The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-03
DEV0URED BY De WOLFE.
The Bank Accounts of His Friends
Depleted BY a Young.
Rake.
He Deserts a 0onfding Wife and Child and
MarrieS an Actress High Life in
Robbers Retreat.
He is Arrested in Montreal For Obtain
Ing Money Under False
Pretenses.

MONTREAL, CAN, September I'll. C.
De Wolfe, who has been wanted in New
York by actors of the Grau Company ana
several others, has been living here for
the past week with Bebe Vining, the
young actress to whom he said he was
married, He seemed to have plenty of
cash and lived In great style at the Wind.
sor. This morning he was arrested for
obtaining money under false pretenscs
from W. c. Gale, manager of the Equl-
table Life Assurance Company. He has
been borrowing money right and left and
has been drinking and gambling heavily
and is now almost wreck, lie pretends
to BIO In partnership with j. A. Kohn 4
Co., brokers of New York, and says they
Will send him plenty of money. DeWolfe
refurnished his rooms at the hotel eX-
pensively and exhibited peculiar mania
for fire arms. lie had a store of re-
yolyers and u large supply Of ammuni-
ton. When he came to pay his hotel
bill he offered worthless drafts in pay
ment and these were accepted He is
in jail.
sSlS MISS VINING
has returned to New York. His life in
New York Is said to have been by no
means slow. When boy he was engaged
by the firm of Williams, Black & Co.,
brokers, as an under clerk at six dollars
a week. He was quick, and was rapidly
advanced. When the firm heard that he
had marrieda Miss Henriques about two
years ago, his salary was increased to
twenty-five a week. DeWolfe lived with
his wife in Morrlstown, N. j. A friend in
troduced him early last June to Baron
Tykquo De Ross, who, the friend said,
was Swedish Baron and the friend OF
Alice Hosmer, u member Of the Grau
Opera troupe. The Baron took Dew olfe
to Miss Hosmer's apartments one even
ing. The troupe was then playing in
Brooklyn, and for convenience sake Bcbe
Vining, the pretty little nineteen-year-o
opera singer, was living with Miss Hos
mer. DeWolle fell over head and ears
In love with her. He borrowed money
from the Baron and conilded to him that
life was vacuum away from Bebe. He
proved this by presenting himself at the
theater every night. He hurled
FLOWERS ON THE STAGE
at Inappropriate moments, and at the
close OF the performance he could be found
In the neighborhood of the stage door.
Ii he met the Baron on these occasions
he would borrow money from him, and so
1t happened that the Baron took care to be
somewhere else. DeWolfe always went
home to Morristown after the perform
ance. The troupe finished its engagement
in Brooklyn, and began rehearsing in
Newark Things have gone wrong with
DeWolfe, and for some reason the firm
of VIM. Black & Co., had no further
need of his services. Among the persons
who had been impressed by DsWolfe's
winning ways was the firm of julius A.
Kohn & Co., bankers and brokers, at 10
Broad street Mr.. KOhn offered him
place at SIS week. This was about
three weeks ago. DeWolfe's evenings
were still spent in the society of Mr..
Grau's opera troupe. Mr., Grau got to
know the young fellow and paid the usual
fee for the privilege. Mr. DeWolfe con-
tinued his attentions to Miss Bebe. On
August % Miss Vining hurried into the
presence of Miss Hosmer and cried:
Congratulate me! l am engaged tc
marry Mr.. DeWolfe."
MISS HosMER WAS SHOCKED.
She remembered hearing De Wolfe talk
about his wife and child in Morristown.
She said nothing to Miss Vinng about
this, but sent a dispatch to DeWolfe ask
Ing him to call upon her Immediately.
Mr.. DeWolfe called and was met with
shower Of angry words from Miss Hos
mer. She ordered him to go to Bebe and
confess himself u married man.
snow, take your choice" added Miss
Hosmer. go tell Bebe what you are or
l viii lay the whole matter before your
wife"
"For Gods sake don't tell my wife,"
DeWolfecried, "and will explain all to
Bebe."
The same day DeWolfe presented a
check for $500 to the cashier of the firm
by which he was employed. The firm
suspected that it was irregular, and Mr.
Kohn spoke sharply to him, and DeWolfe
founced out of the office. lie visited the
Rev. Mr.. Nesbett assistant pastor of St.
Chrysostom's chapel, and arranged to be
married next day. Next he called upon
Miss Hosmer and told her that he had
began proceedings for a divorce and
that the papers would be In his hands
very shortly. Next day he drove with
Bebe Vining and her two sisters to Mr..
Nesbett's and was married to Bebe,
whose real name Is Annie Beatty. This
was Saturday, August %. When the
members OF the Grau Company assem-
bied for rehearsal on Monday Bebe was
missing, as was also Miss Hosmer. The
latter appeared later, however, and re-
lated how ''poor little Bebe" had been
deceived and carried off by DeWolfe.
Where they had gone nobody knew.
THINKS HE IS CRAZY.
NEW YORK, September 2.-Dr. Stephen
DsWolfe, tho father of Harold, is dent
LIST of this city. He said to-day: "Ot
late have seen my son only two or three
times year. The last time was about
four weeks ago. observed him closely
and was satisfied that his mind was Civ
Ing away. thought seriously of taking
steps to have him confined. do not be-
lieve he really intends to do wrong, but
thinks that he Is extremely wealthy and
that all he has to do to get money Is to
write check for 1t. His wife and infant