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Show THE BARONESS RELEASED FROM JAIL She Created Quite a Scandal In Society at Vienna. Vienna, Nov. 28. Special. The Baroness Von Becke, who recently created cre-ated a painful scandal in society, was today released from jail having served the sentence of six weeks' imprisonment imprison-ment iiiiposed upon her. The baroness was convicted of having defrauded several sev-eral hotel keepers and jewelers out of 20,000 florins. The light sentence given was the result of the recommendation of tho king of Wurtemberg. Tho woman's wo-man's real name is Amelia Beck, and she boasts of having a daughter by the king, 10 years old, who is living in Paris under the name of Freeda Fritz. Both mother and daughter receive large incomes from the king, but aro not allowed to live in Stuttgart. The mother's insane extravagance is the cause of her committing the swindle for which sho had been committed to jail. Madame Beck is 30 years of ago and a very beautiful woman. |