The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
ny LA MARauIsE DE FoNrENoY.

- CUNT VICTOR NOSS, who on Satur.
1 gay. Immediately on landing IN
~ New York, fastened to the City
Hali. and after securing the
necessary license. was married to Dona
francesca Ricci OF Florence, the d.
Horced wife OF Heinrich Rfedemann.
phe oil king. OF Hamburg. by Alderman
Jim ME smith. who happened TO he
On the premises, Is scion OF family
mat mas played considerable role in
the history OF Northern Germany, and
especially OF Prussia. One OF its mem
oe-s, Amelia Won voss. was the NOR
nam II. OF Prussia. her children by
MIN being created Counts and Count
esses OF Ingenhe!m. Another Countess
Voss was the grand mistress OF the
or queen Louise, the national heroine
OF Prussia. There was one Count Voss
VINO was ambassador of Frederick the
Great fe to the court OF st. lanes. IN
ed role at the courts OF Berlin and
OF Mecklenburg. to which latter Count
Victor Voss is now attached, in the
Gapac!ty OF chamberlain 20 the reign
The house OF Voss was recently en-
gagged IN an extraordinary lawsuit.
which resulted In the removal Of the
name OF n lady who had until that
reference as the daughter OF the late
Count George Won Voss. from the pages
devoted to the members OF The house
1t was, indeed. a cause celebre 1t
seems that the late Count George Voss.
cousin OF Count Victor. who is now
IN this country, married peasant girl
or the name OF Antonio Debska. The
union, though happy in every other re-
absence OF some one on whom he could
lavish maternal care and affection.
Count George adopted the little
daughter OF one of his wife's sisters,
ryNa ~ 70 MT
carpenter and his wife rehnqulshed
all claims to the girl, who's name was
Helen and who was brought up by
Count and Countess George Voss Who'll
ly as their own offspring.
In order TO completely establish the
position of the child, the count bribed
a Lutheran clergyman to furnish him
with haPt'smal and birth certificate.
who was thus brought up as Countess
Helen Won Voss. and figured as such
IN that section OF the A!I?anach de
Gotha devoted to the German and
age. her aunt and adopted mother died.
This was IN 1873. A y..ar later Count
George married woman Of his own
rank. Emmeline Harras Won Harassow-
sky. of the Gallician, that is to say, of
the Polish Austrian nobility. He fool
dshly confded to her the secret of
Helen's origin. but threatened her with
death. In case she should reveal 1t to
any one else.
When Helen grew up in complete
ignorance OF her real origin into a
very lovely girl. she was married. as
Countess Won Voss. to Major (then
~. Count Voss, who had been SO de-
voted to his adopted daughter. neglect
ed to make will. and when he died
g question arose as to the disposition
exposed to great temptation. If she
kept the secret OF Helen's birth. she
would be obliged to surrender por..
ton of her dead husbands estate If
on the other hand she revealed the true
facts. she would become the sole heir.
1t is not surprising that she decided
III favor OF the latter alternatives; and
one morning Nine. Won Grone received
having been the daughter OF Count
George Won Voss, as she had always
supposed herself to be, She was mere
~ the offspring Of a humble village
The widowed Countess Won Voss like
wise added that inasmuch Is she. Nine.
Won Grone, had received SO many bene-
factions from h& adopted father dur
abandon all claim to his Inheritance.
and not to risk the exposure of ner
humble origin. which n lawsuit would
necessarily entail.
however, reckoned without her host.
Major Won Grone, far from stunning
the revelations as to his wife's parent-
age. took the initiative in litigation.
and before she knew where she was,
the widow found herself the defendant,
instead OF the plaintiff. In an action.
The majors case was that he had been
ihducedJto marry his wife by the re-
presentations that she was the only
child and heiress OF Count George Won
Foss and consequently that fraud
had been practiced upon him. He had
evidence to show that inasmuch ms his
marriage had taken place six or sew
on years after the second union OF
Count George Voss. the latter's widow