The evening times., 1900-10-17

NEW YORK. Oct. 17.-Marie Won Zisbsr
Mather, hereditary Baroness Ven Zieber,
has begun suit in the Kings County Su-
preme Court fol separation against
Henry R. Mather. sf Cincinnati, Ohio
In the story of her unhappy marriage is
woven the romantic elopement of lsr
mother Mrs Joseph Packer, Of Philadel
phia. whose husband was the brother of
Asa Packer, muiti-miilionaire and pres
ident Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Baroness Marie Won ZiebeT Mather
saws she Will soon begin suits 10 recover
her share in the Packer milli<ns- These
suits viii invlove the recovery ef The
family jewels of the house Of Won zieSe-.
which the baroness says were will d to
her by her mother and which have mys-
teriously disappeared.
Philip Henry Charles Won Zieber,
grandfather OF the plaintiff was an Aus
Iian nobleman, Master CT r5monie5
at the Court of Emperor Francis Joseph.
His wife, Frederika Augusta was Mis-
tress OF the Chamber OF the Empress
Elizabeth OF Austria One of the beau
ties of the court was their daughter. thu
Baroness Marie. While sojcurning in
Berlin the young baroness met Joseph
l. Packer, of Philadelphia. He was
young and handsome, and the baroness
became infatuated.
The acquaintance ended in ar eIope-
ment, and the young couple fed to
America. Packer came of Ell 81 81 stock
and had six brothers who followed him
to this country. All had the instinct for
money-getting and all became million
aires Thus the pIaintiif is related 10
one nf Philadelphia'S richest and 7ncSt
hcnored families.
Marie Katherine, the daughter of Jo-
seph Packer, was reared in luxury. She
was born in Philadelphia and educated in
the Convent of the Sacred Heart Her sis
ter Lucy. Married DR.. Joseph Strawn. Of
Philadelphia she died ? few years ago,
leaving one daughter, who, with the bar
onass. is an heir to the estate of Mrs. Jo-
seph Packer, the latters mother
While a girl of seventeen. and before
she had finished her studies d the con-
vent Marie met Henry r. Mather,
young Philadelphia broker 1T was
case OF mutual love from the first" the
baroness said yesterday.
So the baroness. like her mother be-
fore her, did not heed the parental mis-
giyings- She was married on November
25 1857 10 Mr. Mather by the Rev. Rob
ert A Edwards, in st. Matthias Church,
Philadelphia.
4 well remember it was a dull. snowy
day the baroness said yesterday. 'As
we went INTO tie ChuFcA my wedding
dress was soiled by the slush in the street.
I heard some ore say it was an i'll omen
wedding trip was taken through Che
South, the young couple returning 10
Philadelphia their home, and there they
I lived happily for a year. Then the bar
cness says her husband treated her cruelty
until they separated in April 1889.
He disappeared and for seven years
knew nothing OF his whereabouts" she
said. 7 came tc New York TO earn a Iv-
ing.
Shortly after this l received message
from my mother who was on her doathbad
and I hurried to her side Ny mother had
made me Administrative of her estate
/ sought the treasure box in which were the
family jewels. but they were missing
! They included a diamond necklace valued
at $4,000 and ruby of great price.
4 returned to this city and one day
while looking for an address in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel I saw a Cincinnati directo-
ry and there found my husbands name I
hurried to Cincinnati but after brief
visit his cruel treatment was renewed and
I Cama back. Ny husband gets a salary OF
10000 a year as manager of the Pocahon-
has an income of 5.000 a year. and is
worth $1G0 COG"
The baroness placed her case in the
hands of Attorney L. Roth, of this city. He
will leave with her for Austria next month
where they will begin suit for the lands
and other property that she claims is hers
by right of Inheritance from her father,
Baron Won Zieber.