Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-02
Myllus Is Proved to be Liar bv
All the Records and
Testimony.
SENT TO PRISON FOR A YEAR
Admiral's Daughter Never Saw
the Prince but Three Times
Defense Was Based
on Technicalities.

London, FEB, 1.-The report, Oft
repeated, that King George while a
cadet In the royal navy made NOR
ganatio alliance with the daughter OF
Admiral Sir Michael Culme- Seym our
was officially refuted in the highest
court OF England to-day Edward p.
Mylius, the local agent and distribu-
tor OF The Iiberator, a republican pa
per published IN Paris which revived
the tale last November, was tried or
a charge OF seditious libel promptly
convicted and given maximum pen
atty OF IL months imprisonment.
In pronouncins sentence Lord Chtef
Justice Alverstone said that the pun
ishment was Inadequate for ono who
had chosen a weapon for q personal
attack upon His Majesty. from the
use Of which every honorable man
would recoil.
The story OF the now exploded ro-
nance had been current for a long
time, but It became specially irritat-
ing to British sensbiIities following
King Georges accession. AS publish
ed by Editor Edward H. James OF The
Liberator " get forth that during the
lifetime OF the Duke Of Clarence. his
came heir to the throne, the futurs
King visited Malta. where he married
Mary Elizabeth Culme- Seymour, ell
dest daughter of the admiral who
was then stationed at Malta This
was supposed to he in 1890, but the
admiralty records showed that the
King did not hold an appointment on
any ship that visited Malta between
1898
no SUCH MARRIAGE RECORD.
The marriage records OF the island of
Malta were produced to prove that M
| such marriage had been recorded
Admiral Culme- Seymour swore that hh
two daughters never had had an op-
portunty 70 meet HIS Majesty Tho
admlral's three sons gave similar test
mony and finally tho daughter in ques-
| tion. who is now the Wife OF Captain
n. Napier, entered the witness box and
declared that she had seen the King but
three times In her life. on the frs.
occasion she was seven wears old She
saw him again at Portsmouth when ha
called upon her father in 1898. eight
years after the alleged marriage, and
once again at a garden party in 1903,
! on which occasion she did not have
chance to address him.
Mylius offered testimony and did
not examine the crowns witnesses Ha
confined his defense, which he conducted
/ himself, to technicaliti,s asserting that
he could not be legally tried in the
absence OF his accuser. The defendant
vas treated Ay Lord Chief Justice Alyer-
stone witt the greatest consideration
General, who led the prosecution. made
| his closing speech. the prisoner was not
spared. Sir Rufue denounced him as the
circulator of base libel The attorney
general concluded his appeal TO the jury
by saying that it was not the throne
which required defense, but that Ills
Majesty had sought the protection OF the
court as man. husband and father
KING WISHED TO TESTIFY.
TIE proceedings came o a dramatic
close when. after sentenc, had been pro
nounced SIR Rufus read q letter from
King George In which the writer set
forth that only the advice OF the officers
Of the crown that such a course would
he unconstitutional, had prevented hlm
from appearing personally In tho court
room and publicly branding as untrue
the allegation that he had ever entered
into any marriage alliance other than
, that contracted with Queen Mary.
il has boon many years since a pr
soner has been tried IN this country un-
der the statute invoked in the present
case IN olden times the ofrense was
punishable with branding and tho
pilory In to-days trial the government
invited tho freest publicity and tha
court room was crowded with notables.