The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-24
1t Is Now in Prussian Treasury
Awaiting Rightful
Claimant.
RY LA MAW0UIsN DIE EnNrENnH.

BY ~ MAR2UISE DE FONTENOY.
n N OST OF the large fortunes advcr-
wi ';ss AZ VA. fS';"s rs &c ri5 SH's.
toy, fo aft tel I having served as a pre-
dies at the expense of credulous PEG
pie; There is. however. very real
near $40, 100000. in the possession OF
the Prussian treasury, awaiting any
the a w3 cIn fTrmisn proofs that he is
male line direct of Count BurIlhard
Won Munich. field marshal and gen
was native of Oldenburg. and had
served with distinction in the SAXON
his residence in Russia. in response to
the invitation of Peter H. The old field
marshal died in l!G7.
mirer of the old field marshal and il
was therefore quite natural that when
iield narshaIs only son. Count Ernest
von Munnich. and Empress siizabeth's
favorite. Biron. Duke OF Courland, that
the RUSSIAN monarch should have been
urged BY the Munnichs To assume the
GREE award ar1itr was srederisk the
Ernest Won Munich, and the 800. 900
Albertsthalers which he had decided
in respect to the property was duly
paid over to His Prussian Majesty FOR
transmission TO Count Ernest Won Mum
Mich.
Frederick the Great. however re-
tanned possession Of the money in ques-
other to surrender il to the count This
, am sorry to Say was somewhat char
ways very reluctant 10 part with his
cerned.
few years ago two men Of ,ba
name OF Charles and John Munich.
Lrussian subjects, put forward claim
in the hands of E'rederink ku the re'n 5;rna,
conhding their interests TO the we'll
known Berlin lawyer. Gronemamn Pro
course OF time matters went so far that
Inc ntussi an crown admitted that
the mnney the Great had dTy received
thalers. from Biron. Duke of Courland.
t9r payment to Count Ernest Won Mun-
money over to the latter, and that he
had retained unlawful possession there
or. II vas also admitted by the crown
had reached well over the 5000. 900
mark IN fact. the representatives OF
the prussian crown even Went so far
az 10 offer to enter into negotiations
ior the payment of the SUN to any one
f Wno could establish his rights to the
he was the senior legitimate descen-
dant in the male line direct and heir
claimants were unable to do this 10
the satisfaction of the court. and mean
Wnile the money remains awaiting a
II must be added by way OF explana
tlon That. although one of the finest
regiments of Russian cavalry still
pears the name OF Field Marshal Won
Munich. both he and his Immediate
descendants were badly treated by the
RUSSIAN crown. on one occasion the
!narshai was actually led out to eXccl-
Ton az -. petersburg. and then, re-
prievcd At the last moment. Was sent
OH INTO Siberia in exile. while Count
Ernest and his children were obliged
TO flee from Russia to escape Derse
cution. IL is in this way that family
papers got lost. and that the title OF
count of the Holy Roman Empire be-
slowed upon the field marshal and
norne by his son Ernest, was dropped
oy the latters Immediate dcscendnnts
III order TO escape attention.
The claimants, Charles and John
Munnich. are well-to-do bourgeois OF
Iiisit, and the title of Count Munnich
no longer finds any place i'm the ofii-
clal lists of German and Russian
counts