Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-09

eyes,. He advanced TO meet me Win
the debonair gesture of n whose
person is his passport. AS
he took leave of me by the prison
gate with the same easy grace, was
reminded Of Ouida's Monodist of the
sugared violet, of Casanova's heroes,
and of other beautiful, pernicious and
impcs sible things, meet rather for the
mage of than the prose OF
reality"
During the first day of the trial
the district attorney did his utmost
to bring out the secret of the birth
Of the prisoner. 1t was a battle be-
tween two strong men. Won Welt
helm answered willingly many ques-
lions of his early career as a boy, u
refused to answer when directly
questioned as to his birth and his
parents.
1t was a dramatic moment when
the man in the prisoners dock, rails
ing his hands aloft, angrily cried
ooh, / I'm so weary of all this. For
heavens sake, Krauser, drop your
childish questions about my child
hood. 1t is my manhood that is in
question at this trial, not my child
hood. As man to man ask me any
questions you like, and | willingly
will answer. My childhood concerns
no one living but myself and on il
my lips are sealed, now and forever.
The vehemence of this utterance
had its effect on the district attorney.
He dropped the matter and Wen or
with Won Veltheim's later history.
FOUGHT IN ARMY,
Won Veltheim served as a boy il
the German navy. After some years
he left it under the pretext Of join
ing the army. Instead he became
youthful war correspondent in com
pany with a well known English ar
fist and war correspondent durini
the Russo-Turkish war. Later h
, Travelled through Russia with tn
, same newspaper man. He hungere
to do some real fighting and hi
chance came when he Joined the Blu
garian army under Prince Alexande
, in the war against Servia. n
! deeds were valiant ones and he wa
soon in command of irregular cava
a ny. He was wounded twice and pa
ticularly distinguished himself at u
battles of Tirnova and Prot,
His personality got him an a
II pointment as an officer attached
the royal body guard at Buchares
1t He had long ago changed his name
Carl Ludwig Won Veltheim al
Is claimed that he had earned the tit
of baron for his services to Prin
ty Alexander.
1t In Roumania he stayed but a We
a short time. There are stories
III Jealous troubles among women
x high degree who fell in love with
r. handsome and stalwart soldier.
ed he came to London and having go
If introductions mixed into socie
in There was talk at the time abe
ay Australia and the Never-Never lal
ed Won Veltheim offered to lead an
en- petition. London people financed
Ies to the tune of some thousands
dollars and Won Veltheim sailed
west Australia. There by arran
an ment he met Captain Noyes of
fe, royal artillery and the W succe
las fully crossed the central deserts
set the continent on foot from Perth
tlv Port Darwin. OF course Won \
an theim then became one of the her
He of the moment. 1t was in Perth
len he married for the first time.
cen wife being a Miss Yearsley, a veal
in and beautiful m The col
ach apparently settled down to a ha
h a life.
lily A ROWING SPIRIT.
ex- But the rowing spirit was in
nan Veltheim. Stanley's Emin Pasha
act. lief expedition was about to ST
the Won Veltheim FASTENED to Zanz
tied hoping to join it, but arrived too
This He had practically deserted his
two for he at once started on a search
fish adventure going to Java, Bor
ing Cape Town and at last, in scare
fighting with the lost ~legions''
orld France, to Algiers. But there
' OF little chance of promotion in the
DR.. eign legion and being penniless
the Veltheim used his knowledge a
men sailor and got a job on a G
init steamer.
auth COMES TO AMERICA.
S of In Hong Kong he was paid off