New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
PRINCE SULK0WSK| HERE
His Uncles and Aunts Born in
This Country.

| uemely stormy passage across the AtIln
tic on board the Kronprinzessin Cecilia
last week and has been staying AZ the
| Hotel Aston, and who, in an interview bas
avowed his wish to secure the hand ~
some fair American. bears a name tbs,
| Is tolerably familiar In this country. Far
his fathers elder brothers, the Princes
Alfred and Alexander Sulkowski. as Well
| as two Of their sisters, were born in the
| United States, at a place called New
Bremen, n. Y. where their father. tina,
Is to say, the grandfather Of Prince Stan.
islas Sulkowski, now here. spent a num-
Der of years. Indeed. during the LAST
decade ] have received numbers of let
tiers from readers, some of them vol
known lawyers, asking for information
about the late Prince Louis Sulkowsl<i.
Duke of Bielitz, who lived at New Brem-
en- from lS49 until 1853
With regard to the reasons which
prompted so enormously rich noble of
such lofty rank as the late Prince Louis
Sulkowsb TO bury himself for number
cf years in the small town OF New
Bremen, y. Y, can only say that his de-
parture from Austria for the United States
followed a shocking tragedy. 1t was ono
of the darkest that ever suIlied the annals
Of an iliustrious family. IL was nothing
more nor less than the murder under the
most atrocious circumstances Of tho
mother of Prince Louis. She was assas-
sinated one March night at the Ftrsten-
hof, now the leading hotel Of the town
of Mylowitz, In Northern Austria, but
formerly the ancestral home of tho Sui
kowskis. 1t was proved that the actual
deed was done by peasants, who were
able to effect their escape to America
but all the evidence went to show, In
the most conclusive manner. that ono Of
the unfortunate woman's near relatives
certainly not Prince Louis-was response
BILE for the crime
It is understood that Prince Louis cams
10 this country partly for change OF
scene and partly in the hope Of being
able to run down his mothers murdersrs.
He left behind him his wife and eldest
boy, the present Prince Joseph Sulkowski.
Duke of Bielitz.
over here he became infatuated with
a German-American woman Of the name
Oh IudTlo 1OulDcIlcp duQ Wllulu q fnCuNl
OF receiving the news Of the death Of
his first wife, born Baroness Anna ven
Dietrich, he married Marie Gomperle,
who presented him not long afterward
with a daughter. followed by another girl,
and by two sons. all born at New Bremen.
Nothing was known abroad OF the exist
ence Of this second wife, and OF his
American born children. until his return
to Europe in 1860, and the editions of the
Almanach de Gotha that appeared during
the previous decade contain 10 mention
OF his remarriage.
On his return to Europe he lived for
a time In Switzerland, where Prince Stan
islas's father was born, at Rorschach, and
after that in his home town Of Bielitz'
where all Of his younger children first
saw the light.
II Is owing to the fact that Marie
Gomperle was of bourgeoise instead OF
noble birth that her grandson, Prince
stanisias sulkowsk, although a lieuten-
ant OF the ID Regiment Of Austrian
Dragons, Is excluded from the enjoy
ment OF that titular office of chamber
lain, which carries with IT the cntree
10 tho Court Of Vienna, and which is
the birthright OF every Austrian NOBLE
who can show an exclusively blue-oiooded
ancestry for four generations back ON
both sides OF the house.
Prince Stanislas is younger son oil
his father. who is himself younger son,
and a half-brother of Prince Joseph. Duke
~ Rielitz. In whose eccentric hands nearly
all OF the great wealth OF the sulko~sAis
is vested. And inasmuch as Prince stah-
,sIas has no fewer than three orotherS'
all dependent on their father. II Is ioie
TO talk Of his great riches or vast estates
On the other hand, It Is within the
bounds of possibility that Prince Stan
tslas's father may ultimately succeed 70
the dukedom of Bielitz and TO the Family
fortunes For the duke 10 without niale
issue and his next heirs are his haii-
brother. Prince Alexander, then the iat-
tors unmarried and only son and name
sake. and after that the father or PTlnee
Stanislas.
Prince Joseph sulkowsh, the present
Duke Of Bielitz, is. to say tho least oou.
and has received q considerable ah0un'
OF public attention In consequence o. MS
.xtravarances of conduct His drst WIS
who was his sisters Soyerness, he mar
r,ed with the avowed intention OF e1aS'
perating his father. He succeeded In tiiis
flial ambition, for on receiving the news
the old gentleman had mt 70 WHICH
he .uccuunbed within few hours. I'M
mediateIy after his fathers death Prince
Joseph discarded the ex-governese' shu
when she obtained divorce from mn
he married one of the bareback ''oe''
OF his private circus, lady OF the hAiho
of Ida Jaeger.
I should mention here that formerly ne
used to travel all over Europe. accom-
panied by his own private circus ana
with a menagerie of wild animals sh
for his private amusement He never
stayed anywhere without hiring the en-
tire hotel for himself. and. needless u
add, not one but several special trans
were invariably needed TO convey MN
and his strangely assorted retinue fTom
place to place.
Before the duke had time to set no
OF his second wife-that Is TO say Oh ~
circus rider-she was clever enough I"
cause him to be declared judicially insane
In Austria and Hungary and to secure
his commitment TO an insane asylum al
the same time obtaining from the courts
a very large allowance for her own nam
ssnance and for that of the daughte'
whom she had borne to him. The duke
after several unsuccessful attempts 10
escape, finally succeeded In getting saleH
AWAY from the asylum. made his WV