The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-18
HAD WIVES FOR ALL.
They Were Young and Pretty
and All Had Fortunes.
Gumpert Advertised His Wares and
Gudgeons Bit Freely.
Aided by Bowery Bellies He Coined
Money, but lie Now Missing.

Herman Max Gumpert, alas Guhle
and Stephanie Won Jankowsky appeal
to have been doing a rushing bushes:
In the matrimonial agency line, with
the assistance Of half a dozen Bowery
girls and an odd living picture or tive
pressed into service for the occasion.
| Guinpcrt, or Guhle, as he gives his
name, managed to keep on hand an
ample stock Of assorted affections
wrapped up In hig bills and piled away
for the swains who answered his ad.
vertisements. Gudgcons were plln ID
bit freely. The Guhle cash-box was
filling rapidly. but he over-played tn.
game and finally came to grief.
Guile seems to have been OF an adj
venturous spirit. He Is said to have ar
rived here on the Augusta Victoria
about a year ago from Germany. lie
d faai b ,et M grass grow nnaer his
gull the soft-headed individuals who
are looking for wives with financial
After working New York for a while.
ne went Y Chicago thence to Milwau-
He worked the matrimonial agency
dodge all along the line with more or
Guhle's scheme was clever and decided
" original. He made his play for the
German element Advertisements were
Inserted IN the German newspapers. One
Of them read rs follows.
, Y0nNG 6iaL Of EreIossessns appearance and
snce OF q young man without means with a view
to tnatrimonW
In another, of the same character,
Guile raised TIE ante" and nut the
10000, but there was a slight draw
back to this girl In the shape of a child.
Ine advertisement stipulated that the
child must be adopted
Correspondents were requested to ad-
dress their answers to different places,
ranging from Fourteenth street to Har
lem.
The $4,000 girl advertisement caught
a good fish 10 the shape of young man
from Newark N. J. He called at II
Great Jones street. the matrimonial
s as required s Cube To pu, 'n@
asked 20 sse. tie child in the case and
the beautifui Young lady with SN,vVJ
He was shown Into the parlor and pre-
sented to u heavily yelled young woman,
who was possesssd OF the physical quail
tiles Of t1e ordinary sowery, girl. In
originally from the Bo~ery. The girls
who played this part were paid 81 a per
formance,. and Guhie pocketed the bal
After satisfying, himself that there
rk3young man wanted to see the child
The matrimonial, agents had made a
to believe sSai. the child was a GIRL
when. in reality, Guhles only offspring
Is little boy, so. at the last minute, It
was found necessary to postpone the
meeting with the child.
This particular young man really fell
IN love with the Bowery lay figure, and
after calling several times without being
n n hf-tp 81 hA. notn
expressed a. willingness to marry her.
child and all money or no money. He
Ii still awaiting his love.
beauty hailed from Hoboken. He an
swered the advertisement and was told
to call at the Great Jones street address
n a note sigrea Il. b.: care Of Mrs.
was asked for 81 but he had only s. Is
In his pocket. which he gave upw.llingly.
ne. too, vas given a glimpse OF a
so75 due as the retaining fee. Again
he met the girl who told him he was
without Question rafting good fel-
but circumstances beyond her control
compelled her to postpone further ne
lions just then;
did. IN her letter. signed Clara Wer-
ner,'' she told him that after thinking
the matter over she had concluded that
he was not the man she wanted. She
wished him better fortune elsewhere, and
bid him a fond farewell
Another wife-huntsr, after putting up
his money and going through AN expert
encc similar to those detailed above,
was finally told that the object of his
sudden affection was going to Long
Branch for the Summer. and that fur
ther communita ton must he by letter
addressed to Miss Jankowsky, Post-
Office, Long Branch OF course, he
never received any reply to his letters.
one OF the. victims called on the
agency Yesterday and was told that the
matrimonial bureau, including the Bow
cry beauties. had skipped out at &
o'clock Yesterday morning. All that was
left OF the outfit was a letter found on
the floor. II was from a private in
Battery ]. First Artillery, United States
Army, Fort Hamilton.
The writer SAID he had put up So and
got nothing in return. lie wrote that he
was willing to let the agency keep one
half of the money, but, being a poor
man. he begs for the return OF at least
81
Complaint has been made to the police
at the Mercer street station. and detec-
tives are now booking for Guile and
Miss Jankowsky! So.