The evening times., 1899-01-11
Won KOTZE RESTORED
TO IMPERIAL FAVOR
PROMISES TO BE PEAcEABLE
Principal Figure in n Court Scandal,
and Challenged Twelve Men
to Duels.

New York, Jan. IL. lin dispatch
to theeJournal says:
Emperor William granted an audience
yesterday TO Count Lieberecht Won Kotze,
the ex-court chamberlain, VINO was Resent
ly pardoned atLer having served hait OF LIS
two years sentence fer dueling. and re-
stored hlm to favor.
AS soon as Ine Count Won Kotze return
ed 10 berlin the kaiser summoned him, 1t
is believed, foi the purpose OF obtaining
promise that he would hgnt no more du-
els. Though only two OF the dozen proml-
nent men who have been challenged by
the count have met him on the held OF
honor, the promise not to fight any more
dueis must have been given, otherwise the
Emperor would not receive him back at
court. Count Won Kotze's friends are san
guine that he will soon be restored to his
former office.
Count Won KotZe was one of the princi-
pal figures in a court scandal which two
years ago was the talk of the Continent
and which resulted in his sending a dozen
challenges to his enemies. The scandal
began several years previous TO this, when
perscnages OF high standing at court and
socially received anonymous letters. which
caused the estrangement of many hus
bands and wives and ruptured The friend
ship Of many high officials.
For some unaccountable reason suspi-
cion was fastened on Count Won Kotze
He was arrested and tried, but was pro-
nounced innocent. His first duel was
with Baron Won Reisbach Bo.h men were
severely wounded The court chamber
lain was sentenced to three months i'm
prlsonment.
Then followed the duel with Baron ven
Schrader, master of ceremonies at court,
yhn Iii lad h,yt tIa 70
was sentenced to two more years OF i'm
prisonment
1t is We'll known that the Kaiser gave
special Instructions that the distinguishes i
prisoner should be treated with great con-
sideration, so that his twelve months so
journ in the Fortress Glutz was anything
but hardship. He enjoyed all the luXu-
ries Of his former station and missed
nothing but his freedom.
The anonymous letter writer who caus-
ed the Won kotZe scandal evidently had in
| his possession the lost diary of Prime ess
Charlotte of Sake Meiningen, the eide
sister of the Emperor. On the pages oi
this diary, ii is said, all the stories and
scandals current about all the leading
people at the court, even including those
concerning her own brother and sisters
were written. The different members OF
| the imperial family received the anoly-
nous letters not long after the loss the
| diary and they contained information
which only the most intimate friends ol
! the imperial family could have known.
Counsel for Won KotZe during the cele-
| brated trial had one of the leading Grim.
| inal lawyers of Berlin, DR.. Fritz Fried
mann, and to the latter the Court Cham
! berlain intrusted a bundle of import Ant
| documents to be used in drawing up h
4 4 thnnIprrlpn aphnpi 7
| lin when the news came that DR.. FIR Il
| FriedLLann had left Berlin W tn all th--t
confident" i papers in his possess. on.
| He wen. to France and published
book entitled Emperor William and the
| Revolution on High" for which he wa:
imprisoned four months in Bord5 aux. At
tempts were made to have hlm extra
dited. but he frustrated the Germans anC
went to New York to reside.