The morning times., 1895-07-24
Beautiful Marie Kraemer Killed
Herself for Love of Him.
He DIED IN THE SAME WAY
Chose the Sa me Day ofthe Month Also,
to End His Life-He Introduced the
and ThenLater CoOlly Deserted Her.
She Took PoisonSeptember22 Do, L s91.

The suicide of Paul Wolff, at one time
well known here, at Cleveland on Monday,
as told in yesterdays Times, recalls the
pathetic story Of beautiful Marie Krae-
mer, whom he introduced for six years as
his wife in this city. He came here with
Miss Kraener in 1885 and maintained his
relations with her until August, 1891,
when he abandoned her and went to Chi
cago, where he became reconciled To his
real wife.
On hearing OF this on September %, Miss
Kraemer committed suicide. her death and
his by the same means having occurred by
a strange fatality on the same day Of the
month.
The death of Miss Kraemer, and letter
which she left explaining the relations
between herself and Wolff, created great
scandal among the newspaper cOrrespon-
dents of this city, to whom and to whose
families Wolff had introduced the girl as
his wife
Miss Kraemer was quite a favOrite, and
her name appears frequently in the current
reports OF the social functions Of the news
paper men.
ENDED WITH A TRAGEDY.
Her history began with a romance and
ended with a tragedy. Hey father was a
pClkAtSuf " Ip ~ a SAAlsAAA AAON1- IL -fI'
York Wolff, who had come to America
| about nineteen years ago, went into journal
ism, and became acquainted with the
Kraemers about three years before he
brought Marie to Washington. The
Kraener establishment was burned one
night, and Wolff was the hero of the rescue
| of Marie from the flames.
She was then about nineteen years ofage,
| and wonderful type of Saxon beauty She
| became infatuated with the preSeryer of her
| life and her love was reciprOcated-
VOLTS wife became aware of the guilty
| love OF her husband and gave him his lib
| erty so the story goes, on condition that he
| should continue 10 support her. This
| Wolff agreed 10 and he is given credit for
| keeping that much faith with his wife.
| Wolff then undertook the support Of
| the Kraeuer family, Marie 5 father having
| died. He moved the girl, her brother, Carl,
| and mother to Washington, and for long
| time they resided on G street, between Sixth
| and Seventh streets southeast.
HER WONDERFUL BEAUTY.
| Wolff was then the correspondent Of the
| New York Stats Zeitung. Everybody in
| Washingtonrememberst wonderfuIbeauty
OF the blue-eyed bIande whom Wolff had
palmed off on society as his wife. Wolff
was in the Franco-P rissiau war and had
given out the story that he had served for
| a while on Won NOltke's staff
| Three weeks before the suicide OF Marie
| Kraemer he informed her that he intended
| TO go to Chicago and leave her He was
a married man, and she had no rem edy-
He abandoned her and met his wife IN
Chicago, probably by agreement.
| When this latter fact became known
to Marie she took her own life and left a
| letter in which she told the story OF hel
| life and gave the cause OF her crime as
her undying love for Wolff.
| Since that time Wolff has gone from bat
to worse He left this country, went tC
| Germany, and came back to Washington
but his former associates ignored him
Then he went TO Cleveland, where his Owl
suicide was the retributive Justice 10 th'
girl he had ruined and abandoned