The evening times., 1900-02-10

ing vigorous search Tor Him.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-Deeper grows the
mystery Of the whereabouts OF Count Geb-
hard Won Blucher. Evidence accumulates
that he is not dead To that extent his
wife's 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 suryiv-
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 q hospital in Washington His
wife had obtained employment In New
York as q rrrse TO support herself and her
two daugi ers. She lives in East listh
Street. The Count disappeared. so far
as his wifes direct knowledge Of him is
concerned. last October.
Great interest was taken 10 the case OF
the destitute Countess Ella Won Blucher
by wealthy and ,itled woman. who
recently came TO America to engage IN
charitable and philanthropic work among
the Germans. The Lady BouutifuI sent
her private secretary to Europe to see il
the Count had gone there 60 clalE his
estate. but the Investigation thus far tas
developed little result
The story was published IN the local
newspapers and last Wednesday t1e
Countess Ella received from Baltimore.
Nd. under date OF February .. this letter
from a firm OF German lawyers in that
city:
Law Offices q Dean q JDhsuu-sn.
- and ~ Past FsyctT- Street.
Baltimore Feb. D. 1890
Esteemed MADAM We read with interest lHr
account ui ihc nI.ritaure awaiting yuUr--'f and
hr-htHa; sl-o the fact oi hi- di-5ppy4r5rgr Nc
know 90 bis whereabouts, aud have don. slfr.,
legal Uura f.r him. and have received f.. las.
surancc ua, $50 shall coiIec, ic inheritance for
Thinking. perhaps. that you Nigh, wish 20
cYumuuicate .ith him. We have written and Ia
Gas" yDn do just zdjrt-- Jhr Ilrfrr, ta Ji- and
We viii SEQ that he receives them KINDLY
'n-rcr Nsg re-rsstiHils roug-,
DEAN L JoHANN>EN.
Thinking il 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 Ct health the Count
tess Ella consulted her Titled friend and
beneiactor and for the present. ar least
she declines 10 recognize the right OF these
or any other attorneys 90 collect ,he in
hcrisance or 10 act as the sole medium OF
communication between herself and IN,
Count.
Through the influence OF the titled phi
lanthropist, Nho once occupied promi-
nent place I'm the German Court during .h.
reign of the Emperor William l. an invc.ti-
cation is about 10 be begun by competent
detective ability in Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn. and il &c should be found that the
missing Count Is really alive and is. as re-
ported. iu some retreat OF sanitarium. ID
is not likely that application viii De- made
Tor "rii of hsbeaS corpus la behalf OF the
distressed wife and daughters.
What makes the Countess Ella especially
cautious in replying 20 letters from law
Eers protesting interest iB the ease aud
knowledge OF her husband Is the fact that
The last direct news she had OF him was
a brief ROre. written under the letter head
OF a Washington attorney. in which the
Count requested her 20 sign a power CT
attorney and other documents authorizing
q legal hsm aJ the National Capital 10 take
'ur itself - per cent OF che Gerulsn estate.
II tt succeeded I'm collecting it FOR The
Count This the Countess refused 70 DO
When seen by Baltimore cCrreSp0r-
dent. the law firm of Dean q J0heuuseu.
OF East Fayette Street Baltimore. whose
names were signed 90 the letter aidrl sed
10 the Ccuutcss Ella. on February %. made
this star ment NJ their connection vith the
Counts affairs
He appeared i'm Baltimore on De.embsf
u and represented that ne was about 20
p7oI0ns 3 TO Germany to realize an Inherit
ance Of S2e6. 900 Toe Count delivered 10
The attorneys Tor sale keeping his pension
papers. for he had been a soldier in the
American civil WAT Hc said his wife was
then living with her brother. Capt Gus
tav Ohisen. iu Brooklyn. y. Y and he rad
has attorneys draw up q testament iu
which he directed the disposition OF shares
IN The inheritance TO his wife. Ella Won
Blucher. nee Ohlsen, and TO his daughters.
Asia Nsria and FeOJana Auruste.-
According 10 the narrative of the attor-
neys, carly last January they received a
letter frCm the Count in which ne su-
nounced that he was IN and had been COM
peliee TO postpone his Journey abroad At
The same time ho expressed the wish that
the attorneys should hold themselves
ready 10 collect the inheritance in his be-
halt On January - ne had them return
10 Elm i'm Washington his pension papers.
dH u- Apftur ne Salu. TO OBTAIN an increased
allowance In reply 10 communications
from the attorneys the German Consul
General in New York and the German En-
bassy in Washington said thar they hud no
knowledge Of the BlucheT inheritance in
question.
Similar enquiries have been made of the
German Consul General in TINS city and AZ
the Embassy in Washington by the titled
lady who has taken so deep an interest in
the case. and she says that this part Of the
Baltimore attorneys report is fully cor
foborated by her CWa investigation.
IL is not true. she says. that the Countess
Ella has been residing with a brother in
Brooklyn. She has until now managed 10
keep together her little family in her own
modest home in Harlem, but mental dis
tress and worriment over the mystery OF
her husbands disappearance have 81 prey
ed upon her health that she is not likely
TO be able much longer 10 get profitable
employment as a nurse.
Pigeons and SparrOws.
(From the New York Tribune)