The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25

4 WIA M' of America, on Jan.
~ NSJN, 26, Count George
NS\V o Haeseler, re-
49, tired captain.'
Thirty years ago
Count George O Haeseler was
a captain in a crack cavalry reg
lment and one of the most pop
ular officers in the Prussian army,
says the New York World. He was
stationed at Stettin and was known far
and wide for his mad escapades and
extravagances. His family, one of the
Oldest and richest in Germany, remOn.
strated with him, but t no
He had served through the wal of 1866
with distinction and had been dec
GRATED more than once. 1t was hoped
that when he had sOwed his plentiful
crop of wild oats he would settle
down to hard work and make a mark
IN his profession. Blu one day in 1869
Count Won Haeseler disappeared as if
the earth had swallowed him up. He
had been overwhelmed at last, and it
was limited that for strong reasons he
would never return to his native land.
Whatever scandal there was, however,
was hushed up by family influence and
the name Of the dashing captain be-
cam a mere memory until the above
death notice appeared in Berlin. A
rev days later a further notice was
printed in the same PAPER stating that
With the death of Won Haeseler the
male branch of that family had be-
come extinct, with the exception of
Lieut.-Gen. Count Gottlieb Won Haze
seller, commanding the 18th army corps
at Metz, a brother Of the deceased. The
article then went on to say that Count
George had gone to America nearly
thirty years before and had there tax
en- the name Of George Koeppen, IN
der which he had lived and died. He
settled in Milwaukee and secured en-
ployment as a reporter on the Ger
mania, the leading German newspaper
OF that city. He was successful, so the
story ran, and for the last six years of
MS life had been the editor-in-chief
of the paper On which he had once
been a neWsgatherer. He was greatly
respected, always under the name of
koeppen, and was the president
or the German society of Milwau-
kee at the time Of his death. These
notices were read by a Baroness Won
Alien, the wife of an officer stationed
In Berlin. Her first husband was a
mar OF the name of Schrabisch. and
n vaguely remembered that he had
some dealings with the dead Count Won
Haeseler, and that he had lost money
by the disappearance of the latter.
Baroness o Alien had a son by her
first husband, and the young man came
to this country about six years ago.
name is Max %Schrabisch and he
lives in Paterson, N. J.. The baroness
decided to write to him to make fur
Their inquiry as to Won Haeseler's. or
Koeppen's, death, but first she over
hauled a lot of old papers which she
a not looked at for twenty-five
years. Among them she found four
promlssory notes, aggregating about
$500, made in 1858 and 1869. signed by
Count Won Haeseler. These notes wer,
unpaid and belonged to the effects Of
her dead husband. Baroness O AL
mailed the proofs Of Indebtedness
to her son, who received them a few
days ago. Young Schrabisch at once
consulted former Judge H. W. Leon
ard, who wrote to Milwaukee making
inquiries Of the proper officials as to
Haeseler's estate. The reply stat
that Koeppen, or Won Haeseler. had
died interstate and without leaving any
heirs in Wisconsin. In CONSEQUENCE.
the public administrator had taken
charge of the estate. The lawyer then
communicated with the public admin
istrator and will institute proceedings
to recover the face value of the notes.
with interest for twenty-eight years,
from the property left by the former
captain and editor. Judge Leonard
says he believes he will have no diff
Guilty in proving and collecting the
claim.
How Breathe Under Tce.