The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-28
DEAF MUTES BAD HUSBAND
HB HAS lPPAREN1IY TWO OTHER
WIVES VINO CAN TALK.

she Get nHiun Throurh q Marriage Broker AFTER
Hcr bet MAD Proved rsensctuni with other
suiters-FHe was Locked IN Eis Room when
= letter or His MADE Known His BiEarnJ.
Pinous Rozner, q cap maker, was arrested yes
tcrday on complaint Of his deaf and dumb wife
Of four weeks, whit accused him Of having
two other wives. The woman went to the Essex
Market Court with her brother, Nathan WASH
baum, q cripple. as the woman was unable to
make her troubles known, her brother. who
talked TO her by signs, made q statement to
Magistrate Crane.
Judge" he said, my sisters husband 10 now
locked up In her fiat at 10 Chrystie street. He
cannot get out because we have taken his
clothes, and my father and mother are guard.
ing the door. Give us q warrant, quick so that
he won't break out"
what do you want the warrant fori-
For bieamy,'' replied washbaum.
washbaum said that his sister some time
ago decided TO get married. She had $3.50
saved from her earnings as a shirt maker.
On account OF her being a deaf mute she
had great difficulty in finding a suitable hus-
band. Washbaum introduced her to a score Of
men and sat in the parlor and interpreted tho
best he could the attempts at lovemaking. Some
how or other the men never made a second visit
to the house. Finally, in desperation, the SER
vices of o marriage broker were solicited, and,
for a consideration, he agreed to find for the wo-
man o husband. The marriage broker brought
Rozner 10 her house and the marriage was
quickly arranged. According to Washbaum's
statement tho woman gave Rozner $50 to buy
avoiding suit and q ring, and promised to give
him q half interest in her bank account.
The wedding tool. place four weeks ago and
Chrystie street. Everything went vel! in the
work because sa'S her husband bus md had no %s em pItTGs
Early wednesday morning, the wife, while
seSTiSh'R %ns sS sea hsso AND st G,Dsbss' a ioan addr tss,ef
to a woman In Lemberg, Austria. She opened
s!h%s. letter liter and found that the opening line read
MY darling wife, ! have just married q deaf
and dumb woman; As she cannot talk or hear,
like her as well as I doa woman whom j mar.
ried two years ago. She also gave me some
The balance Of the letter was to the effect
that the, writer was only waiting for a chance
to get all the money from the deaf and dumb
would send to Austria for his first wife, but ad-
yised her not to come to his Chrystie street ad-
dress but to a house in Hester street which
After reading the letter the wife consulted
with her crippled brother. A family council
street, and a line OF action was determined on:
Late on Wednesday night, whom Rozner had
spsS no S Ses. q Ronner and SI the the o s.GT% if Brother Rss
by the aid Of Washbaum's crutch. Mrs. RoZner
waved the letter at him. He confessed, ac-
cording to Washbaum's story. that he had mar
ried the other woman, but was divorced by a
rabbi. The ,crutch was, then applied on his
back, according to Washbaum, until no dis
gorged $50 which he had drawn from the bank
moved and the door locked from the outside.
The entire famfly.took turns during the night
It was four stories to tho ground and there
was no fire escape leading from the rooms. Con-
se9gently Rozner: realized his position and
After listening to this story tho Magistrate
said that he could not grant q warrant for
bigamy, GS there was no proof Of the other mar
riages. Washbaum then procured the ser
vices of Lawyer James Gray Of the Legal Aid
Society. Yesterday afternoon the lawyer APP
piled to Magistrate Crane for a warrant. He
told the Magistrate that he had found the al.
legged first New York wife Of Rozner and that
she was willing to testify to her marriage to
Rozner. The Magistrate finally issued a war
rant for Rozner's arrest on a charge of non
support.
Rozner was then released from his prison and
taken to the. Essex Market Court. AT the re-
quest Of tho lawyer the case was continued I'M
til to-day, when the lawyer said he would bring
proof OF the alleged bigamy. RoZner pleaded
not guilty and asserted that he was divorced
from the other women. He was locked up in
default of $500 bail,