WANTED TO DIE.
DEATH OR DISHONOUR Supposed Hapsburg Prince Takes Own Life. FINANCED BOMB THROWERS. (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received 11 a.m.) BERLIN, September 19. Police are investigating the disappearance of a mysterious stranger who is rumoured to be a princc of the House of Hapsburg. The man hired a boat on Lake Koenigsee and vanished, leaving an unsigned letter stating that he had unknowingly financed bomb-throwers and preferred death to dishonour. He requested that if his body was found it would not be placed in the family vault, as his crowned ancestors would turn in their graves if they were j lying next to a Socialist. He asked to be buried on the shores of his beloved [Lake Koenigsee.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 223, 20 September 1929, Page 7
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120WANTED TO DIE. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 223, 20 September 1929, Page 7
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