Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-21
MIGHTY WARL0RD
MADE TO REFUND
King of Prussia Sued by Actress
and Court Rules for the
Plaintiff.
FINE OF $3.50 TO BE REPAID
Kaiser Defendant Through Ownership
Of Opera House.
BOGUS NOBLEMAN RUN DOWN
Swindling Operations Conducted on
Large Scale.
MONEY LENDER PROVED TRAITOR
Angry Frau Drives Her Frightened
Husband to Climb COrnice of
Royal PaIace-Rescued by
Firemen.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.


amenable to the courts and he recently
figured as an unsuccessful dependant in q
damage suit. The emperor lost lawsuit
in his capacity of king of Prussia and
proprietor of the Royal opera at wies
baden. The case was Instituted before the
''privy council OF justice" by Fraulein Hes
sloehl, singer employed at the Wiesbader
opera. Fraulein Hesslcehl was recently
fined $3.50 for indulging In loud stage
whisper" This the management conslGe. ed
an unseemly interference with the per.
Torrance. She sued the king for restitu.
tion of the fine, and the court decided that
the claim was well grounded.
swindIInE COunt Uncovered.
Great interest has been taken in Bohem-
Ian circles in the trial for forgery and
fraud of two people wel-known in night
life-a money broker, Magolin. and his
sweetheart, Erna Froehlich, once a popular
singer.
Public interest centered less upon the ac-
cusation against the prisoners than in the
persons directly implicated in 1.-THE so.
called Count de la Rance, who. repre-
senting himself as the heir Of a French
nobleman. married Fraulein Alice Hecht
the daughter of one of Berlins wealthiest
count" is Bella Klimm. In wiesbaden the
count" met Fraulln Hecht who fell In
love with him. The couple eloped and were
married. The count" was afterwards ar.
rested, but his wifes devotion remained
unbroken. His ability to charm wealthy
ladies and his shrewdness at cards brought
him, It IL alleged, much revenue. One
noblewoman IL said TO have pawned $50, OOC
worth. Of jewels and turned the proceeds
over TO Bella.
In HIS quest for fresh funds de La Rance
made the acquaintance OF MaggoIin and
Fraulein Frcehlich. Margoiin offered to
secure 10000 for the couple. but he could
not negotiate their notes without security
and he and his sweetheart hit upon the
plan of forging the endorsement of Frau
Hecht, the countess" de la RANGES
wealthy mother. Fraulein Froehlich inn
personated Frau Heeht before a notary and
signed her name to notes for sums agRre-
eating about 1880. These Margolin had
little difficulty I'm negotiating, as the name
and wealth of Frau Hecht are well known
here.
Arrested in Russia.
Instead of turning the money over 70
the count" and his wife, however, Mar
COLIN appropriated 1t. He and his actress
wife subsequently disappeared and lived in
the best hotels of the Riviera, Switzerland.
and Austria until they were arrested at st.
Petersburg
The couple cut a sorry picture on the
dock at their trial Eventually, after a
nearing of seventeen hours. both the ac-
cused were found guilty of forgery and
fraud and sentenced TO three years and a
mar at hard labor and one year and a
half imprisonment, respectively. The
closing scenes of the trial were dramatic.
Just before the jury retired at midnight.
Marsolin addresses the court in his own
oefence, asking no mercy for himself. but
begging for clemency for Frau Froehlich.
Don't add to the burden of my conscience
by convicting her." he exclaimed.
Mad Wife Trees Hubby.
highly amusing domestic comedy was
played In distinguished part OF the city.
Fritz Meyer, a clerk took refuge from
his angry wife on a cornice OF the kaiser's
palace and had TO be fetched down by the
fire brigade. The pair began to quarrel
opposite the palace. The wife attacked
him with an umbrella and belabored him
so soundly that he flew to the palace SEN
try. AS the sentry proved immovable,
and the wife was in pursuit, the victim
scrambled up a cornice of the palace and
continued climbing until he was twenty
feet from the ground. There panic over
took him and he could neither ascend nor
descend. At last the palace firemen ar
rived drove off the wife and rescued the
fugitive He was taken to the police sta
ton