Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-02-26
A NOBLEMAN BEFORE THE COURTS. :

VI tllt lllOSt Interesting CdoGS IudU udFe lOt
long time claimed the attention of the police
was before Justice Connolly at the Tombs yes
terday The facts as they transpired in the
evidence are, that German baron Of wealth,
responsibility and position, by the name of
Won Santen formed an attachment for an
American lady, to whom he was married some
few weeks since in New Jersey. The couple
then removed to New York The baron was
surprised, mortified, and incensed upon re-
turning to his lodgings short time afterward
to find an American gentleman, Mr.. Robert
Macomber, Of 275 Fifth avenue, IN room
with the baroness, and in a situation calcula-
ted to excite jealousy In the highest decree. 1t
is alleged that the baron, under the dictation
of his noble blood at once drew his revolyerand
exclaimed:
X hen I find a man in a room with my wife
I say, one, two, three; and when | count three
and he is not gone then shoot him and make
him cold. >
Suiting the action to the word the enraged
baron took up his position, and through his
clenchcd teeth and quivellng lips muttered
the plemonitory zone. The ''Amerlcal
gentleman began to gather himself UP, for he
saw uGleliltIll1tlOu LII tuo 4is y '.L.'
concluded that his position was becoming c1ltl-
cal. "Two," said the baron, raising the wea-
pom menacingly and looking terribly in earnest.
Before the word three could be uttered Alr.
Macomber I,ad gone through the door with
an i1npetnosity worthy the object he had in
view. VIZ, the prolongation OF his mortal lite.
As to what occurred after the escape OF the
intruder the oracle is dumb, and nothing more
was heard of the matter until yesterday, when
Mr.. Macomber was brought before Justice
Connolly, charged with having followed the
baron from place to place, threatnng to take
his life, and keeping him IN constant bodily
fear Macolnber stated that he had kept com
pany with the lady now known as the baroness
for several years, which would ac;ount for the
attachment which he felt tor her. lie thought
that inasmuch as the marriage ceremony be-
tween herself and the baron had been celebra-
ted in New Jersey it was null and void in this
state. and that he had the sa:~e right to visit
the lady as heretofore Justice Connolly
informed him that bis theory was a wrong
one: that the marriage rite in New } Jersey was
as binding as though performed Ill New ork,
and that he should require him to give bal] to
keep the peace toward the people OF the State
of New York in general and Baron Won San
ten in particular The accused readily produc-
ed the requisite bonds, and was then admon-
ished to leave the baron to himself and not
modest him or his lady, ;,
The parties to the, above transaction are al!
reputed to be in excellent circumstances Ma
comber. it is stated, has ample means for his
maintenance; the baron owns costly country
Residence on the Hudson, with ample green
backs to run the same, and the lady herself IS
reputed to be worth Sl50,0O0 IN her own right
money acquired by her own hands, as Ir 1t IS
said, in years past at an establishment III l1ous
ton treet Altogether it IS curious case,
and forms with its antecedents most singular ia
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