The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-05
YOUTHFUL COUNTESS
VERY UNFORTUNATE

, IN 1898 in New York, and little Count
ess hllh, porn IN November. 1895. that,
Is to say. the child whose allegedtmal-
treatment by her mother Is now ereag e.
ing the attention of the New York
courts The union did not turn OUT a
nappy one. For he lcf, his wife, and
atiileu about the country. earning
untll hnallN he landed in tho Uniicd
states soldiers Home AT Washington
where no died IN May last year HIS
WAS disinhcritcd by his father. met
WIN y tragic fate. For having dis
covered that man employees as
gardener and samekeeper had BETRAYED
pretty housemaid employed in the
fnc OLD Butcher Castle Of Weitzow. ne
discharged MIN. \ few DAYS later
while the count and countess were
walking in the park. they were at
tackled by the gardener. who was armed
with douhle-oarreied shot gun. and
before assistance could he SUNNI oncd
he shot Count Adolf through the head
killing him instantly, and then turned
wounded in the neck. Afterwards he
rushed to the castle. where he slew
out MS brains with a revolver. Ewaid
an old FAMILY servant who tried 10 in.
tercept him, was also severely wound.
cd
This tragedy took place at the end
OF 1899, and created a great deal Of
stir at the time Gabhard gave peo-
murdered younger brothers property,
and To the family estates. on the
strength Of which ne managed to Dor
row quite a little money from several
connding lawyers. who accepted the
MANAGEMENT of his interests. on con.
tingent basis. He then gave out. 10
the press stories that he. had lnally
come into the family fortune. and
furnished 1t with what purported to be
a photograph of the Butcher Castle Of
Weitzow. but which turned out on In
vest'Eation after appearing. in print.
TO be the Palace of Ludwigslust. at
Schwerin. belonging to the Grand Duke
or Mccklcnburg-Sch erin.
How either the count. and after HE
descrtion. his. wife, have found any
nc was the heir OF his younger broth
cr'S estates. II Is difficult 10 believe.
for Gerhard. having been specially dis
inherited by his father and barred
from any return to Germany. IL nat
urally followed that the murdered
mans property went first OF all to his
widow who stili survives. and then TO
his younger brothers. On her demise
the entailcd estates will pass to his
Younger brother Ivan Butcher. re-
tired officer OF the Prussian army. who
lives at Berlin: while the personal
propcrty of the murdered mans widow
Will go to ner niece. the only surviv-
ing daughter of the expatriated Count
Gerhard Butcher by his first wife, and
who. when he fed to America was
adopted by her uncle and aunt at
Wetzow Under no circumstances.
therefore. will the children of the late
Count Gerhard Butcher by his New
York wife. succeed TO any of the Bluch-
or property: although it Is Just pos.
sible that If their case were properly
presented. they might receive a small
allowance from tho fund which the
house of Blucher, like many OF the
great houses of the German aristo-
cracy. maintains for the relief of its
destitute members,
Little Countess Ella Blucher's faith
or. the late Count Gerhard Blucher OF
the Finken branch must not be con-
founded with that other count of the
same name who Is now living happily
married to rich Engllshwoman, In
London, and who, son Of the presen,
Prince Butcher. Is a great-great-grand-
son of the famous Marshal. Another
son of the prince, Count Ferdinand bv
name, died destitute In a New York
hospital. after marrying a Miss Alma
Loeb. of Milwaukee. who survives him
as widow.
Copyright. 1911. nv the Brentwood
Company