Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-21
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PAULA KL|PPEhBURG FREE
YOUNG AUSTRIAN ACTRESS RE-
LEASED FROM ELLIS ISLAND.
She Had Been Detained as an Gun.
desirable" on Complaint Of Her
Former Admirer.

NEW YORK, August 2l-Miss Paula
klippenburg. the vinpese actress who has
been detained on Ellis Island for eight days
was released yesterday under ST. 800 bail by
the Interference from Washington with
the orders given by immigration Commits
| sioner Watchorn.
Her sixteen trunks. being still at the I'm
perial Hotel. her principal baggage con-
sisted of small hand satcheI and a marcel
containing go letters, alleged to have been
written to her by Horace f. Miller of New.
ark, N. j.. the man she came here to sue
for breach Of promise
Ihese letters. for the most part written
In German. are afrectionate. Some are
s,sheu heinrlch Holbein. some Horace +.
Mueller and still others Horace E. Miller.
Lawyer Edwin s. Merrill of No - BROAD
way returned from Washington yesterdav
with authority overruing the action of MT.
Matchorn. He went to Washington Sun
DAY and laid Miss klippenburg's case before
Acting Secretary Herbert Knox Smith of
the department or Commerce and Labor
Her Attorneys Story.
He told the Secretary that Miss I<li,nan-
burg. who Is twenty-four years cd. came
here on the Hamburg American liner Kali
serin Augusta Victoria on Saturday, August
B. for the purpose of bringing suit for breach
or promise OF marriage against Horace E.
Miller OF Newark. who. the girl says i'm
posed upon her under assumed name and
as unmarried. won her affections and then
left her.
Mr.. Merrill said Miss KIippenburg first
learned few weeks ago that Miller had "A
wire ana two daughters of near her own
age, and that when she reproached him he
left Paris suddenly and returned to this
country. -
Subsequently. 1t is said, he wrote to Miss
hippenburg, asking forgiveness The ac-
tress, feeling. she said, that Miller ought to
90 something for her, but unwilling at that
time TO bring trouble upon his wife and
chi dren. came to This country
There, 1t Is reported, she was met by Mil
Ter, who escorted her to a restaurant, en-
tertained her lavishly and took her back
to the hotel.
Wanted to Buy Letters.
Then. according to the lawyer. Miller in
duced the girl to go to the office Of his at
torney, f. r. Vollmar, at No. 223 Broad
way. where. it is alleged he offered her
500 for the 80 letters which she had with
her. all voicing Millers love. Finally she
was offered $1,000 to settle the matter This
she refused.
Mr.. Merrill told that Miss Klippenburp
then consulted the only friend she had in
America Michael Gluckman an importer
OF cigarettes. at No. 1O6 Eldridge street He
recommended her to Lawyer William Solo
man, who was retained. 1t was said that
Miss klippenburg brought a considerable
sum of money with her well as valuable
jewelry.
Soloman was informed by the woman that
She had promised Miller to meet him last
Monday, in his attorneys Office. Soloman
advised her not to keep the appointment
but she insisted
She went to Lawyer Volman's and d d not
reappear. Next day Soloman read that she
had been taken into custody by the immi-
grafton authorities and held at Ellis
Island for examination upon the charge
that She was an improper person.
Mr.. Merrill told the secretary that Mr..
Soloman had been denied by Commissioner
WatChorn permission to see his client.
to be present during the hearing. hal been
denied information as to the identity Of
the person lodging complaint against Miss
klippenburg, and had finally been ordered
off Ellis Is and by the commissioner.
1t was also stated that the comm ssioner
had secretly had the young woman taken
to the Imperial Hotel. where she fal been
made to gather up the letters from Miller.
her money and valuab.es. and then
taken back to Ellis Island. Mr. Merrill
said neither he nor Mr.. SOloman had been
permitted to read any of the letters. He
represented to Secretary Smith that the
woman was helpless and liable to be re-
turned to Paris without a fair hearing OF
her case.
He represented that she had been tried
by Commissioner Watchorn without
proper hearing. the interpreter being
Swede and not a German, and not under
standing perperly the German language.
Secretary Smiths Action.
Secretary Smith is said to have become
incensed at Commissioner Watchorns ac-
ton and to have dictated a letter direct
ing that Miss Klippenburg be admitted to
bail during the consideration of her case
in Washington. Mr.. Soioman and Mr. Mer-
rill were authorized to communicate with
her and take charge of her papers.
Armed with this authority, Mr.. Merrill
and Mr.. Soloman went TO Ellis Island yes
terday afternoon. The commissioner ac-
cepted the Sl.JU bail bond tend red by
Abraham Fosher of No. 209 East Broad
way. and released the young actress.