The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-22
Daughter Of the Notorious Late King
Of Belgium Has More Debts
Than Anything
Else.
ACCUSED OF sw1NDL1NG
Berlin Lawyer Claims That She Work.
ed Him Out Of Several Dollars
in Horse
Trade.


[By Karl H. Won wiegand, Berlin
correspondent of the United Press.l
BERLIN. Sept. 22.--Alleged to be
owing more than $4.0o0.t00 debts, nat
broke, chased by swarm Of bad debt
collectors from France, Belgium. Ger
many and Austria, who are "shooed
away by a flourish of the mantle OF
royal birth when they approach too
near her royal highness with their
sticky hands, Princess Luise OF SAKE
Coburg, is awaiting the death Of Char
lotte. the pathetic and tragic ex-queen
OF Mexico. to bring her financial re-
lief
DR. Walter Tnhoff, Berlin lawyer,
has filed charges and asks for the ar
rest OF the princess on the ground
that he was done" to the tune OF
s25o.o00 by the princess The courts
in Vienna. where she is making her
home, have thrown out Inhoff's COM
plant and refuse to order the arrest
OF royal princess on such a COM
mon charge as swindling.
Princess Luise is a daughter Of
Leopold, late king of Belgium, famous
for the atrocities in his CONGO coun-
try in central Africa anc for his love
OF women. Luise was born in Bel
GUM, married and divorced in Ger
many and by choice lives in Austria.
She has the bad debt collectors guess
ing. 1t is difficult enough at best to
collect from royalty unwilling or I'M
able to pay, but when creditors have
to vault or break through the legal
fences and traditional privileges in
three countries that hedge in and pro-
tect royalty, 1t is well nigh hopeless.
uise Is said to have the largest az
gregation and choicest collection OF
hills and debts Of any princess in the
world.
Princess Luise has had stormy
career Like Luise Of Toscana, the
runaway crown princess OF Saxony,
who but for her escapades would now
be queen instead Of the divorced wife
OF music teacher. Luise Of Belgium
managed to get good deal Of excite
ment out of life. Owing to Leopold's
notorious fancy for women. Luise's
home was not much Of home even
i II 1t was palace. She married Prince
Phillip OF saxe-Coburg Germany, at
the age Of II. She did not find a home
then. After turbulent married life
OF twenty-one years. which included
confinement in an insane asylum for
time, she made her escape, and was
divorced In 1906 Her sister. Princess
stephanie was the wife of Crown
Prince Rudolph ct Austria. who killed
his mistress and then shot himself or
vic. versa. in 1889 Stephanie mar
lied Count Lonyay year later.
/ Since her escape from the insane
asylum and making her home in
! Vienna. Luise's principal occupation
seems to have been the making OF
debts and her chief excitement the
shooing away of creditors. When
Leopold died she began action in Bel
GUM for share OF his immense for
tune. OF which he did not leave her
as much as shea kings daughter
felt she ought to have.
DR.. Inhoff. the Berlin lawyer who Is
seeking to have her arrested alleges
that the princess took advantage OF
his % years. when he met her. He
had lust inherited large estate from
his father. In selline the horses. he
met the princess The latter offered
him a draft for the price OF four
horses. F1attere0 by the attention OF
princess he accepted day or two
later. he alleges the princess came
and touched" him for loan Of 81
ZOO. declaring she needed the money
for the upkeep Of the horses. lnhoff
declares that 1t was not until long