PRINCE RUDOLPH.
Vienna, February 6. Immense crowds visited the body of Archduke Rudolph as it lay in state, The crush was tremendous and numerous accidents occurred. One person was killed and twenty others injured. Au undated letter of Prince Rudolph’s has been found which shows that he meditated suicide. Notwithstanding this, however, another rumour has been published to the effect that ho was shot by a gamekeeper, who bad discovered a liasou of the prince with his wife. The assassin is said to have escaped through a window and committed suicide. Brussels, February 6. A local paper states that the bodies of Prince Rudolph and the young Bohemian Baroness wore found side by side, from which the inference is drawn that the prince first shot hia companion and then himself, both having resolved to die rather than endure the shame of exposure.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1851, 9 February 1889, Page 3
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142PRINCE RUDOLPH. Temuka Leader, Issue 1851, 9 February 1889, Page 3
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