The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-11

nounced as al outrage, and the names
OF number of very high court person.
ages, including Duke Ernest Gunther
OF Schleswig- Holstein, the brother-in-
law OF Emepror William of Germany,
in fact some persons even had the
audacity to cast the side lights of sus-
picion upon 6 higher person than Duke
Gunther, though it would seem with
out any just ground for so doing
When Count Won Kotze was re-
leased from prison he promptly sent
out challenges to about a dozen of
those whom he believed to have been
implicated in a plot to ruin him, in
order to save the reputation of the
high parsonage, whoever he may be.
who is looked upon as being the real
author OF the anonymous communica-
TONS
Among the principal persons chal-
lenged were Baron Won Reischach
court marshal to ex-Emperor Freder-
lex, of Germany; Baron Won Schrader
master of ceremonies of the Prussian
court; Prince Won Fuerstenberg, Prince
Arlpet, OF Saxe-Altenburg, and Prince
Albert, of Sare-Altenburg
A rumor, never substantiated, also
had it that Won Kotze had challenged
Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig-
Holstein, but this has been denied and
is not believed to be true
THE FIRST
of the proposed series of duels was
fought with pistols in the Grunewald,
early during the morning of April 13 last
between Count Won Kotze and Baron
Won Retscach. The latter insisted that
shots be exchanged until one of the
contestants was so badly wounded as to
| be unable to continue the fight. Seven
shots were exchanged with the result
that both the count and baron had more
EI1t or ba
eighth shot Won KotZe fell with a bull
let in the loin. He was taken TO a hos
! pital and for some time his life was
| deSpaired of and even when the attend
ing physicians pronounced that he would
live they coupled this statement with the
remark that he would be crippled for life
This is practically the case, although the
count walks with greater ease than was
expected.
There was some talk of sending Count
| Won Kotze and his opponent to prison
for fighting the duel, but there was such
popular sympathy for Won kotze that
the emperor overlooked the matter on
the counts reported promise to give up
his plan of fighting the rest of the series
of duelS
However, in June last, Won Kotze met
Baron Scrader On the field of honor,
wounded him slightly and was again
wounded himself. For this Won Kotze was
sentenced to three months Imprisonment
in the Fortress of Glutz, and on July u
he gave himself up to the governor OF
that place and served his sentence, but
he was treated with the greatest conSld-
GRAFTON, and it was again reported on
his release that he had promised not to
fight another duel By this time Won
Kotze had become quite
A POPULAR HERO
and his enemies felt very uncomfortable.
1t is impossible that this would have been
the last of the series OF dueis mao II
not been for an unlocked for event, me
-ntz on
one of the most famous lawyers IN Ber-
lin. Dr. Fritz Friedman, and to the latter
the court chamberlain entrusted large
number of important documents 10 De
used in the preparation of the defense. In
preparing this work, it was necessary TO
employ detectives and make many secret
inquiries All this data remained In
Friedman's possession and almost a
thunderclap echoed over Berlin when, in
December last, it was announced that
the popular lawyer had fled from Berlin,
leaving debts to the amount of about
| 2, 1000, 900 marks, and taking with him
rising young actress, Nellie Won Widen
fels He was last seen at a Masonic din
ner with his wife. having heard that a
warrant for his arrest had been issued on
the charge of bribinS a, police officer to
allow female client whom the police
man was escorting to prison to escape,
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED
and took with him, besides the actress,
all the documents in the Won Kotze case
and other secret papers which had been
entrusted to his care by high perSonages,
leaving his wife and five children in pow
erty, although his yearly income was es-
timated to be about 10000 marks. He re-
ceived $4,000 marks for defending Polka,
the banker, last year.
The actress he took with him in his
flight it also appears, was the daughter
of a professional burglar, and he had
been
LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE
with her for some time previous. She was
only II years of age.
DR.. Friedman was arrested on February
% last at Bordeaux, France. as he was
upon the point of sailing for South Amer
lea, and though steps are still in pro-
gresS to eXtradite him, it is not thought
likely that he will be brought back to
Berlin.
But the scandal has been again revived
and another duel has resulted from the
fact that the Olendorf publishing house
of Paris is reported ready to publish a
book entitled "A Revelation from Above"
written by DR.. Friedman, and containing
startling disclosures regarding the Won
Kolze case in particular and court life in
Berlin in general 1t is added that EN-
peror Williams brother-in-law Duke
Ernest Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein
Baron Won Schrader, Prince Won Alien
burg, Prince Aribert of Anhalt and others
have subscribed the sum of 100000 marks
in an effort to prevent the Olendorf pub
fishing house from publishing Dr. Fried
mans book.
Naturally this has brought back all the
old soreness, ard Count Won Kotze is
again on the warpath.
CRAZY NsTErED