Pawned Her Jewels to Return. to London Then Shot Herself Mary Jane Joseph Atkinson, 'a 49-year-old nurse, who was f shot at a London hotel, had, it was stated at the inquest on Dec. 19. Radziwill of Poland to Lent money to. Prince
acted as nurse companion. Had felt that he had deserted her.
Had been distressed by a report that he was to marry a Polish dressmaker, says "The Star."
It was stated that she was left stranded in Danzig and had to pawn She was with him until the autumn of this year. She had a great deal of trouble in getting permits to remain in Poland, and ultimately was ordered to leave Poland at very short notice. zig, where he was to join her.
He did not do so, making various excuses, and she was left there stranded. She had money in a Polish sonal belongings in Poland.
She could not get any of them at all. She had to pawn her jewelry in Danzig to get back to London.
When she returned she was quite cheerful, as she said she was a trained nurse, and could always earn her living. But she said she was not well, having suffered from serum poisoning.
She had instructed me to recover her money from Poland and from Prince Radziwill," went on Mr. Lazarus, She had had no salary for three years. She also said she had lent money to the prince.
I wrote to him but never had a Teply. I took the matter up with the foreign office and the British Consul in Wersaw, and he confirmed that there was some money in a bank in Warsaw which was under the control of the prince's lawyer.
The lawyer confirmed there was a sum equivalent to about £200, and he had a lien on this money because Miss Atkinson had guaranteed the liabilities of Prince Radziwill."
The coroner: I thought he was a very wealthy man?
Mr. Lazarus: he had very large estates, but I don't know that there was a lot of ready money. I think the authorities have tried to expropriate large land owners there.
The Coroner: You would have thought he would not have been so reduced in financial circumstances as to borrow money from a nurse?
Mr. Lazarus: It was so because Miss Atkinson handed to me a judgment against the Prince for various sums of money.
"She told me that the Prince had transferred his Rolls-Royce car to her," said Mr. Lazarus, Apparently there was further money in the bank under another account amounting to about £100.
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