An American boy heir to the Austrian throne . From Reno , Nevada , 12 year old Harvey Marois Richard Leon George Burrows is revealed as a potential candidate to the throne of Austria - but not if his American father can help it . The strange story has it ' s origins in the fact that his mother , Mrs Burrows , was Maria Magdelina , the daughter of the late Prince Johann of Austria , who was the Archduke of Albrecht , and the brother of Emperor Franz Joseph . Now John Burrows , father of the boy and a divorce attorney in Reno , reveals that the Monarchist Party in Austria wants to take young Harvey back to Austria and run him for Emperor against Otto , alleged pretender to the throne . In this photograph Harvey Burrows practices with an axe on a piece of wood what he could do to the Austrian throne . 13 July 1931