MISSING COUNTESS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 389, 14 March 1908, Page 4

MISSING COUNTESS.

Suicide on Anniversary of Her Father’s Death. Vienna, January 16. Another act in a long drawnout tragidy which has overtaken one of the most distinguished aristocratic families in Austria is brought to light by the following police notice, published in Vienna to-day : “Countess Felicia Mazuchelli, nineteen years of age, brown hair, blue eyes, black jacket, black _ fur collar. Missing from home since January 10th. Believed to have committed suicide.’’ The young Countess is the daughter and granddaughter of distinguished military men, and is remarkable for her personal beauty. Her father committed suicide owing to domestic troubles setae years ago on January 1 ith, aud it is believed that she has taken her life on the anniversay of his death. After her father’s death her mother married Captain Von Carina, an Austrian officer, who four years ago Was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment for selling military secrets to a Foreign Power. Extravagance in household expenses was alleged to be the cause of his crime. The young Countess’s brother was forced to leave the army and relatives avoided the family, who fell into the direst poverty. The Countess Felicia declared last Friday that she could bear the shame no longer. She left home, having in her possession a bottle of morphia. The police believe that she took the poison somewhere on the outskirts of the city, aud that her body will be found when the snow melts.