Show NOTE av 11 T I 1 IT A 7 TT T A 1 SLAIN LAIN ON 3 N YACHT Y A CHU finding of bodies reveals one of most mysterious tragedies of black sea FLED FROM THE on board the yacht were found rubles in gold paper and jewels king of roumania Rou manla Is pushing investigation bucharest abe discovery on the yacht Ost rara stranded at salina in one of the mouths of the danube of the bodies of 11 noted russian men an and women ench each shot through the head and not a living person on board has presented to the an authorities one of the most mysterious tragedies in the black sea the bodies have been identified as those of members of the noted russian families of Falz fein feln and the Falz feins were descendants of german mennonite colonists who settled in the province of gherso if at tile the invitation of the russian gaiera colern ment water in the cabin the discovery was made by soldiers who when they went aboard the helpless yacht found the cabin halt half filled with water and the 11 bodies floating around on board the yacht were rubles in gold and paper and jewels some money and valuables were found to be missing when records of the victims were chec checked kd up but tie the amount was apparently small compared to the funds and valuables left aboard the elder Felz feln still grasped a pistol in ills his hand when ills his body way was found and whether the party committed suicide or were murdered is a question that remains unanswered and it Is believed that the solution of how the fai families nilles met tapir death may never be known an investigation Is being made by the doumanian Rou manian authorities aided by russian friends of the two families all that Is known is that the two families lied fled their estates to odessa and when the arrived there in february put their belongings on board the yacht which was then towed by a russian steamer bound tor for con the tow ropes broke several times owing to severe storms and finally the st steamer eainer lost the yacht altogether and proceeded to constanza drifts at mercy of storm it Is believed that later while the yacht drifted at the mercy of the storm the refugees six men and five file women became exhausted from the cold waves breaking breakie over tile the vessel aud and from lack of fad food unable to manage the yacht the lie party made a despairing effort to put it ashore on the desolate beach near salina there they succeeded in launching small boats but ito nian guards under strict orders to permit no landing through tear fear of the belshe ordered them to return to the vessel it appears that some soine coast fishermen offered a rescue when the vessel began settling owing to the consequent pounding of the heavy seas but sol fliers prevented that was the last known ot of the vessel until it stranded king ferdinand and queen marle of roumania Rou manla have taken a great interest in the investigation especially because when the royal family was driven into exile and the capital removed to jassy the king and queen were offered the magnificent home of the across the Bessar Dessar ablan border |