POSED AS A PRINCE.
YOUNG GERMAN MINER. (Per Press Association— Copyright). .PAHIS, December 27. Posing as Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, a grandson of the ex-Kaiser, travelling incognito as Baron Korff, a 20-year-old miner in the Baltic provinces had' a hectic masquerade, in which he was feted by civic and military authorities and sat in the Royal box at a theatre to see a gala performance in his honour, after which the Mayor and high army officers paid their respects. He accepted the invitations of Count von Nassau and Count von B'luecher to lead a hunting party at Tuengaedd Castle where he occupied the best suite. When lie heard that the father of the real Prince was arriving to join the party, he borrowed, substantial sums and vanished.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 8
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127POSED AS A PRINCE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 8
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