Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-31

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Kansas City Times.l
An old man, half-blind, and evil
IDENTIFY bowed down By care, ap-
pealed to Police Captain Malloy
Yesterday for aid to search for his
wife. he gave his name as D.
Levin, formerly the rabbi of the
Hebrew synagogue in Omaha, but
more recently from Louisville, Ky.
He said that he was born in War
saw, in Russian Poland, and was
educated for the synagogue. Dur
ing the last political troubles in Po-
land he went to Paris and engaged
in business. There he met a little
black-eyed Polish Jewess, to whom
he made court, and, after a long
courtship, married her. His wife,
who was much younger than him.
self, desired change of residence,
and they went to England, and in
London were marned in Gentle
form. Then they moved to Leeds,
in Yorkshire, where Levin became
engaged in the wholesale wooden
cloth expectation. Then they went
to Manchester, and subsequently
emigrated to New York city, arriy-
ing there about four years ago.
They did not remain long there,
as the young wife was restless, and
the old man had to give up lucra-
tive position to 90 West. They
settled in Omaha, Nebraska, on the
principal street in that city. The
husband obtained position as
rabbi for the Israelite congregation,
and his wife opened a cigar and to-
bacco store. This was about eighteen
months ago. They lived content
edly until an Englishman, named
D. Walker, from Deftford, near
London, opened a store next to
Mrs. Annie Levin's establishment
The rabbi had no suspicion what
ever that love had grown up be-
tween his wife and the English
storekeeper next door until his wife
told him of the fact.
One morning in December, 1876,
Mrs. Levin walked out with the
storekeeper next door. After an
absence of an hour or two she re-
turned and viciously remarked to
her husband: "Now nave cut
your throat" The startled old man
begged for an explanation, but re-
ceiyed nothing but vindictive words.
A few minutes afterward two Unit
ed States deputy marshals entered
the store and asked where the ci-
gars were. Mrs. Levin pointed to
back door, behind which tea
chest was discovered filed with un-
stamped cigars. The wife pointed
out her husband as the person guilty
of an attempt to defraud the gov
ernment, and offered herself as a
witness against him. He was ar
rested. During the trial the wo-
man confessed, under cross-exami-
nation, that she had made COM
plant against her husband because
he was too old, ard she wanted to
get him into the penitentiary to get
rid of him. The husband was re-
leased, and the wife and her friend
Walker were arrested. 1t was
shown that Walker supplied the
tea. chest filed with cigars, which
were placed by her behind a door,
to be seized by the officers of the
revenue department, The woman
and her friend Walker were held
in $500 each. This bail was fur
nished, and Mrs. Levin returned
home and Walker returned to his
store.
That evening the old rabbi was
taken very sick, and manifested
every evidence Of being poisoned.
His wife went out and never re-
turned, and he has not seen her
since. Walker, the young red-faced
cigar dealer, disappeared suddenly
after turning his business and stock
OF goods over to a friend. The
poisoned rabbi went to New York
city for treatment. AS soon as he
was able he left there to seek his
truant wife, after placing his four
year.old child at school.
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