The Sun. — 1870-05-16 (London, England)

ASSASSINATION OF A PRINCE.  The further details of the tragedy which has just occurred at St.' Petersburg throw little light on the mysterious murder of Prince Louis of Arenberg though it appears to be now believed that the; t was the motive of the murder, several articles of jewellery belonging to the Prince being missing. It will be remembered that the Prince, who was military attache to the Austrian Legation, was found murdered in his bed. He had two servants, a valet de chambre and a groom, who had both been with him for several years. The groom, on the night of the murder had gone out on leave to assist at a diplomatic entertainment. The house in which the Prince resided, occupying the grond floor of it, has two entrances, one of which leads to the yard and stables, the other opening on the street. The night porter opened this, the Prince's servants the other. On Friday, May 6, the Prince told his valet to call him at half-past seven. On Saturday morning the groom, returning from the party about five o'clock in the morning, knocked at the door opening on the yard, but could get no answer. He then went round to the other door, and was let in by the porter. The groom went to bed undisturbed, and at halfpast seven the valet went in to call his master. He was much astonished at the confusion prevailing in the room, and as he did not see the Prince in the bed, which was turned upside down, he was frightened, left the room hastily, and called the groom and the porter, with whom he returned to his master's bed. Then they found the Prince's corpse under the pillow cases and blankets ; life had been extinct some hours ; the body was tied to the bed by the ropes torn down from the blinds ; the legs were firmly tied with a shirt twisted and knouted ; the mouth and the nose were covered with a neckerchief tied tightly over them. Subsequently it was discovered that the neckerchief had belonged to one of the murderers. Count Chotek, the Austro-Hungarian Minister, was sent for at once ; the chief of the police was already in the Prince's bed-room. From the information received, it seems that the Prince of Arenberg returned home at half-past two, coming from the Yacht Club. According to his custom, and to prevent his servants from waiting up for him, he had let himself in by the door opening on the yard, which he shut after him. He did not usually lock the door of his apartment, nor the door of his bedroom. It seems also that when his valet went to bed he did not lock the entrance of the corridor leading to a door opening on the yard. Therefore, access to the victim's bedroom was easy. The state of the body led to the supposition that the crime had been perpetrated about half-past three in the morning. Either the Prince was in his first sleep, or reading a newspaper found near his bed. Nevertheless, from the state of the room, it is evident that a serious struggle took place. The lamp was thrown down, and the contents of a matchbox were on the carpet. It is very likely that the Prince was thrown upon his bed, where he was gagged and strangled. A Moujik, Gouri Chickshow, has been arrested on serious suspicion. He cannot explain how he spent the night from Friday to Saturday, and rouble notes, with blood-spots on them, were found on him. Prince Louis of Arenberg was the son of Prince Pierre, of Arenberg, and of Princess Talleyrand de Perigord. He was born in 1837 and he was a twin-brother of the Prince Au_gustus. He was major in the Austrian regiment of Hussars, and Chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria. His eldest sister, Princess Mary, is married to Count Charles de Merode. The Prince, at the time of the murder, was intending to make an excursion into the Caucasus with Colonel Blanc, the English military agent. He had already taken leave of his friends for that purpose.  A man named Friney has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Mr. Shields. The crime is supposed not to have been agrarian.  A