The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-11

| The world was before him again, and
he went to Constantinople, where he met
| the correspondent of the London Times,
and was made bearer of dispatches
| through the Russian lines. The war
| correspondent of the Times was a hustler
and his paper was getting the news in
| advance of the official reports permitted
| to be issued by the Russian government
| of the military operations during the
| Turco-Russian war. = !:
| Baron Won Puttkamer liked
THE WILD AND ADVENTU ROUS
LIFE
| in to which he was now plunged, and
took pleasure in outwitting the slow and
stupid Russians. He Succeeded many
times, and by his aid the Times and it's
correspondent at the front scored many
victories over other papers, but at last
he was captured, and taken before
| Russian general.
| At that time Won PuJtkamer was dis
guised at Russian peddier, and had
! large sum of money with him. The
officer heard the story. and promptly
ordered the alleged spy to be shot. Won
| Puttkamer asked to be allowed to talk
| with the general in private, and asked
him to read some papers he had over
| looked. Of course when tie young man
| spoke OF his relationship to Prince BIS
marck he said nothing about his peculiar
relations with the iron chancellor. He
| made all he could of the fact that he
was a descendant from Prince Jeska Won
/ Puttkamer, and in the end the general
| concluded that it would hardly do to
| have him shot, but in one way and an
! other all the money he had, about six
| hundred pounds, disappeared before he
was allowed to leave the Russian lines
free man again.
| The war at an end, the correspondent
ofsthe London Times had no further
need of his g
| DASHING BEARER.OF DESPATHES,
| and once more, with all the world be-
lore him, except that portion included
| in the empire of Germany, the young
| soldier of fortune turned his steps away
| to fresher fields. and to more adventures.
L
for him and he went there, and was
/ made captain of the marines on 1.-THE
| Monitor Muascar, but was soon sent
1 ashore for land duty. War was on with
i Chill, and his rise in the service of Peru
wasrrapid, and he soon attained. the rank
of colonel. Col Won Puttkamer was as
signed.to the command of battalion in
| ~. ol hr
ceres, in sthe retreat from Lima.
There was some desperate fighting, in
| which the command of Colonel Won
Puttkamer, had it's full part, and which
led up to the
BATTLE AT LAS CASAS DA LOS
/ REYES,
| in which 1900 Chilians were killed.
The command of Col. Won Puttkamer
was in the thick of the fight, and the
| Colonel was shot through the lungs, the
bullet making the deep scar still ito be
seen, and which he will carry to his
grave.
He was supposed to be dead, and after
the battle it was proposed to give him a
soldiers burial, betitting his rank. He
lay there, surrounded by Chilians, per-
fectly conscious of all that was said. hut
perfectly unable to move. While the
soldiers were standing around him, an
English doctor in the CHILEAN service
walked in, took look at the supposed
body, and said: "That officer is alive"
Thanks to the good Offices of that
physician, Colonel Won Puttkamer re-
covered his health, after long sickness,
and was allowed to leave the country,
giving his word of honor not to serve
again during the war.
He went first to New York, and then
to San Francisco, from which point
he went on long trading trip to the
west coast, where his guide died, and
he himself suffered many priyations.
Then he went to San Domingo, where
be was employed on sugar plantation.
He then returned to New York, where
he met member Of his family, the Grst
he had seen since he left Germany. That
relative was Rev. Ealbert Won Puttka-
mer, formerly captain in the German
army, and then lieutenant colonel
of artillery in the Union service during
the late war; He died a year later at
the home for aged and sick cler9y.nen.
Baron Won Puttkamer has for some
time been at sea, mostly in the capacity
of a steward and as such reached here in
the bark Ella The contract with that
vessel ended here, and he at once hired
out for the time being as a laborer at
loading lum Der.
For years he had no communication
with his family, except that he once, SO
he'.says, wrote Prince Bismarck for mon
ey. The Prince sent him $500, but
told him to never write to him again.
Recently, however, he has had more
pleasant home lettrs. His sister learned
by accident that he was still living, and
on Christmas morning wrote him g
touching letter, saying that she accept
ed the news tina her brother was still
alive as gift from the dear Lord who