Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-21
WOES OF A BARoN's DAUGHTER.

Margaret Won vetter All Object of Charity
in a Strange Land.
The daughter of Baron Hubert Won
Vetter, of Sterenberg, Germany, was at
the department. of charities for assist
ance yesterday. Her appearance there
and the story of her life proved that the
romances and intrigues of fiction are but
the reflection of real life. Hers was
story sorrowful as ever was written.
Born the daughter of baron and reared
in luxury, her thirty-five years of life
had seen her reigning belle in society,
the sane inmate of an insane asylum, the
victim of designing brothers and, finally,
penniless wanderer in a foreign land.
Her name is Margaret Elizabeth Won
Vetter; she is tall woman, with light
hair and face on which her sufferings
have left the marks of many years more
than those which number her life. Her
story is this:
Baron Hubert Won Vetter started in
life with the entailed estate which by
law was his. 1t was small and poor, but
the baron was shrewd business man,
and on outside speculations amassed a
fortune. Two sons and daughter were
born to him. The sons were wild and
reckless, and more than once the pater-
nal hand had to go deep into the pocket
in order to save them from disgrace.
But the daughter, bright, winning
creature, was the pet of every one, and
where she lived her name was almost a
synonym for goodness. Realizing that
his estates would soon vanish were they
left to his sons, the father left every
thing to his daughter except the en-
tailed estates. Besides this the sons re-
ceived a small annuity. Margaret still
remembered them, and gave them a
double allowance.
Naturally she had many suitors.
Adolph Seigford won her love and the
promise of her hand The brothers op-
posed the match, for were their sister
married then ended all their hopes of re-
gaining their lost inheritance. The girl
was firm, and the preparations were
being made for the marriage. Three
weeks before the wedding day her lover
disappeared. Suspicious were lodged
against the brothers, but nothing could
be proved. The sudden blotting out of
her bright visions placed Margaret Won
Vetter in bad state of sickness, where
she lay for months. For days she was
delirious, and while she was in that con-
dition her brothers had her placed in the
Heppenheim insane asylum at Steren-
berg. She recovered only to find herself
a sane woman in a madhouse.
The horrors of the place so wore on
her that in scarce year she was but as
those round about her, and the years
that followed were almost blank to
her., Finally she began to recover some
what, and the brothers, fearing she
might some day claim the estate, had
her taken from the insane asylum and
sent to a distant relative, Henry
Schwartz, in Noblestown, Pa. She sailed
on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm, and ar
rived in New York on Sept. 6. She got
a ticket for Noblestown, and then went
to Hoboken. While there she was
robbed of all her money. She, however,
found her train and arrived in Mobiles
town four days ago.
Soon Mr.. Schwartz discovered she was
still insane at times. He knew the story
of her life, and as he was not able to
take care of her he appealed yesterday
to Chief Elliott, Of the department of
charities. The chief listened to the
story, but as it was outside Of his juris-
diction he told the man the city could
not take care of her, At the same time,
however, he ordered Clerk Hoffman to
notify Secretary Window of the case-
Pittsburg Dispatch.