MURDER OF A PRINCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16176, 12 July 1923, Page 5

MURDER OF A PRINCE.

CHARGE AGAINST WIFE.

A STRIKING BEAUTY: MARRIED

LESS THAN A YEAR,

(Elec. Tel. copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! LONDON, July 10.

Prince Ali Kemal Fahmy Bey, who was found shot in rooms at the Savoy Hotel, was 23 years of age, and his wife 32. She was a striking beauty. They had been married less than a year. She dined with her husband last evening at the Savoy, apparently on the best of terms.

The tragedy occurred after midnight. A member of the night staff heard shots and hurried to tho Prince’s rooms and found the Prince outside in the corridor in bus night clothes. He died before lie reached the hospital. There was a Browning pistol on the floor and bullet marks on the wall of the corridor, also bloodstains on the Princess’ evening gown in the bedroom. When charged, the Princess sat in the dock in a state of collapse, weeping bitterly. A police witness said that tho Princess’ doctor had told him that accused was about to go to a nursing home for an operation. The Prince met. his wife at the Hotel Majestic, Paris. They were mutually attracted and constantly together. Tho Frenchwoman left Paris suddenly, and the Prince abandoned the hope of seeing her again. A few months later, while walking m front of Deauville, lie saw her and confessed his love. (Eventually lie won her consent to an engagement. Returning to Egypt, ho secured the consent of his family to the marriage. The Frenchwoman journeyed to Egypt, and was presented to the relatives and agreed to become a Mohammedan. The marriage at Cairo in December was most brilliant. There were hundreds of guests who wero lavishly entertained. The first month’s honeymoon was spent in the Princes’ palace on tho banks of the Nile. Tho Prince and his wife were prominent at Luxor during the Tut-anldi-Amen season, and entertained the Carnarvons. The Prince’s income is estimated at £IOO,OOO. lie was a generous supporter of charitable and educational institutions in Egypt.

NOTORIOUS SPENDTHRIFT.

PREY TO SYCOPHANTS,

(United Service.) (Received July 12, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, July 11

Fahmy Bey, who wag murdered, was a notorious spendthrift. His father left his entire fortune to him but he soon dissipated it. He had been for months borrowing on the security of Egyptian; estateSt' He possesses the most luxurious house in Cairo and was fond of jewellery, which he displayed ostentatiously.' He was vain and ignorant, and became a prey to’sycophants. -Though usually styled “Prince,” he did not possess a title.