STARVES IN HER PALACE.
« PRINCESS'S BROKEN HEART. DIES AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF SECLUSION. A MATTRESS STUFFED WITH GOLD. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrielit (Ecc. May 1, 9.30 p.m.) St. Petersburg, May 1. Princess Sliacavoskoi lias died of starvation at her palace, under extraordinary circumstances. Tho Princess had been living twenty years in seclusion in two rooms, as the result of a love affair. Slie had realised her fortune, and had no dealings with the outside world, refusing to see anyone. A servant was in the habit of placing food for the Princess in one room, while she was hiding in the other. After the unfortunate lady's death the police found stowed in the mattress of her bod.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 2 May 1911, Page 5
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115STARVES IN HER PALACE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 2 May 1911, Page 5
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