Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-19
A BRILLIANT CAREER
GnttCsdsnls Of Joseph BIanlher, Sus-
plCled Of nUrdtr.
A NOBLEMAN AND A SOLDIER.


BAN FRANCuCO, May 10. josef
Blanther, tho suspected murderer Of
Mrs. Philipins LAngieldt, is knight
OF the Austfo. Hungarian empire, eutl-
tied 10 place the Aristocfatlc "Von"
before his name. lie was = lieutenant
In the army Of Emperor Franz josef
and served with such distinction that
hs received a. special tokens Of impe-
fisi iAvof ~ least four crosses and dec.
ofniiont, themselves and the documents
accompanying them, al found among
tho effects Of the missing man, which
estsblish these facts beyond doubt.
Win such record In tue army, the
woafet Of 90 many highly priced dec.
UrstiOus dFifind into other walks VI
life, tor which n reason Ia not known.
During the four years fellow Ing bis
service in Siam, lac possibly Travelled IN
tue Orient ald became tingod with that
mysticism which his acquaintance
have noticed cropping up iu his works.
II " more than likely tput his action
IN leaving the army was not allOReih.
or voluntary. That at one time In his
career Blauther was very proud OF his
uniform, and his decorations "a attestod
by photograph Of himself In that
uniform, wearing those decorations.
The photograph was found among his
pspefs. 10 was takeu In Vienna about
fltevn years ago and shows a very
handsome young man.
Blnnthor arrived In the United
States about ten years ago and has re-
sldUd In this county continuously 'vor
since. He rgsidod In Chicago, New
YORK, aud uumefons tOwus In
FlIfidu. Blauther srfivsd In San
Fraaoisco on February ., aui with
tue exception VI snort "trip to Port
land, ore, has remained In this city
ever siuce.
lie IL now IN the shadow OF the gal
lows. The web OF oircumatantial evil
denco that 10 being woven around Tim
IL drawing closer ana closer. 10 has
been Jeff 10 the man himptii to supply
the most damaging testimony Of his
guilt, aud although he has not yet been
eau, ht the energies Of the police have
been fedoublvl In tho last twenIy.iouf
hourt.
The most important OF those doou.
menls IL thu highly illuminated I'M.
periAl ordrr Of Dscember ~, 1878, con-
fOTfing kbighthood, n cteAt anu coat
arms upon Josef BlAnthsr, VINO n de-
scriUcu ~ first lieutenant IN the sixty
9th Austrian Infantry, command.
cd by no lnfs an import
ant parsonage than tho Arch
duke Ludwig Victor This document
Interests tue police In this city mostly
from the fact inst u fixes beyond a
doubt tho age OF Bla nther at 81 years.
lilo was born In the year 1850 nj
Rankefburg, In Steifmafi.
Ho must have entered tho army nj a
very early age and have been descend.
eli from a good family TO get such q
berln M ffst Lieutenant In the arch
dukes regiment when only 10 ysars
old, Previous 10 that be had evidently
done some peculiarly noteworthy
action, for the highly prlEed iron cross
OF the third order had already been
conferred upon him, Later on, from
otuor papers found among Blanthet's
effects II would appear that he was
with hlS regiment at Bangkok, Siam,
with the titie Of malor
By some special act OF bravery the
attention OF King Humbott was al.
traotcd 10 the knight Won BlAnthsr.
Among other documents found by the
police Ia one bearing the royal seal Of
Italy, whereby knighlhoOd In tho
order OF the crown OF Italy IL conferred.
This was In NOvo.hbSr, 1881, anu In
obedience TO the royal will tho golden
insi yniA OF tho order, the double headed
eagle OF the house OF Savoy and a
patent conisrring the right TO wear H.,
was dispatched TO BlantheT, who was
then u lieutenant In the 32nd infantry
regiment OF Austrla.