El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
NEW LIGHT ON
AUSTRIAN CRIME
Countess Writes a Book De
failing Incidents Leading
to Royal Killings.

Gays, when all Europe is immersed IN
the nlackest tragedy, attention nalulS -
" Is turned on the actors playing lue
principal roles in the great war drama
IN this connection II is interesting 10
note some new facts about the sorrow
1ul history Of the house OF hapsouI =
the family Of the i'll starred emperor
Francis Joseph, Of Austria hungary y
contained in book published inns
week, The Secret Of an Empress, by
countess Zenardi LandL
The empress referred TO Is the en-
press Elisabeth. Of Austria, who was
assassinated by an anarchist at Geneva
We are told of the empress Jnal,
when she would have been surrounded
by her children with her care ana IN
terest, they were torn away from her'
one to be made wretched and Ilnaliy ue-
stroyed, the others to be reduced 20
mediOcrity. At last finding now she
had been deceived. in her hopes ABOUT
her fourth born child, Marie n acre,
she resolved for once that she Woul le.
have her own way. and that, at any
rate, one Of her family shouid De as
she wished them all to be-
The mote" of the empress Elizabeth.
OF Austria, was certainly romantic ana
the, tribute TO this is the store OF
tra4edy which came to her, for even
romance and tragedy go together nal
kind of woman was She wherein lay
her charm and beauty
Mother, while appreeiauns ner nat
means OF heightening it. Even her halr,
which was famous for its beauty was
arranged very plainly without aIJen-
ton to the fashion Of the day me
French word soignee conveys better
than any other the impression when
she gave to the behOlders- Her chieI
vanity. I should say, was the desire TO
be individual. Just herself unlike any
body else and in this she succeeded
New Version Of Ludwig's Death.
We get from. countess Zenardf Landi
a new version Of the death Of the mad,
or soCalled mad. king Ludwig OF Ba-
varia- II is to the effect that he was
trying to escape from his Keepers ana
was drowned by accident "A spectator
of what happened-sudenly saw a man,
whom he recognized as DR.. Won Gudden,
Jump from ont Of some bushes and run
towards the king the latter sprang into
the boat, but. though he had time to
unfasten the rope which secured It TO
the shore, the doctor was upon him al
once
"A violent struggle ensued, the boat
swayed more and more. and finally
It capsized and threw them both into
the water. The keeper said that ne
thought they both succeeded In swim
ming clear, but that the darkness pre-
vented him from seeing more me
king IS deadr shrieked my mother and
Tragedy of Crown Prince.
Now we come TO the tragedy OF the
crown prince Rudolf and thu beautiful
baroness Marie Netsera- Countess
Iandf saws of the crown prince-and
always she saws what she heard from
the empress-that-
by temperament he was very serl-
Gus, and the consequence was Ihal
cheerfulnes sWith him often showed
itself in a noisy gaiety; for II IS nard
for natures like his 10 preserve their
hal Ia fr OH stances ElLL MS
auusements were not ClssOlu-e ones
An imperial prince, however readllE
incurs suspicious OF this kind
"RudOlfs chief amusement was 10
drive out with his favorite coachman-
Bratfisch. to the suburbs, and there 70
pay a visit to some small inn here ne
would stay until late at night over ms
Z Heurigen, that is TO say. wine OF the
current year-listening TO the singing
OF popular songs or talking win tne
, ordinary people sitting about him
These night excursions OF his were
Z not merely an idle device for kllilns
| time. They were prompted oy the m
stinct of the inquirer. the spirit OF
Haroun-el-Baschid. spirit, py lle
way. which also showed itself In Lud-
wig ]. Of Bavaria
The crown prince wrote TO the pope
asking for the annUlment Of his mar
~iape SO that he might marry Marie
Vetsara. He got no answer Out the
papl nuncio at Vienna told the en-
peror, who summoned the crown prince
TO his presence, and there was pad
scene.
Trying to still it the nuncio said II
was not worth while to quarrel with
his family for the sake Of some woman
AT these cOOly uttered words tsl-
dolf turned deadly pale With an IN
natural calmness he strobe up TO the
priest. halted in front Of him so close
that their faces almost touched, ana
emphasizing each separate word, ne
gasped out: Whom do yOL mean
Your imperial highness knows very
well Of whom we are speaking
Then shouted Rudolf, VIII you
dare repeat that again.
Why not. I repeat only what the
I birds on the hoUsetOps are chipping 10
I one another. that the crown prince, for
Z the sake Of some worthless person -
The nunciO got no further, for two
resounding boxes on the ear from the
: crown prince put an end to his speech,