Show i TILE OF ED how a californian Califor niao oat out fast bai has become baroness von Bar barcelow BERLIN may 29 miss ida green greeny in of I 1 san francisco is a claimant for the title and estates ol 01 baroness Baron eee von bar dekow mr edwards EJ wards united states consul general and a number of lawyers interested in the case believes her claim legal and that the girl is A member of one of the proudest families of german years ago baron kjelson barnekow an officer of the germany army after a career of die 8 ei pation fled to america where after numerous vicissitudes he be became a hotel runner in san francisco travel ing under the alias of fred green while in this ca capacity paci ty he fie became acquainted quain qu tinted ted with it girl named galligan ibe pair lived together though nut not legally it rally married but after the birth of a daughter the baron consented to marriage and at the same time timo under noder the laws of california made bis his daughter though born out of wedlock hia his legal issue the baron scion sion returned to his dissipated diesi w ways ay is neglected his family and finally de deserted be them after waiting it number of years the wife applied for a divorce which war wa granted in in the meantime baron von barnekow had returned to germany and rod married again without undergoing the formality of 0 divorce he ile died ill in 1847 1857 a year before bia big california wife got her divorce ills ilia second marriage was naturally illegal mrs green obtained a divorce never knowing that her quondam husband was dead and later on married a bailor sailor named robinson her tier daughter ida green lived with her and a stepfather step father in a poor quarter in san francieco francisco after baron von Barne kows death bis his sister countess Coun tesi von moltke wife of a major in the army and a near relative re at ve of the th 8 late 6 to field marshal having an inkling of the truth searched tor for the missing h heiress there were some larger estates heavily inc however and with rare nobility of feel irig the countess tried to do justice to her brothers widow and child sue sie applied to con out 1 general edwards Kd wards who wrote to chief of police crowley crow ley of san francisco chief crowley found ida and reported accordingly and the necessary affidavits proving the marriage the identity of baron von barnekow with fred green the legalization of ida as his legitimate child and other necessary documents were sent to berlin consul general el wards admitted the story as substantially correct and placed the matter in the bands hands of one of the most eminent lawyers in berlin one important question involved is 0 should bould the german or californian law regarding the legitimacy of the child prevail the father died in germany and ad it will take some trouble to make ida the legitimate baroness von barnekow and legal heir that this will accomplished bo vever there is I 1 little ittle doubt |