The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22
SUICIDE CAUSED BY
FINANCIAL REVERSES

western Hemisphere in tho capacity
OF vaudeville artistic. aud music hal
divottc.
Prince Adolf. on the strength or thr
dissolution OF his marriage by III,
Bavarian courts. thcrcupon contracted
a second marriage. wiih a spanish
South American whose maiden nam,
WAS Carmen de Alvcar y Pachego, unC
who MAS the widow OF .Apollnarlu dc
Benitez, OF Bucnos Ayres This seconc
princess Nrcdo mas had career of al.
most As peculiar character as that OF
her predecessor. she tirst attracted at
! teniion In Europe by being cited as CO
respondent In tho unsuccessful law.
su!t brought against the late Sir VIII
liam Abdy by his eccentric first wife
Nine dc Benitez Travelled all the way
from Buenos Ayres TO London 10 tost,-
fy In court, not only that she was II
moccn, OF any wrongdoins with Sir
william Abby, who WAS a cripple. but
| that she had never oven set eyes on
him or his wife. who were perfect
strangers 10 her She explained In
court that the sole reason that had led
her 10 takc any notice OF the affair
was tho persecution 10 which rha mad
been subjected for several years nrc
Niously In south America. through le;
ters from Lady Abby. addressed TO ncr
and 10 her friends, containing the most
slandcrous charges against her Nine
de Benitaz subsequently married Prince
Adolf Won Wrcdc, and settled down
The attractions OF Spain pal!ed az
ter time ON the prince and princess.
and accordingly they rented tho cs-
tate Of Basedow IN Mecklenburg
Schwerin, from Count Frederick Hahn
There 1t developed that the Spanish
american Princess Adolf Wrede was Il
kleptomaniac, and through the revens.
OF a discharged servant. q descent OF
the police took place upon the chateau.
wherc silver, brio a-brac and linen
stolen from most of tho leading hotel,
In Europe were found concealed In
trunks belonging to tho princess. who.
believe. is a the present moment IN
Il sanatoriur. having been aosolved OF
any criminal intent For she is pos.
sessed of a considerable fortune OF her
own. amounting TO some $4,000 a year.
The late Prince Nicholas Wrede. gen
eral OF cavalry o! the Austrian army
and at one time p Cabinet minister u
that empire. who died last year. was
likewise engaged in legal proceedings
by his illesitlma;e haif-bro.her, tine
we'll known ballad singer. who used, to
appear under tho name OF "Petrak." Of
having dcfrauded the latter OF the he
quest of Their Gather. Prince Joseph
Wrede.
The Wredes are an anciont family.
settled In Bavaria. but hall originally
from Westphaiia, and in addition 10
being barons OF the Holy Roman En-
plre. nre French counts. by creation OF
Napoleon ]. In 1909; and BaYarlan
"Fursts" or princes. In recognition OF
the. gallant attempt Of the Bavariau
field marshal, Count Charles do Wreds
10 block the road OF Napoleon 10
France. at lIanau. after the battle OF
Leipsic, IN 1914
Beaumont College. at Old windsor.
which Is just now celebrating tho
golden jubilee of Its foundation, may
be described hs the Roman Catholic
counterpart OF the nearly Anglican
College of Elton, and the list ui its
alumni contains quito as many we'll
known names as that of Eton. Among
them arc Don Jaime. of Bourbon. tie
Carlist LeEitimlst prctender to the
throne Of Spain, tho 1nfanta EulaIie's
two sons. Prince Fernando and Prince
Alfonso OF Bourbon. the Spanish Dukes
OF Alba and Santono, Cardinal Merr"
del Val, now Secretary of Stnte 20
Pope Plus ". Lord Granard master az
the horse to King George. Lord Bel
lew. Lord Emily. Lord Pctre. the sons
Of Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood. and
of Lord Chief Justice Russell OF JSulo-
ween. The building was once tho
homo of Warren Hastings and che
teaching 10 entirely in tho hands Of the
Jesuit Fathers. ono Of tho principe
members of the faculty being Father
Fitzjames. who In n direct descendant
from that natural son of James II, OF
England. and of tho great Duke Of
Marlboromgh's fascinating sister.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
n ComlanY.l ~.