Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — Maximilian’s Widow. [ARTICLE]

Maximilian’s Widow.

The ex-Einpress of Mexico, widow of Maximilian who was shot by the Mexicans, still survives; but in the sad, white-haired woman of fifty-seven ft is impossible to see any trace of the fair young bride who accompanied her husband so many years ago to his kingdom. The strain of the terrible time when Maximilian was deserted and ruthlessly murdered destroyed the young-Em-press’ reason, and in this pitiable condition she has remained ever since. She still imagines that she is an Empress, and her medical attendants propose, as she is now a little stronger, to take her to Mexico, in the hope that the sight of her old surroundings may have a beneficial effect on her brain.