The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-27
VANDERBILT WITH
NEGRO BLOOD HAS
BULGE ON PRINCE
Declares w. n. Vanderbilt Was
His Father, and Talks Easily
Of Relatives"

Franz Josef, of Braganza, but who has
since returned 1925 5000 OF these to the
prince, has told In an interview OF his
intention to push the matter to the ut
money from the prince or This rich rel-
atives.' The rich relatives limited at
are undoubtedly the Emepror OF Aus.
tria and tl,e royal family, who, 1t Is,
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 Is absolutely valid and that,
he is a member Of the famous Newl
York Vanderbilt family. He said he,
was most In touch with William X.
Vanderbilt and the Duchess OF Marl-i
borough. i
Vanderbilt is a tall, good looking
mar of copper colored skin, and, ac-,
cording to his own statement, 4S years
old. Although he looks somewhat likei
a negro, he declared that there was
With much vehemence Vanderbilt de-,
MED that he had ever done anything
wrong in his life.
Explains Braganza Affair.
Regarding the Braganza affair, Van,
derbilt said that he first met Princel
Franz josef in Paris last April. They
became very friendly, with the results
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his castle neal Vienna.
Vanderbilt gave dinners and lunch,
cons in Vienna to the prince and hist
friends. This led to the discussion of,
business between them, resulting in the
prince accepting bills ~aggregating ST.,
625, 900 drawn by Vanderbilt. This is,
Vanderbilt's version Of the transaction,
"On November % last, after previous.
negotiations, 1t was arranged with
Prince Franz josef Braganza, who was,
then at Schloss-Siebenstein, in Austria,
three hours railroad journey from VI;
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 h neces-!
sary papers and proofs for ~carryinga
November rs we Were invited into the
princes private sitting room.
"On the previous afternoon the prince
had introduced Count Arco, attache at
the foreign Office in Berlin, who resides
at the Esplanade, to myself and Dunn.
into the princes sitting o accompa-
MED by King. It was suggested that
the deal be closed at the consulate, but
the prince said he was quite satisfied to
do business at the hotel in ARGOS pres
ence.
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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.
we showed the prince photographs
Of the mines and an analysis Of the
stones by P%endlebury. a widely known
English expert. The prince picked up
the tones faphazard, examined them
through a dichroscope, and both he and
Arco Immediately admitted they saw
dichroscum perfectly, which is &, thing
that is impossible of imitation in emer-
aids.
Having expressed himself as salts
fed with the emeralds. which were par
ticularly pointed out to him as being
purified emeralds, the prince then dis
cussed a matter Of business between
himself and King.
Prince Considers Copper Mine.
"It was fer the sale of 10000 shares in
England, for which King was willing
to accept the princes bills. The prince
examined the matter thoroughly and
searchingly questioned King, so 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 5 1,625, 900,
We're filled UP, signed and handed over
to me.
LAS the emerald deal amounted to
$4,000 he handed the remaining ST.
100000 in Ellis to King, which repre-
sented the purchase price to be paid
him for the so 1000 copper shares. In
exchange I handed to the prince 1,60O
emeralds, which We're valued at $780,
OGO. This remaining s125, 900 was a bill
which I was to try to negotiate for the
prince.
Later the prince asked me If I would
take charge of the emeralds and try
to resell them for him at his peril,
which I undertook to do, giving him a
receipt for the stones and the bills.
The whole transaction occupied about
four hours.
Prince Repudiates Deal.
The night previous 1 had dined with
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
-four stones out Of the parcel, which he
took with him when he returned to
Austria that same evening. I returned
to London, II n 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 four stones to three different ex-
perts in Vienna, who are stated to have
diieSeu that the stones were 'COlOreu
crystal or something of that sort
He therefore asked me. as he said
he trusted me absolutely, to return the
bills relating to the emeralds. which
Immediately did through my solicitor.
The remaining bills, amounting to ST.
DOC, DOC paid for copper shares are still
In our possession and we have no in
%tention of giving them up.
A I returned the bills for the emer-
aids to the prince the stones again be-
came my property, and since Their |
have been offered by a London jeweler
for one stone of these stones the sum
OF $4,000.
Presumably owing to the fact that
the prince found his financial position
revealed. and after I had returned him
$685. 900 worth of bills, he requested the
return of the remainder of the bills for
the copper shares, which / naturally
refused to do"
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STREET RAILWAY MERGER