The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18

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neither has Manager Troy of the I'm
perial hotel
BARONESS SCORES TROY
Il had been in the Imperial for eight
months and had paid my rent up to
the last seven weeks" said the baroness
last night at the Won Dorm hotel while
discussing her plight. Il told him that
| would pay In a few days, as soon as
check arrived from my son, who is
with a surveying party in Oregon. No
gentleman would treat me as Mr.. Troy
did He said in court that | claimed
to be a baroness, and | said that l not
only claimed to be but was. I must
say that the policemen in the Jail
treated me more gentlemanly than he
did.
Il do not care to criticise Mr.. Troy,
however, as I think he has done this
for an example. You see, [ was a
woman and alone, and he thought he
could do as he wanted to. Maybe this
is his way of collecting money At
any rate, believe in abiding by the
law
DAVIS TO THE RESCUE
The Intervention of "Diamondtield
Jack Davis has brought forth not only
corroboration of the story told by the
baroness that she had large interests
in Mexico, but that the late baron had
acquired large interests at the time
of his death which meant immense
wealth for him.
Il was greatly surprised yesterday to
learn of the distress in which the bar
oness was" said Davis, and l promptly
did what l could to relieve the situa-
ton. l was with her husband when he
died In Alamos, October 49, 1909, and
was one of his pallbearers. He died
of the malarial fever which, at the
time, was epidemic in the district; but
he was the only gringo to die. He
had been a colonel in the German army
and was associated with DR.. Ben r.
Koering, with whom he had served in
the army / was also planning to take
over some options from the baron at
the time Of his death. He had about
so 900 acres in Chihuahua and Sinaloa
and was about to develop gold and sill
yer properties of immense wealth when
the fever got him. I was more than
surprised to learn of the predicament
in which the baroness found herself in
this city Not being business woman
she evidently did not know how to
proceed about getting her property she
was sent to Berkeley by her husband
four or five years ago, while ne went
into Mexico to regain the fortune ne
mad lOSL IN the tDpPci oANihiP -
IONA / am sure the property IS worth
anywhere from 100000 to S6,00o,OOO,
and she will now take steps to recover
the immense estate.
IGNORED BY DOCTOR I<OERING
The conduct of Doctor Koering,
friend and business associate OF the
late baron. is seemingly a mystery TO
both the baroness and Davis.
eJust after my husband died, SAID
the baroness, Doctor Koering wrote
me the sad news and advised me that
he had promised my husband on his
deathbed that my children and myself
were cared for, but he has since ig-
nored me entirely 7 wrote to the
American consul also, but could get no
satisfaction from any one. Doctor
Koering has never sent me anything,
and that is why / have had this
trouble. Ny son, who is only 16 years
old. is with a surveying party In ore
gon. and | was expecting check from
him with which to settle the bill at
the Imperial"
With the baroness is her daughter
Hilda. an attractive young woman
still in her teens She was educated
in the preparatory schools at Bath and
oxford. She came here expecting to
enter Stanford but this was not pos
sible under the circumstances.
But with 'Diamondfield Jack Davis
directing affairs it now looks as
though matters will soon be straight
ened out for the petite baroness and
that she. will forget the worries about
hotel bills in the JOY of living with
millions al her command