St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-23
COUNT Won kOTzE JUGGED
ne IS A MASTER or CEREMONIES
At THE IMPERIAL COURT.
GULL Tx OF AN AWFUL CRIME.
For Several Years He Has Sent
Anonymous Letters to the
Members of the German Arts.
tocracy MakinS Indecent Per-
sonai Accusations = Attacks
Have Caused Great Trouble.

nave O0uSeu great 1fO0Ote.
BERLIN.:June 27.-The Cologne Ga.
zette has caused e sensation in court
and other circles by announclng today
that Count Won KITE, one OF the mas
ters Of ceremonies Of the imperial court,
was arrested on Sunday last on al OK.
traordlnary charge. :
The arrest Of Count Won Kotze Is the
result of four years of patient police In.
vestigation. During all that period
members Of the highest aristocracy Of
Germany have been in receipt OF anony-
nous letters and postal cards. These
missives. in most instances. were used
by the anonymous writer to make the
most indecent personal accusations,
either against the persons to whom they
were addressed or against thsir init
mate friends or dearest relatives. Moth
Ing seemed too evil for the anonymous
writer to intimate OF the objects Of his
ven6mous attacks. and the result was
that very bitter feelings were caused in
many worthy families. Husbands were
led to suspect their wives; fathers
learned to Doubt their sons; daughters
began to look with Suspicion upon their
mothers; lifelong friends were separat.
ed, and. in brief. irreparabie wrong was
done in great number Of noble
families.
In a number Of cases, it would seem,
the people who received the anonymous
communications, instead of tearing
them up with contempt, brOoded over
them, and did exactly what the anopy-
mons enemy wished them to do. In
other instances. however. tbs persons
who received these Scandatous cOmmn.
nications placed them in the hands OF
the police. After long and patient work
they discovered the source OF these des.
pieabie missives. c.S-
Sunday last Count Won Kotze, upon
returning from visit TO SchrisDer-
snaeh. Prussia. was arrested in this
city by Gen. Won Haenke. chief OF the
emperor's military cabinet. and aide
de-camp to his majesty. charged with
being tue author of these long series Of
anonymous ISLANDERS.
Shortly after the arrest. UPON the snV.
geStlon of Gen. Won Haenke, who per.
sonaliy examined the prisoner, physi.
clans were sent for in order that Won
kotze's mental condition might be de-
terlnlned. 1t was shown that the pris-
onef's father died in an asylum for the
insane, and the examining physician's
opinion was that the son was tina victim
OF mania. Tbs inquiry is proceeding.
The general opinion Seems to be that
as convenient way out Of a most dis.
graceful affair, Won Kotze will be con.
fined III an asylum.
BERLIN. June 22.-AH the newspa-
pers OF this city comment upon the ar.
rest of Won kaIZe
The Local AnZeiger says that the
prisoner protests his Innocence, in spite
of the overwhelming proofs against him.
1t is thought possible that the Sc will
not come before the law courts, owing
to tho general belief that the master Of
ceremonies is insane. His wife has
been vainly trying to obtain his release.
According 10 the Vossisehe Zeitnng,
when Emperor William ordered Won
kolze's arrest his majesty was reminded
Of the immense sensation; it would Gre
ate. This irritated- the emperor, who
replied: "Never mind. he shall be
treated like any other criminal"
The contents of the letter are mostly
obscene.
Won Kolze was formerly captain in
Uhlan regiment. He retired from the
army in. 1854, buta is still me mberIof
the army reserve, and was very popu-
lar in society.
The Kleine journal says that since
Won Kolze's arrest four letters have
been received by different aristocrats,
written iu exactly the same tenor as
those which Won Koize is charged with
writing. The signature is also the same.
Under the circumstances it is impossi-
bic that Won KoiZe could have been the
author of the four letters.