SOCIETY BEAUTY'S DEATH
OFFSPRING OF ROYALTY. ] London, November 15. i It is believed that Mrs. Alma Steane, ] the society beauty who committed suicide in her flat after tho Victory ball, j Vas the offspring of the ex-Crown Prince ] Rudolf and Mario Kercera, who both committed suicide in 1899. Tho Empress Elizabeth look charge of the oriilmn, ( who, on the assassination of the Em- | press, was taken to America, the Em- | IMi'or Francis Josef providing her with ii fortune.—Renter. WIDELY DISCUSSED MYSTERY. (Rec. November 18, 5.5 p.m.) , London, November 15. ] Tho mystery surrounding Mrs. Steane , is being widely discussed. She some- , times supported her claim to be a (laugh- . tor of Prince Rudolf bv asserting that , her son, by her first marriage, was the j heir to the Hapsburg throne. It is stat- , cd that her features and general temperament bore a striking likeness to ffie Hapsburg princesses. The deceased's ape , was etated at tho inciuest to be twentynine. This, if true, makes her royal parentage unlikely, but her son's ago is thirteen, and it is believed that her ago »was wrongly given. "The Coroner found that she commit- ( ted suicide while suffering: from impul- i EJve insanity.—United Service. I
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 47, 19 November 1919, Page 7
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199SOCIETY BEAUTY'S DEATH Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 47, 19 November 1919, Page 7
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