New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-04
A TITLED CONVICT.
THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF A BkIllSh
PRINCESS IN AN AUSTRIAN PRISON.


Tho rooort a,,ointment of Count Won SchOeil-
horn n tho most Of Minister of Justice has had the
effect Of recalling to public notice serious
scandal with which his name was coupled only
fcv years ago and although he was not criminally
imnlicated vct he was shown then to have been
aujltv Of such indiscretion 10 make him, In
popular estimation entirely untitled for the
highest judicial office of the realm. Ills moso
intimate friend and confdant the Baron Won
Pawel- Ramingen, man for whose respectapihV
and honor he was ever ready TO vouch, was pro'cu
TO be a swindler of the most heartless ana cruei
type; and in his efforts to bring pressure 10 oe"s
IN tho MAGISTRATES intrusted with the inveStiga-
ton and trial of the case for the purpose OF euect
ing the discharge Of the prisoner, Count ochoeh-
born sailed so pcrilously near the WIND as a'ihos'
to lay himself open to n charge OF attempting I'M.
properlv TO influence judges in the execution OF
their duty.
The elder brother Of the Baron is married to
Princess Frederick. of Great Britain and Ireland
the favorite daughter Of the late King Of Hanover
the wedding having taken place IN 1851 at " ih"-
sor Castle under the favor and in the presence Oh
Oueen Victoria, who has assigned the palace OF
Hampton Court to her handsome niece and to inc
Baron While the elder brother thus lives In
royal palace as the husband of a kings daughter
and is received as relative by the sovereign OF
Great Britain and Ireland, the younger brother,
William, is now in Austrian convict prison,
working out long term of penal servltude ana
branded for life as felon Before his conviction
/ he was weIl-known in New-York and Brooklyn
! society," having formed one Of the horde OF more
/ or less furnished nobemen who annually visit the
| United States for the purpose of securing the
richest prizes OF the matrimonial market. it has
| been shown that while in America he even went so
/ far as TO become solemnly converted to Cathoil-
cism with the view of ingratiating himself with
some wealthy New-York families of that religious
faith.
Baron William entered the Austrian Army IN
500 as lieutenant of a dragon regiment, out ne
was dismissed from the service three years later
by court-martal which declared him to have
been guilty of contracting dishonorable debts, OIL
attempts to defraud, and of downright theft from
brother officer, who, however, for the sake OF
the honor of the regiment, refused to press the
charge On leaving the army, the Baron betook
himself TO New-Yorl, where he remained for several
years leading an adventurous kind of existence,
and depending mainly for his livelihood on small
loans obtained from chance acquaintanceS In
1875 he returned 70 this country, and after acting
for time rs hotel clerk at the Hotel de ! Europe,
at Gmunden, secured position as professor oil
English and French at Innsbruck While there
he became acquainted with the local schoolteacher
Genoud by name The latter in the course OF his
studies had discovered that the celebrated Indian
Begun, Somru who died in the year l649, had
been married TO an Austrian officer Of the name OF
Reinhardt, native of Innsbruck who had MI
grated to Calcutta in the first decade of the present
century and died at Agra six months after the
death of his wife. Taking it for granted that
the husband of an Indian Begun must necessarily
have been enormously wealthy, he went to the
trouble of hunting up the various surviving reii-
tves Of Reinhardt in the neighborhood OF Inns
bruck and informed them that an immense fortune
had been left by member of their family out IN
India. and that it would be surrendered by the au-
thorties on the appearance of the legal heirs.
Genoud, who was enthusiast and acting IN
perfect good faith, was thereupon empowered by
the relatives in question TO act in their behalf, and
he accordingly addressed himself to the Austrian
Embassy in London for information The Am
bassador, after making inquiries at the Indian
Office discovered that the larger portion OF the
money left by the Begun had been devoted by the
British Government the settlement OF Just Claims
against her estate, and that the balance, which
had remained in the hands of her husband, had
been bequeathed by him to one Of his grandsons
at Bcnares.
Genoud was about 10 dismiss the whole thing
from his mind when, having casually mentioned
il to Baron William PawelRamingen, the latter
declared his conviction of being able TO induce inc
British Government to surrender the portion OF the
Repum's estate which had been seized by the au-
thorities for the payment Of her debts. lie re-
cited long list of of influential personages
whose assistance and influence he declared hlmseii
able to obtain in the matter, and expressed MS
readiness 70 take the whole business in hand. As,
however, his services required proper remuhera-
tion he suggested to Genoud the ACCESSIBILITY of
forming kind of joint stock COM
panv for the subscription of the re
quisite funds Each stakeholder was TO receive
an enormous bonus on the successful conclusion
of the vaccinations and on the surrender of the
Recum's money by the British Government &c
Reinhardt's Austrian relatives. In this manner
over $50 600 was obtained from the poor people
in and about Innsbruck, and was lntrusted 10 the
Baron He was cunning enough TO secure the
moral support of the Vatican by promising OIL
behalf of the heirs whom he represented tha
one-fourth of the money recovered should o'
gwen TO the Roman Catholic Mission at Agra
The Papal authorities. in consequence, recon-
mended him TO Count Schoenborn, who IS one
the most prominent members of the Clerlca
marty in Austria, and invoked the support o
! the Vienna Government on behalf of his efforts
The Count took a great fancy to Baron William
: became warmly attached TO him, and INTRODUCED
him TO the Prime Minister, Count Taaife, to TIL
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron ilaymere
and even to the Emperor. He actually wen
so far as to induce Leo NH. to appoint tn
Baron 10 be one of the IApal Chamberlains
In 1880 the Baron ofllciated as best man al
his brothers wedding at Windsor Castle. and wa
presented to Queen Victoria and 10 the othe
members of the English Royal family. Ih
crisis, however, was near at hand The uniort
innate people, comprising servants, soamstreSses
Q agricultural aborers, etc, who lad been lnduce
!, to invest their haId-earned money IN the under
/, taking began to grow impatient for the promise
n returns Unable TO obtain any satisfactory n
y o;.bor from, Ccuoud from the Baron, VIII