The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-10

government officials at Washington.
u. c.. on tho matter ~ derortins tho
former German army lieutenant tn
his native land as mn undesirable
alien.
We'll. goodbye" Won Brineken
said aa he headed for tho railroad
station. and remember. TN no baby
eating Hun, m some OF those san
Francisco people have painted me"
Was German -Uriah Hep"
And with that Won Brlnoken Was
on his way 60 win back tho love OF
the wife who divorced him while he
Nas a prisoner In tho federal peni-
Tertiary.
Won Br.nck.n was tho Urlsh Heep
of the so-called German. Hindu plot
which resulted In tn. conviction ~
al German. American and Hindu do.
PENDANTS In April. 1918. before Fed.
erai Judge William c. Van Fleet In
san Francisco,
Moving In the best society and
Milo Ab~rerombie. rcputed to DO the
most beautiful wiri In the bay cities.
Baron" Won nrintken cut a wide
swath I'm tho solvent SGT"
IL was while poring az 0ermsn
baron In San Francisco that Won
nrinckcn captured tho heart OF one
of the famed Abercrombie sisters
The wedding ceremony. staged at
tho Palace hotel. In which the Aber.
eromhie girls. their mother and
their stepfathsr, George II. Meow.
an. lived. was ono OF the most bril-
liant social events In latter day San
Francisco society.
Caught with Goods
And Will. baron won princken
was passing some Of his nights
mingilng with high social stars
moro OF his nights w.re spent In
sinking tsxlcab forays during which
he carried German gold 90 greedy
Hindu piott.r. who sought IN 70
mens a rebellion In British India. nc
corning to the evidence adduced In
tho trial OF Franz fopp, German
consul general Eckhardt Won
Setback. vice consul. Henry kauff'
and swarm Of lesser lights. ineiud
ing American customs officials
The evidence showed that Won
Brinchcn often left . gay party at
tho Palace hotel or the Hotel ST.
Franci. to slide into tho Mission.
there 20 cross the palm OF Hindus
with German gold In fragrant viola.
ton Of the neutrality Of the United
States.
when oaugh; with tho goods. won
Brineken literally threw up his
handa and admitted his guilt lie
was the only person indicted by a
federal grand jury who entered q
plea Of guilty. an act that earned
him the bitter cnmity OF Consul Gen,
srai Bopp. Some idea Of the depth
Of hate which va. hcapcd on tho
baron may be gained from the
fact that numerous attempts were
made 20 poison him while he was n
prisoner at Airstrax Island.
II became necessary for tho United
States government to remove Won
Brincken far from the reach Of
vengefui Germans who sought To end
his life.
To Win Ills Wife Dark
During tho time he was scorned by
Germans and sneered at by tho very
men who took his plea OF Guilty. Won
Brincksn's beautiful wifs Loyalty
chung 10 him-clung 10 the man who
was exposed as a "phoney baron"
the man who admittedly was nothing
more nor less than n Ro-betwecn for
Franz Bopp and his peculiar Hindu
affiliations.
II was not until Won Bricken ar.
rived at the federal penitentiary at
McSeiis Island that his wife began
10 weaken. Surrounded BY indignant
Americans, Mrs Won Brincken grad.
ually lost faith In the father of her
two children. and filed suit for di.
vorce. The letters Won Brincken
wrote to his wife while at McNeiis
Island breathe tho very depths %
soul scared and torn.
Won Brincken always has said tina,
he will win back the wife that Al.
vorced him. once he sets foot in San
Francisco again.
And now he's on his way TO San
Francisco.