The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-17
PET OF WIDOWS.
None of Them Could Resist Little
Wolf Hoffman.
HIS UGLY FACE is MISFORTUNE.
Like Pug Dog, It wa, SO Ugly 1t Fascln-
ated Them An-ssron OF Them Married
Hin-Nnmber Eight was Res;,y to
accept Iiia,, but ths Law Intervensd.


Good Lord!" The words were spoken
simultaneously by Warden Van de Carr,
of the Tombs. the deputy warden and a
half dozen keepers. "oh" and there
was u general optburst of laughter, "Is
that the fellow?"
a very meek and mild appearing
specimen OF the genus man had just
passed through the big iron gates In the
dingy old Centre street Jail. Meek and
lowly and small and pInched and dirty,
wiZened and consumptive looking and
unutterably repulslve was the man. His
clothes. old and thrcndbare and hang.
ing about his thin members like gar
ments placed upon two cross sticks for
the purpose of making scare crow,
We're shiny from grease and dirt.
His colorless shirt would have pro-
tested with the distressed carnestneSs Of
Weary WaSglcs when thrust into q batl
had 1t been forced through the door OF
laundry. his shoes admitted not OF the
existence OF the backing brush. his
well. one OF the keepers said that II he
died IN his cell every man there would
throw up his job before he would I'M
dress the corpse.
Hold his head up so that we can SEE
his face" commanded the warden. 81
want to get a look at that fellow. Take
of his hat" An almost bald Uranium
with here and there scant patches oil
coarse. unkempt hair, big. dirty ears, q
long. thin face, lantern jaws, very
prominent cheek bones, a nose like u
hawks neck, little. deep-set brown eyes
without much expression. heavy eye
brows ut the end OF low forehead that
shot back toward the crown OF the head
at an angle OF twenty degrees. the whole
80 begrimmed with particles OF dirt thai
the only way to get the mans face clean
would be TO skin II, the whole set on
with a long, scraggy. dingy looking,
frizEled and unkenpt brown beard, Just
such a one as Frank Bush would give q
months salary to possess-this Is what
met the warden's gaze.
The Matron's ChoIer.
"welI, Tn--be-darnedw said Mr., Van
De Carr. "IIow would you like to have
that for huSbandI" The question was
put to Matron Stone. who had Joined
the group OF prison officials. The
comely matron shuddered at the
thought. ''That?" she said. II would
rather take poor Maria Barberrs
chances OF going to the electric chair"
We'll, that's the man." said the war
den, who has been marrying all the
widows In Essex street. That's Wolf
Hoffman, the slayer OF women's hearts
the usurper OF wmoen's affections. the
East Sido woman killer, the most mar
ried man in New York.
"oh, good Lordl" the matron laughed
and groaned at the same time. and then
went into the women's prison to dis
cuss the Essex street Apollo with Mrs
Mary Alice Fleming. her favorite
prisoner.
Norman was led on to his cell. II Ii
located on the third tier. and Is num-
bered IS. II was his first day In the
Tombs prison. whittier he was brought
yesterday morning. having been com.
mItted to await the action OF the grand
fury, The keepers declared that all
that 1t will be necessary for Hoffman &c
do to get out will be to pursuade the
district attorney to allow him to go be-
fore the garnd jury and show himself.
"if was n woman and had married
that" said one of the keepers, Il would
skip the country before l would so be-
fore court. and own VI"
The Tombs cells are like little rcctan-
gIlar boxes. but cell is d large place
for the weakly, sickly Hoffman, and he
looked lonely in there. Ike n sparrow
ture the manof many Wives bears about
the same proportion TO real man as a
Texas burro does TO a full-hedged mule.
He has big head for his dlmlnutive
body, and while II requires CS hat e
| At II, one would Judge by the apparent
size OF the caput, that the battle-schrred
derby the man wears measured at least
seven inches.
Hoffman will have to stay In the
Tombs until his trial comes on. He
nexer could break out II the stone walls
were made OF clay, and as there are no
women about the prison where he IL
confined there is no chance OF his mar
rying his way TO liberty. There seems
but one way TO account for the mans
fascinating influence over the weaker
sex, and that It his historical anatomy
Fascinated by Lack OF Beauty.
Venus once married a one-eyed black
smith; Fannie Kimball. the great act
ress, was for a long time the wife of o
man named Butler. said to be the ugli-
| est man In England. and In this country
the two were known as Beauty and the
Beast" and the brilliant Mrs. Mary He.
Minis Fisk married coarse looking
Bowery crook who could neither read
nor write.
Hoffman claims that he can speak no
English, and yesterday. when the re.
porter visited him In his cell. he refused
to tell any OF the story OF his billings
and cooIngs, In his hour OF need all his
friends have deserted him. No fem.-
nine hand has placed n rose in his but
| ton hole to cheer him In his dismal cell
and no gentle fingers have toyed with
his knottcd whiskers. Even the pretty
nineteen -year-old Rose Levy, the or.
chard street Jewess. who was just about
to become mo s." and with whom nc
was to sail for Poland. has not yet visit
ed him in the Tombs to cheer him with
sweet words and promises.
Hoffman even ate prison hash and
drank prison soup and coffee without n
| erimmace or without a seeming fancy
OF longing for the table Of the Widow
Goldspincr. his wife OF four weeks
standing.
n is tho mans head that would afford
phrenologIsts delightful study. The
head Is all behind the ears. The Intel
lectual bumps are noticeable for their
absence. The animal bumps are nll
there and right royalty they are devel'
oped. Not FAR from the two ears The
head looks as II some one had struck
him a blow on each side Of the bead
with a big club and produced abnormal
swellings. But the bumps are genuine
Favor Women Delegates.
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