Elopement Scandal Shocks Court Circle
A dramatic elopement case unfolds involving a nobleman and a popular girl amid royal intrigue. The story recounts a failed match, a government intervention, and a sea voyage linked to the same scandal.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1927
Page
4
A dramatic elopement case unfolds involving a nobleman and a popular girl amid royal intrigue. The story recounts a failed match, a government intervention, and a sea voyage linked to the same scandal.
European interest swirls around Princess Ileana of Romania after she eloped with a military officer, declining a union with King Boris of Bulgaria. A separate incident recalls her fainting in transit from Culver to Indianapolis, aided by a cadet who later sent a photograph and thanks. The princess reached majority under Romanian law enabling control of her royal estate portions.
International News Service reports Mexico assigns more guards on the south bank of the Rio Grande with orders to shoot anyone crossing the river without permits and across the boundary bridge. The low river now allows wider crossings and officials say the move will curb traffic and Mexican immigration. A separate item notes the new Kansas University auditorium costing 300000 will be dedicated tonight.
A fragmentary oblique report details the alleged mysterious death of Marion Tallentbeck, heiress, with cremation plans delayed by unclear findings. The piece references heirs and family figures, including Montel J. and Grover Frank Nance, and notes the body was to be cremated two days after death.
An art exhibit titled The Coming of The Lineist Contemporary, featuring artists such as Frederick Waugh, Benjamin Fitz, Brers ane, Pauline, Palmer, William M. Chase and A W Gorson, was to open October 1 but has been postponed to November due to museum director Nell Schutz Quillin and the Mexican authorities detaining the exhibition.
Glenwood Springs Colorado oct 14. Mistaking a burning cigarette for the eye of a coyote Cillie McNeese shot and killed an unidentified man twelve miles up Bik creek near New Castle. McNeese said the man was sitting on a log smoking a cigarette after the shooting McNeese left the body and went to New Castle for help.
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