WIDOWED ON HER HONEYMOON

Evening Star, Issue 18034, 31 July 1922, Page 4

WIDOWED ON HER HONEYMOON

PRINCE FALLS DEAD IN BRIDE’S ARMS. The romance of a-young British bride has been brought to a swift and tragic ending by a drama enacted in the wilds of Albania. Held up by a brigand of the mountains, her husband, an Albanian prince, was shot through the head, and fell dead in her arms. The girl to whom this terrible experience came whilst on her honeymoon was the daughter of Lieutenant-colonel and Airs Canch-Kavanagh, of Grimblethorpe Hall, Lincolnshire. Miss Sheilagh do Vesci Canch-Kavanagh, as she was before her marriage, was on the Continent with her parents a little over a year ago, when she met Prince Eadomirko Krytzchka, a ruling prince of Albania. A love match followed, and on February 8 they were married in Vienna. After visiting various Continental resorts during the honeymoon tour, tho couple arrived in Venice, where they wero joined by Mrs Canch-Kavanagh. As the prince had to visit Albania on business, it was suggested that, owing to tho travelling risks in that country, the princess should remain in Venice; but she insisted on accompanying her husband, and so tho honeymoon tour was extended to Albania. The story of that tragic journey through wild, mountainous country is told by tho princess in a letter to her father. The prince and his bride were proceeding in a vehicle to Radomar Castle, which belongs to tho prince’s family, and' were within thirty miles of the end of the journey, when a number .of armed brigands stepped into view and held up the party. The prince sprang up, and was in the act of drawing his revolver, when one of tho brigands, taking deliberate aim, shot him through the head. Tho brigands then collected all tho money and luggage belonging to the prince and princess and vanished. Tho princess caught tho prince in her arms as ho fell back dead, and; with her arms clasped about his body, firmly refused to be parted from him. Thus she remained for six hours until the journey’s end was reached. Messages were sent from the next village to the prince’s brother, but, although the countryside was searched, no trace of the brigands could bo found.

The motive for the crime is believed to be a political one rather than robbery, - An expert yachtsman, the prince had intended coming to England to sail a yacht this summer, and had arranged to arrive in time for the Ascot races.