The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
EHE TERT REMARKABLE hDGES-
TURES or cor. M~UNSTERr. 4
MODERN STORDSMIN.

Many Wars to His Credit-Itis Wonderful
Old Age-He Admits His Greatness.
CHICAGO. April There is one Q! the Hohen-
Eollerns in Chicago. and he hates the Holienzol-
;ern blood. The purple drops Of royalty that
flow in his veins give him no comfort. lie
would like to siphon them out. He Is Col.
Thomas Hoyer Munster Munstery. a soldier Of
fortune and misfortune, who, from his height
OF eighty nve years. looks back and down ipon
a life by whose record the adventures Of Barry
Lyndon seem %colorless and tame. He still
wears his own %hair-plenty OF II. He Rrinds
his beef with his own teeth. He smokestwenty
cigars n day. Tho more he drinks. the steadler.
quieter aud saner no grows. lie has deled
every law OF hygiene. He is as active as n cat.
as springy as n young ash. and. but for an ac-
cident which occurred two years ago. would be
now as strong AS a lion. Three OF his ribs were
broken then and crushed In upon his left lung
He suffered from insomnia for months and is
now eighteen pounds under weight. This lack
Of flesh and tho necessity Of at last taking some
care Of himself kept him out Of the war with
Spain. II was not age.
For the main facts in the account OF a re-
markable life which follows he has document
AIRY evidence that Is indisputable. In many in
stances names are omitted. for reasons that
are obvious. but they could be stated. His ex-
PLANTATION OF his strange vigor at an advanced
age is characteristic Of him: He who lives
by tho sword lives long" he says. This is his
way OF declaring that martial exercises are the
most healthful Of all. Fornearly seventy years
he has been one Of the chief mditrps a. rmes
OF three continents. He Is a chernier descrimp.
There il nothing OF the sabre. rapier. and
broadsword that he does not know. Literally.
the sweet white weapon" has been II
.tar of life n him He has carved out
,broe tnr,up.s win II II oiv.s hin braod to-
Iav One of his latost puriIs. Francis Wilson.
"a IA tale nart In , hensat nerforrnnce m he
held Mt the Grand Opera House soon. The
money will 10 toward casing the later wears Of
the old fighter. Teaching the rapier to men o,
tho thaa,ra h,s hoer ror, ~ bis huainess for
more than , half centurv One of bis earlier
minis was the elder Daycnport. ns were For
r.s, md .Juniu. Rru,ue RontL whom he still
a1fectionatelv calls June Edwin Booth
came later John Wilkes Booth ne never
TAUGHT Tint IN. foted and brilliant man 90,
his svord ins,ruc,ion from his fo,har
CoI Nunsterv has heen rrincinsI ar second
In nrv.tbr,o d,e,. Uo hae hoo,, nrin.in,, Il,
<ventrtbree Def.rar.a 10 here n,,d, 70 n
uIar,v orr,rcei affairs nf honor M i'm.
uromptu comlDts he has had So many that he
has forgotter dnzens Hc declares that ba has
noyar till.d , M, in :, I,o, ain ,u,h ON, NJ
III. arnonor,, HAL ,,n,, ,ho .ron,s ., H..
Uounda Man of hIooI as he ia he savs that
this is a comfort to him. He is , feet II inches
tall and. when in perfect condition.. weighs
1874 pounds. He has been one Of the strongest
men OF the century. His shoulders are broad.
his chest deep. his TANKS thin. his arrss long
and knotted with muscle. As n fenccr he has
been noted not only for the lightning quick.
ness OF his lunge. but also for the phenomenal
distance he covers when extended. This quail
fly has saved his life a hundred times. He is
not an advocate Of any particular school.
and SAYS that the Italian and French
methods do not differ materially, except
that the Italian swordsmen are always
better trained and. therefore. more apt to be
successful. He advocates rather a high guard
and believes more IN attack than in defence.
Alexandra Dumas was a great man." he
says. but he knew little OF the sword. Tales
OF his heroes standing with back TO a wall and
defeating six or eight opponents are nonsensi-
cal on their face. A swordsman. no matter
what his skill. can successfully engage many
mon only by a display OF superior activity. He
must leap here and there. He must advance
and retreat. He must circle and dodge and
swerve like a bird in flight. His endeavor
must be to engage one OF his adyersaries at n
time and to nut them out of the combat sue
eessively. How can he do this while glued TO a
wall?"
GLIMPSE OIL TRAGEDY.
The mothero n, Tbomas uover Nurstor N,,s-
,.rv va.. prussian Iadr =, wooI,h and nosi-
+ion Uer mother vas Sonbio Ancr arstron :.
swedish hnautv who became tho more,natic
80" 90 Uec""' we uloiE"na',c
wife OF Frederick William Of Prussia. Sophia
Anckarstrom was IA first cousin Of that Anckar-
strom who slew Gustayus III. Of sweden At a
masquerade ball. The family was prescribed
and Sophia went to Prussia with her parents.
Mrnstary'e f,th.r ,,s n D,no oyranL H.
muhstery ,nlher was " pane OF RANK NJ was
the descendant OF an lrishman who fled to
Denmark after the battle of the Boyne. The
n,ma or;cinouv woe Nu,etor Tho Do,ioL
name or'S.h"ny was munster Inc DANISH
hunstery held a position at the Copenhagen
court OF which he was depriyed for duel.
linz. In nunisbmen, be was m,da Cow.
aus u '"""'", Nv " "h"u" WV
srnor OF the little island OF Santa Cruz. in
West Indian waters. Ho left his most in 1912
and o,ma 10 tho Irn,tod Site. lio con- ma,
U anh 70 Nv .n''en "'Atrs' MS son was
horn In Baltimore in 1914. The parents went
back to Denmark when he was 4 years old and
..nsr.tsd thar. II coma ala ,ro,Llo.o,
sepa's'eu .ne, VAS oue ou ,'o""Ie con-
nected WIN the morgahatlc vile business
Munstery thinks that there must have been A
enht -, .o,,a L;na uh., -. 49,. -
XIII VI btIlS MINI NHtH US WAS TAKEN from