The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-06
4 QUEER CLUB.
Robbed Women of Their Lifetime
Savings After Marriage.
ONE HUNDRED WIVES
That is the Number the Rascal Now
Sought Had. He Joined the
GaUg Six Years Ago, and
Soon Became a Ring.

Ga0g Six Years Ago, and
: Soon Became Ring.
leader Among Them.
The New York American says IN
vestigation Of the marvellous MARTA
exploits OF DR.. George A. Witzhof
bigam.st, revealed recently that there
is an organized band on the East Side
numbering seventy five members, WHO
during the last ten years have married
more than 1000 young women fol
their savings, desertlDg them within
a few days or weeks, according to the
length OF time it took to cajole them
out Of their money.
The head OF this combine is known
as Harry Kaufman, and when arrested
and arraigned In the Essex Market
Court two years ago be was confronted
oy twenty six women who Gained
him for husband.
DR.. Wi1Zltf, whose matrimonial
exploits were uneartbed through the
efforts Of Miss Dora Dorf, whom he
married under the name Of Weston,
j3ined the organization six years ago,
and Immediately became one OF its
rirgleaders by reason Ct his pleasing
address, his accomplishments and the
fact that he could speak six or seven
languages, and WOO in all OF them.
It was found, through one OF his
earliest wives, Mrs. Sophie Youcker,
OF No. 205 Broome street, that WITT
hcf has married more than thirty
young women whose names are known,
and probs bly, Is the husband Of more
than one hundred East Side girls, In
addition to the wives he married in
other cities.
The Identification OF WitzAoff, as
the husband OF the young women
whose names were furnished by her,
was complete, as Mrs. Youcker (she
name under which Witzho9 married
hey) first laid her finger upon por
trait OF Wttzhof1, and then upon the
name OF each woman, exclalmlng in
turn:
THAT is the man that married that
woman"
Il was found that WitzAoff used the
name Of Schotty, Schottie, Conn,
Kahn, Stein, Goldstein, SWartz Omar
Tying TWO women under that nane,)
Krieger, HorWiiz, Glucker and others,
including the thirteen names publish
ed recently ia American"
1t was found through a woman who
recently called uoon Attorney BaDja.
min Franklin, No. l45 Nassau street,
that the mans real name is Vivitz
hoff, and that be went under that
name when living with his mother at
East One Hundred and Sixth street
and Third avenue.
Lstters received by Attorney Frank.
lin from out OF town showed that the
man sought had wives in Bridgeport,
New Haven, Pittsburg, Hartford and
other cities, and that be owned prop
erty in Plttsourg during the Time he
hv.d there, and when be married g
young woman named Thorpe.
The organ;zsd gang, which has ceen
engaged in marrying East Side young
women for their money. has had head.
quarters, and maintained an associa-
tion as firmly bound together as was
the association Of "Gendrons. They
operated through the medium OF ma
trimonial agencies, or "Scha.zsns, "
who were hand.in- glove with the mem
bers, and who hunted up the yCuGg
women eligibles, presenting them to
tbs men harpies who sought their sav,
ings.
Pincipal amocg these 'Schatzens," F."
according to the story OF some OF the
victims to the American" were a
Mrs. Epstein aud man named Fried
man, whose addresses are known, and
whose operations will be made the
subject OF police inquiry.
4 was married to Harry Kaufman,
the ringleader Ct the band" said Mrs.
|E. Rosenberg, Of No. 7 E bridge
street, and gave him s25. That is
all he got out OF me. TIE gang mar
ried more than 900 girls on the East
Side. Twenty. six women were in
court and accused him Of marrying
them. BE is now in Sing Sing"
Il have found more than twenty
girls myself that Witzhof, or Youker,
married." said Mrs. YoIcker, and a
large number that kaufman married.
TIE organized band O. these harpieS
numbers seventy five, and they have
teen operating for many years. Above
900 girls have been married and de,
serted by them" A Acondition OF terror
re1vades the East Side il the district
bounded by Eidridge street, the East
River, GraLd Street and Henry street
, Girls who have been Victin.z d ale
) afraid OF violence al the hands Of TIE
members OF the "oand," as 1t is call.
ed, and hesitated to betray theil
! trouble, even on finding that they
] nave been nulcsed OF their life saw
lUSS. lU Is pQlS ICcA VAoU Aoso PAS
vented the discovery OF the opera
tions OF the band before.
Mrs. Anna David, Of No. 224 Stan
ton Street, who was married by WIZ
} ! IF under the name OF 'Goldsteln,
is now conducting a small and pros
porous business, and would not ed
nit her identity as one OF the victim
] Ct theiman. It had been said in cd
S vance, by her friends, that Mrs. Davit
would not make charge against tn
: bigamist, for fear that some OF hi
!, friends would shoot her.
:. Additional proof Of the fear OF tn
S residents Ct the district for the man
e oers OF the gang was furnished Whel
!. Mrs. Sophie Youcker was asked to &C
company an American" reporter an
4 Attorney BeIjam Franklin, to th
boucoe of cavoral ne tho WON on WI