The evening times., 1900-02-10
THE MISSING NOBLBMAN
The Mysterious Disappearance of
COunt VOn Blucher.
A Grandson of the General of Water
loo Fame Inherits Fortune, But
Cannot he Found-His Wife, Aided
by "a Friend, Engaged in PrOsecut-
ing Vigorous Search for Him.


NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Deeper grows the
mystery of the whereabouts of Count Geb-
hard Won Blucher. Evidence accumulates
that he is not dead To that extent his
wifes mind is relieved, but she has re-
Gently received letters, the contents Of
which have worried her.
The Count is the grandson of the
Blucher of Waterloo fame After suryiy-
ing many. vicissitudes in America, as the
sequel to a series of misfortunes in the
old country he is said to have inherited,
through the violent death of a brother.
the estate and castle of Wietzow He was
then in hospital in Washington. His
wife had obtained employment in New
York as nurse to support herself and her
two daughters. She lives in East 116th
Street. The Count disappeared, so far
as his wife's direct knowledge of him is
concerned. last October.
Great interest was taken in the case Of
the destitute Countess Ella Won BIucher
by a wealthy and titled woman. who
recently came to America to engage in
charitable and phlanthropic work amorg
the Germans. The Lady Bountiful sent
her private secretary to Europe TO see ii
the Count had gone there to claim his
estate. but the investigation thus far has
developed little rcsut.
The story was published in the local
newspapers and last Wednesday the
Countess Ella received from Baltimore.
Md. under date of February D. this letter
from a firm OF German lawyers in that
city:
Law Offices Of Dean & Johann-en.
- and u Fast Fsyettr Street
Baltimore. Feb. ,. Ig-1.
Countess Ella Won Bluchcf. New York. y \.
Esteemed Madam: We read with interest the
account OF the inh,ritauce awaiting yOur-rif and
husband; also the fact oi his Disappearance. We
know OF hi, whereabouts and have done som,
legal WORK Tor him. and h1vc received his as-
surance that We shall collect tic Inheritance for
MIN.
Thinking. perhaps. that you might wish to
Communicate with him. We have written and in
We will that he receives them Kindly
answer Very re-P"ctfult yours
DEAN 4 JoHANNsEN
Thinking it somewhat unusual that
firm OF attorneys should write her such
a letter without relieving her distress of
mind concerning her husbands where
abouts and condition Of health the Count
tess Ella consulted her titled friend and
beneidctor and for the present at least
she declines to recognize the right OF these |
or any other attorneys TO collect ,he in
herirance or to act as the sole medium OF |
Communication between herself and tn, !
Count.
Through the influence OF the titled phi !
lanthropisJ, who once occupied a promi- |
nent place in the German Court during the /
reign of the Emperor William l. an nvesti- |
cation Is about TO be begun by competent !
detective ability in Baltimore and Wash !
ingtOn. and il il should be found that the !
missing Count is really alive and is as re- /
ported in some retreat or santarium il /
IS not likely that application will be made !
for writ OF habeas corpus in behalf OF the 1
distressed wife and daughters.
What makes the Countess Ella especially |
cautious in replying TO letters from law
Sers processing interest ia the case and
knowledge of her husband is the fact that
he last direct news she had of him was
brief note written under the letter head
lf Washington attorney. in which the
Count requested ber TO sign power of
and other documents authorizing
! legal firm al the National Capital 10 take
'Or itself - per cent OF The German estate.
{ il succeeded in collecting il for The
Count. This the Countess refused TO do.
When seen by Baltimore currespon-
lent. the law firm Of Dean q Johanuseu. /
# East Fayette Street Baltimore. whose
names were signed TO the letter aidTt sed
o the Countess Ella. on February =. made
his statement Of their connection with the
Cunts affairs
He appeared in Baltimore on De.embsr
II and represented that he was about 10
'0l7n< : to Germany to realize an inherit
ince of S2eG 600. TIE Count delivered 10
he attorneys for safe keeping his pension
'apers, for he had been soldier in the
American civil war. He said his wife was
hen living with her brother. Capt. Gus
av Ohisen. in Brooklyn, y. Y and he lad
lis attorneys draw up a testament in
which he directed the disposition of shares
n the inheritance 10 his wife. Ella Won
3lucher. nee Ohlsen. and TO his daughters,
Asta Maria and FeuGana Auguste. f.
According to the narrative of the attor-
leys. early last January they received a
etter from the Count in which he IN
bounced that he was i'll and had been com
'elled to postpone his journey abroad. At
he same time ne expressed the wish that
he attorneys should hold themselves
eady to collect the inheritance in his be-
lalf On January 2S he had them return
o him in Washington his pension papers.
S he hoped, he said. to obtain an increased
allowance. In reply to communications
rom the attorneys the German Consul
ieneral in New York and the German En-
'assy in Washington said that they had no
of the Blucher inheritance in
question.
Similar enquiries have been made of the
ierman Consul General in this city and at
he Embassy in Washington by the titled
ady who has taken so deep an interest in
he case. and she says that this part of the
Baltimore attorneys report is fully cor
oborated by her own investigation.
II is not true, she says, that the Countess
Ella has been residing with brother in
Brooklyn. She has until now managed TO
eep together her little family in her own
modest home in Harlem, but mental dis .
ress and worriment over the mystery OF ,
er husbands disappearance have so prey
d upon her health that she is not likely
o be able much longer to get profitable
Employment as nurse.
Pigeons and SparrOws.