Evening journal., 1910-07-29
SAY DENTIST
IS POLYGAMIST
New York Police Believe
DR.. Kelley Had at Least
Five Wives
TWO OF QUINTETTE
APPEAR AGAINST HIM

NEW YORK, July 29-When Or. /
Harry Bradley Keeler, the dentist. |
was shut up in the Raymond street
jail with his wife or sister, the Brook
lyn detectives merely thought that he
was bigamist; now they are satis-
fled that he is a polygamist They
think they have proof Of four mar
riages. to say nothing about his mar
riage to the woman who has been pos
ing as his sister.
II was very interesting day for
Keller and his sister Two former
wives faced him, 10 say nothing Of a
Jersey clergyman who brough report
of another. One of the wives was
really sorry for him. while the other
didn't feel that way about II. How
ever, neither had any sympathy 10
waste on the sister.
The pair had been taken to the
Adams Street Court for arraignment
on charge of stealing $500 from Mrs.
Wiihelmina Lynch That was. of
course. only small part Of the
amount taken from Mrs. Lynch. for
she said she gave up $4,000 to the
dentist. II was Mrs. Lynch who start
ed the search that ended in the mans
capture Most of the other wives after
being robbed. according to their stor-
les. just sat down and permitted the
man to go along on his matrimonial
career.
A Deal in Checks.
Because the Grand Jury will pre-
sent an indictment against Keller the
case in the ADAMS Street Court was
put of. But while he waited during
the proceedings the detectives we're
busy rounding up the former wives"
to have them take a look Al the man.
The first to appear was Dora School
les. Of Sea Cliff. Long Island, who
kept a boarding house there In 1904.
Harry Bates was the name of the
fascinating Romeo who attacked her
heart, and he certainly took his time
at H. He visited her and then wrote
her from the St Louis Exposition in
1904 Later he wrote her from Paris.
and in 1908 he returned and married
her at the home Of her brother, VIII
liam Schoelles The Rev. DR. Wat
son, Of the Episcopal Church at Sea
Cliff, performed the ceremony.
They spent a week al her home, and
then prepared for a two-day trip to
Albany Her new husband, she said,
gave her a check on a PHILADELPHIA
bank for s435. She indorsed it and
deposited Il in her bank and handed
him $3.50. Returning from Albany
they stopped at the Grand Union
Hotel
II must go down town to the post
office" said the bridegroom. "I may
have to go 10 Philadelphia about my
mining business"
That was the last of the bridegroom
until Miss Schocelles faced him in the
court today. Even then she was not
positive that he was the same man.
But her brother, William Schoelles,
was positive, and her sister, Elsie
Schoelles. was as certain about It.
Il have something against him."
said the brother. He gave me a
check for s25 for the minister's fee.
The bank marked II ~ G.
Says Doctor Got $500.
BY that time Mrs. Helen Vosburgh,
who has a store at 101 Greene avenue,
Brooklyn, was on hand TO take at look
ct Keeler. She looked up and down a
line of plain-clothes men and report
ers and, after hesitating, picked him
out.
why did you hesitate?" she was
asked.
why, / knew him at once, but I
didn't know whether or not 10 tell on
him." she answered Let him that is
without sin cast the firt stone. We
are all sinners"
Then she turned to Keeler:
Poor fellow" she moaned. "See
how he has changed. I sympathize
with him. wouldn't have come
down here if the detective hadn't been
a nice man"
Yet Mrs. Vosburgh said that Keeler
had buncoed her out of $500 and left
her penniless after marrying her.
Il had a family liquor store" said
she. "He borrowed all my money,
even what was in the cash drawer, to
go TO Mexico on his mining business.
/ lost the store"
Keeler. she said, had started in to
court her daughter Nellie, aged 27,
but he switched to tha mother when
he found out who had the money in
the family.
Later the woman took a look a.
Keeler's sister" who had been a
maid for the man in his counting OF