The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-18
by LA MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
TT HE soi-disant Countess de Colmar.
who arrived in New York last
/ December with her sixteen year
- old how and whn when LAST

who arrived in New York last
i December with her sixteen-year-
old boy. and who when last
heard of few weeks ago was out in
california. at Bakersfield, is wanted"
IN Paris. on charges of swindling. -he
frauds which she is accused of per-
mythical claim to the estate of her
alleged grandfather. Duke Charles IL
OF Brunswick the estate having been
ior the last thirty years or more in
brunswick, OF the King of Saxony and
of the Swiss city of Geneva When
the pseudo Countess of Colmar left
New York 1t was with the avowed
College of New Orleans and had II
not been for the fuss made bv the
california newspapers about her pres
ence at Bakersfield and about her son
Robert. "a second cousin TO the King
of SaNony.f working shoulder to
shoulder with plebeis- in the neigh
boring. oil fields. to which he drives
from the bakersfield Hotel in an auto
mobile every day. l should not have
known that the lady had taken up her
residence on the Pacific coast instead
OF IN the Crescent City. When she
the daughter of elizabeth wilhel-
nina. Princess of Brunswick the only
daughter of Duke Charles of Bruins
wick. She also declared that she was
married to the Duke de Bar-Durck-
helm Now Duke Charles OF Bruins
wick. popnlarly known as "the Dia-
mond Duke" and who was renowned
and eccentricities. was driven into
exile by his subjects and forced TO
abandon the throne of Brunswick to
his. brother William. Before his depo-
Miss SEYMOUR the daughter of an
English admiral. by whom he had a
daughter. who. was duly christened at
Brunswick and invested by the duke.
N, ply NJ 1nIp Ell tn M no
father. with the title of Countess of
Colmar. There is no proof in exist
ence. however. that the duke was ever
married. even morganatlcally. to Miss
he always insisted that Countess Col
mar was merely nm illegitmate. daugh-
ter. He provided for her education
at Paris. but disowned her when
Catholic Church and married against
his wishes an impecunious French no.
BILE OF the name of Comte de Ciyry.
fortune to the city of Geneva. which
was enabled thereby to build and en-
dow Its handsome opera house and 2
number Of other institutions, as we'll
as to raise a monument to it's bene-
factor.
The comtesse de civry instituted
suits to recover portion. Il not all. OF
had gone. as have lust mentioned. to
Geneva, and the remainder to his
brother William, the late duke. on
whose decease his Inheritance was di,
the Duke OF Cumberland. The pros
ceedings occupied the attention of the
German. the Swiss and the French
courts for years, and the Comtesse De
Der of credulous people to. furnish
funds for her fight. on the understands
ing that if victorious they would re-
ceive back their none" hundred
fold
When the countess died the fsht was
taken I'D by, ner three children-tWo
sons and an only daughter-the latter
Of whom n died nnmarried, unden ra aea rs
Ctvry, lead sort Of hand-t mouth!
existence In Paris as journalists. and
ne sae '' WITH the blaekmailns Of the
late Max Lebaudy, popularly known as
the Petit sucrler" (the Little Sugar
Pot). their pictures being published IN
the Partisan illustrated papers In con-
nectlon with the affair. I.
Now the Countess colmar" who IS
n this country Is certainly not the ia La,
Countess de Civry's unmarried daug sIt
was the only granddaughter ofiDuke
CHARLES Of RrGnswic!s, n Nor Is, Is ne nf
either of the two Comics de Civry. i
furnishes a clue to her identity, About
Countesses of Durclheim-AIo tmartfn:
who are among the Oldest families OF
the German aristocracy and whose
name is we'll known In America
through the FREQUENT partlclpatlon Of q
two Of it's members In motoring and
In aviation contests. were horrifled 70
learn that one Of their honeful sclons
had married In London oi-dlsant
who no was extravagant and in debt; had
allowed himself to be inveigled by
the lady into the belief that she was vas
diamond Duke OF Brunswick and Re
CHIEF heiress to his colossal fortune.
Young Count Durckheim had evidently
paid very little attention TO the news
numerous trials In France sWitzer,,
land and Germany haytng contT. d'ua91