Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1923, Page 13

ANASTASIA DEAD: WILLRESTIN. 3. Body of Former Mrs. Leeds, Greek Princess, to Be Brought to New York. Ry the Associated Press. LONDON, August of the late Princess Anastasia of formerly Mrs. William B. Leeds. who died last night, was mak- to send the body —The family Greece. | ing plans to New | York Sume of the members of the Greek family favored burial in Athen but it was held that the present po- 1iti uation there, which has al- ready lted in the exile of Greek royalty, including Prince Christopher, s husband, would preclude | Moreover, the princess her- Il before she died cxpressed wish that she might rest with her father and mother in the mausoleum ~hich she built in Woodlawn ceme- tery, New York. Anasta; this step. Plans for Funeral. Memorial services will be held in one of the Greek Orthodox churches in London, before the body is sent to the United States, and pr: s will be | red in the hes of Greece. Hundred of messages of sympathy om relatives d- friends in all rts of the rid. especially the { States, were ceived ristopher toda Aln Europe tenc eh ondolences Henderson Green of Montela ter of the d princes n New York Tuesday on the | nin in an effort has been advised by tasia’s death the last the princess main- the stoutest hope that s Before her illne a hopeless turn she told the cor- pondent 1 have wirele been in the valley before, and a great spirit lod me out of the darkness. [ ses that light still burning. and [ am sure | towill g guidance to my footsteps more | of Ihpl i Held Out No Hope. But from the be cian, who knew the malignant nature malady—she suffered from | cance eld out no hope. There is much speculation extent Chris inning her physi- wife's fortur he maintained that she a dollar on the prince and that she was powerless to change the terms of her previous hushand's will, which tied up the entire Leeds fortune in a trust fund. However, it is thought the friends who knew the deep sction hetween Anastasia “hristopher that the p; e sum to enat 1t is 2 made support d members of the Greek roval Iy who now are not in affluent circumstances. princess always had never settled him | 1so thought some Was “Dollar Princess.” Anastasia was known on two con- tinents as “the dollar princes Her death, after an illness contracted in Greece three years ago, marks a series of tragic events connected with the Greek royal family into which she chose to marry against the wishes of her relatives. These events began with thronement of King Cons lowed by the death from a monkey bite of King Alexander, the return and subsequent exile of Constantine, the Greek revolution. the death of Constantine and the banishment of th reek roval family, including Prince Chr hus- band, from An Engli administere the de- antine, fol- h-speaking Russian priest spiritually to the prin- When she married the P mber of the It was impossible to obtain a < priest in London, so a Russian st was substitut Prince Christopher is prostrated. INHERITED FORTY MILLION&l Princess Anastasia Married Three | Times. Princess An. widow of Wil- | liam B. Leeds, the American “tin plate king.” from whom she inherited a for- | tune estimated at $30,000.000, received | many proposals of marriage from and titled persons before she finally accepted Prince Christopher of | Greece, son of the late k eorge of | Greece and brother of King George 1L | who succeeded to the Greek throne ! asia, | the time, had broken her heart., and 1 8500, the | D | had settled large to reach the [ ® | there to Pier { do that, { never said such a thing. 'HE EVENING upon the death of King Constantine | I did that, but I deny absolutely that in January, 1923. They were married | T did anything like that” in 1920. “When did you first draw your pis- Princess Anastasia was Miss Nannie | tol?” May Stewart, daughter of a wealthy “When I saw Mr. Pierce pointing Ohio banker, ang first married George | the shotgun at me.” Worthington of Cleveland, whom she | “What pistol did you have previ- divorced. Three days after the de-|ously? cree was issued she married Willlam | “Larkin's, B. Leeds. This was in 1800. Eight years later Mr. Leeds died in Paris. leaving his fortune to his \yilluw and You covered him when he had the one son, William B. Leeds, jr.. who, shotgun and you could have shot him 1921, married Princess Xenia, the th enteen ar-old daughter af Duche: Marie of Russia and niece of King Constantine. 4 % Princess Anastasia was seriously ill as the result of an Intestinal disorder, Was your life in danger then?” and had undergone two major opera- 29; and I think T ehowed I did tions, when she learned of her SOn's|not want to shoot him when I walked engagement. The news, she said at|to him and took the shotgun from him.” Why did ward “Re back.