The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-15
KAISER is SUED BY
 BEDDING MAN FOR $2O, OOOESfATE
Relatives of John Won Muen- nich Claim Share in Vast
 Heritage,

Bedding, July 15.-Jehn Muennich, proprietor of the Ridge store, takes it calmly but hopes for the best; said de- scription of his mental attitude hay ing reference to a legal procedure de- signed to transfer to his family from Kaiser William, Emperor of Germany, property in that country valued at about twenty millions of dollars
 The action was recently instituted by representatives of the family still living in Germany and their American kin learned of it only through articles Brooklyn. The plaintiff litigants are referred to as won Nuennfchs, the pre- fix signifying nobility of rank
 Our MT. Muennich. who has never paraded any aristOcratic pretenslons, when asked by the writer if the prefix was warranted in fact, said there was no doubt about it, the designation nav ing been borne by his grandfather who was a marshal of the Prussian army under the old regime.
 MT. Muennich went on to explain that a year ago, in connection with an Iinyestigation of his genealogy, he obz tained from official records in Ger many through a certain Herr N1yer aL copy of the coat of arms or herald1c ensign of the von MUenn1ch family The main portion of the design con sisted of @ shield and details were crested helmet,s a crown and a rein deer. The full sign dcance, of each he does not know, but interprets therein deer to mean that the family had a Scandinavian origin and the crown to indicate connection with royalty, the latter being based on the fact that an uncle or grandunc1e married one of the royal Hohenzo11ern blood. Asked for particulars regarding the $2o, GOO, ,00O suit MT Muennich replied that he could give only the general outlines of |. 10 ce fuller information as his friend, Herr Schoch of the sanford. school, was communicating with parties in Ger many for the purpose of obtaining all the facts. While in New York the other day MT. Muennich was advised to go to the German consul for further light on the case.
 He made a start to do this, but stopped short on realizing that fnquts- itiveness in a matter antagonistlc to the personal interests of the German ruler would probably not evoke a help full response from the rulers repre- sentative In fact 1t would be a, good deal like monkeying with. a buzz saw As MT. Mueun1ch understands the sit uation, however, the story of the case runs somewhat in this wise:
 Marshal von AFuennich was in the service Of Queen Elisabeth of Prussia, whose reign covered part of the period of Napoleonic wars, and for some req son fell under the disp1easure of that naughty sovereign or under that of her EcounseI of advisers As a consequence the nfarshaI was deprived of his Inf1- itarY command and further suffered a sentence Of ban1shnent and the con- fscatdon of his valuable estates. He vainIy sought vindicatiCn of his good name and restoration of his property while Elisabeth lived, but one of Sher successors to the throne consented to | f. ed in the marshaPs full reha bi1itation and a decree, e7ict or formal Judgment in some shape was. isued to carry the decision into effect Before this could be accomplished the king died and the document which meant restoration of his former honors and fortune myste- riously disappeared. The estate there- i fore remained as part of the private possession of the royal Hohenzollerns and as such fent to Emperor WilliaEn by inheritance. Not long since the missing document or documents came l to light in some way not known to MT. Muennich and the members of tue family in Germany began court pro ] ceedin8s to have them authoritatively recognized and made effective. These of the Feedding Muennich, the latter's father, a, former resident of Brooklyn, being deceased
 AS before remarked our MT Muen- mich is hopeful that some of the big stake at issue will come his way, but says he has seen too many instances of disappointed expectations in like leases to entertain any great conf dence. If the good luck does come 1t will be to him a happy surprise. Should
 the claimants win out there will be a fortune for all of them as the family numbers only comparatively few
 members. The Ridge store proprietor 1 jocular1y declares that If his ship does
 come in he will treat his fellow towns men to a c1ambake, a brass band con-
 cert with fireworks and an engine
 house and auto chemical for the fire department.