The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-13

,,.n I2erlln newspaper there appeared
=, february last the following notice;
m,rD--In Milwaukee. United States OF
America, on January &c, Count GEO
voN HAEsELER, retired captain
rne New York World has the follow
,,. interesting story In connection with
mis- announcement ~.
Thirty years ago Count George Won
,tscscler was a captain In u crack cRVnl-
~ regiment and one OF the most popular
',t,rrs In the Prusslln army. He was
",,ttoned NJ SIctiIn. and was known
az and wide for mad cscapades and c%-
irayaGauces.
gIs family. one OF the oldest and rich
AZ, In Germany, demonstrated with him.
but To no purpose. e..
Ne had served through the war OF lSOS
with distinction and had been decorated
more than once. 80,
n was hoped that when he had sowc,Ii
bJs plentiful crop Of wild oats he would
s,ttic down 10 hard work and make
,rsrE In his profession. But one day ~
i,sS Count Won Haesclcr disappeared as
4 tho earth had swallowed him up, Hr
Mad been overwhelmed At last, ana IL
Uss limited that for strong reasons ne
yonld never return 20 his native lAhu'
Whatever scandal there was. however,
yas hushed Up BY family influence, anu
~, nam OF the dashing captain heGani,
4 mere memory until the above ue"'"
notice appeared In Berlin,
few dnys later Il further notice was
...irind in the same paper, stating that
Lin the deathof Won Haesclcr the male
rrSnrh Of that family had become eN-
,Irr, with the exception OF Lieutenant
neral count Won Haesclcr. command
,,,- thp Fifteenth army corps AT Metz, a
%rSthar OF the deceased, The article
Men wont on 10 say that Count George
sni ,.1n,, 10 America nearly thirty years
5.foTc nrF had there taken the name OF
cr,rrs Eorppen, under which he had
ti,sI neI dirj He settled In Milwaukee
AND secured employment rs a reporter
=, tho GrrnanIa. the leading German
rswspapC, of that city. He was sue
r,gynu, so the story ran, and for the
Ia; six years Of his life had been editor
In.chieg OF the newspaper OF which ne
had once been q newsCatherer, He was
greatly respected, always under the
rarlr ~ Korppcu. however, and was tho
president Of tho German Society OF MIL
vauSoc at the time OF his death.
These notices We're read by a Baron
"
,f,peI IN Berlin Her first husband
,,ss man az the name ~ Schrabisch.
Ind she vaguely remembered, that he
had had some dealings with the dead
Count Won lIacseler and that he had
l,st money by the disappearance OF the
latter
Baroness Won Alien Is the mother OF a
sor by har first husband. aud the YOUNG
man came 10 this country about six
yeas ago. His name is Max Schrablsch
and be- lives In Paterson. y. J. The ba-
f1rsss decided "a write 20 BIN TO make
further iaunirIos rs to Count Won Haes-
elrT. or KOcppcu's death. but first she
uyerhhulod "A lot Of old papers which she
had rot looked al Tor thirty years
Among them she found four promisso-
y notes. aggrCgdting about $500, made
ia 1865 aad 1859. signed by Count Won
Harselr- These notes were unpaid and
belonged 70 The effects OF her dead hus-
band Baroness Won Alien mailed the
pro0fR Of Indebtedness to her son, who
received them few days ago.
YUun,: SchrabisCh at once consulted
Hormcr judge H. W Leonard. who wrote
% Milwaukee making inquiries OF the
proper officials as to Won Haeseler'S es-
t5lr The reply stated that Eoeppcn or
YGr Hapspler bad died intestatc without
lsaNirr any heirs in Wisconsin In
consequences the public administrator
had taken charge OF the estate The
lawyer then communicated with the
public administrator and will institut"
proceedings TO recover the face value OF
The notes, with interest for twenty eight
years. from the property let by the for
msT captain and editor.