Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-07
POLISH COUNT
REVEALS SECRET
HAS LIVED INcoGNITIo ALL HIS
LIFE
Though Heir to Millions Has strus'
oled Win Poverty--Clainns to
Have Discovered Perpetual
Motion

On q cot in the county nospiId'' WI"
his face and hands terribly burned by
Flames which he attempted to over
power, lies Count Barutsky the direct
defendant of one time extled tOnsh
count who was sentenced TO serNitude
In the Siberian mines, but made re-
markable escape.
TO residents in Hollywood and other
cities in California In which the con-
valescing patient has lived. he has been
known as A. II. Nell Recently he mas
been engaged In doing contract WORK
for dltching, timberiug, bricking and
digging cesspools. Last saturday MIS-.
Blondeau's residence in Hollywood, IN
which the injured man occupied
front room. took fire and burned to tho
ground. Mr.. Nell attempted to save
the house from total destruction aud
also n trunk belonging to him which
contained what he believed to be the
secret which would place him near the
head oc the list of the worlds greatest
inventors.
The story of this mans life and par
ticularly that of his royal ancestors
hears a striking resemblance to an
rlizabethan novel with the scenes of
its Introductory chapters laid in Russia
and its subsequent ones scattered over
the entire globe.
Resides the mans noble lineage he
is to an extent an inventor and would
probably today be q multi millionaire
instead of q common laborer had not
his faith In. the honesty Of his fellow
men played falsely with him. Mr.. Nell
is the inventor of an operating chair
which is now used extensively through
out the world Yet from that useful
invention he has never realized dol
lar because while exhibiting his model
to all intimate acquaintance the idea
was stolen from him and patented. Mr.
Nell managed to save up enough money
to enable him to place his model In the
patent Office in Washington.
Had Perpetual Motion Plan
In the trunk which was destroyed ir
the fire last Saturday we're models
of many inventions on which Mr.. Melt
believes is the secret to perpetual mo-
ton which has never yet been dis
covered, unless by Mr.. Nell. The IN
jured man says that his invention is
based upon leverage and is very COM
plicated. AS soon as he has fully re-
covered he will at once resume work
upon an entirely new model which he
believes he can construct from his
memory of the old one.
Mr. Nell has remarka BILE knowledge
of Russian history. The parts which
his ancestors played In It are related
participant When he told the story
to Herald reporter yesterday he said
that It was the first time that his
true name had ever been revealed
When his grandfather, the original
Count Barutsky and two uncles, who
on account of advocating a govern
ment with more freedom were exiled
to servitude in the mines in Siberia,
they made a remarkable escape and
fled from Russia
As time went by the Venturous
grandfather and Nell's two uncles met
again in different parts of the world.
When they were exiled from Russia
all their property was confiscated by
the government, but the money, which
amounted to millions of dollars, was
hidden by members of the elder Count
Barutsky's family and the recovery Of
this was their highest ambition and
which they at last realized. To The
Herald reporter Mr.. Nell told the fol-
lowing story:
"The continual uprisings of the Rus
sian people against the government
caused my grandfather. who was
Count Barutsky. and his two Oldest
sons to advocate the cause of the peo-
pie. This meant that Count Barutsky
wanted government with more free
dom for the people, which by that
oppressive government was regarded as
anarchy.
Czar Confiscated Property
when the news from the home city
of my grandfather, Warsaw, that
Count Barutsky had taken up the
cause of the people reached the ears
of the czar. soldiers from St. Peters
burg came at once to Warsaw and
made my grandfather and his two sons
prisoners, confiscating their property.
Word had reached my grandfather
of the coming of the soldiers. but that
would not have been necessary for
he well knew that anarchy, as 1t was
then defined, meant exile from Rus
sa and serVitude in the Siberian mines.
When the soldiers arrived all of the
family money had been secreted and
the, escape from the soldiers planned.
MY grandmother, with her only
daughter, and infant son, also fled
from the city of Warsaw. The escape
OF my grandfather and his two sons
was not accomplished so that they
could accompany and assist each other.
Several thousand miles lay between
them after each one had succeeded in
making his escape. They had their
plans but they had no idea that they
would ever carry them out. The only
hopes they held were those inspired by
determination.
1t was this determination that fin
ally reunited the members of the fam
lily. But before that was accomplished
nearly thirty years had elapsed since
the remarkable escape from the
soldiers.
my grandfather and the youngest
of the two older sons accidentally met
in England. Between them 1t was
again agreed to make an effort to re-
gain the family wealth which they
fully believed was still buried i'm War
saw Since their escape and separa-
tion each of them had become engaged
in business which brought them con-
siderable money. Each In his own bus
mess had found II necessary TO travel
a great deal.
Meet In Italy
"On their way to Warsaw my grand
father and my younger uncle visited
in Italy 1t was while here that the
two met the older son, my other uncle,
The first meeting was joyous, but with
it. was the sorrow over the older son
whom neither Of them dared even to
believe had also escaped. When the
three were once again together i'm Italy
Il must have been rejoicing which Is