New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-21
u1yY.NABED AND MUCH-MARRIED.

MANY-NAHED AND MUCH-MARRLED.
A Celebs in search of many wives would have
been abhOrrent TO the soul of Mrs. Hannah More.
We regret to say that the passion for large and
varied assortment of spouses seems to be upon the
increase in different parts of the country Hardy
week passes in which we do not read of some fla
grant violation of the hymeneal unities. It is won
derful TO consider to what magnificent extent
man may get married. if he will only give his whole
mind and time to the business. There seems to be
nothing to prevent any rascal OF ordinary good
Judgment and adequate brass from marrying just
as many victims as he pleases and each succeed
ing case is the to be regretted because 1t shows
how easily these vile enterprises can DO accom-
pshed. Take a recent instance in this city Adolph
Hoffman, who now has found his proper residence In
the Tolnbs has a wife in Europe, another in Thirty
nnth-st, third in Greenwich-ave., fourth In
Second-ave fifth in Third-ave., sixth, seventh,
eighth the Lord knows where; moreover, he
was abont to lead to the altar a tenth. some say
sixteenth victim, when the minions OF the law
brought his matrimonial triumphs to an ignomin-
ions close His hymeneal torch is extinguished,
and the place to which no is consigned is no bridal
bower The hour of his retributiOn has come.
They know how to torment him at the Tombs,
albeit they use there no rack nor thumb-screws
So to the bars Of his solitary cell they brought
ON Thursday eight living dupes OF this
Turco-German who stood before him even
"a the ghosts of his slaughtered victims glided by
the bedstead of Richard the Third. They came,
che old and young the ugly and the pretty, the tat
and lean the blonde and brunette, the short and
tall the first spouse and the last while one Of
them lent variety to the scene and music, may be.
bv bringing baby, which instinctively and loudly
bewailed injuries Of which II was yet unconscious.
II ia supposed that still other wives" might have
come # they had seen fit, 70 rebuke by whitening
looks and still more whitening words the wretch
who had swindled them out of their hearts and
hands and money.
It's hardly necessary TO say that this Hoffman
was a man Of many names-he has nearly enough
for page of the directory. He changed his al
most as often as if he had been the bride. He was
Hoffman and Gruenwald. he was Hausman and
Moller, and very likely he may have made some
unfortunate damsel Mrs. TeufelsdrOeckh. As
for his matrimonial loius Operapd. It simple
ity itself He advertised for a housekeeper. When
the applicant appeared, he incontinently married
her. Then he took what money she had into his own
safe keeping and disappeared. They came and saw,
and he conquered. And vet he is no Adonis. His
mouth il large His nose is snub. His face is
broad He is, If ANYTHING, a trihe uglier than Jane
Eyres Mr.. Rochester Yet he must have had
mighty winning way with him. The ladies'
hearts he did trepan," like Mr.. Thackeray's
bold Irishman. He was dreadfully sudden in
his operations. He gave his bewdered victims no
time 10 think He turned Mrs. Antonio Geiger into
Mira. Adolph Hoffman within twenty-four hours
after his first sight of her lovely countenance. He
transmogrfed Miss Fanny Echstein into Mrs. A.
Gruenwald III that was the name) after just
two weeks acquaintance, then emgrated TO New
jersey and Immediately wrote to her for money.
which she sent him. His main stay in making his
proposals was sum Of $4,000 fairy currency
lodged in the Blocker Street Savings Bank. To
this wealth he sometimes added many acres Of inn
aginary real estate in various parts OF the city, How
many wives he has known only to himself. He
owns TO n single pair but there are those who be-
leve that this number should be multiplied by ff-
teen one more being then added 10 complete the
founding total.
Who shall say that these poor, deluded women
were 20 blame i'm yielding to the fascinations of this
extraordinary bridegroom How was No. 10 to
know nything about No. l To No. 10 incluslvef
Or what reason had Miss Fanny Echston to suspect
the existence of Mrs. Autonia Geiger, when A.
Gruenwald threw himself at her feeti How could
Door Fanny know that it was the left hand
only which he had TO ofieri A soft
talking, wheeling. bamboozlng, persuading
and seducing serpent, with passion for widows
having money in the savings bank, n considerable
minority of women cannot say 'No" to. Sometimes
IL is quite characteristic dodge-the serpent writes
Grew" before the name which no happens to be
bearing at the time. He can never be caught, the
polygamous knave, until after he has done his mis-
chief and perhaps broken two hearts but whenever
he is caught it is very desirable that he should be
mmmary dealt with. lie should be sent to place
where there is neither marrying nor giving in mar
riage.