THE DEATH OF COUNT BATTHYANY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 30, 3 January 1884, Page 3

THE DEATH OF COUNT BATTHYANY.

Y The duel in which Count Stephen. Batthyany * lost his life had its origin in extraordinary circumstances. It took place on October 22 ? at Temesvar, in Hungary, the Count’s adversary being Dr. Julius Bosenberg. The follow - 3 ing particulars are given by the Lkutnehc ' «?/</:—“ Count Batthyany, one of the ‘ leading lights of fashion ’ of the Hungarian ’ capital, was married last week in Wiesbaden . | to Miss Ilona Schosberger de Fornya, the beau- | tiful daughter of a wealthy banker in Buda | Pesth. Fiaulien Schosberger became the bride of the young count most unwillingly. Last ' 1 year she had met Dr. Julius Bosenberg, a | rising solicitor, at Pesth. He fell in love with ’ I her, and his feelings were fully reciprocated. , | The parents seemed inclined to favour the grow- ' i ing intimacy till Count Batthyany made his : appearance, proposed to the young lady, and . • was accepted by her parents. She, however, ’ ’ declared that she would marry no one but Dr. ; J Rosen beig, whereupon her parents took her ' i to Marienbad, where Count Batthyany, a few I hours after their arrival, also made his appearance. Que morning Fraulein Sdiosberger went out very early for a walk, and returned home Frau Bosenberg, Her lover had arranged with her to meet in the neighboring town of Eger, and there they were married according to the Jewish rite. The young lady not being of age, and certain legal formalities having been neglected, Herr Schosberger declared the marriage null and void, departed at once with his family from Marienbad, and kept his whereabouts a secret. Dr. Bosenberg, however, obtained information as to where his wife was hidden, and appeared on the scene—a Paris hotel—to demand her. He was greeted by a revolver pointed at his chest, and retired. The Schosbergers left Paris immediately after this episode, and Dr. Rosenberg again tried to find out where they were, but in vain. The next information he received was the advertisement of a ‘ fashionable marriage ’ in one of the society papers, dated from Wiesbaden, Oct, 16, containing the names of Count Stephen Batthyany and Ilona, daughter of Herr Schosberger de Fornya. Dr. Bosenberg brought an action against the father of the lady he calls his wife, and at the same time sent his seconds to Count Batthyany, whose honeymoon has come to an abrupt end by the bullet of the man whose happiness he had destroyed.”