Mystery of a Countess.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7740, 16 February 1905, Page 2

Mystery of a Countess.

PAKIS. Dec. 20. Inquiries recently made by several |of the Paris journals go to show ,that for the laslt four years a weai- ,"*-•>.%' lady of Scottish or.igin, described as tilie Comtcsse de Railway, and possessed of great wealth, has been living in the Motel de Louvre here under the vigilant guardianship of Uo persons called M. and Mine, de I'ully.

I According to the Comic Pali-ice .do Railway, who lives at 1(>, Hue |Daniremont, Paris, the son of the .lady, she is a virtual prisoner, and no (ears- tha't uivlawful pressure is being brought to bear upon her bv her [guardians. The Cpintc declares 'that tor four years h.e has neither seen nrjr had any communication with his mother, and he has' asked the Police Prosecufor to open an inquiry into the affair.

"My mother's persona] fortune is very large," says the Comte in his letter tp this functionary, ■• and in addition the heritage which came to her iromniy grandfather uinounts to more than £240.000."

I It is stated by the journal that , (He Comtesse was stricken with paralysis two years ago, and is now un- | able to leave her room. Two nurses l?,i ,h/ "" e,ulance »'» !"'•• day nnd o1 f ■""" 'V'"" 1 VaH "" s '»«uw "' .entertaining her, including cinemato|h -aph exhibitions on a scree,, lixed iin the room. 'lhcrc is nothing to show that the tlie noble Scottish House of Gallwav | t the extensive domains 0 f his