The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-26
LEGAL FIGHT FOR
RUSSIAN FORTUNE
When the Case is Shortly
Called, Court Will Hear
Amazing Story.
TALE is A GREWSOME ONE
PossEssoR OF RICHES, A PRINCE
CONFINED AS LUNATiC AND HIS
BEST FRIEND WAS FOUND DEAD
LATER.
TALE is A GREWS0ME ONE

Especial Cable from the Information
News Scrvice.)
st. Petersburg, Feb. 26.-The courts
here will shortly hear an amazing story
in the fight for the fortune of the mil
lionaire Prince Oginsky. the last of his
line. The Prince, who owned consid-
cradle property in st. Petersburg, Will
ma, kovno and Riga, in addition to a
fortune of $J,OOOOOO, was married to
the daughter of Count Potulitzky, a
Russian nobleman.
Two years before his death the
Prince was medically certified to be a
lunatic, and was placed in a foreign
asylum. These steps were taken by
his wife, with whom he lived very I'M
happily, in conjunction with his broth
er-in-law, Count Potulitzky and a
Count Salusky.
During the violent family disputes
which preceded the incarceration of
Prince Oginsky, his best friend and
The general strongly resisted the at
tempt to put Prince Oginsky away and
denounced Princess Oginsky, her
brother Prince Potulitzky and Count
Saluslly as conspiretors against the
Prince
A Mysterious Death.
Almost simultaneously with the in
generation of Prince Oginsky Gen.
VOnlanjarsky was murdered at War
saw under mysterious circumstances
The next act in the drama was let
ter addressed by the unhappy Prince
Oginsky from his lunatic asylum to
the murdered generals nephew, Cap.
tain VOnlanjarsky. Prince Oginsky
wrote that he had previously designa-
ted the murdered general as the heir
to the great part of his possession, and
that this property would now pass to
Captain Vonlanjarsky. the legal heir
to the general
Captain VOnlanjarsky received this
letter but subsequently it was stolen
from him in a most mysterious man
ner.
Captain VOnlanjarsky later received
very urgent letter from Prince Ogin-
sky asking him to Immediately visit
him at his estate in Rotovo, Russia
BY this time Prince Oginsky had been
removed from the lunatic asylum to
his castle of Rotovo. Captain Vonlan.
jarsky Immediately left his house in
st. Petersburg to proceed to Rotovo
but at the station in st. Petersburg he
received a telegram informing him tina:
Prince Oginsky was dead.
Delayed Several Hours.
Nevertheless he started on his jour
ney and at wilma was met by Prince
Oginsky's brOther-in-law. Count Pot
ulitzky, who delayed him theree sever.
al hours. Just as Captain Vonlanjar-
sky was about to continue his journey
to Rotovo news arrived that Prince
lily vault and that his widow would re-
ceive no visitors
Captain Vonlanjarsky then obtained
a copy of the death certificate. The
doctors had certified that the Prince
had died from acute inflammation OF
the intestines. Captain Vonlanjarsky
suggests that the doctors were bribed
to conceal the real cause of death.
A Roman Catholic priest. Fathe.
Dombrowsky. had care of Prince Ogin
sky's last will and testament whereby
he designated Captain Vonlanjarsky
the heir to the greater part of his es
tates and fortune. with codicil desir
ing the captain to assume the now ex
tinct title of Prince Oginsky. Captain
Vonlanjarsky gave the will to the
proper authorities in st. Petersburg
and obtained the permission of the cza,
to use the title of Prince Oginsky.
But Count Salusky has now produced
will whereby he was made heir te
Prince Oginsky. Neither of the wills
contained any provisions for the wild
ow, but Prince Oginsky left other doc
uments denouncing her as the cause
of all the unhappiness. All these mys
FERROUS circumstances will be cleared
up by the approaching trial.