Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-01
ASSERTS PRINCESS
I HAS TWO HUSBANDS
Schultz Would Annul Marriage
to "Most Beautiful Nurse
in Europe"

Milwaukee, Dec. IT know that
Victor A. Turin is in New York and
very much alive" Captain Wallace s.
Schutz said to n reporter yesterday.
sI shall not tell how l discovered
TURNS whereabouts, but he is in New
York
4 Captain Schultz. an engineer, who
served with distinction in the war. seeks
an annulment Of his recent marriage to
princess Nadefos Troubetzkoy.
: Captain Schultz alleges that, before
he wed the princess. who was called the
i''most beautiful Red Cross nurse in
Europe" Captain Turin. former off =
Ger in the Russian imperial army, mar
ried her in October. 1917, and they have
never been divorced.
/ "I shall say only that 1t took a
long time to unwind the thread that
lied to Turin" Captain Schultz added to-
day. Events followed fast on each
other after got positive proof that he
is alive. That proof was given me By
a man who knows him well and who
spoke to him in New York. y
"Is a reconciliation possible be-
tween Princess Troubetzkoy and you il
she divorces Captain Turin?"
"I believe I have made it clear that
the affair is at an end. I'm through" {"
declared Captain Schultz, brusquely..
I Bradley Van Brunt, a close friend
of Captain Schutz, said Princess Ma
defos left here two months ago. plan
ming to go to Europe to settle an es-
tate, to put her younger sister to school
and to find relatives. Before she de-
parted she insisted that the statements
made in Washington when she married
CAPTAIN Schultz we're inspired by hatred
and jealousy of the true Russian aris-
tocracy. Then Russians went so far
as to say there never was Princess
Nadefos Troubetzkoy, and that no lady
Of that name served in the Red Cross.
Montreal. Dec. IL married him
because loved him and because he de-
clared / was the center of his am
bitions. Now that illusion is shattered.
His annulment action will not be con =
tested. All life Is a tragedy and, who
knows, l may not be here long. Who
cares?"
With gestures Nnlcn mdtcheu tne
pathos of her words Mrs. Wallace :.
Schultz. formerly Princess Troubetzkoy
of Russia. yesterday discussed her
blighted romance of few months which
eliminated in news from Milwaukee
2 that annulment action had been insti
tuted by Captain Schultz, L. :. A.
( 7 Yesterday. recovering slowly after, q
month suffering from nervous break
down in Royal Victoria Hospital here
she was found seeking quiet and OBJ
scurity at the home of n friend.
"I do not wish publicity" she added
"Regarding my life with Major Schultz
and his action. let him talk. He viii
tell all. Surely l have suffered SUI
fciently.
when the great revolution came 10
Russia / saw my relatives and friend:
massacred because they were aristo
Gratis. | came to the great United
States regarding it as the one place or
/ earth where some measure OF happiness
and useful endeavor awaited me.
became q Red Cross nurse.
Then came Captain Schultz; yes,
met him in Washington. l grew tt
love him. He declared was the cen
ter of all his ambitions. | believed hin
and married him. married a commonel
and now. we'll. you know. His court
action will not be opposed. ! may not
be here long. anyway she sighed anC
tears glistened in her eyes.