The Washington times., 1920-12-19
: Of Kings, Princes mi Titled
Ruined o. S.at Into E.l.
Hiehest Europsaa A4i,teeraey

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silk ssock.ags and shoss. TNea sans ~
new Dfse Ssyel sowhl she >As4 Ut -
shsR sic rar away WITH RndoiSAL ~
LAT aad wet were placed ca her head ~
then the body YES set IN . chat whRs the
upcles wrapped her pb In her eeslskia
oeAt 60 ,".t.sig,A..
+ OF coarse. /. as.a boas Vim not. at up
str1iEht. because the head xln topple over.
The chisf Of polios thought Of thts, the
Countess LArisch says. and thrust walk
tnS stick down the dead girls bsck and
bound her neck to the stick With hand
ksrchief. -
Tho two men supported their aieces
dead body and drsgssd It out Of the room
ana down tho staircase TO tho Carriage.
She was placed on the back seat and the
usciss sat opposite her. Count stockss
toA the Couatsss LArisca that The toittas
J. threw Mario sssiAst' tAsn ssvsfsl tipSs
ana that the obese, SeAhsct NTH The dsad
--f' BODY during the dreadful journey almost
drove them mad. .....
~ At Last the carriage stopped before the
- estswsy Of An ancient monastery In -
s,s isolated part Of the couatsy. The snonks.
"a WAo had been asked by the count to bszy
e!a.xAe Baroness, came out and lifted her
& seedy out Of the carriage. It was tAsa
Past midnight and the sky was dark and
stormy. 81
!. a. This place was the Ciststcisa Abbey Of
,ss, EsIligepkreux Guards closed the gates Of
ave the monastery and surrounded the group
4 -of buildings. The uncles were led into .
-: little graveyard. The monks carried the
. ueoe4y into an outbuildinE. where an opsa
:, co6ta Of common white wood stood ready.
4s-' There was no shroud IN which to wrap
,r~ths dsad. and the beautiful young body was
n plsoed In the unlined burial chest. Count
:. 6tockau doubled her hat into . pillow and
l. :s>stsd the sleSpsrs head upon It. He then
!. took q gold cross which she wore around
sq4hsr neck and piously placed Il between
M, her fingers. -. t.
an, The monks nailed the lid upon the GOTTA
and carried It out. After the bfiefest pos
!. rssfb,s ceremonial the body WAS dropped
.entD the grave and the earth shovellsd
!. ecger 1t. 's.-. e. -'
a., One Of the most pitiful of the many VIC
no. tins of the crime7stained house Of Haps-
.,0 burg had been laid to rest In q secret.
q .nameless grave. but her spirit was De-
stined to haunt them. tor the memory Of
.. poor Marie Vetsefa's wrongs helped to
,-y bring ruin on the imperial house. p.
,,s I have read . very pathetic document. .
. 3 statement by the Baroness Helehe vstsssa.
y i mother of Baroness Marie, coneerning ths
MI last days OF her daughter. In this the
4. mother makes It clear that the poor little
4, CIR. Was carried away by q romantic love
~, for the Crown Prince. who was much hsf
senior In years and occupied position
,, that would have carried away the senses
80 OF almost any woman In Austria. The
4. mother herself was overswed BY the rank
=, .:o6 the Grown Prince but she argues tha<
,c It was through no neglect Of hers that
10 her daughter met the Prince and that ~
- ,frsausut meetings OF the lovers were only
-, made possible by the activities OF Ger
hap highly placed countess. -
have been privileged to copy this doov'
>re rnsat. TO me the most moving pessSg9S
are those which reveal the loving nature
-, Of chs little girl. scarcely out of the school
" -4he mighty character Of the Crown
.sn Prince. with the winning enchantment Of
,,,,, his appearance. CAST q spell over the
. Baroness Marie before she had been In
trpdpnsd to him." writes the unhappy
"" mother. ....
,nT -IIer one thought was for the Crown
y-a Prince. In writing of him. to her friend,
49,. Hermine, she spoke of him az tho aim and
80. object OF her life, the highest and best on
~ earth. She wrote to her friend that she
could not live without him. that he. was
hsr god, her all. She sent Hermlne .
copy OF one Of the Princes Letters. wherein,
he entreated her to take care that they
were not found out, as he could not live
without her and would be insane II he
could not see her. She considered herself
fortunate to receive these tendeJ letters,
and told her friend that she would gladly
send her one OF these letters, but the
Countess had taken them all away from
hsr saying abe was going to keep them
g., for her, 20 tAss 'A' need not worry shout
them. .. Y
Again Marie wrote her friend that she
, . had received from the Crown Prince an
iron enlargement ring on the inner side OF
which were the letters L L. v. b ]. D. t.
bat she did not know their meaning. IN
~. the next letter however. she he'd again