New-York tribune., 1905-08-29
GANG MARRIES FOR MONEY
DR.. Wit2hof ,BeHeUed To BE Mem
Der of Bigamy Band.

That gang of men have for the last two or
three years been making business of marrying
women the East Side and then rohbing them
was established yesterday through Investigations
made by Edward Schott and Francis A. Huneken
private detectives. employed the case of DR..
George A. Witzhoff, the fugitive bigamist. One Of
the members of this gang is now serving term in
Sing Sing prison, having been convicted on the
charge of bigamy.
The discovery of the existence of these banded
professional bigamsts might relieve DR. Witzhoff Of
the blame of at least of these swindling mar
riages. For since the announcement of his opera
tiors in this line, apparently nearly every young
woman who married, robbed and deserted in
the last two years declared that DR.. Witzhof
her betrayer However it is learned that he was
a member of the gang being known as AdolpE
Youcker assuming the name of an Essex-st saloon
owner.
Yesterday the list of Witzhoffs plural wives
increased by three. This bring up ten the
Der of who with any degree of posi-
tiveness identify him their husband. There are
many with suspicious. Benjamin
Franklin the attorney who is directing the in
vestigation into the career of DR.. Witzhoff, con-
tnuas to receive letters from women in different
parts of the country who that Wtzhof
is the man who stole their affections and money.
although each time under different alias.
One of these communications came yesterday in
the form of a postal card from ]. G. GILL; of
Cambridge, Mass, who charges against Witzhof
marriages in Germany and Chicago.
He writes:
From description Of Dr. Witzhoff t,o think IL ISsr
lin are known to me. Circumstanually have
heard also of Chicago incident in his career.
If I can aid in giving him his dues it will give me
pleasure.
Another accusation made yesterday against WITT
hoff was that he guilty of the theft of $500
from Miss Sarah Alter of No. 10 Monroe-st, this
city to whom he was engaged to be married. The
girl died from a broken heart, II is SAID, WheH
She discovered the deception practised on her 80
Mrs Sophie Youcker is the other woman with
whom Witzhon under the latter name, Is chafsFd
with having contracted bgamous marriage
Leonard A. Sntkin, a lawyer, OF No. SOS Broad.
way recognized yesterday in the photograph OF
Witzhoff Mrs Youcker's husband, who retained
him a counsel two years ago when he was sueu
for divorce in Brooklyn. III,
Mrs Youcker in connecting her husband nd Win WITH
that one of his friends was Harry Kaufman the
bigamist, confined at Sing Sing
Although IL the theory of some persons con
nected with the Witzhoff case that most of his
marriages were brought about through introduc-
tions made by schatchens, marriage brokers'
no evidence has been adduced to bear out such
belief.
Detectives Schott and Huneker who went to Yon-
kers on Saturday night a supposed clew. and
followed it thence TO Newburg, Poughkeepsie and
Albany, returned Sunday and reported another
case of mistaken identification. However they are
still saneuine of effectng his capture. The last
heard of Witzhoff was from Denver. where he was
known Levine.