The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-16


monia in February and appeared TO be
unable to regain his health in his own
northern country. He suffered a re-
lapse there when apparently on this
road 10 recovery and II was decided
0hat he should go 20 the Riviera.
In much improved health the King
with hts family reached here on their
way homo. The King was accompanied
by Prinoesscs Thyra and DaCmar and
tho Queen.
The royal suite at the Hamburger Hof
was reserved for them. short time
after the arrival Of tho royal family.
and before the mysterious circum-
stances Of the Kings death became
no,scd abroad 1t was known merely
thst the King had gone out alone for
Q walk. lie was said to have Informed
the immediate members Of his family
Of his intention, and for some time his
absence caused no alarm.
As tho hour grew late and the King.
who had insisted upon going unaccom-
panied failed to return. the Queen and
the rrInCcas,s became disturbed. The
hotel officers we're quietly notified and
A. first employees of the hotel were
sent out in search ~ the missing mon
arch
When he left tho Hamburger Hof he
wore an ordinary sack suit and ap-
peared merely all old man Of moderate
means out for 4 stroll For a man "
this desc riptiCr the hotel men searched.
giving no name. enc by one they re-
ported tn the hotel that they had been
unsu,ct ssful in their quest and 1t was
St.,, ,.i, ,,,,-
that tic Hamburg police authorities
were nc;ined. Several hours were spent
by The cit? a,.'huriticE who called into
action al mcarS in their power
While .ha cniir" machinery of the
police department was heng put into
action, one ui''nher Of the force
casually reported 'hg'. turning into
side street me- the water front, he
had come upon tho rrostrate form VI
an ID man. Thinking this man un-
conscious. the policeman had hurrcily
summoned an ambulance and rushed
him tn the harbor front hospital
There the physicians pronounced the
man dead and said that he had prob
ably teon stricken with an attack Of
heart failure.
~ this time the hospital authorities
did not know the King Of Denmark
was missinS. AS they reported the
case, the body was merely that Of an
unknown old man, and following the
procedure of the hospital the body was
stripped NJ its sack suit
The royal form that had been Fred
erick. King OF Denmark. was picked
Up by tho hands of unhccd!nG morgus
affonHnpta nd I,,l, tel
several other bodies while in the city
the search for the King went on
II was when the policeman made the
report of finding the body of an old
man In side street that the police
got their first clue To the whereabouts
or fate Of the missing King.
Until then, for three hours a. least,
the body Of tho King. drapcd with a
simple sheet that covered 1t as pre-
cisely similar linen covered the other
hodi' was not distinguished from any
Of the others in the moreue attendants
rather callous charge. There were no
court chamberla.ns moving about the
death chamber, no military guard Of
honor. and no one here or in Denmark
set knew that the King was dead
When the police heads learned that
Q man answering in general way the
description Of the missing King had
been picked up and taken to the hos
pital the city officers and members of
the royal suite AZ once FASTENED there
The attendants saw that something un-
usual was afoot as the party entered
The officials in charge drew back the
sheet and the party waited
The representative Of the royal fam
fly took one look and then. bowing his
head. murmured
The King is dead Long live the
King"
The late King had lain for three
hours unknown and unidentified IN the
largest German city adjacent h. his
own Danish kingdom
With all possible haste the authurl-
ties. aided by the hospital officers. had
the body placed in "A sutabl" convey
ance and 1t was removed 10 III" Ham
burger Hof The authorities uf the
hospita! were asked to maintain Silence
as To what had happened. The ban Of
silence was at once placed on the police
department.
At the hotel Il was stated briefly at
the proper time by the hotel manage.
ment that King frcderick ~ DEN
mark. who was occupying the royal
suite a; the Hamburger Hof had died
Later to-day this brief announcement
was supplemented hy Il second tcrsc
hullotin that death had followed a
slight chill II was allowed to become
known that the King had bat recently
been recovering from an attack of