Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-11
WON WOHLNARIH'
PLANS Fight TO.
proven HONESTY
German Claiming Noble Birth
and Title of Baron Sends
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circumstances and that he win fight
until he establishes his reputation III
Honolulu as an honest and honora bic
man, George Curl Won Woeliwarth TO.
day madesa Sworn statement to the
Sfar.Bulletis asserting that his title
OF baron lis genuine and that In due
time he viii prove II
Under the guard 81 i deputy shers
iff. Won Woellwarth was today allow
ed to leave the county Jan, where ne
Is held FOR alleged financial Irregular.
tiles IN which an.sf. checks are INT
voived, He had the following com;
munication to the STAR Rnlletin cat
tested BY a notary public:
Honolulu, T. h..
October 10th, 1918.
Editor Honolulu StafBulietin,
SIR: since N connection with the
case respecting charges against me.
for which j am held In custody await
| ins trial, articles have appeared in
the Honolulu papers Of Untrue ma
t,re. and therefore doubtless have
public opinion aroused against me and
tended towards marking me as an
auyenturer or criminal, issue here
with the following statement for pub.
lication: -. IL
As far as the case against me Is
concerned, ] state herewith that am
victim of circumstances never
defrauded or intended to defraud any,
one with whom ] have had either
private or business dealings. The
project / intended to carry out in
Honolulu Of establishing and build
a riding academy was on strictly legal
and honorable business principles,
and / entered into this dealing on the
strength of information received from
Germany, that q certain amount of
money was coming to me and due me
here at the First National Bank, suf-
ficiently large enough to carry out my
project. In due. TIME / shall bring,
through legal documents, not only the
proof Of the above statement, but also
shall prove to that effect that am,
without the least BIT Of doubt, the
person i am represented to be, and
herewith put to naught the numer.
GUS false statements which have been
made, concerning my personality.
Certain matters in connection with
| family, affairs, no doubt, have been
the cause of the delay fn that the
money in question: did not arrive as
stated in. the Rdyices Ilrecsiged.A How
ever, am In communication on this
subject with the authorities in Ger
many. do not intend to- go irftosa any
further particulars about this matter
at present than to state that ! am
the beneficiary of an Inheritance
from one of the oldest mobiles Of Ger
many to much larger amount than
was to receive at the First Nation
al bank. in cash and Securities, out
side of real estate of a vast area ana
value. which Is partly situated in the
kingdom of sWurtembsrg and partly
| in. the Rheinproving in Prussia.
Through relatives | have been kept
out of my rights for years, which
caused court proceedings. appeals
| with decisions in my favor. Breaches
Of trust and even perjury on account
of the fortune involved were done by
some members of the family In order
to gain their own ends unjustN and
thereby virtually rob me OF my fort
une. All this was done while / was
| in foreign countries, and only in or
der to cover the gambling debts Of q
certain member Of the family who
holds at the present time a very i'm
iportant and high position IN the Ger.
man government, but also to enable
him to keep up his tremendous cost
of high life. :
II had been deals with rightly
and honorably from my s relatives,
since they enjoyed that which was le-
gally mine and under agreement the
first fnstaIlment became due me, /
would have held TO our family tradi-
tons, to keep silent and save the
guilty party from ruin. But since
my rights and dues have been with.
held from. me, which 9 caused the
trouble l am in now, and marked me
here in the eyes of the public In gen
eral as an, adyenturer or criminal,
deem it necessary in order to save
my honor and character to expose
the acts and facts OF the entire per-
sons involved in the matter, and this
will duly announce through the pa
pers as soon as ! am In possession Of
I'll legal documents. ..--
AS regards my personality, I beS
10 state that was formerly an officer
in the German army cavalry. On
account of my marriage to a lady of
humble parentage, to which my en-,
tire family was strongly opposed, and
for which marriage could not obtain
the consent of the emperor, had to
resign from the army. After leaving
the army, left with my wife for
France, where we lived for some time
privately in Paris. It was in Parts
where first took up and followed the
profession as riding master: In that
city as well as in London England.
and in New York, U. 5. I have been
connected with the most fashionable
riding academies for a number Of
years as head riding master and have
met In the capacity with the greatest
success. In Columbus, Ohio. was
chosen judge of the horse show il