Of these to the
prince. has told In an interview of his.
most limits in an effort to get thef|
money from the prince or This rich raj.
atives." The rich relatives limited al
are undoubtedly h Emepror Of Aus.
tria and the royal family, who, 1t ID
thought. would be willing to pay al
most anything to prevent a scandal In.
volving Prince Franz Josef, who Is the
emperor's godson.
Vanderbilt declared that his claim TO-
the name 10 absolutely valid and that
he is q member of the famous New
York Vanderbilt family. He said he
was most In touch with William K.
Vanderbilt and the Duchess Of Mari.
borough.
Vanderbilt lie a tall, good looking
cording to his own statement, 4S Year,
old. Although he looks somewhat like
q negro, he declared that there wa,
not . dropyof negro blood in his veins.
MED that he had ever done anrse SE
wrong in his life.
Explains Brasanza Affair.
Regarding the Braganza affair, VAN
derbilt said that he first met Prince
Franz Josef in Paris las April. They
became very friendly, with the result
that Vanderbilt visited the prince in
his castle near Vienna.
Vanderbilt gave dinners and lunch
cons In Vienna to the prince and his
friends. This led to the discussion Of
business between them, resulting in the
prince accepting bills aggregating ST.!
$4,000 drawn by Vanderbilt. This isl
va%nderbilt's version OF the transaction
,"On November "a last, after previous
Prince Franz Josef Braganxa, who was
then at Schloss-S iebenstein, in Austria.
three hours railroad journey from VI
emma, to meet H. T. Dunn, my business
manager, at the Hotel Esplanade, in,
Berlin. On the following day William
King, chairman Of the Emerald Mines,
Limited, arrived in Berlin from London,
with the emeralds and all the neces-
sary papers and proofs for carrying
through business. On the morning Of
November 26 we were invited into the
prince. private sitting room.
ION h previous afternoon the prince
had introduced Count Arco, attache at
the foreign Office in Berlin, who resides
at the Esplanade, to myself and Dunn.
On he morning OF the 25th we went
into the princes sitting o accompa-
MED by King. 1t vas suggested that
the prince said he was quite satisfied to
do business at the hotel in ARGOS pres
ence.
Prince lnspsets Gems.
king thereupon infinitely and care
fully went into the question Of the en-
eralds, which are purified by a secret
process from the natural product.
NJ ssVUN ahnvDnA Tho r~AnNA ~hoA@~~n-A ~.
Of the mines and an analysis OF the
stones by Pendlebury, q widely known
English expert. The prince picked up
the stones h~aphazard. examined them
through . dichroscope. and both he ana,
Arco Immediately admitted they saw
that is impossible Of imitation in emer-
aids.
Having expressed himself as salts
fled with the emeralds, which were par
ticularly pointed out to him as being
purified emeralds, the prince then dis
cussed q matter Of business between
himself and King.
Prince Considers Copper Mine.
1T was for the sale Of co. 900 shares In
q copper mine situated in the north Of
England. for which King was willing
TO accept the princes bills. The prince
examined the matter thoroughly and
s~earchingly questioned King, go that
the latter afterwards asserted that the
prince was no fool. The prince then
threw up both hands and said: I am
satisfied. Where are the bills?'
Blank bills drawn by himself and
accepted by the prince. and witnessed
by Arco. amounting in all to S1,625. 600.
were filled up. signed and handed over
to me.
"As the emerald deal amounted to
36ss,000 he handed the remaining 81
100000 in hills to King. which repre-,
scented the purchase price to be paid
him for h $4,000 copper. shares. In
exchange I handed to the prince 1000
emeralds. which were valued at $780,
wv. The remaining $125.0OO was a bill
winch l was to try to negotiate for the
prince. -.
Later the prince asked me If 1 would
take charge of the emeralds and try
to resell them for him at his peril,
which ! undertook to do. giving him a
receipt for the stones and the bills.
The whole transaction occupied about
four houre.
Prince Rspudiatss Deal,
THE night previous 1 had dined within
the prince and afterwards played
bridge with him and Count Arco. at the
princes request, The next day the
prince had lunch with me. He kept
Tour stones u of the parcel, which he
took with him when he returned to
AA0 SAME evening. j returned
to London. and q few days afterwards
the Prince wrote me to say he had seen
his solicitor, Doctor Krenn, Of Vienna,
and had. with his permission, submitted
the Q stones to three different ex-
pgIts IN Vienna. who are stated to have
alleged that the stones were .colored
crystal or something Of that sort,
HE therefore asked me, as he said
ne trusted me absolutely. to return the
bills relating to the emeralds which I
immediately did through my solicitor.
The remaining bills. amounting to 81
100000 paid for copper shares are still
n U possession and we have no in
tention5 OF giving them up.
A ! returned the bills for the emer-
aids to the prince the stones again be-
came my property. and since then 1
ave been offered by a London jeweler
Of $4,000.
Presumably owing to the fact that
the prince found his financial position