New-York tribune., 1908-01-20
PRINCE AND HIS DOUBLE
Bogus uon Veltheim, Noso Jailed IN
London. Kaopn Here.

Copyright 1905 by the Brentwood Companyl
1t is strange coincidence that at the very
ment when the pseudo Baron Francis Won Welt
helm: is being held for backmail and about dozen
other equally felonious charges in London. Emperor
William should have bestowed upon the bona fide
Francis Velthem the title of Prince Putbus.
borne by his wife's father, who died last April
The princess is the eldest of the late princes
five daughters and the principal heiress of his ex-
tensive estates which extend over some 10000
acres, including a considerable portion or the
Island of Rugen, which the Chateau OF futpus
is situated. The new Princess Putous can Claim
descent on the dIstaT side of the house II is true
from Jaroma- l. Prince of Rugen, who dieo IN lzlo
One of his younger sons Stoislav, received as MS
share of the family property the Casue OF Ut
buske with about score Of villages ana MS oe-
scendants in the male line obtained IN the succeeu-
ing centuries the Danish titles of Baron Ensieoeis
b,rrg the Swedish titles OF Count and then OF
Prince Putbus. and the rank of Count Futpus OF
the Holy Roman Empire In 1s94 the last count
and Prince Putbus in the male hne olrec'' ileo
without male issue. his estate passing 10 ms oa'sl
,or .-lo+hilde married 10 Count Frederick of Wy
Hch-Icttum The latter predeceased the oo prince
and IS his eldest son who as helr 10 'he u'ouS
property was created by the russian crown
''Furst' or Prince of Putbus, all the o''ei hoIoiS
having become extinct.
The late prince married Wanda Won Neltheim.
and his eldest daughter, Marie married her cousin
Francis Won VeltheiTn, in whose favor the ute OF
Prince OF Putbus has now been revived-hy EN-
reror William The Prince Putbus has for
many wears been q chamberlain of the Emperor,
and is likewise hereditary marshal of the Duchy
Of Aagdeburg The Neitheims
ancient and historic house of the Prussian aris-
tIcracv members of which have frequently in
terrnarried with pTincely and ducal families OF
Germany and Austria. but which have never laid
claim 10 title Of baron
need hardly that the remarkable adventurer
now in Jail in London, charged with blackmail and
other crimes and who styles himself Franz Won
Eeltheim. has connection what atsoeyer with the
Won Teltheim family His real name is said to be
Moritz Ludwig KurtZ. born in Brunswick forty-nine
years ago the OF a gamekeeper and, If his
story is to be believed is United States citi-
by virtue of naturalization, kurtz whose de-
serted wife is living in New York with hec
young son. endeavoring to exc out livelihood as
portrait painter. came prominently in the public eye
the slayer of WOolf Joel. whom ne shot in the
latters office johannesburg in March, 1898. TIE
Joels-partners of Barney Barnato-were
popular that the jury acquitted the pseudo
Neltheim on the ground of sef-defence, but he was
immediately afterward expelled from the TransvaaI
by the Boer government extremely undesir
able alien. In spite of this. he found fighting
for the Beers during the subsequent war, surren-
dered to the English at Pretoria. and thereupon
expelled by the English from South Africa.