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1. Rudolf Püchel, in Reichspost, January 31, 1926; Friedrich, Der Kriminalfall Mayerling, 108–9.
2. Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 17, 86, in Markus and Unterreiner, 240, 262.
3. Markus, 5, 75; Barta, 41; Larisch, My Past, 301.
4. Judtmann, 62, 79, 84–86; Larisch, My Past, 302–3.
5. Larisch, My Past, 304–5.
6. Ibid., 306–12.
7. Judtmann, 74, 93.
8. Larisch, My Past, 312–13; Judtmann, 61–62.
9. Sophie von Planker-Klaps, in Neues Wiener Journal, January 27, 1929.
10. Judtmann, 91–93; Hamann, Der Weg nach Mayerling, 115.
11. Krauss on Bratfisch, report of February 2, 1889, in Loehr, 104–5.
12. Antonia Konhäuser statement, in Friedrich, Das Kriminfall Mayerling, 262.
13. Barta, 72; Franzel, 81; Haslinger and Trumler, 124; Judtmann, 115, 119–20; Grant, 255–56.
14. Friedrich, Der Kriminalfall Mayerling, 209.
15. Barta, 72; Franzel, 81; Haslinger and Trumler, 124; Judtmann, 115, 119–20.
16. Krauss report of February 2, 1889, in Loehr, 106.
17. Judtmann, 119–24, 140–41; Barta, 72; Friedrich, Der Kriminalfall Mayerling, 193.
18. In addition to Rudolf and Mary, twenty-five people were at the Mayerling estate on the nights of January 29–30, 1889: Thomas Albrecht, police sentry assigned to Mayerling; Baumgartner, staff; Josef Bratfisch; Hornsteiner, huntsman; Count Hoyos; Jakob Zak, kamerdiener to Hoyos; F. Kathe, cook; August Kianek, personal huntsman to Hoyos; Kubitschka, forester; Karl Laferl, servant; Laurenz Lebert, police official from Baden; Count Reinhard von Leiningen-Westerburg and his wife, Anna; Mauritz Loffler, huntsman; Johann Loschek, Saaltürhüter (hall porter) and occasional valet; Karl Ratschek, huntsman; Julius Schuldes, telegraph operator; Sedlak, orderly; F. Strubreiter, lodge caretaker; N. Strubreiter, lodge maid; Leonard Weckerle, gardener; Joseph Wedl, police post commander assigned to Mayerling; Franz Wodicka, kammerbüchsenspanner (gun loader); Friedrich Wolfe, carpenter; and Alois Zwerger, Schlosswarter (schloss warden). Friedrich, Der Kriminalfall Mayerling, 195.
19. Ibid., 104–5.
20. Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 65–66, in Markus and Unterreiner, 256.
21. Larisch, My Past, 318.
22. Ibid., 320; Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 66, in Markus and Unterreiner, 256; Der Polizeibericht, 75.
23. Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 67, in Markus and Unterreiner, 256.
24. Larisch, My Past, 319–21.
25. Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 69–70, in Markus and Unterreiner, 70.
26. Der Polizeibericht, 8.
27. Larisch, My Past, 324–26.
28. Ibid., 322–23.
29. Ibid., 324–26.
30. Der Polizeibericht, 13–14.
31. Ibid., 7.
32. Ibid., 15.
33. Ibid., 23.
34. Hoyos Memorandum, HHS, Box 21; also in Mitis, 274–75.
35. Corti, Empress Elisabeth, 391.
36. Rudolf Püchel, in Reichspost, January 31, 1926.
37. Hoyos Memorandum, HHS, Box 21; also in Mitis, 275.
38. Lónyay, 165.
39. Rudolf Püchel, in Reichspost, January 31, 1926.
40. Marek, 275; Salvendy, 146.
41. Stephanie, 244.
42. Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 75–76, in Markus and Unterreiner, 259; Der Polizeibericht, 14–16.
43. Der Polizeibericht, 18.
44. Der Vetsera Denkschrift, 77–79, in Markus and Unterreiner, 259–60.
45. Der Polizeibericht, 19.
46. Ibid.
47. Loschek, in Neues Wiener Tagblatt, April 24, 1932.
48. Mauritz Löffler, statement of 1943, cited in Friedrich, Der Kriminalfall Mayerling, 253–54.
49. Hoyos Memorandum, HHS, Box 21; also in Mitis, 275–77; Loehr, 13.
50. Bibl, 67–69.
51. Loschek, in Neues Wiener Tagblatt, April 24, 1932.
52. Antonia Konhäuser statement, in Friedrich, Das Kriminfall Mayerling, 263; Baltazzi-Scharschmid and Swistun, 222.