The evening world., 1903-10-21
Count Won Moennich Explains He
Contracted a Loan of $780,
900 to Court Wealthy German
Girl Who Refused Him.
PAID HIS OWN WAY HERE.
Declares that After He Welded an
American Heiress He Explained
Whole Matter to Her and She
Was Satisfied.

BERLIN, Oct. 2.-Count Francis Jo-
seph Maria Larisch Won Moennlch Ia
teatifytng against the syndicate of
money-lenders which he accuses of at
tempted extortion. The Count, who Ii a
namesake of the Emperor of Austria
and a close relative of the late Empress
Elizabeth. married Miss Marie satter-
Held at Buffalo. N. Y, in June, 1901. The
Count testified yesterday that immedi-
atey after his marriage a New York
bank sent him a draft for $50. 900, for
warded by the money-lending syndicate,
which he refused to pay.
Me syndicate. he said, was omposed
OF four merchants and six mortgage
egentsrtwo of the syndicate were d.
rectors OF a savings bank. This, the
U continued, was the beginning of
the syndicate's persecution.
The accused persons assert that they
nnanced Count Larisch Won Moennich
with 10000 to 60 to Nuremberg to
court n Of the three daughters Of
Baron Won Faber. the famous pencil
manufacturer, each reputed to have a
fortune of $40. OOO. 900. The Count slgned
this note. which he vas to pay should
he marry a, Miss Faber.
Suit Was Not Successful.
he vent to Nuremberg well sup
piled with money. they assert, paid his
respects to Miss Faber. but was not
pencils through his name. The mem
pers a. the syndicate maintain that
snsy 40 not demand payment ON this
psrticuiar $4,000 note, but on another
which Count Larisch Won Moennlch
SiEneu, and to which no condition WAS
attached. ~
On the other hand the Count ex-
pressly swore that he had not borrowed
money % pursue mis- suit of Miss
Satterneld, and hat the draft for $50, 900
on which he Is being sued Is based on
= or the notes he signed in 1900, pay
Vie on condition. that he married u
Miss F'aber. These notes aggregate
The. presiding Judge In opening the
case said he hoped that the names of
carelessly. Inasmuch rs they are wholly
persons involved.
1t is said here that the Count had
dealings with. muney.lenders for some
time. His father paid them $40, 900 and
COUNT Won Lariscb Moennieh borrowed
other sums.
Then Went 20 America.
Then in exchange for 4 few hundred
marks he gave tne money-lenders prom
AcaoAJ hoNtS. uAlu NNit " W ltoDdutl. u
court n OF the Fabcr girls. They dis
couraged his advances and later. at lis
own expense. the Count Wen to .AmerIL
arid eventually married Miss SatterneId..
On notion of counsel for the defense
the case was postponed to summon wit.
nesses from America. The naine of
these were not disclosed, The trial
probably will not be esumed until the
Count Won Larlsch informed the AS
,0diated Press that Countess Won
LSEdschais In Vienna, that she knew all
RhoM the oaoA and that she had known
nbouNit. before their marriage. The
Count SIassed as absurd" some OF the
statemeffs. published in the United
States. tfat5 the Countess intended to
nj for a divorce.
After his unsuccessful wooing OF one
of the Misses Faber. Count Larlsch Won
Moennich came to America, presumably
on his own initiative. and married Miss
Satterfield. whom he had met previous
ty. when she was touring Europe with
her mother The Countess's father. John
Satterfield. who died in Paris. was worth
about 5000. 900. mad In Pennsylvania
coal and oil. The Countess Inherited
o. 900, 900 in her own right, and at her
mothers death she and her brother
will inherit the great estate. The
Countess, a beautiful girl OF twenty-one
years. wes married under a big apple
tree. on the lawn of her home, which
was her favorite playground In child
hood.