The Washington times., 1894-05-13
NEWS FROM FOREIGN SHORES
Charges of Fraudulent Practices
Against an American Turfman.
RICHARD DORLING'S DOINGs
He Represents Himself a. Being Relative
of ex-sscretary Whitney and Manages to
Fleece Number of Hotel Proprietors.
Gresham's Samoa Paper Satisfactory.


lent practices brought against the American
trotting horse owner. Mr.. Robert Kneebs.
have been the sensation Of the sporting world
in Germany during the past week, and they
have naturally aroused great interest among
the American colony in this city. The chief
witness against Mr.. Kneebs, strange to say,
was an American named Heffner, who ac-
compauied him here as partner in the trot-
ting business. Kneebs and HefIner ran the
mare Nellie Kneebs jointly in England up to
March %, when they appeared in Berlin.
DIR. Schneider, who is acting as counsel for
Mr.. Kneebs, is making the most OF the fact
that the chief witness against his client was
formerly the latters partner, and that they
were good friends until they had d dispute in
regard to money matters. Counsel for the
accused turfman also lays great stress
upon Heffner's alleged reliability, urging
that Mr. Kneebs is the victim Of mean ven-
geance upon the part of his personal friends.
News received from Dresden shows that the
man giving the name Of Richard Dorling,
who was arrested there on May 9 charged
with fraudulent practices, devoted himself
chiefly TO fleeing hotel-keepers and parties
he met with at hotels out of small sums OF
money. Dorling, who has Travelled under
various aliases, dressed well and in the latest
style. pretending in some places to be the
husband of daughter of one OF the Wander
bilts. In other places Dorling claimed to be
the son-in-law of Mr.. William c. Whitney.
Tho prisoner is described as being a good
inauist and OF polite address. He asked
constantly about the position of the best fami-
lies IL the towns he visited, and intimated
that he was charged to find titled husbands
ior young American ladies of good families
Dorling appears to have operated very sue
cessiully at Leipsic, Karlsruhe, Darmstadt,
Munich, Weimar, and Coburg until he was
caught in Dresden. The arrest Of Dorling
explains the fact that notices have frequently
~ lipcdred in the German papers recently set
ing forth that one of the daughters Of the
vanderbilt family, or else the daughter of some
other well-known and very wealthy family,
was about TO marry a member Of some aristo-
cratic German family.
Secretary Gresham's paper upon Samoa has
given great satisfaction here. 1t is concluded
that the United States government will sup
port the German protectorate Exception,
however, is taken to that part Of the report
which gives the expression it is claimed that
the United States at the Berlin conference did
not favor the arrangement 1t is insisted that
the American delegates, Messrs. Kasson and
Phelps, were greatly responsible for this
as United States minister to Germany in 1888
was regarded as recognition of his success
in negotiating the Samoan treaty.
The German newspapers which are oppos-
ing Prince Bismarck are trying to take him
into 4 controversary by describing the state
OF affairs at Samoa as being due to the So
called laundering work of his son, Count Her
bert Bismarck.
The summary treatment of German news
papers by high-handed judges is not uncom-
mon and generally creates little stir. But the
sentences imposed upon the eight editors on |
May has caused decided sensation and has |
elected chorus OF denunciation on all Sides |
As already cabled Herr Schmidt, of the yor-
waerts, WAS sentenced to five months i'm |
prisonment; Herr kessler, OF the Yolks-Zei- |
tung, and Herr Wissberger. OF the Berliner |
Zeitung, were condemned to three months |
imprisonment; Herr Zacheu, OF the Social |
Democrat. and Herr Harnischt. OF the LIGHT |
straleu, each received sentences of two |
months Imprisonment: Herr Gruettehen, OF |
the Tagehatt, WIS fined 500 marks; Herr |
Perl. OF the IGgeblatt, was fined 800 marks, |
and Herr Schuit, OF the Fahrzeitung, was SEN |
fenced to pay a fine Of $50 marks.
al these editors were tried on a charge Of |
calumny in accusing the police Of brutally |
treating people who attended in, January |
last meeting OF the unemployed at a Fried
richhain brewery. Great dissatisfaction has
also been creaied in legal circles at the man
ner in which counsel for tine defense was
treated by the bench. The extreme attitude |
OF Judge Brausewetter and the public prose-
cutor at Wednesdays trial appears to have
brought matters 10 crisis. and the matter
Will be brought before the lawyers institute.
with a view Of laying the matter before the
minister of justice. The concensus OF opinion
IL regard to the trial of the editors is that it
was disgraeeful proceeding and that it can
cn!y mean more grist to the socialist mill.
Inquiries made in connection with the law
suit rowing out of the claims made for the
properly Of the late Emin Pasha have re-
a'.ed in the discovery of certificate prov
ins that the great German explorer married
:. woman named Emmina, the widow of
HGkM Pasha, at Argo, South Tyrol His
Paulina, by this marriage, thus
=tablishes claims equal to those advanced by
Emin Pasha's African daughter. Ferida.
s.min Pasha's marriage with Emmina it Is
bow presumed. was the reason which I'm
I,eled him to refuse to come to Europe when
Henry NJ. Stanley brought him from the in
.grior nj Africa to the coast.
The lawsuit in progress about Emin Pasha's
property may possibly be further complicated
5y the fact that it has been ascertained that
when the explorer last went to the Congo he
was again accompanied by native woman,
whom the Beigians found, with son one
year old, when Emin Psha was murdered
lear Lualaba. 1t is thought that this woman
nay also raise claim to the property of the
explorer.
A number of delegates to the International
Miners Congress. which opens here on Mon
lay next. arrived in this city to-day About
100 delegates are expected to be present, and
I is believed that they will decide to petition
he various governments to legislate in favor
of an eight-hour day for workmen generally.
Mrs. William Walter Phelps and her niece,
Miss Mabel Bodman, are staying at the
here, after successful use of the
waters of Wiesbaden