Heine’s Nephew Dies of Exposure an Unkncwn Tramp Identified Only by His Fingerprints

The body of an old tramp was found a few days ago in the little village of Schewetin, near Trebon, in Southern Bohemia. No-thing was known of the man, except that he frequently used to come over the frontier from Germany. After communication with the Dresden police, and a comparison of his fingerprints, it was established that the dead man is K. H. Heine, a 78 year old nephew of the great post, Heinrich Heine.

Heine had several brothers. One, Freiherr Gustav Heine von Geldern, was a well-known Austrian publicist, who on being annobled by the Austrian Government, adopted their, mother’s family name as his cognomen. He had a son (a nephew of Heinrich Heine) named Maximilian Heine who wrote librettos, The Youngest brother, Manimilian Heine, was a physician and surgeon, who wrote a book of recollections of his famous brother. A sister of Heine’s, Charlotte, married Moritz Embden, and their son was Baron Ludwig von Embden, and their daughter Marie married the Principe Cola Rocca, The Dowagar Princess Alico Heina of Monnco, who died in 1925, was a niece of Haine.