Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1911 — $400,000 FOR HER HUSBAND [ARTICLE]

$400,000 FOR HER HUSBAND

Young German Girl Forfeits Right to Fortune to Marry Man of Her Choice—Met Him by Accident. , Galveston, Tex.—lsabella Koenig, a winsome girl of 20, gave up a fortune estimated to be worth about 1400,000 for the love of a young man she met while on her way from her home In Germany to join an aunt who bad selected her as an heir. The aunt, Mrs. George Elsberg, Is a wealthy widow without children residing near Fredericksburg, Tex,, and owns several farms and landed interests. She is 70 years old and has selected her favorite niece, the youngest daughter of her sister, llvHanover, Germany, the heir to her estate, and arrangements were made for the girl to come over and make her home with her wealthy relative and become acquainted with the estate of which she would become owner upon the death of her aunt At Bremen tee young heiress met and fell in love with Wendon Phillips, whose home is la Los Angeles, and who is employed In the real estate office of his father. Phillips was returning from a vacation trip and had engaged passage. in the steamship Hanover, bound for Galveston. It appeared to be love at first sight for both the iovers. Upon returning here it was found that the aunt seriously objected to the marriage. The niece and her fiance visited the aged lady and bad a tong Interview, but she declared she would disown the girl and cut

her off without a cent in her will if she married within five years, so the heiress made the sacrifice and ths cermony was performed; but the aunt did not attend and did not relent, and the newly wedded couple took their departure for California without receiving her blessings.