The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-23

buried IN a secluded spot OF quiet Cem-
etery near Nutley, N. J. She was only
Mrs. Jacob Link, the wife of quarry
blacksmith, when she died, but during
her seven years residence in that viii
lage she had come to be known as the
Duchess" because of the pride of sta
tion that she could not forsake and the
bearing of high birth that never for
sock her during long years of poverty
and the poorest surroundings.
A respectable widow advertised in
1888 in a New York newspaper for a
position as housekeeper. Jacob Link
answered the advertisement and met
the woman. He proposed nominal SAL
ary, or matrimony, and the latter con-
dition was accepted. A certificate
shows that on July 29,1S8S, Jacob Link
and Adele Won Hunerbein were married
by the Rev. T. Koenig in New York
city.
He took her to Nutley, where she
made him a good wife, although she was
regarded as a mystery by her neighbors
on account of her bearing. It was not
long before she was called the Ouch
ess,'' but she served we'll, though with
ccourtly bearing, as the wife of a labor
ing man, in all capacities, even when
She carried a tin pail filled with beer
to her home for her husband, when he
returned from work.
She conflded to Link that she was the
wife Of German baron, but she put on
40 airs over him, and was faithful and
Industrious, until she was forced to
give up two years ago through illness.
She spent many months in St. Barna-
tas' hospital for treatment and was dis
charged six months ago as incurable.
Before she went there she confded
to woman in Nut.ey sealed package
pf papers, with instructions that it was
10 be opened only in case of her death.
This was returned her when she left the
hospital, and was only opened last
week.
After the seals were broken a brown
Docketbook was found, containing
many musty and now old documents
which clearly indicated the high posi-
tlon the woman had held.
The papers were nearly all in Ger
man, but it was CLEANED from them that
Baron Won Hunerbein was born in
Harkerode, Mansfield, Prussia-the son
OF baron who had covered himself
with honors under King Frederick Will
liam. The young baron was lieuten-
ant In the German army, his commits
sion from the king being found among
the papers.
Another paper shows that in 1857 the
mother of Albertina Marie Wilhelmens
DedeloW sanctioned the engagement OF
her daughter to Baron Won Hunerbein
Right here mystery began. Link had al
ways been told by his wife that she hae
been married in Germany, and he was
surprised when I discovered through
the marriage certificate that Huner-
Deln mad married the woman in New
York in May, 1868. The year had been
erased from the marriage certificate
but his age was given as 81 years, and
the marriage must, therefore, have
taken place in 1853.
II they were married in GERMANY nc
record of it was left among Mrs. Links
papers. Another paper shows that the
baron and his wife came to America in
March, 1863
Baron Won Hunerbein, according to a
death certificate from the Record of
Vital Statistics in New York CITY. died
In February, 1870, in lunatic asylum
He was described as an artist, and it
is believed the couple endured great
poverty before he succumbed to mel
ancholia. The baroness erected a head
stone over her husbands grave in Ever.
green, after asking, by letter, aid from
the German consul. There is no record
of the woman from 1870 to 1888. Mrs
Link, or Baroness Won Hunerbein, was
So years old. Her hair was white and
she always attracted attention. The
women of the Golden Rule Circle OF
the Kings Daughters comforted her in
her troubles and paid her final honors
at the grave.