New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-27
uI,fuERSTEIN'S FATE SEALED
.,,s srvrENrE OF THREE YEARS AT
WARD LABOR TO BE CARRIED OUT
.,ovv OF THE pIsGRACE OF THE FORMER
,v.rrR OF THE GERMAN CONSERVATIVES
THE SEVERITY OF HIS SENTENCE
SURPRISE TO HIS
ENEMIES

wi, rr,s o6-Tro Supreme Court Of the
r,,nire sitting at Leipsic, has rejected the ap-
..,, =, Baron Won Hammerstein. formerly leader
a, the Conservatives In the ReichstaS anc Edl-
.,-.r.cbief Of the "Kreuz zeitung' from the
A,tence imposed upon him by the Berlin conr
nnon his conviction Of forgery on April - last
rhe sentence Of the Court was that he he i'm
rrsoned for three years az hard labor; that ne
forfeit HE civil rights for five years al" '''''
henay a fine Of 200 marks
rbis sentence was regarded by both his frlenuS
.,a enemies alike as being one OF extreme
..rs-tv I, having been expected that, inasmucH
=. uan,r,arstein humbly confessed his errors
and avoided making disclosures when "oui'
have Involved many of his former associates
Who are still IN high places. he would ESCAPE
,he ,gnouinv Of convict labor ana receive /"
sentence Of simple imprisonment. ana the caSe
was promptly appealed. with the result d. ""
nounced to-day.
As nothing further can be done in Hammer
,,s,n's behalf. that once influential editor ana
nowerf,il poitical leader will have TO don con-
v,cts garb and begin his term 0f penal serNi-
tude at once. -,
paro, von Hammerstein became involved j"
bi,ter noltical auarrels. in the course OF VIII"
the fact was made public that ne was gum? "a
ac,s of forgery and emhezzlement, Tor WHY"
he should be prosecuted. He tried 1oi ""''9
70 brave the matter out, but seeing ''d' .''S q,
inevitable. he fed from Berlin with MS
family last July. 81. Of them being IN s''"'''
c-c,,mstances In the mean time, evidences OF
~. .,y, ,os tn. result Of fresh discoveries. were
accommodating. 1t also became known mat ne
had been maintaining a mistress. young ''"'a7
named Flora Glass. in luxurious style "h'c"
accounted for the fact that he and his family
we're in that pecuniary plight.
r-ro,, Fraulein Glass the Socialists managed
q oh.ain hv rurchase and otherwise nuWo'i
of uanmerstein's letters implcatng huh'''
Of Conservative leaders and others IN ms '''''''
md misdemeanors. and threatened 10 maze
them public They tried to have them eau '"
the course Of A debate in the RelchS'aS' ""' '''
President would not permit thelr co'''oi'7
disclosed They also accused the Government -
having connived at Han merstein eS'ap' "'''
declared that the authorities had fro""e' "i'
anv genuine attempt to capture h'm j" 0''
TO prevent disclosures affecting the 'oi's''
supporters Of the Government
rheea insinuatjons and open assertions. HoN-
ever were completely hattened ou' ON '"e T''
coverv of IIammerstein in DeceInne' Id9' "' "
Berlin Commissary Of Police IN A'he"S'
no had represanted himself 20 the 'ieeN9 az "
ye,l-to-do commission mHrchah- o4 ,..i ~. ,,ol,ca
Wiilian Herburt The German pohuca' pI
had tracked him through Sw!tzerland ana 1'al3 a.:
and finally overhau'ed and stopped MN asn 80
landing from a steamer at FlIaeIS, .le 1iIa,.,ng
I,Sane and eve miles from that city. having
rn him down the police commissares occ'niS in
him closely during the entire tAne tA Cranpr co.,
making applications in secret l" III "
ernment for his surrender; e.,radite o,l
The Greek Government does not eXtrani.e roI
prits excen, for capital offences. Dut uluel pr
60 . fporIt, ,iio Athens authorities took al
vantage OF Hammestein's having regsletteu t NM ,no
self as william Herburt to expci h'iii IiV .'r
Kingdom as an Anarchist suspect. fl"i',',,, , ~.
s,.,S therasora was compelled to leave. and en-
ssrd steamer for R[ndis hs eaeT The a1dh@ and the
49, @ az. ~ 30 sseI sailed Commssary Wolf or
n. German political police placed him under hao
arrest and he was subsequently brought D7cA
siearnca that Fraul.in Glass had informed
ne police % Hamms rstein's whereabouts Iro,. o, Il
tine 70 time betraying this ana o,her ,,,,tb
or NJ revenge because he did not take her WIZ"
him IN his fight instead OF his family