Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-03
Baroness Kutzleben Sacrificed
Castle and Estates In Effort
to Free Boy
SAYS AMERICAN OWES a DEBT
Claim is Made That Her Relatives
Fought for American Freedom in the
War Of the RevoIution-Served Un-
der General Won stuben--Blanes the
Detectives.

Marengo, Nov. 3.--Sacrifcing her
last right to occupy castle at Bran
denburg, Germany, selling every yes
tige Of property belonging to "a family
OF noble blood which had given many
lives to the cause Of liberty, Baroness
Won Kutzleben occupied rickety chair
yesterday In the court house in this
city in her endeavor to secure the lib
erty of her favorite son Eric from the
charge of murder In the first degree
Eric Is accused of having wrecked the
Rock Island train at Homestead las,
spring. resulting in the death Of En-
gineer A. G. Hotchkiss.
Of noble birth who has come across
the sea to save her boy leaves nc
doubt as to her determination to ac-
complish her purpose.
"1ht boy will be free II 1t lies in my
power to free him." said Baroness Won
Kutzleben to reporter in the court
room yesterday afternoon.
But they say he has confessed p
suggested the reporter.
The baroness face was livid. "Nein,
she said between her teeth. "These
American detectives would confess
anybody--they would confess to any
body mean that would anybody con-
Tess" and then the strong woman
realizing her inability to cope with the
language used by the Judge who was
trying her son, looked imploringly to-
ward the Judge in his seat and be-
tween sobs said: "If 1t waa only tho
dear German they were speaking
here"
I'm mine own language I could tell
you how awful 1t is for my son to be
accused of this terrible murder" said
the baroness. why do they not let
him go? He lis but child. He does
not know what he is saying
America Owes tho kutalebens.
"America owes q great debt to the
Kutzlebens," said the baroness
".The Kutzlebens have something to
them coming from this country. Tha
debt Of the United States tc, the fami-
~ Is not small at all by no means.
When sell my house at Wommen In
Brandenburg and come to America
with all the money can scrape about
me am doing my part for the knabe."
Tor the whatT asked the reporter.
"Och, SO funny yes" sail Baroness
Kutzleben, forgetting her troubles for
the minute. you see the knabe is
the boy. Eric he Is the knabe. the boy
have come to the states OF the union
to save"
''But how do you figure ont that TN
Gle Sam owes you the liberty Of your
boy?" Baroness Kutzleben was asked.
"Oh. that is so easy" said the moth
er, fondly looking at her boy. You
see the great General Won Steuben. he
is in the Revolutionary war fighting
the country and the flag"
'sYou mean he was In the WARP" sug-
gested the reporter.
Sure he is" said the mother. And
he was one OF the best generals that
the great General George Washington
had. George Washington loved Won
save the country"
WAS Won Steuben q near relative?"
the reporter asked.
VERY close" said the baroness.
with her hands. "The
general was an uncle OF my hus-
band. A lbig-one Of those what you
call 1t great-uncles OF my husband.
and there Is the family connection.
Then the latter when the city of Phil
adelphia, in New Jersey
Pennsylvania" suggested the. re-
porter.
THAT is more correct" said the
baroness apo1ogetically. When they
held this great fair in Philadelphia
they sent for all of General Won steu-
ben's relatives that were left and they
came back to be honored Now come
back and ! want my son Eric saved"
Baroness Clementine Won KutzlebeE
OF Germany VINO stands today In Ma
rengo, pleading for the life of her son
Eric In tho courts OF land that owes
her family debt OF eternal. gratitude
and as a final resort she may choose to
remind the Americans in Iowa that 1t
was a member OF her family, General
Won Steuben, who fought side by side
with Washington, coming to the aid Of
the colonies then struggling for indie
pendence, and 1t was hes cousins who
came with Prince Heinrich at the invi.
tation of the president to visit tho
exposition and make tour
Of the United States In 1876
Looks the Saxon.
There Is no questioning, the true and
blue Saxon blood that courses through
her veins and the authe nticity Of her
Teutonic ancestry is attnsted by her
grandfather Baron Friedrich August
Heinrich Won Kutzleben, whose last act
was to sign and affix his seal to doc.
ument describing the lineage of this
old German family. This document
will be filed as part OF the evidence
in the trial of Eric Won Kutzleben for
the murder OF Engineer A. c. Hotch-'
kiss in wrecking the Rock Island pas
senger train near Homestead on the
morning of March 81.
The first nobleman of the family Of
Baroness Won Kutzleben was Hans ven
Zieten, who was knightsd on the field
Of battle by Frederick Isarbarossa. the
oldest Of the leaders Of the Germs1i
people known to history. The lineal
descendant Of Won Zieteli Is now plead
ing insanity as defense IN the MUIR
der trial now on at the county seat Of
Iowa county.
JULIUS PINoEL PARDoNED.
Executive clemency Extended to clin-
ton Attorney Convicted Of Embsx-
element.