New-York tribune., 1885-08-18
WIFE, CHILDREN And FORTUNE GONE.
WOMAN WITH FOUR HUSBANDS IIv1NG-swIS-
DING HER LAST VICTIM

A WOMAN WITH FOUR HUSBANDS LIv1NG-swIN"
ding HER LAST VICTIM
"My happiness is all gone," said Henry Will
fams, short fat German to TRIBUNE reporter last
evening. eyes, have been up to Police Headq
and told them that my wife has gone away. and was
told there that they would find her Tor
me- This is what makes me so un-
happy. don't want her. put what I'm after is the pa
peIs that she took papers worth me-
This woman was my second wife, I never had trouble
with my first wife, except that she was sick for twelve
years. and raised up six children two sons and four
girls have been In the real estate business Tor tnrsy-
three and also had grocery store and liquor store
during that time. Yel after my frst wife had been
sick many years with the heart disease,
told me must take her away she would de- Isold
out my business and moved with my
wife and family to Philadelphia But the doctor told me
wrorg for after had hsre for five weeks my wife
fell off chair aud dead quick that she could not
speak was left alone with my six children and what
could do with them Nothing. SO put notice IN
the paper that wanted woman who would look after
my family. One came who good. and she robbed
me OF my money and went away aud never said good-
by. Then my son. he u smart fellow. ne told me
that lightning never struck In the place twice. and
put another advertisement in the paper that
widower wanted woman TO tend his
children. About 200 came, and there was one
little fat that took my eye and hired her
nice that my children fell In love with ner ana su
that should marry her. Well, didn't care munh ABOUT
it myself she tried hard 10 have me fali In loVe
that I said to her, Come oD will marry you
" That the beginning OF my trouble seven year.
ago. found out that had married boss, aud
she made things hum around the house she hated my
ret wifes children and when she had two OF her ow
the house became hot tlat gave up entirely and
took my wife and the two children away and came 70
this city 10 live. gave my business 10 my o,ner en
dren in Philadelphia told them 10 90 on and be pros
porous rs their father had BEEN. l had one
Sas, Sas wS hey christian iss Williams SfRn% enis He twenty
years old and because ne was no good ana prousn
me trouble he fell In love with my second we sihee
have been ia New-York have been living at NO. 3l3
West Forty-eighth-st In nice nat NY son Ch,,san %
wife. I would not tell him, hut ne watcoed me gons
hOme and when went away from the house he went IN.
My wife. she had gone away from me before this Que
time and lived out farn near Hackensack que
was gone for six weeks and when came home one
night the door broken open IN my root ana went
In and said Who the devil "a hereF nay wiIe was
so said Get OUT and put her out when cyme
home 20 my house. week ago today iound IL broken
open again. and went IN aud said; VINO the dsVil Is
here & bat spoke. Then looked around An u
found that my wife Christian had been there
and had of together and taken my cnuren ne
and Frederick, who are six ana Two years ou. put
what gave the most pain that they nah broken
open my trunk with axe anl had stolen the payers
which prove me entitled to $4,000 out OF George
Nctlngs estate who was my stepather IN oernany. G
prsOn. but do want my two small children ana tho
$4,000 papers The detectives are searebng Tor them;
aud was down In Philadelphia but nobody can hnd
them They aid not take the chdrens clothes, hut my
wife took everything that belonged to her and 10 me-
that she could carry. she Is stout woman ana sad
she forty yeres old, but she dont oos over
and has dark complexion and hair Christian Ia Dadiy
marked with smallpox, and any one who sees taem ~
know who they Ny wife has three husbands oesde
me. They are Franz snltzer: OF mIwaakee, Wis c
are all living. She away from them. and they are
al glad OF it. SO an I, but want my papers