TRAGEDY IN A CASTLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 157, 24 June 1908, Page 4

TRAGEDY IN A CASTLE.

UiliOXEss KILLS HKii ULSUANI) AM) UKKSKLF. IJerlin, May :!. An amazing murder wa. perpetrated at liuldenburg Ca.tle. near Hiilden, We.tpha.iia. early yesterday morning, when the Itaronc.. Nanda Ruekslobcii killed her hu.hand and then indicted fatal wounds on herself. Both the Damn and Baroness were prominent members of the lliTiunn aristocracy, and were married la<t Novcuiber, the husband being thirty live vear. of age. and the Baroness twcniv live.

The uiarriage appears to have been unhappy from iln- beginning. Karon itiiek-leljen m-gb (led his wife, who wuinclined to be jealous, and frequent quarrels took place which attracted the attentiou of the neighbours.

Baron lJuek.leben remarked on more than one occasion that an unhappy end ing was inevitable. On Friday he drove to the neighbouring village of liulden to visit a friend. Count Romberg. The Baroness desired to accompany her husband, but he re fnsed emphatically and roughly, and addres.ed her rudely in the presence of several servants.

The Biimu then departed alone, am!. after visiting visiting Dublin, returned to the castle about one o'clock yesterday morning. After entering his dressing-room a terrible s«>ne took place with his wiff, during which -he overwhelmed him with reproaches for leaving her at home when |«ying visit-, despite her entreaties to lie allowed to accompany him. The noise of the quarrel between husband and wife di-turbed the sleeping -ervants. a- well a, Baron Rueksleben's cousin, liaron I'o-eck. who was visitin" the ea-tle.

Suddenly tlie noise of angry words wa. followed l>\ five or six revolver shots.

Baron IVrrl. sprang out of bed and ran along the corridor, where in ni"l P-irou Kuek-leden -taggering out of hitlre—ins; room bleedini! profu-elv. Tie latter evlaime.l. -That -he-devil has -let me." and fell unconscious.

Hirmi Poseck -cut a groom for a phy--it-inn who lived in a neighlioring village, but by the time lie arrived— three hour, later I'ar-m Ilueck-lebeii had lit erallv bled to death. Meanwhile liar Iluek-leben hied tw.i -ie.t- at her-elf. inllieting w.uiiids of a fatal character. She remained con-ion- I'm- -cvci.il hour-, and I'i.iro.i I'.-cck u.l- able to a-k In-r question-.

Mlc declared til.. • her life had lien.Hie iii>l»-.ii'.iMc. and that i.'T extreme u'l-li.ii-T-iii- 11 ti.l de.pair caused Inr t , eiimmii tl.i- d.-pcrale a.-t. 'T level him t.-i wcil." -he exclaimed, "unl aloved .nunher woman."

Police investigation -li.ms that huliiinil and wife inii-l have slood face ti face at the tragi- moment. Ilaron I.'tick-iebcii -u-iaineii rour wound—two in the throat, one tlirotiL'li the bod v. and one in th- leg.

A ciiriou- feature ot tin- tracedv is that I'.aron Ru-i-klebeu made his "will only two or thiee davs ago, at which time In- write: -)|t wife i- vetv -Iraiue t.. day. I wonder what -he intend- doingl lam making in will." Tun will, which lease- hi- en! ire fortmi" to hi- brother, an nlliccr in a cra.-k guard- regiment at Pot-dam. indiciie- th- uiitiieinllv relation, which exis'cd bctwen lui-li.ind and wife.