The evening world., 1906-05-02
-FOUR WIVES LAY
CLAIM TO LEVY,
DWARF TAILOR
One Has Triplets as an Ex-
hlbit; Ali Profess Fond
ness for Him.

For dw7Tt. samuel Lew, as no i-
known on the police docket has mar
velous record lucidchiallv tae police
and numerous women who claim him
as husband say ho hts been known
I by the names OF Jcrusalemsky Herman
: lAebermann. Obcn Ostsofsey. lchabod
{ Babalonovltch. Herman Bozelmun aud
even Smith,
! Levy. or JerisnlemsiCy. as he is most
commonly known. is thre feet four
/ inches IN height That is about the
average height OF q dry-soods store
counter He is broad. pudgy and appar-
emily forty five years old although he
| saws no is only thirty. He has a closely
/ cropped black moustache and deep
wrinkles In his face.
J But there are Mt least four women
1 in Now York-all big. husky women
who claim TO be MS wife. There may
be more but the police have tho names
OF only four. And. besides thom.
4 thers arc at lesst eleven children who
,have been told that he is their faNher
Among these eleven is set or trip
lots. now named ostrofsky. who may
be oble TO collect damages from ,his
dlminutivo but powerful dwarf.
q Good Tailor
Jerusalemsky. or Bahalonovi,ch. as he
was known at No 22l Broome street
Is tailor and one OF the best who
ever worked as boss OF q sweatshop
lie can make a coat while three other
tailors are thinking about II For thai
reason he has commanded wages av-
eraslng i55 week. He has been Twins
recently at No POI Rockaway avenue
Brooklyn. He was released yesterday
on 500 ball on n technical charge OF
having forfeited a similar bond a yea,
ago when one OF his alleged w1ve:
caused his arrest on a charge OF aban
doning her.
Mrs. Annie ostrofsky, OF No. ss
Acushnet avenue. Bedford. Mass, wht
= claims shs discovered him in Russia
seventeen years ago. has called mass
; meeting OF his other wives for to-mor
row afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Esse,
: Market Court. Mrs. Ostrofsky hai
four children. who have ocen taught I,
call Jeruhalemsky father" Three ar,
triplets She weighs at lea>; 200 pounds
, The other wives raj ge In weight be
tween l7c and 200 pounds.
HE has such way OF looking n
YOU. said Mrs. Herman Liebermann
who is living at No. i44 Grand street
that you cannot resist what he saw
/ think he IS hypnotis,."
Mrs. Herman Boze.man. OF No 3i
Avenue II. IS Just ns much in love to
day with Jcrusalemsky as she was In
a day, she says. no married hor eigh
= wears ago under the name ot Bozelman
Al of n. marriages the dwarf is sal
= TO have contracted We're performed b
L orthodox Jewish rabbits, and no civ
q record IS known to appear OF them
II Wls Good TO Her.
10 Il have three children by Mr.. Bozel
man" said the woman to-day "W
lived together FOR about five years bii
= much OF the time he was away HI
h may have been visiting some OF thes
other women who claim to DO wives
y but he was worry good 10 me until nbou
"a three years ago. He left me then an,
when ! found him I had him nrraste,
= for abandonment. He has given me
ei llt.le money since then He used I.
e re, mail under many names. but Ii,
i. told me they were business letters"
Mrs. OstrofslJy, who has levied tn,
s. claim OF prior discovery. says the dwar
7 married her In Russia seventeen year
ago When shc heard of his arrest her,
"A few days ago she came on and identi
I fed him as nor long lost husband. Bu
r she is p-oud of him ard evpresseA ~.
hope that he would be freed OF IN
charges ana that he would return q
: New Bedford with hcr.