The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
SERVES KING WILL.
WICHITA REPRESENTED IN THE
PRUSSIAN CHASSEURS.
Henry Timmermeyer Who Was Supposed
to be Dead Turns up as a Soldier
in one of the Kaisel's
Crack Regi-
mentS
be dead has come to life again.

The dead has come to life again.
Henry Timmermeyer, Jr., has been heard
FROM and he is alive.
Every young German in Wichita knew
Henry Timmermeyer, Jr., and every citi-
zen. almost. ksew his father.
The father owns n fine brick block on
Main street, and the family lived here for
many years. young Henry being raised in
Wichita. The father now lives at Law
renee, but was here yesterday on business
connected with his property interests.
About three years ago Joung Henry
disappeared mysteriously. He was found
10 be missing one night, and nobody
knew what caused his absence. DAYS
heightened into weeks and weeks into
months, and he did not turn up. His
father aud mother were almost broken
hearted and everything possible was done
by them to find some trace or tldings of
him. He was advertised for in the papers,
but printers' ink could not lead to solu-
tion of the mystery. The Pinkerton agen-
cy was employed to look him up, bnt that
argus-eyed institution failed to find any
clue to his whereabouts. 1t seemed as
if the ground had opened up
and swallowed him. Foul play was
suspected and the officers searched
in vain that trail. From the moment he
left his fathers door on the night of his
disappearance no Lying mortal who knew
him has laid his eyes upon him.
"He is dead" This was what every
body said, but the mother still hoped that
he was not, and some invisible something
kept telling her that he still lived and
that the mystery of his disappearance
would be solved some day.
Days made weeks, weeks grew into
months and months into three years. an d
not word had been heard from him. and
not soul had seen him that could give
encouragement to his parents.
A few days ago u letter came to Wichita
to H. Timmerneyer, ST., from Wichita it
was sent to Lawrence where it was deliver
ed to the man to whom it was addressed.
1t was from Germany and bore the seal of
the army. 1t WAS opened, and to the great
establishment of Mr.. Timmermeyer, it was
from his son Henry. He was in the army
of Emperor William. that mighty phalanx
of men which has kept the war cloud hoy
| ering over the continent of Europe since
the fall of Sedan. over twenty years ago.
threatening war cloud Thanksgiving
day was never celebrated so happily in the
| Timmermeyer home as it was last Thurs
| day. Whea young Timmermeyer was a
! boy in Wichita he sat by the knee OF Tony
| Bruhn many times aud heard that gray
! haired veteran recount the battles he help
ed to fight and win under the standard of
that great monarch William Tony's
eioluence concerning the army of the Ger
man empire would turn the head of any
youth, and it Is now thought
mermeyer @ to cross the Ocean to
win fame and a name on the banks of
! the Rhine where the next European war
will be fought. How he reached Ger
many is mystery to his father, AS the
Young man did not have u cent of money
when he left home.
When he reached Germany he went to a
recruiting otfic- aud presented himself for
| enlistment. He told the officers that
he was subject of the American
republic, but that made no d tftreuce
to king and country that had
of them Hopping his wings and the Rus.
sian bear growing on the other side of
them. They look him in.
| Henry, as will he remembered, was one
| of the finest looking young men in Wich-
| ta. He was as tall rs a cedar and as
| straight an arrow. In consideration of
his fine physique, he was assigned to the
First regiment of Prussian chasseurs, one
of the finest regiments In the empire, and.
| it being one of the kaiser's favorite-, it is
always kept stationed at Berlin. Ii war
| breaks out it will accompany the house of
Hohenzollern to he field, and the Peerless
Princess may have representative that
will do her honor in the first battle of he
| long-expected Franco German war. At
any rate, he will have the prayers OF Cap
tain Tony Bruhn.