The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-29
A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
Laborer Emil Kreitmeyer Falls Heir
to a Barony.
From the Neto York Star.

! From, the Ne,o York Star.
| ECONOMY, PA, May 23.-Emil Kreit-
| meyer, a middle-aged man, employed here
for some time past as farm laborer, to-day
| announced to the Communistic Society of
/ Economics, in whose employ he has been,
that his real name is Won Kreitmeyer, and
that he has just come into possession of the
title Of baron and a vast estate in Obcramt
! Maulbronn, Kingdom of Wurtemburg,
! Germany He viii leave here on Thursday
| by an carly train to connect at Plttsburg
with the limited express for New York,
whence he will sail for Antwerp on Satur-
day to take possession of his new estate and
assume his title.
The story of Krcitmeyer's life as told by
himself is fully substantiated by document
airy evidence of the most unimpeachable
character. He says he is the second son of
| the tenth baron OF his name. He was born
on his fathers estates in the German pro-
! vince above named forty-eight years ago.
Before reaching his majority he fell desper-
ately in love with Wilhelulina Freberts-
zeiser whom at length he Clandestinely
welded. When the concealment of tho
marriage was no longer possible, Emips
father pronounced anathema maranatha
upon his son having disgraced his family by
a mesaliance with peasant girl, turned
him out of doors and forbade him to ever
again cross the threshold of the Won Kreit-
meyer halls.
Thus cast off by his father and ''cut' by
all his arts Ocratic friends, young Kreit-
meyer pluckily resolved to take his young
| wife over tho sea and endeavor to earn
comfortable living for her by the labor of
his hands in the New World. During the
voyage she presented him with a son and
heir, but both mother and child died and
were buried at sea.
Meanwhile the guns of Fort Sumter were
booming, and when Kreitmeyer landed at
New York he found that city ablaze with
excitement, while brave men joStled each
! other in their eagerneSS to enroll themselves
| among the volunteers for whom President
Lincoln had called. Having been destined
| by his father for the army, having served
at home as an officer of the Kings hussars.
and having no other prospect of Immediate
employment, Kreitmeyer promptly enlisted
| in New York regiment. At the first
battle Of Bull Run he was carried off the
| field with a Confederate bullet in his breast,
and for long weeks afterward he was con-
fined in Washington hospital.
| When sufficiently recovered to leave it he
Immediately returned to his regiment and
served gallantly until the end of the war.
He was again twice wounded, and one bull
| let which a Confederate sharpShooter con-
trived to lodge in his head, continues there
to the present day. For time he did spe-
cial duty as a messenger at the headquar-
ters of Gen. Mcdowell, and in this capacity
he was brought into contact with many Of
the most prominent Generals, Congress-
men and other distinguished individuals of
that time, from several of whom he re-
| ceived substantial tokens of regard.
| When mustered out of service after Lees
surrender, Kreitmeyer having led an alb
stemious life and carefully saved his pay,
| found himself the possessor of some 5000,
| and with this sum he determined to recross
| m tarn nd left 70 ba
neighborhood of his old home, from which
| he had never received a word of intelli-
gence since leaving it more than five years
previously. On arriving in Oberant Maui
bronn, he at once wended his way, by the
road he knew so well, to the lodge in the
forest on his fathers estates. Making him
| self known to his father-in-law, the old
| gamekeeper, he learned from him that both
| his parents were dead and that his elder
| brother was now master of the title and es-
tates.
Completely overcome and softened by the
| news Of his mothers death, Kreitmeyer
sought u reconciliation with his brother, but
| the new Baron declared that he could never
| forgive the disgrace which Emil had infict-
ed upon the family name by his marriage
with the game-keeper's daughter, and fol-
| lowing tho example of his father he anathe-
matized the returned soldier and turned him
| out for the second time.
| Feeling utterly frlendleSS and alone in the
| world, kreitmayer came to the conclusion
that the best thing he could do was to get
| shot as soon as possible. Accordingly he
enlisted in the PrusSian army and continued
in the service for period of fifteen years,
| during which time he passed unframed
| through both the Austro -Prussian and Fran
! co-German wars, though on more than one
| occasion his horse was shot under him.
He left the army in 1880, resolved to re-
turn 20 the United States; but his second
visit to this country was not so fortunate as
| his first. Many of his old friends and
| patrons were dead, while others had retired
| from public life and were scattered in vari-
Gus parts of the country, and he experienced
considerable difficulty in obtaining employ
ment After wandering about for some
time from city to city, turning his hand to
any odd jobs he could obtain, he at length
| drifted to this communiStic settlement and
obtained employment as farm laborer in
which capacity he has continued for several
years.
Some three or four months ago, without
| mentioning the matter to any one, he an
| Swered an advertisement in German
newspaper for information concerning Emil
Won Kreltmeyer, heir to the barony and eS-
tates of Won Kreitmeyer, in Oberamt
| Maulbronn, Wurtemberg, Germany-the
last incumbent, Emi's brother, having
recently died Considerable correspondence
passed on the subject, and yesterday Kreit-
meyer received letter with a German
postmark from the family solicitors, incos-
| ing draft on New York for sum sufficient
| to supply all his wants, and enable him to
| travel like a gentleman to Oberamt Maui
bronn, where his title and estates await
| him.