New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
FOIL "BAR0NES" CH|VALRY
Champions Cause Of princess
Into UnsympathetiC Court.
HOTEL WANTED BOARD BILL
Manager Resented His Demands
for Apology in Her Behalf
and Threw Him Out.


jefferson Market Court was the scene Of
a royal trial yesterday when Russian
baron" defended the GOOD name of az Aus
! trian princess against the alleged insults
of = hotel manager. In the morning Baron
Maxine de sheyder Shetland appeared
and asked Magistrate OConnor for a writ.
a warrant. o summons or whatever you
call Il" for one Horace +. Mckee. manager
| Of the Hotel Marlton, at No. West Sth
street for insulting Her Grace the Priu-
cess Alma Vetzera. granddaughter of En-
peror Franz Joseph Of Austria and daUgh-
ter Of Archduke Rudolph and Marie.
guest at the hotel under her married name
of Mrs. Alma Hayne. Magistrate OCon-
nor issued summons which the Baron
carefully folded and inserted in wallet,
and departed in haste for the hotel Two
hours later the royal procession, consist
ing Of the Baron" little Prince Rudolph
and the Princess. entered the court
room At a respectful distance Nc
Kee followed and marched slowly down
the broad centre aisle TO tho inclosurc be-
fore the Magistrate.
| Mrs. Hayne." the Baron" began. ad-
| dressing Magistrate O'Connor. who has
| bfeIi y quest ~ lHc 1iptfl MalIlpU on ana
off for three years long before this mana
ger came there, has been owing a small
! bill of go for week or so, and yesterday
she came TO me, her friend. crying. and
/ said that the manager Of the hotel had
bitterly insulted her She said that when
| he came TO ask her 10 settle the bill which
she was going TO pay anyway. he told her
/ that she was having too many men callers,
| casting p beastly and dastardly insinuation
/ on her good name. ] told her that would
go to the manager and pay tho bill and
then would demand an apology.
I Harsh Words for Manager
! II went to the hotel and asked this man
| II he was the manager, and when he said
| he was / said to him that he had grossly
! insulted a helpless woman and child. and
/ 7 asked him three times for an apology.
! lie did not answer me, and then I said TO
him, 4 call you a coward and a dirty
| beast
! AT that he jumped AT mo and assaulted
me sayagely, but not as a gentleman
would do 7 went 20 him as one gentleman
! 20 another and demanded an apology for
his insult 60 a lady. and instead Of listen
ing 10 my request with respect and either
apologzlng or giving me the name Of his
| second that might arrange the matter
rs any true gentleman would do ne acted
| the part OF "A ruftisn and grabbed mo by
the throat and shook and chokcd mo. and
then threw me out Of his hotel. Such a.
beast never did see"
/ Mrs. Hayne said she had always paid her
/ bills at the hotel and had never had had
any trouble there until Mckee came about
three weeks ago. y lot Of reporters mad
been coming TO the hotel she said 10 in
qure into an action for divorce that had
been started against her husband. an
American.
The defendant then said Mrs Uavne had
owed bill for $50 FOR some time and
when he asked her 10 settle her account she
took the bill and said she would attend 10 il
when she got ready
did YOU say Anything about her gentle
men callers asked Magistrate O'Connor.
II merely said there were So many re-
(. porters coming to SOC her that it was grow
ing 70 be a nuisance," replied Mckee
I Magistrate OConnor decided there was
no cause for criminal action. since the
/ "baron" refused tn make complaint
against Mckee on his own account. saving
! that it was not for him. but for the princess
/ that he came to court and suggested that
redress he sought IN the civil courts
The baron" handed q beautifully engraved
I card 10 Magistrate O'Connor. which bore
/ this inscription. Maxine s shottland. sx-
elusive financial editor for the United States
! Of America and Canada to The French press
/ lover 100000 readers daily 1s. Rue
! Halevy (Operai, Paris"
! His New York address is AZ the Iroauois
Hotel in West 44th street between Fifth
and sixth avenues
/ Baroness Vetzera Left No Issue.
/ The Baroness Marie Votzera died At
/ Meyerling IN 1859 and left NJ child born OF
I her infatuation FOR the only son Of the En-
peror and Empress of Austria The woman
who appeared in court yesterday Is the wife
Of George Osborne llayue who brought suit
for divorce early in the summer. naming
! Justin McDougald. the young son Of \. W
McDoueald. = Montreal banker
McDougald was placed In St Benoits
Asylum al Tongue Pointc by his father
while on his way here with the announced
intention of marrying Mrs. Hayne. She
| brought an action against McDougald's
father in IN Intellectual attempt TO obtain
The young mans freedom on q writ OF
habeas corpus, and later. it was said, insti-
fatod his friends TO plan a rescue by force.
Ii was then reported that his father had
| become reconcilcd 90 their relations. and
had offered 10 help Mrs. IIaync 10 obtain
divorce
/ In July The name of Justin McDougald
appeared as correspondent in Papers served
on Mrs HAYNES attorneys IN this city. bus
/ iho suit was never prosecuted. and thc de-
| tentiou If tho ycunc man I'm Chicago in
/ spired The offended husband to take steps
toward reconciliation shortly after Doc
issued statement confessne that II be-
had done his duty toward his wife. as she
had done hers not only toward him. but 10
every one with whom she came in coutaci.
many persons would have escaped needless
misery
I'VE have each decided The statement
ran. 80 earn our Own living. az / believe
every woman has p right "a give expression
I 90 what is ia her"
REGARDING Mrs. Hoyncs birth ho ,sid
/ 10 believed hor To- truct llapyhUrc o.
! 'he-r n, lm Wa m1biur o." attempt ip
prov, bri th, staDadeuGbtor of tIo ln-