"THE RED COUNT."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1940, 24 December 1913, Page 5

"THE RED COUNT."

SKETCH OF AN ARISTOCRATIC

MURDERER,

DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN HIGH LIFE, By Tolesrapli—rresa AKociation-Copyrisrht Berlin, December 22. Count Mcilczynski in IS9j was a suitor for tho hand of Count I'otccki's beautiful daughter. Ho shot himself in tlio breast becauso tho Count Potocki opposed tho marriage., and never entirely recovered from tho effect of tho wound. Moved by tiio incident, Count Potocki yielded to tho marriage, and tho conplo for soino time lived happily. Two daughters and a son woro born. Subsequently Mcilczynski confided to friends that his wifo was under an undesirable iniluence. Ho subsequently sold his estate and took tho Countess and her family to Dresden. Tho Countess and the son quitted the new homo and stayed with relatives of the husband, whose absorbing passions were politics and landscape painting. He divided his time between tho Reichstag and his studio, living alono. His Berlin residence was a perfect museum of paintings and art objects collected in various countries. Tho wife, who'received from her husband a regular allowance, succeeded in 1912 to her brother's large fortune, also Dakowymokao Castle, tho sceno of tho tragedy. Relatives, fearing she would fall under tho former influences, effected a reconciliation, arid tho Count joined her at Dakowymokao. Tho renewed union was soon clouded. The Countess, then 38 years of age, formed a friendship with twenty-four year-old Count. Mianczynski, whoso mother was her half-sister. The friendship became tho talk of the neighbourhood. THE LADY COMPANION'S STORY. (Roc. December 24, 0.5 a.m.) Berlin, December 23. Tho Countess Meilczynski's lady companion states that tho young Count camo to the castle with tlio purpose of borrowing money from his uuele. Ho knocked at tho countess's door at 3 o'clock in the morning, and asked her to order her motor-car to enable him to leave. She said: "You are drunk —sleep it oft first." Tlio young Count forced his way into tho rooms and at the samo moment lior husband appeared and fired.