™ which T took off the ke Why didn’t you scause I did not want to kill she wept for three days upon hearing it. Her objections to the match were based on the youth and inexperience of the couple. However. she finally yielded to the boy's persuasion and consented to the marriage. at the same time arranging u moderate lowance from her own estate to-be paid to her son. The statement frequently was made rope that youns Lecds was the t boy in the Prin “hard on the trigge Anastasia declared these conjectures| The gun were absurd, adding that his father's | loaded with 3 will provided that he receive only| The witness 00 when he reach fldown the lane thirty-five. The princess said her |leaning on Larl own will provided that upon her| “What was vour death her son was to draw her in- |Mr. Smith, terest on the trust fund ecreated by was suffering terribly,” r. Leeds. but he would not be able Jarrett. 2 touch the principal. If her son or|" The switne: wife should die, she declared, the { member he ds fortune would 80 10(vou had followed my advice this spring as a trust fund which | would not have happened 1t had will_cease with the third generation. |hecy' tostified by protecution If they have no surviving issue the = hit A Cae ot hon fortune, she said, would pass to the | hex et husbhnn e Lying-Ih Hospital of New Yoric Je | Woundea i 3 During the Greco-Turkish struggle | VG0 0wl did not hes of 1920, it was understood that Mrs. | GATTRLL said, 1 did ot near Leeds spent more than a millian dol- ¥ s e lars of her fortune to finance the Yesterday's Testimon eck armies. She gave large sums | witnesses, including ubsequently to the various relief | ;irert testified yesterds agsncieaiifor uae. ONE Wi St did not appear in the previous beds to commemorate Mr. oo e eaa S surprises cung. One of came from Ellis Jones, a Cum and man and member of the Rev ‘s church. Mr. Jones quoted nister as telling him that Reb arrett “will the you shoot him after- Stotgup Examined. The shotgun brought out of house by Mr. Plerce was introduced here and shown to the jury. It was apped several times and found two shells ing back shooting, asked respond- said he did not re- ring his wife say “if said home her Nine Kin Four of several times to deny that she | ums of money on Christopher before their inar- Not a single dollar did she e him declared. addiug that X r fed in Switzerland, and | COUNLY as u corpse thus were subject to the law by which | . M. Furr, another new M kecps his or her own money and (SWore Mr. Plerce told him tyo vears berty and one is mot responsible jako that “there would have to be @cbis ofithe othe another Hillsville affair here to clean {things up, { Spurgeon Smith, GARRETT SAYS PASTOR [y iustincd o' OPENED FIRE IN KILLING lutter told 1 take had be (Continued from First Page.) PR Princess found it ne Prince soon leuve witness county deputy onversation he preacher in which the m. he said, that a mis- 1 made in the shooting Chandler, farm implement and that the person who Chandler “pulled the wrong Mr. Pierce was further cd as saving the a No. 4 that struck the n intended for one of the salesman, {of Allen M — | shOT about it-— And e in- the what he said P we also thought we could formation from him in re ) sheoting of Chandler.” ; L” : '\”:’ '::.llh: Did you carry vour pistols?" e ended s i ievent he interfered. The minister re tused to tell hi he said, knew so much about the case Other Witnesses. Other witne: for Chandler in that because vou feared troubl “No, just because we always carried them.” The witness then recited going to the Pierce home. Tells of Meeting Plerce. “I read the aflidavit to Mr. Pierce asked him what he had to say about it remove a counle of logs that had been the witness said. and added: “He said | [jJ00ve & coubie of logs that had been he did not have to explain anything. AlE Plorce had visitea him i ch- Larkin said, *Well, no gentleman w vuld.