The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
FOUGHT HIS THIRD DUEL
tunnt Won koiyc Makes Good Progress In
Ills Revenge Good Markmnushir

Commit Won kotzc Makes Good Progress IN
Ills Revenge Good M~arkmnnshir.
EERtI%, April ll.-This morning i,
was announced that the third duel
growing out of the court anonymous
letter scandals had taken place in the
woods near Potsdan, and that lnron
Won S~chradcr, master OF ceremonies of
the PrussiGn court, had beer shot and
seriously wounded by Count Won
kotze, formerly court chamberlain.
who was acquitted of the charge of
being the author OF the ANONYMOUS
communications.
The two used pistols and Won Schra-
der was severely wounded in the alb
domcn and was taken to the hospital.
HIS relatives were tclcgraphcd for and
promptly gathered at his bedside.
toun Won kotzc's arrest was or.
dcrcd, but his friends say that he will
surrender TO the authorities whenever
ana Wherever called upon to do so.
inns is the third duel Of the series
OF about u dozen for which challenges
were sent ont last April by Count Won
hotHc' and he has repeated to-day his
announcement of his determination to
wv va ny hlIIE ms enemies, one DL
one, until he should have settled ac.
counts with all on his list. Those who
Know him feel confident that he will
keep his word.
The scandals which gave rise to this
series OF duels began nearly five years
ago. when high court personapes.
maze ard female. began to receive
anonymous letters or postal cards,
calling their attention to this or that
cscnpadc OF their own or of relatives
or friends. AS result. wives became
separated from husbands, and fathers
ana mothers discarded their children
ana people began to look asisancc at
their best friends. Every effort possi-
bic was made by the police To
discover the guilty party, bat
the anonymous tormcntor was
able to continue his work for about
four years. Finally suspicion fastened
itself upon Count Won kotae and u vol
unteer spy denounced him to the
court authorities on the ground that
on the blotting paper of u letter pad
used by the count he had found IL
clear reproduction OF one of the anonv-
nous postal cards. Won kotze was
arrested and confined in the fortress.
but upon trial WAS acquitted. lie
'hSu Ncht cilulIpHpcS 10 1DOut "a dozen
OF those whom he believed TO have
been implicated IN the plot to ruin
him IN order to save the reputation of
the nigh parsonage, whoever he may
be, who l. looked upon as being the
rea' author of the Anonymous com
municationS.
The counsel for Won Kot2e. on his
trial, was one of the most famous law
.yers mere, DIR. Fritz Friedman. To him
the conrt entrusted n bundle of i'm
portant documents to be used in draw
ing up the case. This data remained
IN Friedman's possession Last De-
ccmbcr the lawyer fled from Berlin,
leaving heavy debts and taking with
him "a rising young actress. Nellie Won
Wiidenfeis, as we'll as all of the Won
kotzc case documents and other secret |
papers entrusted to his care bv high
personages The Ollcndorf publish
ing house of Paris is reported ready to
publish a book entitled "a Revelation
From Above written by Dir. Fried
man. and containing startling dis
closures regarding the Won Kotze case
and cour, lie IN Berlin.