Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1904 — PRINCESS AND GEMS MISSING [ARTICLE]

PRINCESS AND GEMS MISSING

Louise of Coburg, Daughter of King Said to Have Aguin Eloped. Vienna. Sept. L—A sensation waa created here over the reported disappearance of Princess I.ouise of Coburg, daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, from Elster in Saxony, where she has been taking the waters for a fortnight. Her absence was discovered when it was found that she had escaped by a window from her hotel. It is believed tbe princess lias been abducted by Lieutenant Mattnslch, the former officer of the Austrnln army with whom she eloped some time ago. The escape of the princess was accomplished in a mysterious and romantic manner, ladders and an automobile beinc brought into play to effect her release. Nothing is known beyond the fact that the princess and another guest of the hotel, believed to have been Mattnslch. disappeared, and with them the Jewels of the princess and an automobile.