The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
CRIMES OF A GERMAN NOBLE.
yETD4L Wars REVIVED BY a
>yIGHBOR or THE KAISER.
Two urrirr, Committed WIN IMMUNITY
u, uaran van stietencrcn-uo Has
n Dunseo in which ne Impsssens
propir MEDIEVAL mule nestered.

A.. proi.rty Of several hundred acres q
Kingdom. maintains an army Of r~ctaineru
and tenants for It's protection and kills his
.,-,nn,s and those who provoke his anger
AZ ho plcass. seems an anachronism too
,h-ird 20 exist outside Of a novel. But
,nprohahlc as II nay seem. such q character
doe. cyis, In the f-sh In the person Of Baron
con S,tctcncron. lately Of the German
ARMY and now proprietor OF the estate Of
Ol.rweilcr In Germany. This estate u
..ar property owned by the Kaiser In Lor-
ufre On which stands the Chateau Of ur-
vle
regular Media.vsl noble Ia the Baron
ION S'ic,encron, Il would apyrar. and
whether 'he Kaiser te or hc not his neighbor
.ppar.r'lv makes no differences In the way
H. .o,lucts the affairs ~ his kingdom OF n
few hundred acres Fcndnli-m whom II
p~pylilri in its greatest degree In tho
country which tho Kai-cr now rules mover
hAd a moro devoted sdhercnt than this
German Baron. and the peasantry never
hal a more eSacting overload nor one who
held more lightly their hight to the enjoy
m.ut 81 life and liberty. In the Baron's
lt,r domain the fcidal idea as IL was de-
v,lopcd In MEDIEVAL Europe Ia s,ill cher
lsNHNAt anu NAAit%"NH " NbAtb WILL U WIFI
uH'ct by the Baron with an IMMUNITY
Characteristic Of n former age
T. is because of his service In the army
Which entities him To le considered a. he
Ingiug TO tho reserves that this Baron
iol4- himself amenable 20 none OF the
laws ~ the community IN which he lives.
Only 20 military tribunals will the Baron
submit himself, and there appears Ia be n
singular unwilhngness among military au-
sk,w.sLga Ia hiring him IN taTtna
4 correspondent Of tho Milwaukee Ssnh-
-d recently paid a visit To the part 81 Ger
many where this strange character holds
sway 20 investigate some Of the stories
regarding his crimes and idiosyncracie~.
Most e them lie found were thoroughly
horne out by tiie facts. II was Just after
the Baron had executed his esSNond victim.
A. IN the first case. II was. 50 this visitor
says, nothing less than murder on the
par of 'his subject or the Kaiser. and muir
der II would have been adjudgcd In most
countries calling Themselves civilized But
g. Tho Baron his act was simply removing
from this earth. almost without warning.
q PEASANT who had been found trespassing
o. his domains. A In all other cases, the
Baron went unpublished for this CRIME.
The estate on which this curious CON
diiun IL Affairs obtains covers 30 acre-
H. This mail domain Baron Won Stietencron
maintains an establishment patterned as
nearly as possible after those kept 10y his
ancestors when fcudalism fourishcd. Hk
servants and lahorers make up an army,
uniformed and armed by the Baron, and
drilled a. carefully as though the possession
Of his land depended ON the proves Of he
men.
OF this force % rctalners he II the Cen
sul. while to his vnlet he has delegated
the duties % sdjutant, with his forester
~ the Colonel The Baron finds much
need for this armed force and he keeps
his men constantly doing sentinel duty
about the estate. On Sunday he holds "A
review Of his men. appearing before them
IN much the snme manner a. the Emperor
appear at the grand military manruvres.
Sunday on the estate at O~tprweiler IL
also trial day. with tho Baron ~ Sole arbiter
of the fate Of those who recognize him
as their overload.
The Baron. - the correspondent found.
has various modes OF furnishing his men.
II IL a Common thing Tor him TO consign
offenders TO a dungeon on the premises
with hunger thrown In TO make them n little
more olcdient to his pleasure the next time.
and In some cases the lash II resorted To.
Even the Barun's wife has known h is Il
20 he n prisoner In his dungeon. for dis
regard % his will by one NJ near him ~
visited with no le~s heavy "A hand than
IN the case of more mental Offenders.
The peasants. ~workingrnen and servant
who ndure this treatment, II " declared.
aw unusually ignorant and @nem not TO
know Of the fact that they arr living In a
time when men ae regarded morr and more
A. tring equals. Apparently their feelings
have h-Sotne dullcd by years Of abu-e, and
with the Baron az their only sourcc Of en-
ployment they have com. To regard him
a. their lawmaker and sovereign almost.
souc. II was found. looked upon him a.
o madman from whom, by Uason 81 his
rank, they thought they had no appeal.
The lightne-z with which the Raron
regards the murder of HE interiors is
Illustrated IN his latest crime, the killing
Of a w~orhingman whom he found wander
ing on his estate The man wa an Italian
Who with several other had been working
on tho road running 10y the estate. one
day ~ neon one of the men began 10 eat
his dinner beneath a tree on the side of the
rad that belonged Ia the Baron. There
the Baron came upon him and told him TO
h. of The Italian didn't understand
German and didn't move. ~whereupon the
Baron shot him
An hour later he sent his Colonel to the
Court House In Saarburg to report the
Killing ~ a vagrant by the Baron IN the
%e1crci-. 81 his territorial rights. The
town authorities felt themselves moved
g. dn something In this case and ~ they
prr,s~d.d to the castle to te recSived 10y
The baron ia the full uniform of an officer
a. the German Reserves
RrG dared them 10 arrest him. saying
that ~, would submit only to the Kaiser
a. hs representative ia the army
But YOU reported the ca-r to us. the
Jvig" i. said 10 have replied
That Wa ouly to adNis" you To take
Hay tho carcass, onc-half Of which rests
a. my territory replied the Baron, where
upon 20. civil authorities retired, 4 l. said.
without further circumstances
~" Italian companions Of the man who
va shot aftcrwaTd gave their testimony
hi ~" BARON himself never called to
testify That the cs-c will ever get Ia the
Wl'ar' authorities and he Baron re-
c"lf" a. their hands iu-' punishment ap-
pa duuh'fIl from the rrcord 81 other
c.- uu~arth,-d hv th" correspondent
M" baron had INDUCED In at lvast one
Old llssd.i hiiiug befpf" this. The cas-
Na- hat - the -pn Of "a groom named Mato
VII" va blinded 10y The hsron. The latter
oW~ iay iu nm eNCy.~s ~ lis wrath struck
Aain heavily With = whip handle and thus
caussl him to l.sn his sight Msto's son
ram r'iuru'-i from -rrving IN the army
. us~'m" a farmland Tor the taron. With
u" punsrA-. il b. said, OF aveng.ng his
ia'h'r One dAv the baron found him
.p'stug , pit- and want.i "a know ~hy
J." vas dl- 4 blow froin his riding Whip
'ffhssI1ssi th~ interrogation.
lh' man ~sid u wa- after hour and dared
y" tarun to strike him again. telling him
D would ALL him Instantly the haron
'AI-i Nt- dog a Grcst Dams. and told u
'"af hu- uurllv suhi~ct W. p,ss-- hut
W. ran vss iou sirung Tor the DOG and after
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