The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12
Richard Kutrow Deserts His
Wife i'm Topeka.
Poses as German Nebleman and
WEEDS st. Louis Woman.
GONE BUT TEN DAYS.
lin That Time He WOoOd and
Won Mrs. Elizabeth Rusch.
Employed at Santa Fe Hospital
Then Bought Hotel.

After having left Topeka less than
ten days ago leaving his sick wife,
and Is year old son, without any
means of support Richard KutroNG. a
a cook in the Santa Fe hospital, now
faces a charge of bigamy in st. Louis
Less than a week ago, Kutrow after
ed himself German count, mar
ried Mrs Elizabeth Rusch. Later
Mrs. Rusch learned of his bogus i'm
presentations, and of his former mar
riage, and caused his arrest in st.
Louis last night on a charge of big
amy.
Kutrow and his family have lived
in Topeka a number of years. He
came here and entered the employ of
the Santa Fe hospital. Later he en-
gagged in business for himself, having
been proprietor of the Darlington no.
tel which he sold a few months ago.
The relations between Kutrow and
his wife have been strained at times,
and friends of the family were thor
oughly conversant with his cruelty
towards Mrs. Kutrow. While in the
hotel business, Mrs. Kutrow was
forced to work beyond her strength,
and almost ever since she has been
confined to a sick bed. After her hus-
band left home ten days ago, Mrs.
KutrOw was without funds and was
forced to go to work, securing en-
ployment in the kitchen of the Santa
Fe hospital. She is now hardly able
to work, but is bearing her troubles
bravely and says she will work for
her son, and see that he does not fol-
low in his fathers footsteps.
Kutrow is a German and is rather
pompous looking man, one who could
easily pass for count. He is good
dresser, and with his general bearing
he can easily play the part. Nothing
is known of Mrs. Rusch here. Mrs.
EY, Nd i7pr
husband since he left. but evinced no
this morning when she was in
formed that her husband had thrown
her down" for soul mate. She
seemed perfectly resigned to her fate,
and said that she thought her husband
had left some BIT ,iness matters which
IL settled up might bring her little
When asked whether she would ap-
pear against her husband when his case
came up for trial she said that she
6idnt know. She showed no emotion
whatever in talking of their domestic
affairs.
Kutrows friends are not surprised at
his trouble in ST. Louis. He has al
ways been in trouble of some kind, and
his character has generally been re-
garded as unsavory. He was forced to
sell his hotel business on account of
financial troubles, due to improper
However this, as far as
IS now known, is his first affinity" ven
ture. He is about As years of age
while his wife is three or four years
his junior. Their who is Is years
of age, attends Lincoln school.
His Rapid Wooing.
The Globe Democrat gives the fol-
lowing details of the arrest:
The romance of Mrs. Elizabeth
Rusch, of No. 4701 Nebraska avenue,
woh last week married Richard Kut-
row, under the impression he was a
German count, was rudely shattered
yesterday when her husband" was
and held for investigation.
Kutrow and Mrs. Rusch were mar |
ried by Justice Spies, Friday. and |
were preparing to make a trip to
Germany, where Kutrow declared he |
was a large landowner and the heir |
to fortune.
Mrs. Rusch learned of the alleged de- |
eeption played upon her Sunday night, |
when she visited Mrs. Augusta Heuer, |
IF No 1901 Texas avenue. Mrs. Heuer |
old her friend he had wife. named |
Emma, living in Topeka, Kan.
In company with her relatives Mrs, |
Rusch yesterday visited the Wyoming |
street police station and later the pros |
ecuting attorneys office. where a war |
ant was sworn to. charging Kutrow
With bigamy. Kutrow was arrested a |
ew hours later and lodged in cell.
Mrs. Rusch's romance was almost as |
startling in it's rapidity as in its de- /
Last Friday she was stand |
ng in front of Tony Faust's restaurant |
the parade. and when some |
,ne stepped upon her foot she cried out |
Ter pain in German.
Kutrow, we'll groomed and affable, |
turned at the sound of her voice, and, |
himself, invited her to
dinner, telling her he was a stranger
and very lonesome. Appealed to by
his evident inconsistencies for her own
Fatherland, she accepted, and the two
went into Faust's.
Kutrow was a speed maniac in his
and before dessert, had pro-
posed and been accepted. In the
meantime, he had conf1ded to Mrs.
Rusch, she says, that he was a Ger
man count and the heir to a fortune,
which would be his when he married.
He informed her that, although the
will had been in existence many years,
he was unable to fulfill it's matrimonial
proviso because he had not found any
upon whom he felt he could be-
stow his hand and heart and noble cor
onet.
The count wished to return to Ger
many at once. Mrs. Rusch demurred
at so quick wedding. but later ac-
quiesced to having the ceremony per-
formed the next day, and they were
married by justice of the peace.