Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-02
SEEK JACOB GORDON
POLICE OF HoBoKEN LOOKING
FoR ALLEGED BIaAMIsr.
Statement by Undertaken Schippert-
Shipping Body to New Jersey
Brother Visits Here.

| Jacob Gordon, the alleged bigamist. has
not yet called to see Capt. Boardman to
| inform him of his whereabouts, nor has his
| body been found. Capt. Boardman received
| second message from the Hoboken police
asking for information about Gordon. The
| latter. 1t is thought. wrote to MRS Gordon
| No. !. that he Intended to commit suicide
| and asking that his remains be inferred
| alongside the body of his second wife. who
| was Miss Julia Duff The first message re-
| ceived by the police, stated in yester-
days Star. merely asked for the arrest or
| Gordon for the Hoboken authorities upon
| charge Of bigamy. The second message
| from Patricks Hayes. chief of police. was
received about 1 o'clock this morning. 1t
| reads. Sent telegram yesterday reference
| to Jacob Gordon. Rumor here that he has
| committed suicide In your city: kindly ad-
| wise IL true. Can you obtain any informa-
| ton about him."
| Capt Boardman had already sent a mes
sage to the Hoboken police. telling them
of his failure to find any trace of Gordon
since the death of Mrs. Gordon No. 2. or
| Miss Julia Duff. Miss Duff as stated yes
] terday, died at the Emergency Hospital
| soon after she reached there last Monday.
| Her name was recorded at the hospital as
| Julia Gordon and the remains were sent to
| Hoboken under that name Wednesday.
Threatened to End His Life.
| The following day a message was received
| by Mrs. Gordon No. 1. as follows:
WASHINGTON. d. c.. May 81, 1906.
II have nothing more to live for Forgive
! me. L am about to kill myself, and when
| this reaches you l shall be dead Please
bury me beside Julia JACOB
Mrs. Gordon, upon receipt of the message,
| rushed to Hoboken police headquarters. and
| throwing the letter upon the desk said:
That's from my husband, Jacob Gordon.
| He's some place in Washington city and
| he says he is going to kill himself Can't
! you stop it?'
She is a Hoboken GIRL Mrs. Gordon re-
| sponded, land he married her without
| troubling himself to get a divorce from me.
| She died In Washington, and now he wants
| to kill himself"
Mrs. Gordon said that she and her hus-
| band. who travelling salesman, were
married several years ago and that they
| lived together at Toe East 18th street until
| last December, when he disappeared The
| police were asked to find him, and they
| learned that man of his name had be-
| come the husband of Miss Julia Duff. He
| is a Hebrew, 1t Is stated, and he is said
| to have renounced his religion and become
a Catholic in order to marry Miss Duff.
| Some time in March the Manhattan Mrs.
| Gordon called at the Hoboken residence
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Gordon and asked:
| who Is thatT pointing to a photograph
of Jacob on the mantel.
Claimed as Husband by Two.
That's a photograph Of my husband
was the response of the Mrs. Gordon of
Hoboken, land it's an excellent picture of
him."
1T is, indeed the caller said. land no.
body ought to know better than 1 because
he is my husband
WHAT" the woman calculated. Hes
your husband?''
The shock was more than the Hoboken
woman could stand. 1t is stated, and she
was made i'll. She recovered sufficiently to
be able to discuss her matrimonial troubles
with her caller. however, and the result was
that warrant was issued for the arrest
Of Gordon. The latter evidently learned of
that fact. for he did not return to his Ho-
boken home. He went away. going to Pitts
burg, Richmond. Baltimore and finally came
| to this city. Miss Duff. who was sick. left
| her home a few days ago to go to Manhat-
tan, but she came to this city instead and
met Gordon. He had her sent to the Emer-
gency HOSPITAL. When her death occurred
Gordon had an undertaken prepare the re-
mains for burial and shipped to Hoboken
paying the undertakers and hospital bills
Friends and relatives Of the dead woman
were indignant when they learned of her
death. and brother of the deceased ar
ranged to come here and search for Gordon
Captain Boardman stated this afternoon
that he thought Gordon had left this city.
Statement by Undertaken
Mr.. A. ]. Schippert, the undertaken, at
zoos Pennsylvania avenue, gives the fol-
lowing details of the Gordon-Duff case
SO far as he was connected with it:
May %, about $50 o'clock in the even
ing, was called to the Emergency Hospi-
tai, where for the first time 1 met the man
calling himself Jacob Gordon.
Gordon came to the hospital apparently
in INDECENT circumstances He said he
had no money and was In desperate straits
/ told him. on inquiry, what the cost would
be of embalming the body, providing
casket, etc. He declared he could not pay
anything like the price / named. This was
about an hour after Mrs. Gordon's death.
Gordon then begged me to go with him to
the room at 515 9th street, where the couple
had resided. and there he made extra
ordinary manifestations of grief.
AT the time he excited my sympathy.
He furnished me with necessary wearing
apparel to dress the remains and as / left
ne stated that he was going to New York on
tn IL 80 pm. train, and I was to await his
return to complete funeral arrangements.
Claiming that he was without funds he
declared he was going to New York to get
money to defray the funeral expenses and
to consult his wife's mother in Hoboken
about the wishes of the family as to the
place of burial.
Breaking the News.
This was the night of May IS At 1920
that night he teiephoned me asking that
break the news to his wife's family through
some undertaken in Hoboken, SO that the
shock to the mother would not be so great
on his arrival.
This did by telegraph, and received d
telegram in reply from Undertaken Parslow
of Hoboksn. instructing me to ship remains
to Hoboken for burial and telegraph arrival
time of train at Jersey City. Hearing moth
Ing OF Gordon on the 10Th, I, that evening,
received another telegram from the family
undertaken. Mr.. O'Hara of Hoboken, re-
questfng me to ship remains as soon as
possible. Thereupon 1 telegraphed Mrs.
Duff, the mother. stating that no arrange
ments had been made and asking whether
she would assume the necessary charges.
In answer, received, in the early morning
of the Both, a telegram from Undertaken
O'Hara, stating that he would be respon-
sfble for the charges, and requesting i'm
mediate shipment of the remains. During
the morning of the Both the remains were
sent to Hoboken by express. The after