Tragedy of a Lover
SUICIDE OP BARONESS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 20th. The Daily Express Athcn’s correspondent reveals a tragic love affair of the Baroness von Trapp, known as the “Blonde Venus, ’’ and King Zog of Albania. The Baroness was found to-day with a bullet in her brain on a lonely beach in Plialeron Bay. She left her Viennese husband a year ago and went to live with King Zog at Mirana. Here she met Kernel Bey, marshal at the King’s palace, and .fell in love with him. Zog was furious and issued a regulation forbidding civil servants to marry foreigners, while Kernel Bey was sent to Athens as the Albanian Minister. The Baroness later secretly followed Kemal Bey to Athens, although she told Zog she was going to Corfu. Finally, fearing that she might blast Ivemal Bey’s career, the Baroness committed suicide.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7471, 23 May 1934, Page 9
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