New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-05
DLUCHERS' FATE TRAGIC
Countess Elias Plea TO Chill
dren's Court Only One Case.

Va. w.ek 70 Justice Hoyt for protection
-.,,s, her mother and asking that she be
.st,,oi,v committed TO the care of the wife
- NJ, Henry VAIN. Of Eagle avenue, in
-. pronx where her elder sister is al
"a. B,,ng. has had an unfortunate child
hood
S.v.ral years ago the law was invoked IN
- york bv her mother 70 recover her
rom a Mrs. Agnes Cannes. who, accord
a., - the evidence then furnished conduct
- G., employment agency and fortune tell
,rg Mace IN Harlem. Mrs. Cannes asserted
49, the chld's mother had given the little
- N her. that she had cared for her for
..-.-al years. and that she, the mother,
o,lV wanted 20 recover the child because of
hsl,ef that the Countess Ella had become
t.,ress 70 some Of the Butcher property IN
c.-nsnv That belief afterward turned out
~ h. unfounded.
The reports Of last weeks court proceed
,-rs concerning the now fifteen year-old
ro,-+sss Ella Pldcher are incorrect in so
"a as they assert that she is a descendant
~ the famous neld marshal who COM
handed the Prussian forces throughout the
vspoleonic wars. and who shared with
s.-l belongs 70 an entirely different branch
~ the Butchers Her father. Count Geb-
bsrd Frederick Ludwig Adam Won Butcher,
was OF the Finkeu branch Of the Butcher
family. whereas the old feld marshal be-
icnEed "a the wahlstatt line.
Branch Prominent in Denmark.
There is still another branch namely, that
# Altoona which forms part Of the Danish
sristocracv. Certain Of the members Of the
last named branch settled In the United
States. one Of its scions was Gustav Roger
,on Butcher who served during the Civil
var on the Union side with the rank Of
major he married a Miss 1fedora Stpss,
n Harpers Ferry. Va, where he made his
home with her she survives, also her son
Conrad Butcher. who, born IN 1868 there, IS
,Hu set down In the pages Of the Almanac Oh
DO Gotha as a resident Of Harper's Ferry.
IKE his father he has no right 70 the title
If count, which IN this Danish branch Of the
house OF Butcher is restricted 70 tie CHI
Of the family. now Count Gustav Butcher,
captair Of ROYAL Hussars Of the Guard AZ
copenhagen.
The father OF Countess Ella-that is 70
saw the late Count Gerhard BlGcher-be-
'onged 10 the Prusslan branch, and his title
~ count, also hers. are perfectly anthem
ti- He was the eldest son Of Count Lud-
wig BlGcher His mother was member Of
fhe house OF Won Btlow. He was gradu-
atsd from the University Of Heidelberg
served as on officer in the German army
during the war Of 1870 and subsequently
was IN the civil employ Of the government.
Contracted Early Marriage.
Ee married just before the war Of 1871
broke ont the only daughter Of Prussiar
nobleuan and officer. Colonel Won Durre
union which was in no sense displeasing
70 members OF his family, the best proof
thereof being the fact that his relatives
took charge Of his wife and of his two
daughters Countesses Margaret and Agnes
after he fed % this country I'm 1877. II
was not. therefore. his first marriage. but
something entirely different. which led his
father 20 disinherit him. Nor is q neces-
ssrv 20 refer here 20 the cause OF HE emf
grating 70 The United States and 70 the
forfeiture ~ his commission on the re-
serve list Of the Prussian army.
Disappointed in his expectations OF OBJ
tanning a commission IN the United States
army. he ultimately enlisted. and served
tvo terms, the first in Battery I Of the
% Artillery. and after that IN Battery y
of the same regiment. being discharged
with an excellent character and the rank
Of sergeant and post schoolnlaster. Unit
the day Of his dealt he drew a pension OF
$40 q month from the United States gov
eminent for injuries received.
After HIS discharge he engaged in hos
pital nursing. and served at the Homuo-
rsthic Hospital 81 Washington. NJ the
T-esbyterian Hospital I'm New York and
likewise al the Monteforo Home. fin this
civ Mrs John A. Logan - whom he ap.
Yea'ed for assistance. endeavored in vain
81 obtain a place for him as conductor with
fro Pullman Car Company.
T- 1892 few months after the death ~
bis first wife A. Carlsruhe. ne married ir
New York a Norwegian woman. of th'
name NJ Ella Nor're hy whom he had tw'
caugHters-the Countess IngeborE. born in
-@1 m New York. and little Countess Ella
horn in November. 1895 The Countess ELL
So tHa child whose alleged maltreatment By
DO. mother is engaging the attention Of this
Sew York courts Tho union did not turn
o~t a happy one he left his wife and
cHfteE about the country earning a pit.
lance here and there by odd jobs, unit
f-arv ne landed in the United States Sol
6.e-s Home AZ washington. where he die
i' Ha~ last wear.
Brother lad rssic Fate.
IT'S next brother Adolf IN whose favor
he was disiuherited by his father met witt
tragic fate. Having discovered that d
rsl employed as gardener and gamekeepel
Dad deceived a pretty hoUsemaid employee
lH .- f-a old BlGcher castle OF Weitz0w
Count Adolf discharged him. A few dav'
sfa~var. while the count and countess
were walking in the park. they were a.
tackled .H the gardener. vino was armed
wrh q double barrelled shotgun. Befor'
assistance could be summoned the mar
SHOT count tdof through the head killing
Jim INSTANTLY. and then turned the gun on
t.s countess. whom DO wounded in the
reez Af.erward the gardener rushed n
f-a castle. where le blew ont his brains
with revolver. Ewaid. an old family ser
Want who tried to intercept him., was sis'
'srcv wounded
This tragedy took place at the END Of
iD sus caused d great deal II stir AZ the
time Count Gerhard gave people 10 be-