New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12

Tim. ne would teach him 70 tell cards 10y touch
and o. cheat at baccarat the court MANIFESTED
considerable sCeTticism on this point
II also apparently came To- the CONCLUSION that
a great deal Of the evidence collected by herr
Won Manteuffel was worthless ana IN paru'u
lar IL brought out the fact that the father OF
one of thu accused the well known 'TehettiI
Won Kr0cher. had not described his son 10 ' on
Mautauffcl professional SaHi,eI. lH'
excitement Of tho unhappy father on hearing 81
his sons arrest probably led him 10 express di-
pr. he l~ions regarding tho past conduct ana inc
future fate of his son. but not To mas" latii
charges against MIN. The court Therefore de-
cidcd that although the case must proceed the
ii, q should n the mean time be Set al I'D
erty Tho prisoners had been under arrest for
eight months past awaiting their tlai. ana no
small Indignation is excited against the drl''-
tive Won Manteuffel and against witnesses Ike
"a Count Kouiesmark. v hos nadequatey sup,
ported evidence had subjected these misguided
youths to this hard treatment
Whatever may b. th. end ~ The case. u hds
revealed q pictur" If sordid social lii" and CEN
t..-l Nulsarity which eX"ltes the comment ol tH'
whole press Of Germany. Thrs" young h' H.
W hose language is the po yglot ThIaSr"l"Sl "l
tie, ra,~cOurse and q the gambling taui-. inter-
lafdrd their evidence with such English express
sions a. "lalr." unfair cont man gro,
nounc,d ''Sh~ntl-u-an' p. ana It's new faLl-Ir"
German negative "NIcht shtnueman. How
ever Auclophobe smart young Germans may pt
ia POLITICS. they affect to h~ Ahsioihd D idcs i
matters 81 what they desiErate "shp"rt me
SURROUNDINGS 81 the gambling table ana 10" OIL
ten Of th, raC-course are sorGid enough IN any
..,,r,r, and II would boz phar.saism 10 deny
that iu England V- have had plenty ~ nuinil-
at.re disc. o-ut.S IN these spheres.
Eut th,. almost bea -di-Ss youths who iouhd"d
fb4 "Iuuo.rnts' Club" ia the Berlin CthlTA
Hotel would provoke disdAiniul smile on Ihr
fac.s 81 thoye hon they themselves would
r.iu consider 20 Doc their English prototypes
Yc,uc Won kr0ch.r for example. had an a.
toy,:rce from his father q no marks month
maj IS in English money La year lie also
had MS uav as q Lieutenant m the artillery
which might PERHAPS amount To a. much AGAIN
VIII am inrDrnr therefore. of little over LIv'
II year this young scap"Srace pr"'erGrd VII"
b.. similarly situated tnts 10 found hac-
'-rot ,lul They succeeded in. attracting 10
,b.i,. r1unt IN tn central Hotel not only over
o.. hundred Young officers I1n ;IhS IN S"'lHi ram
fr,,l Prince Max von Thurn una IaNls To- SIM
.i. l,.utruants 81 tE- active army ana oi lhe
,,.-.,,-. hui also coastctcd card sharpcrs me d
,,.i, WolU who has opportuneIy disappeared
ana "A Or KoGnbium. Of douhuul TeputdI', III,
., ms. DISAPPEARANCE has removed one OF the
49, ,,.Itr. es.s for tn- prosecution. y Count
t-oI.Tetein Was also on" Of the sponsors ol 'i'o
mont circle. b. has zee ntiy Le.n seh'"h''u u"
. ,,, az I71 uri-onm, nj foi fraud
co. An fvn hundred Witnesses nave h'"h 'Iitu
. .,,,.af IN tn. case. Amons ih'lI are HdhN
.,.n'rs ~ mo arm members 81 thr arist"crarl
-, i,s birh.r and high II ranks. women "f IN.
~ ,,.'rd- Wallets d. chamhre, Jockeys anu
.,,- What attracted suspicion 10 IN. young
,,,Il..rs was the difficulty 10 accounting i"I
49,, .vt.udittrr uu lodging. dress. Nih'' HliS
.... and an tn.ir other 'NlldFdgih'rS WIN
80. .e.,,,iug that their income from the 'ii u
""' -. No.. b.cu considerably above what
he ordinary chances of the Sdint c'uIu piin5
Them in. II is true that their UNHAPPY reia