The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-26
MAX, THE NOBLEMAN
An Austrian Count Is One of Liv.
ingstOn'S Citizens.
FALLS HEIR TO A FORTUNE
He Has an Aristocratic Title and
halls From Innsbruck In the
Province of Tyrol, Austria
Quite a Romantic Career.


Attorney Leslie and Deputy United
States Marshal Davidson arrived from
Helena to-day to examine into a case
Of alleged timber depreciation upon the
public domain. 1t has been reported to
them that ID. X. Buchanan of this
city was cutting timber upon govern
ment land in this vicinity. f. w.
Sproule being their informant. Mr.
Buchanan did not deny that he had
cut some timber on government land,
but claimed that he did so upon the
supposition that a permit would be
granted him. Several seasons previous
to this Buchanan has had such a per-
NIT and he made application last Jan
uary for a renewal OF the permit and
in the meantime busted himself in get
ting out his supply OF wood for next
summer. However. he only cut a small
portion upon government land. obtain
ing the greater part of his timber from
land owned by private parties. Blu
channan claims he is the victim of per-
secution of rival. who will later be
held to answer to the same charge and
whose depredations have extended over
a period of years. The lands from
which the timber has been cut are
about seven miles south of this city, at
the foot of Old Badly. and owing 10
their partial inaccessibilty II is almost
as much as the timber is worth to get
it to market. A complaint was made
out against Buchanan, who, through
his attorney, +. G. Day, waived prelim-
mary examination and gave bonds i'm
the sum of $500 for his appearance be-
fore the United States court at Hell
ena.
1t is not generally known that for
several years a scion of Austrian no.
bility has lived within our midst. but
such is the case. lie has been COM
monty known as Max, but his proper
title is Count Won Alpenburg. and his
connection with one of the oldest and
most aristocratic families of Austria Is
beyond question. BY the death of a
brother the count has fallen heir to a
considerable fortune, part of which he
received this week. He claims as his
native city, Innsbruck. i'm the province
OF Tyrol, Austria. which. i'm 1SiS. was
temporarily the seat of government for
the Austrian empire, having been Sc
lected by the king and his court as
place of refuge during the revolution
airy wars and internecine strife which
at that time threatened to disrupt the
empire.
Before he was of age Count Won AL
penburg. growing weary of his exalted
station and desiring TO see the world
left home against the wishes of his
parents. and after several years spent
in travel, at last found himself i'm Mon
tana. his means exhausted and COM
PEELED to rustic for a living. He never
corresponded with his people and thu
first information he ever received from
them since he left was about six years
ago, when he was notified that a large
patrimony awaited him. IL was his in
heritance upon becoming of age. but
the years had sped by since he should
have come into IL, owing to the diff
Guilty of ascertaining his whereabouts
But even then there was so much red
tape connected with securing his in
heritance that he allowed the matter 10
remain in allegiance, and strangely
enough preferred TO make his living by
fishing up and down the Yellowstone,
with now and then stray job OF a
few days.
s. Deutsch was well acquainted with
his fathers family I'm Austria. and he
says that when the crown prince of the
house of Hapsburg visited Wonder
land last year the prince made inquiry
concerning the count. Parenthetically,
il ma be remarked that Mr.. Deutsch
himself bore a distinguished title in
Austria-Baron Won Deutsch.
In Mondays issue OF the Standard
there appeared a communication pur-
porting to be from Jesse Lyons, in
which, under cover OF denial on the
part of Lyons OF statements attributed
to him by this correspondent. a covert
attack is made upon the Livingston
correspondent and his veraclty disput-
ed While even the semblance OF a
controversy with the individual whose
name Is appended TO the article I'm
Mondays Standard is humiliating in
the extreme. yet this correspondent
considers IT justifable in his defense to
correct any wrong impression which
might obtain II the screed OF Lyons
was allowed 10 go unnoticed. whether
Lyons was correctly quoted or not, the
following affidavit will be in evidence:
1T having come 10 the notice OF the
undersigned that an effort has been
made TO throw discredit upon the re-
ports of the Livingston correspondent
OF the Standard. particularly as relates
TO an article concerning one Jesse
Lyons we desire to say that we We're
witnesses 10 the interview upon which
thefarticle was based. and we unquali-
fiedly assert that the Standard CORE
spondent did in no way misrcpresent
the statements made by the said
Lyons In particular was the CORE
spondent correct upon every point 10
which exceptions are taken I'm the card
from Mr.. Lyons.
William Handy.
Thomas McDaniels.
Robert Lilly,
"a. l.. Lee"
For the edihcation OF the individual