The St. Louis Republic., 1905-11-09
| HARD Luck FOR
SCHUMAnN-
German Court Deprives Singer Of
Control Of Offspring and
Property.
BECAUSE SHE MARRIED AGAIN7
Her American Citizenship Also Is
said to Figure in Difficulty
DispOssessed of Dres-
den Home.

By Way Of New York comes the story
tsat Nine. Sctrrnann-Heink. In. singer.
hd- been disp.Es.-<ed. by order pf the
German courts. o: most Of her property
Ia the Fatherland.
S-v.raI months ago Nine Schumann be-
came the wifi. OF William Rapp Jr.. son
VI the .dltor Of Sraats-Zeitung
She also took UP her residence in Amer
Ca WheTeupcn- b. accounts from New
YORK. she Incurred the Ill favor Of the
GERMAN administrator By some process
.! Law not clear 10 tl. American view she
las become ciEposs---sei OF her German
ho!d!ng.. Further than this her sons. now
IN IN" Fafheriand. must remain there cor
military service. Mr. Eapp. speaking for
Nine. Schumann last night explained the
pro.ee1ing in this way:
Mr.. Schumann. my wifes second hus-
y.ars of in"alidism,' explained Mr.. Rapp.
bufing that time h Was unable 70 earn
tnyth!nS. And the estai.: left by him rep
irs"nt-i thu earning. Of Nine. Schumann-
IL ifk- The will left by him and upon
which ths administrator acted In the pro-
Gs.d,nEs &c. wa. Joint c2n'ra.t s1 into which
which th. eight surviving children would
STARE equally In tn. estsr".
OF th:se eight children four were
children by her first husband. Mr.. Heink.
Three w.r. the children Of Nine. Schu-
mann Heink and Mr. Schumlnn and one
Mas th- child OF Mr.. Schunann by his
son was known a. Nine. SchunaHn-
Ii.irlk,s own child ard Was always tr.sted
az hsrn Dy EsF-
Only the proceedings could make IL
known generally that he was a si.pson.
Under the German laws. IN the event
81 Nine. Schumann-Heink's death h"!or.
inst OF Mr. Srhumann. her children by her
Hfst husband would have been cut on
from any share Ia the estate. henc- her
contract providing FOR an equal share for
all.
After the death o. Mr.. Schumaun. the
administrator. Doctor Tesdorpr. entered
int" c"rre,pondencs with her. indicating
.ntir" estate to MIN administrator for
ia" children. He had been named a. exec
utor o' Mr. SchunanE's will, attorn.y In
fact for Nine. schunann- H"ink and act
lag guardian FOR tn. children.
We arrived IN Germany last June -
and went into c"Ur; AT Dresden. wheT. the
estate IL being administered. Nine SchL-
mann Iie!Ik attempted In many ways and
frequently To Irssc;!. her legitimate claims
In IN. administration of the estate. but
each tim. was prevented 10y Doctor Ic--
lad forfeited all rights by her act In BE-
coming nn American citizen and marrying
an American citizen
sTAR-CHAMBER PROCEEDINGS.
The entire proceedings We're star. iIs NJ
ber. Under th. German laws 'h. moneys
and property acquired by a wife in her
business are her individual property and
al. exempt from her husbands estate or
any claims against II.
Notwithstanding this. the court or
d.Ted that her Dresden hous'. which she
had put in Mr.. Schumann's name. belonged
10 the estate, that she must buy IL from
her children at 4 price named by the
COurT that she must make good an in
heritaDc~ Of her stepson which was not
accounted for in the estate left by her hus
land and that sh. must also pay into
,hs estate the sum %! 1000 marks life
iiixIrance I.f, by her husband and which
hal been expended BY the administrator
Ia administering the estate. against her
frequent protests.
But worst Of all. IL was ordered by
th.. court that. b.CauS. Of her remlF-
riaGc. sh. had lost all control In her chill
dr.n and Doctor Tesdorpf was appointed
tH.tr guardian.
''D"f"tt.i at eve:v point seven weeks
Of constant struggling fDr hep rights MnH..
ia" pT!yIl.G" of bringing her children 20
tn. United States. The guardian finally
consented to permit the three youngest
childT.n-t~O hoys and a girl-io accom-
panv her o. this country. but only upon
condition that TN" boys should be reared
and educated in accordance with German
id-as and when Of an ae. iabl. TO mill
Tn. value 81 th. entir. estate Is about
b. So nut of which tn. court allowed
Mn. :, ,humanu-Ii.ink about Ts."S. This
represents what the actress IN twenty
seven years of her stag" career saved out
or her earnings after IN that time AZ va
rIoUs tins having supported seventeen
persons. including herseli her children.
her Invalid husband. her mother-ir-law
and thr.. children ~ her husbands ce-
ceased brother.
Resides -. mandate which denies her
righf In H.r children the order which DIS
yoss.0ses hrr Of her home near Dresden
hurts tie actress tho most. she says.