The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-28
BARON ASA BARrENDES.
wAy us Pied from GERMANY aud WY h'
Returns Therc.


vary strange story has tu4 come TO |
nrst Ia Albany, n. ", which bears all the
sssdenccs Of truth. Mo. Henry DOR, pro- |
n,nent saIoon-keepcr here, vouches ior
She main facts. and many Of our citizens
rnew the hero Of tirc story. The Albany
Times tonight gives the faces somewhat 10
this extent:
.r,nlovcd Mt Henry DORIS Cosmopolitan |
Reer Saloon, ia this city, young man rs
har.tender. gong by the name OF Charles !
Nelz. whose classical accomplishments as
tonished many of tie frequenters OF 'ne
Mace. He possessed acknowledge OF Grees |
and Latin. wss ready at classical quou-
lions. was an adept at fencing. ana spoke
fucntly In Engiish, French, ana opansis
ms we'll rs I'm German. He VAS hahosoA,e
man, with the blonde German aspc,;
tail and SLENDER, AMI cultivated ia,'
blonde molistache. lie was aiWH!s ~.
cent about himself, dressed very qsv
~ sci,,o,n desired TO talk with any
nne upon current affairs, aud had
very slight accent. When people VINO
came there wished to indulge In quotations
rom sny author, whether classic or other-
,yise no seeamed to take an interest, hhu'
Tor n time. he became among the better cd
,c,tcd members Of the Legislature arutie'r
uoa.e~ -. upon all matters
re,atino 10 literature. His SKIM In s.sai"g
was disclosed accidentally, when irlenu
I,,nged nj him with cane, ana ne, coinins
outside TIE bar, took another cane, anu ii "
few masses struck his friend TWO OF tnree
times I'm the ribs, and then. by deH.erous
twist. wrested the weapon from mr. throw-
ing il twesity feet away. NO one knew NE
history. He went oh drawing Deer' se'uoln
drinking, and never telling the story OIL Ills
life. into
fhe saloon. and warm greeting TOOK pace
between them. The brother remained mere
several DAYS. when both went to New
YORK wbere they now are. at what address
~ moi known. But before he left Meiz con-
f;ded 10 Henry Dorr bis history when Is
ono a; the most curious rOmances OUTSIDE
az tc1ion. He is the eldest son OF Baron
Steubendorf, OF SaXOny, who is sald
IN he one OF the most powerful Lead
crs Of the opposition to Bismarck
in that State, and was sent to Heidelberg
University in 1877, when he was eighteen
wears old, TO complete his education. hiie
There. although very diiigent student at
bjs books, he was also very studlous
scholar at the most necessary afI IN lieiuel-
hurp that OF fencing. He was also some
what of n roysterer. and frequently COM
n,a;nts were made to his father by the Hell
GcIhcrg authorities of his dangerous pranKs:.
The safber. however, was very lei lent, ana
readily condoned the offences OF MS sou,
inasmuch as he had himself been lad ol
the same sort when he was at the same III
stifution. ~.
One night, when young Nelz and his
tellow-students were more hilarious tnau
usual. they serenaded the daughter oi
wealthy burgher named Schoppien, u
whom Melz had been paying attention. anu
while doing so a patrol commanded by
Iie,,tenant Wertzen ordered them to dis
pcrse. Melz proposed cOoliy 10 the Lieu
tenant that the two settle the matter
between them with swords on the
spo,. The challenge. waj accepted
and in two passes 'Melz' passed his
weapon through the Lieutcnants breast
Melz's friends Immediately hurried hin
away. and after several weeks OF hiding ne
was enabled to cross the Nosges noun
taips. make his way by rail to Aarseilles
whence he sailed for America. de arrived
i'm New York, attempted schootteachlng
found IL paid him little more than his boafd
came to Albany, and for nearly six months
was bartender for Henry Dorr. In th'
mean time he had heard nothing IRON
home. not having written for fear that hi
father would be implicated in his crime DN
the Bismarck regime, and it was only n
the close OF last month that he heard
word from home. On May 29th the younge
brother of Melz found him after two years
search. and gave him the information tia
the father had died two years before ant
left his title TO the elder brother Uhe Oar
tender. with about 100000 marks, or abou
sG0.OO0, a hundred acres Of land, and th
ancestral mansions.
"The two brothers left week ago 10
New York, having in the mean time he'll
communication with the Bismarck Govern
ment and found that the crime OF th
Young Landgraye in killing the Lieutenar
in a duel viii probably be condOned. The
expect to sail at once for home"