The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-13
HEYE LIVED
in HONOLULU
MAN WHO LEFT HERE LAST
YEAR MIXED UP WITH SAN
FRANCISCO MYSTERY.

San Francisco police have in custody
as a first-Class blk
A first page story in the Chronicle of
April 2 begins thus:
'The mystery concerning the iden-
tity of Eugene Harrach, the youthful
prisoner arrested by Detectives Burke
and Armstrong at the Regina Hotel
early yesterday morning on a felony
accusation of signing his name to a
fictitious check for $64O in payment for
auto hire, is puzzling the local police
and the acting Austro- Hungarian Con-
sui, Karl Ruiz de RoXas.
Harrach asserts with an apparent
sincerity that he is none other than
Eugene Othmar Count Won Harrach OF
illustrious family, one of the richest
noblemen of the Austrian empire, with
palace in Vienna and a castle at
Ascach, on the Danube, and villas at
five other Hungarian towns. He
claims to be related to the noble fam
lily of Count Otto Won Waldstein, the
gentleman adventurer, now a resident
of Alameda county, ord who year ago
was erroneously thought to have been
the supposed desperate slain in a fight
with posse of officers at Willows"
Then the account discusses various
theories of which one is that "Harrach
may be, as he claims, the real Count
Won Harrach" Further along the
STORY of the count is given as fol-
lows:
Harrach when seen at the prison
said: my name is Eugene Othmar
Count Won Harrach, and 1 am reputed
to be the wealthiest nobleman in Aus
tria. My father, Count Carl Eugene
Won Harrach, died seven years ago.
The only other members of my family
are my mother, the Countess Paula
Won Harrach, who was born Countess
of Tun and of Tagens, and my sister,
the Countess Ella, who is now 16 years
of age.
Il was educated by private tutors at
| our palace in Vienna and started in
November of last year on tour OF
the world for instruction and pleasure.
When l reach home next December
ing to the laws governing nobfes in
my country, 1 shall have reached my
majority, and l will then assume con-
troll of my estates. l reached New
York December I'd and then went to
the West Indies, returning again to New
York December 10th. l left immedi-
diately for Los Angeles and from that
city came here about eight weeks ago.
stopped mostly at the Fairmont Ho-
tel and left there only last night for
the Regina.
81 expected to go to New York to-
day to meet my mother, who is going
to stay a while in Panama After
meeting her l intended to return and
continue my trip around the world,
stopping at Honolulu, Japan, China
India and Constantinople. l have been
receiving from $1,000 TO $500 a month
from home as expense money. | am
expecting a draft for $4,000 and which
ought to have arrived before this. AS
soon as this money comes l will be
able to pay all these indebtednesses.
"The revenue from my estates in
Austria is chiefly from lumber and
manufactures. l own three factories
which produce high grade of Bohe-
milan glass and l derive a considerable
income from this. / have money de-
posted in the Laender Bank of Wen
ma and money also deposited in a bank
in Linz
Carl Gubatte of Linz has been in
charge of my estates since the death OF
my father. l have seven homes; a pal
ace in Vienna, a castle at Ascach and
villas in five other towns. I was edu-
Gated by private tutors and this Is my
first trip alone.
my troubles have been caused by
X. w. Heye, whom l met in Los An
geles. He was introduced to me there
as a very trustworthy gentleman by
the president of a fertilizer company
We became friends and he has acted as
my private secretary. l do not know
where he has gone He has disappear
ed and left me in the lurch.'
Heye had not disappeared, however
as the report goes on to say in part:
IA
Heye himself called at police head,
quarters asking to see Harrach. The
privilege was granted him and there
followed a heated conversation in Ger
man between the two. Heye later de
clared that he was the injured party
and told the police that he had paid
out of his own pocket about $1,000 t.
meet the princely eXtraVagances of the
young foreigner He says he me-
Harrach in Los Angeles and believed
he was what he represented himsel
to be, the scion of a noble and wealth,
family temporarily embarrassed.
"Harrach told Heye that his baggage
had been stolen. Heye says he gave
Harrach his own clothes to wear ant
that the suit he wears in prison be
longs to Heye. The two became yer!
intimate"
w. c. Heye, as he was known here
the co. being an interchangeable mi