New-York tribune., 1905-08-26
NEWARK GIRL A VICTIM.
Er-Mayor's Daughter One of DR..
Witzhof,s Vices, Says Lascyer.

According TO Benjamin Franklin. attorney for
Miss Dora Dorf, one OF the young women VINO
say they were married 10 DR.. George A. Nitzhoi''
now under two indictments for bigamy, one OF the
alleged biramist's many victims is the daughter
OF former Mayor OF Newark. He refused now
ever TO divulge the of the young woman.
Besides the accumulated evidence that the fusi-
tive married several young women. robbed .h1l'
and disappeared, comes the added charge uaal no
used drugs to acco llish his purpose. This latest
evidence is in the form OF letter written Dy h'a
Randall Muller whom Witzhoff is said TO nave MS ms
,ied in Boston under the latter name II ~H ~,
ten 10 Mrs Ernest Tinpey. who was MISS q ~ Ai.,.
of Brooklyn until she married the suase 49,
who on this occasion used the aiias OF
This letter is now in possession OF MFs- i''e'
attorney John H. Rogan. and reads;
My dear Mrs Weston: ! have JUST MS S@d iawyer
saws the man You married and the one that nat was
unfortunate enough 10 marry are h T,e man must be
perfect neo "a about the Dorf woman. have been
rltfing things together and believe my psI ems e
were right when they said tnat ne W. s eonfinnaliV
giving me pills. I was wasting away ana my
essr sad be vim ss syns kss on me he ps and have
never seen him since. received letter from m p hin
adepha az TiGh ne 1419 pTay M That The Gets his s
deserts Last n ht 7 asse 5 not BOY bsTs the S SeSrt to
tell him You viii hear from me again SlnGeFeis Ts
yours, ELLA nj
witEhon is believed TO have employed The same
caught in his net They were much like those OF
Johann Hoch the Chicago bganist, who is now
,,nSer sentence OF death the charge OF muir
oering one OF his wives ,.. =. H. .,,o
n was a peculiar coincidence that brought the Two
sfforneys Franklin and Rogan. together IN tne
hunt Tor Witzhorf. They occupy adjoining ollces IN
fbe Potter Building Miss Dorf, VINO was IharrIeu
sn Harlem 10 the fugitive bigaInast when ne was
known as Dr. Weston, consulted Mr. Franklin. re-
sar5irg q divorce while Miss Parkhin had ALREADY
Nffained her divorce from the same man throush
Mr. Hogan. One day Mr.. Franklin me- mentioned cas-. cas-
lIslly 70 Nr Hogan the story of Miss Dorf Inc
latter noticed a similarity TO The case OF his
pbof ograDh OF witzhof which Miss Dorf had
had been the victims Of the Same man
Thts far no trace OF Witzhoff's Whereabouts mas
on account OF the recent revelations concerning
DR. George Witzhoff, Justice Burr in the supreme
court Brooklyn, took unusual interest In a SUIT
for annulment Of marriage which came up pefore
him yesterday afternoon 1t wss the suit or Sophle
Youcker for an annulnent Of her marriage 70
Adolph Youcker, which took place an Jersey
City on September Is, 1902. The case was adjourned
William Greenthal. counsel for the plalntiH, salo
that HIS client found that Youcker had another
wife living at the time he married her. Tbs law
yer SAYS he understands that Youcker had mar
ried q girl named Dora Dorf OF No. 216 East uSth-
st. Manhattan in 1900 and had got N,So from hert
and that in 1901 he had married Annie Davis under
the name OF August Stein, The Davis woman gave
him 500.
Greenthal says he understands that Youcker had
gone under the name Of Weston