The sun., 1912-07-04
PRINCE, Tilted IN U.S.,
SHOOTS SELF IN PARIS
Pignatelli, Disappointed by
American Girl, Attempts
to Commit Suicide.
SOUGHT MARY DUKES HAND
Engagement Was Denied at
Time by Hcircss and Family
Another Woman Named.

PARIS, July 3.--Prince Ludovic Pigna-
telli, reputed a distant relation OF the
King OF Spair,. has shot himself az
consequence. 1t is said. OF dlsappoint-
ment In his suit for the hand OF an
American girl.
The attempt at suicide Of the Prince
was made on Monday night, but the IN
cldent was hushed up until to-day. Tnc
bullet missed the Princes heart, but
went through his spine into the mat
tress The doctors say his condition is
grave. lie Is progressing fairly we'll nat
| IL under the constant surveillance OF
nurses.
On calling at his bachelor tlat at ~
| Avenue Eieber tonight the correspond
| ont Of THE SrN was Informed that 'h'
Prince seems TO rcRre, his rash act as
IL he survives he will bc cripple fcr
life because Of the injury TO his spine
| Professors BlrbardiI and BaNeauX
are attending him.
Tho official report of the shooting: az
gi"en ont Ivy the police sa!d that th'
Prince was found unconscious on MS
bed when servant went io awaHcn
him
!, was asserted IA anc,h"r account
however tha, the Irinc''s aitcndant
hearing the first shot had broken into
the room and prevented the younS man
from firing q second lime.
According To report. ihe i'rincc has
been b-oodinE for several months over
III f,t ,vty
The Prince Is we'll known tn man%
I.Nnlericans both IN Paris ord IN Sew
York. where he was at one time &c
ported engaged 10 Mss Mar |" D"Hc.
daughter of BENJAMIN y. DIte a.d
\, ..ess to SEQ pec COO. tn" Prince - IN
his thirty..o;ir,h year anl h.s :Amly IS
also repu;ed wealth..
Tnr Young Prince was twcn.: eight
hen h. toured .\morlca III 1905. HIS
last visit was last winter, "ica lie rae;
N!ss Dukc.
| Their engsSc;, ~ was denied and 1t
was said a DIGESTION OF rrl!sicH pre-
vented ,hc Princes marriage. ii~ /: =
distant cousin Il thr E!ng oe Spain.
i'r.nrc lndov.c pigr,:oli n',ragon
caIcc - this ooun;.'' IN 't:@';7t last not
10 soch an American wife. No .vp,uir"d.
/. bU' 10 shoe, h.C sam" in tic Wc",. lie
ildni so Wes., huwc""r. lie stopped
, at the Rit2-tari,on the greater part Of
, eight months and 'uol> n lively interest
in Sow Yorh's social activities. ii was
frequently said If The p'!n1c. and he
, never denied II. that he was - Spa nish
, grandcc who traced his ancestry back
a to a. -. 1902. IL also never rofuted
the frequently made statement that he
was d.stantly related TO the King oi
Spain. II has been said 81 D'AraGor
that although he really got his title from
the insiSn!ticnnt town Of Aragnna. Sicily
Z Italy ,hls mother was IN Enciisf
womanD. he dropped III" final vowel
. making his name dAragon. after the
former Kingdom Of Aragon in Spain
King Alphonse has among his titles
that Of the King Of Aragon
When the Prince arrived in Americ;
he made II known that hc was once
very anxious to marry Miss Helen HI
- tan. whom he described as a beautiful
New York orphan Of the Prot"stan
lfaith. The Prince said that as he wa
la catholic and as neither would chang
Their faith he was Obliged To give he
up. He also declared that love ana love
only would ever induce him to MARI.
" any woman no matter how wealthy ah
might be. DArngon was considered Il
y be very we'll to do and established
reulte tion az a good spender
- During the spring II was reported tina
D,Aragon was engaged to wed Mis-
~ Mary l.. Duke daughter or Mr. an
I mi nf M
and Durham, y. G. Gossip had 1t tina
- tho Prince returned home sooner tina
hc intended in order to induce the kin
Of Spain to look with favor upon nj
- suit and give royal consent to the mar
- riage. He sailed on March -, MI
=" Duke, however. emphatically denie
= later that any engagement had ever eA
listed between his daughter and tn
Prince. While In this country the Prime
went on a shooting trip with Angie
Duke in Maryland and Virginia and h
- also visited the Dukes In Durham.
D'Aragon had a strenuous time her
He got yaccinated soon after he lande
m on October 2S he was thrown from h
st horse at Hot Springs, Va. and had se'
NJ eral ribs broken. While Mt the Ritz
81 Carlton he purchased an automobile ar
m on January s the machine crashed in'
10 IA tree In Central Park. He was pitche
". out and received many contusions al
IT, abrasions that neccssitated the callin
se off Of many OF his social engagement
In II was said at the Ritz. Carlton la
night that the Prince was one OF II
ly most cheerful young men who ev'
IN stopped there. lie frequently gave dil
l. - 49,
III cafe Martin and Shcrrys.