“A CROWN LUNATIC”
EX-KAISER’S LIBEL SUIT MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF NAVAL OFFICER RECALLED. EDITOR FINED. Bv Telegraph.-Press Assn.-Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, December 18. s-eusa t 'onni evidence was produced in "the" case before the Dortmund Court at the hearing of the ex-Kaiser’s chivi-a of libel against Herr von dev Iltvdc. editor of the “Dortmund Genera'; Anzieger,’’ which published m ip 22 sensational articles entitled “From the Life of a Crown Lunatic, ’ attacking the ex-Kaiser and the Crown Prince. _ . Herr Kahn, the ex-Kaiser’s counsel, said that the case was instituted finally to contradict allegations concerning tho death of von Hahnke, a young naval officer, during the Kaiser’s tour of Norway in 1897 in the yacht Hohenzollern. THE WORSE FOR LIQUOR. ‘ Pauli, a German ex-officer, said in evidence that his brother, now dead, told him that von Hahnke’s fate vyas common talk among naval men during the Norwegian cruise. The ex-Kaiser, one day the worse for drink and behaving most freely, appeared tickling von Hahnke, with whom he was most intimate. Von-Hahnke playfully retaliated by slapping the ex-Kaiser s face, injuring an eye. The ex-Kais-er’s attitude instantly changed. He sprang to his feet and left the room. The same afternoon a court of honour ordered von Hahnke to atone with hia life for the insult to the Emperor. Von Hahnke immediately left the Hohenzollern, took a cycle to the top of a cliff, and allowed the machine to carry him over the edge. He was dashed to pieces. ALLEGATIONS DENIED. Count Klatamgall Armund, formerly of the ex-Kaiser’s personal staff, gave a denial to the allegations He declared that a falling spar injured the ex-Kaiser’s eye, and added that von Hahiike’s death was accidental. The ex-Kaiser erected a memorial on the scene of the tragedy, and attended the unveiling, making a speech, which was an extraordinary mark of favour. The officers of the Hohenzollern also gave evidence that the death was accidental.
The court fined von der Heydt- 300 gold marks, or, in default, a month’s imprisonment.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11708, 21 December 1923, Page 6
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