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Mrs. Roberta Menges Corwin Hill Tearle, formerly of Brooklyn, claims Prince William of Wied owes her 5,000,000 francs loaned during his time as Albania's king. She arrived in New York from Paris to seek U.S. State Department aid in collection, accompanied by family witnesses. No receipt exists as he was royalty.
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Woman Claims William of Wied Owes Her 5,000,000 Francs.
Mrs. Roberta Menges Corwin Hill Tearle, Formerly of Brooklyn, Asks the State Department to Help Her Collect-Has No I. O. U.
New York. - Lending money to kings-a "privilege" which doesn't fall to the lot of everyone-is an experience which Mrs. Roberta Menges Corwin Hill Tearle, formerly of Brooklyn but lately of Paris, declares is exciting but not altogether profitable.
She arrived recently from Paris bent upon visiting the State department to see what the Washington officials could do to aid her in collecting 5,000,000 francs which she claims to have advanced Prince William of Wied, who occupied the throne of Albania for seven months before the outbreak of the war forced him to flee.
Mrs. Menges, who was known as "the Pearl of Sheepshead Bay" before she eloped in 1902 with Young Halsey Corwin, a Brooklyn millionaire, is accompanied by her sister, Miss Ruth Menges, and her cousin, Capt. J. R. K. Jackson, upon whom she relies to substantiate her claim against Prince William.
Captain Jackson explained that Mrs. Menges was introduced to the king of Albania at Monte Carlo in 1913 by King Constantine of Greece, whom she was entertaining at her villa there. She had met King Constantine through Prince de Lynan, formerly a member of the Austrian embassy at Washington, to whom she had been introduced by her husband, Maj. Arthur Hill of England.
"Prince William renewed his acquaintance with Mrs. Menges at the Hotel Continental in Paris," said Captain Jackson, "and borrowed 500,000 francs from her then."
"Don't think me too easy," broke in Mrs. Menges. "You see, he watched me win 60,000 francs gambling at Monte Carlo, and living in a big villa there, and all that sort of thing, and he thought I had millions to burn."
"He promised to pay it all in a year," Captain Jackson added. "He also promised to make Mrs. Menges the unofficial ambassador of Albania at Paris, and said he would help her enlist the aid of continental police in finding jewels she lost in America."
"Have you a receipt from Prince William?" Mrs. Menges was asked.
"You can't ask a king for an I. O. U.; you know that," she replied.
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Monte Carlo, Paris, New York, Albania
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1913
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Mrs. Tearle advanced 5,000,000 francs to Prince William of Wied after meeting him in 1913 at Monte Carlo and Paris, where he borrowed 500,000 francs promising repayment and favors like ambassadorship and help finding lost jewels. He fled Albania without paying; she now seeks U.S. State Department assistance without a receipt.