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...contradictory voice from the grave was that of the Archduke Johann Nepomuck Salvator of Tuscany. When he died six months ago, his neighbors in Kristiansund knew him as Hugo Koehler, retired lithographer. But in his safe he left papers that Norwegian courts thought authentic. The papers said that Rudolf, in the lovers' hideaway at Mayerling, had accused Maria of gossiping about political intrigues. The little vixen raged back at him, bashed in his skull with a champagne bottle. Promptly Rudolf's valet, Josef Loschek, shot her dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: Lavender & Broken Glass | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

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