The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-19
PRINCESS, POILED IN
LOVE, KILLS HERSELF
Member Of German Nobility
Forbidden to Wed Ber.
lin Banker.
FATHER ONCE A WAITER
Prince wilhelm Of Saxe.Wei.
mar Eisen mach Worked Here
at Odd Jobs.
FATHER ONCE A WAITEE
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the only daughter OF Prince WtlheIm OF
SAKE weimar- -Eisenach. killed herself with
q revolver In her room In her fathers castle
here last night. The act 10 supposed to have
been caused by melancholia. brought on be-
cause Of the apparentl ly insurmountable OBJ
stacles to her marriage to the man Of her
choice and the hopeless. loveless future
before her..
The Princess. who was Is years Of age.
was in love with the young Baron Hans
Won Bleichroeder. son Of the head Of the
famous banking house Of Berlin. His father
was ennobled for valuable financial services
to the empire and is one OF the most in
nuential financiers In Germany. The story
Of their love has been rumored for some
time and II was said that the young baron
her affection: in fact they were
The romance was shattered. however.
by the opposition on the part Of the family
Of the Princess. There have been vague
rumors OF violent scenes n the family Of
the young woman. The Princess made
fearful. pathetic and hysteric appeals for
permission to marry the man Of her heart.
but her relatives remained immovable.
Grand Duke Opposed Marriage.
The rock in the path of the happiness
Of the Princess Is said to have been the
Grand Duke Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-
the head OF the house. who is
said to have declared his unaltera ble oppO-
sition to the marriage not SO much because
the Baron was beneath the Princess in
rank as because the young MANS father
In jew who has refused to renounce his
creed.
The father Of the Princess. Prince Will
helm. is said to have been won over to her
side. but as he has little means OF his own
and lives on the appanage granted him
by the Grand Duke Ernst his consent to his
marriage TO the baron might
have resulted In his allowance being
II was given out carly this morning that
the Princess had been found dead in her
room and that she had died Of heart dis
ease. Rumors that she had committed
suicide soon bespn to circulate. which.
while no ofiicisi statement was made, we're
confirmed by well informed persons who
are close TO the family.
According to the story told by these
people the Princess babe the family good
night as usual shortly before midnight and
retired to her apartments. A few minute es
later q shot was heard and the Princess
was found dead on the floor Of her room
with pistol in her hand and hole in her
forehead.
Brother n Various scrapes.
A brother Of the Princess. the Count
Won Ostheim, had to leave here and 60 to
London because Of his marriage to an
actress and various scrapes in which he
was involved. He got into the bankruptcy
court In London shortly after his arrival
at the English capital. He gave up his
title Of Prince Hermann OF Saxe-We Weimar-
Eisenach and heir presumptive to the
grand ducal throne. He was attached
to a crack Berlin regiment. but WAS q no.
torious spendthrift and Soon became in
volved In the meshes Of the law. He tried
to retrieve his fortune by a rich alliance
and was q suitor Of Marie Buonaparte.
who afterward married Prince George
Of Greece and who rot her wealth from ths
money her father derived as part owner
Of the gaming tables at Monte Carlo.
After he had been deprived Of all his
honors and bis title and shipped to London
an Italian chorus girl known a. Wanda
Zalters. who had won a prize as beauty
In Milan. He was conspicuous figure
with his wife at the New York Horse Show
OF 1909 His wife afterward got q divorce
from him In the Paris courts.
Her Father Was New York waiter
The career OF the father Of the Princess
n nj
that of his son. On account of troubles a,
home he spent some years In the United
States under an assumed name. He served
In the Foreign Legion Of the Dutch army
In Sumatra. In the United States he earned
his living under the name OF william Rohde
lie worked as riding master. clerk, bool
agent and waiter. but he was overtaken b,
Illness in New York and his relatives brouRh
him home. Then he married the Princes,
Gerta of Ysemburg- Buedingen. His younger
son. Albert. q lieutenant In the Cuiras
siers. Is now the heir presvmptlve TO tn,
Grand Duchy. As the father Is excluded
from the succession because Of his unpopu
larity
Baron Won Bleichroeder had arranged Il
enter the diplomatic service last year snS
arrangements were being made for thi
end when Foreign Minister Kiderlen- w aech
ter died. The Kaiser at that time wa
anxious to get young business men int
the service, but the successor OF DR. Kiderlen
Wsechter apparently did not carry out tn,
latter's plans In regard to Baron vol
Bleiohroeder. - nothing more has beeI
heard of the appointment.
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Young Daroa Visited New York.
Baron Hans Won Bleichroeder was il
New York three years ago studying tn
New York banks. Tho young man. VIII,
was said at that time to be heir to $40. 900.
600, kept his identity secret f1r ten month
to all except his most intimate friends an
spent oil Of his time In studying finance
Four barons and count attended fare
we'll informal dinner In his honor at tn
Hotel Hreevoort before he left for homs
Some one ohahed the Baron with havin
concealed his Identity because Of hia fsa
that some designing American helrea
might ensnare him. He denied this an
added:
Il have visited In Newport. Chicaso an
New York. whore ! met many beautifl
American women. but am returning mo-
to Europe without being engaged. ] lik
American women immensely. In fat
there n only one other place In the worl
where the sirls cen be compared with III
9irls here - regards beauty. charm an
snast apeeasaness ed thas b PasA: