SUICIDE OF A COUNTESS.
A FRIEND OF MUSSOLINI. STRANGE, Sad STORT. A great sensation has been created ii Berlin;, particuafly in high society, by the suicide; in highly dramatic circumstances, of the Countess Gi'briele Sera Manischeddu, a (beautiful woman, 27 years of age. She wa3 a sister of Fran Maria Orska, one of Berlin's best-known and most talented actresses, and at one time, during her stay In Rome, she became a great friend of Massolini's. Tie two sisters were iriseparaMe; indeed, their marriages, it is said. Were 'dissolved beciuse they prevented them being together, especially when Frau Orsla was on tour. ffie nionffis ago Fran Orsta's health broke- down completely; and. the countess took her sister away to Austria and Italy for a. complete rest. They- returned to Berlin, aid gut up at one of tie fashionable hotels fh Tjhter den linden. One evening the countess went out alone to a cabaret. There she met some friends, and went witi them later to a west-end club. Some time after midnight she caused a dfiagreeffite scene there by shouting,. "Long live Mussolini 1"- and strongly "criticising" several Italians who would not join her ii this "tribuie" to the Italian' Premier. There wis a large number of persons in ihe cliib at tie time, including her brother aid her sister's divorced husband, a. wellknown Berlin banker; Herr Hams vbi Bleichioeder." Their protests were.io strong that the countess had to flee from the club. She returned to her hotel at an early hour in tie morning.. ■. As she. always gave orders that she should not be nothing was suspected for some time, when Frai Orska, who had been out most of the day, returned to the ho'tei and was surprised to flnd her sister's fpdii still locked.
She had the door forced open,, and. was horrified to see her sister hanging by a rajjaii cord to the window fastener.
Fran Orska, who was to reappear shortly on-tie Berlin stage, foroke down completely
when she- realised what had ha-ppened to her sister. . _ .
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 96, 24 April 1926, Page 23
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