-num‘l n.m.y;m Andinnadin ut ot and, Mr. Pierce struck him.” nilar to that credited to the He described the fight and emphat ter by Deputy Sheriff Smith, Iy denied cursing Mrs. Plerce whe Lee Franklin and Mr. Shiloh came out with her baby in her s vesterday were Mr Chandler, who related how he was shot from ambush on the county d on the night of May 2 while in automobile with Mr. and Mrs. I. rrett. He said he alighted who she “It s ridiculous. I heard @ witnes gentlemen.” he said, testify to that but I STAR, ground, where it had slid from his| | ause he shot me, and I shot the | wit- | how he | WASHINGTON, were in machines just ahead of the Chandler car on the night of the ambush shooting, also told of remov- ing a log obstruction from the road before they could pass. Dr. J. Shel- ton Morsley of Richmond testified as to the nature of R. O. Garretfs wound .flflluwing the Plerce tragedy. Simi- lar testimony by Dr. A. 1" Dobson, also of Richmond, was read to the Jjury by H. M. Smith of defense coun- 1 8¢l” and Richard H. Mann of the prosecution. The prosecution was expected to put on several rebuttal witnesses this jafternoon, after which the instructions to the jury will be considered. Final | arguments before the jury were not { expected to begin until tomorrow, in which event the jury likely will get the case late in the or Saturday | morning. | That's the atmosphere | Apartments at— They are “hom been supplied in every way to full enjoyment of ! you select. i Four-room s Harry il 1514 K Street P‘.‘fi}hi" é b ¢ 1 J TS a fact we can see without looking and look without see- 1 ing. Paris tells us a latent, almost extin- guished sixth sense, re- siding in the skin, is to be revived for the sightless. Colors are to be seen by the nose. { Etz Eyeglasses | Restorative of | “See Etz | and See Better” D. C., THURSDAY, LLOYD TO BE SPEAKER. James T. Lloyd, vice president of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce, will deliver an address of wel- come at the opening here on Septem- ber 3 of the twenty-fourth annual convention of the United National As- soclation of Post Office Clerks. The meetings will be held in the National Museum. Col. Dwight Davis, assistant secre. tary of war, will represent ‘the (Wa Department at the bombing of t a battleships New Jersey and Virginia off Cape Hatteras next Wednesday. | He expects to be in New York Mon- DAVIS WILL SEE BOMBING. { | | | Home-like Apartments Il Fifteenth and W Streets N.W. in every way, | comfort has been carefully studied, that convenienee has iving in any one of these apartmen es are still available—with bath and dining alcove—$85 to $97.50 per month. Open for inspection day and evening. (Incorporated) day_and will join the inspecting party j at Norfolk, making th trip between the two places by that surrounds these new You can see that possible. You'll settle down A. Kite Phone Main 4846 Eyes in the Nose AN ADITORIAL A reporter has a nose for news, but under or- dinary ¢ i rcumstances we rely on good nat- ural vision. Should it prove even slightly inaccurate, call upon itz for an eyeglass prescription. are a Periect perfect Vision 1217 G Street AW He told of meeting Judge Smith, | whom, he said, addressed him with an oath. saying, “Garrett. I'm not afra of you,” and said that he told him, am not afraid of vou either. Th is our affair and Larkin knows wha | | | | " 5 he is doing. 1 afterward saw Mr. | | Pennsylvania | Pierce run into the house.” Avenue Larkin's pistol had dropp his pocket and the .witne: picked it up. “Were you at the gate when Mr. Pierce came out?’ Asked Mr. Smith at the gate,” said Garrett. was Mr. Pierce when you fter he had come out of from suid he s on the ground.” Did you see him with the gun?" “Yes, I pulled v pistol out of n holster and said. ‘don’t I am not going to shoot you.” Th 1 kept him covered with_ the pistol.” “Where did you meet Mr. Pierce Just about midway between the gate and the porch I took the shot- gun from him and started away to- ward the gate.” Did yvou know he had a pistol?” : I wish I had known it.” hy do vou say that?" Because I do not believe would have been any shooting.” You then went away from him?>" Yes. 1 walked back toward the gate and I heard the report of the ! pistol and feit the sting of the shot in my back. I then wheeled and fired at him.” “Did you see his pistol : Yes.” He was pointing it toward | me and 1 fired as long as I could see a pistol in his hand.” *“Did you see Larkin shoot?" Says Plerce Shot Him. “No. T asked him afterward why he let him (Pierce) shoot me i “Did you walk up to Mr. Plerce and fire_shots into his bod. “No. I have heard it testificd that there | Saks & (Tompany Seventh Street For a Day and a Half Longer Until Saturday at 2 P.M. Men’s Winter-Weight AUGUST 30, 1923. Pennsylvania Avenue Saks & ([ompany Postscript: Here Are 90 More of Those Imported English Cloth Top Coats ( $16.75 Positively the last—and perhaps the best. Certainly if you were too late before—you’ll act promptly this time. They are made up in imported English Cloths—tailored on this side of the water—in Box Models—with either Raglan, regular or split sleeves; silk yoke and sleeve lining. Some with belt—others that drape freely. Light and dark colors—plain and broken plaid effects. 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