The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-26
George A. Witzhof is Cred
tied With Being Cham
pion of Bigarrlists.
NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED
OF THE GENTLE AND TRUSTING
SEX, 1T IS SAID, CLAIM HIM AS
HUSBAND-A MAN SUPPOSED
TO BE HE is UNDER ARREST IN
ENGLAND.

George A. Witzhoff, the worlds cham
pion bigamist, who is credited with
having 500 wives, Is believed to be un-
der arrest at Bristol, England. Re-
ports from the police of that city say
that their prisoner gives the name OF
Arthur Hynes, but his description and
career fit those of Witzhof.
Hynes or Witzhoff was arrested on
a charge of matrimonial frauds. He
is wanted in many cities in the United
States, scores OF women being COM
plainants.
The prisoner has the same hypnotic
eyes, the same German parentage. and
the same knowledge Of chemistry as
WITHHOLD His matrimonial advertise
ments are worded mo triflers need a"
ply" His arrest was brought about
by a Bristol young woman who an
Swered one of his advertisements and
then loaned him $500.
Witzhoff married number of Chi
cago women before he left the United
States.
Matrimonial Exploits Remarkable.
Witzhoff is declared by those who
are familiar with his exploits to be
the most remarkable hieamist that
ever lived. His knowledge of wo~
q
his slippery methods. the love-making
of the unlamented Johann Hoch was
a cumbersome and awkward effort.
Hoch spent the best years OF his life
in the accumulation of fifty wives,
while his DISTINGUISHED contemporary
seems to have been able to increase
his list of better halves at the rate or
two or three a week for period OF
, five years. AS with the Chicaeo btga-
mist. the love-making OF Witzhoh was
directed toward the savings accounts
of LIE women he married and once
their money was transferred from
their keeping into his own the much
married dentist sought greener pas
lures.
Witzhoff came to America from
Switzerland over ten years ago. For
awhile he maintained dental office
in Detroit, and met his first difficulty
when the American Dental Associa-
ton found that he was practicing
without a license. His action was
pointed out to the executive board OF
the association and he was fined $500
and warned not to repeat the offense.
after paying his fine and promising TO
/ secure a license WitZhok left Detroit,
and it is now supposed he then reach
ed the conclusion that the marrying
business offered quicker and more sub
stantial returns than was to be de-
rived from the use of his drill and for
ceps.
First Exposure in New York.
His first exposure came after his
marriage to Mrs. Philip Parkhill OF
New York city. Mrs. Parkhill, a tall,
handsome woman, met the dentist
shortly after she was divorced from
-
a few days courtship they were mar
ried. Mrs. Parkhill had a son, Her
bert, and it was while the boys teeth
were being treated in a dental parlor
on West Forty-second street., where
Witzhoff was employed, that she first
was attracted by the striking appear
ance and apparent refinement of the
bigamiSt
Soon after he had won her acquain-
/ lance DR.. Witzhoff told Mrs Parkhill
! that he was a dentist OF ability and
| experience and that he was working
| in the Forty-second street office only
! because he had no money to establish
4 place of his own. Believing him
sincere. Mrs. Parkhill allowed him to
make love to her, and within less than
! two weeks after they had first met
| the pair were married.
| Witzhoff then went to Mrs. Park
hills father, who lived in Sayville, L.
l.. in an effort to borrow $4,000 with
which to open an Office in Bridgeport,
Conn Failing to get the moneE, he
sent his wife on the same quest. and
her visit proved successful. With the
money hus secured the bieamist
opened an elaborate Office in BRIDGE
port and was just getting established
when the dental association got after
him again. He then moved to New
| York city, and it was while he was
hunting for a location that friend of
the former Mrs Parkhill recognized
her husband as the man that had mar
ried and deserted Miss Eta Randall
of Boston.
Changed His Name Again.
1t subsequently was learned that
Witzhoff had married Miss Randall in
1903 and that he had lived in Somer-
vile with her under the name of DIR.
George A. Muller. For awhile WITT
hoff made his New York wife believe
that the Boston adjunct to his family
was only former patient and that
an Injustice had been done him by
the womanfriend OF Mrs. Parkhill. To
SATISFY herself Witzhoff's second wife
went to Boston to investigate the
story. Ig4-ile she was gone the dem
fist got as many Of her belongings to-
gether as he could and left the city.
Since that time Witzhoff, with
new name for each victim, pursued
tho career of a biramist. He studied
bynnotisn and the fashions. and as
Johann Hoch declared. sthe art of
nromisins" travelling from city to
civ he adopted a VARYING disguise.
and in his caracity as assistant In va
-;ous dental offices he met many wo-
,,,en Bending over his patients IN
his dental chair the young man whis-
! nered words of love in their ears. and