New-York tribune., 1910-08-23
POSED AS A VANDERBILT
Victim of Fall from Window a
VioIinist by Profession.
ACTRESS HELD IN THE CASE
Says He Was Trying to Get INTO
Her WindoW-Ident1fled
by His Wife.

Nssouerading under the name of bert
Vanderbilt" and posing as menloer VI
the wealthy family of that name, man
identified as Bert Charles Noiz vlohillst
bv profession. fell or was thrown from
rear window of a theatrical podroils
house at No PSI West 42d street carry
yesterday morning, and now lies III d Serl-
GUS condition at Flower Hospital
Edith linen, who says she is an actress
told the police that he tried to enter her
window from that of an adjoining roor1l
occupied by Kid Broad former pugii-
st Assistant District Attorney Iurnpuii
visited the house yesterday. and, measur-
ing the distance between the windows,
found If a triffe short OF four feet Later
acting District Attorney Frank Moss re-
marked that as Voiz or Vanderbilt. hao
been drinking and that TO cross from one
window to another was a hard task 1or
almost anv strong man, the case neeoeo
full investigation. Pending this lnvesu-
CATION, Miss linen. Kid Broad ana
Ralph Gillespie. a friend OF the prize
fighter, were locked up.
Volz was conscious several times during
the day, but refused to give any othe'
name but Bert Vanderbilt or 10 lnahe
a statement until last night. When ne was
identified A label inside Of Volzs coat
showed the name of Frank E. DornselIer'
Cincinnati tailor, and as the same Maine
was written in the lines usually used for
the customers name, the police at nrsI
thought the man TO be Dornseifer-
Later the real Dornseifer was discovered
at the Hotel Imperial. He visited flo"er
Hospital last night with detectives anu
identified Volz, who he said was traVei-
ling salesman, of Cincinnati, adding that on
Sunday night he visited the tailors room
in the Imperial and borrowed one OF the
sample suits.
Volz recognized DornseIfer, but TAXED
irrationallv. When told that Broad and
Gillespie had been arrested he mumbled
that there was no Use for that; that ne
dived OUT of the window himself. The police
were not at all satisfied that this was the
case Yesterday. for the stories told oy
Broad. Gillespie and Edith linen to Mr.
Moss Yesterday morning did not tally en-
tirely-
AS told in the story in the late editions
OF the Tribune yesterday morning, Nolz.
or Vanderbilt" as he said ne was, de-
cIared that lie was a member OF the
Lambs During the day L E Smith
an employe of the club. looked al the man
in the hospital and denied that he was
member or had ever been visitor there
But this is what he told Edith linen. ac-
cording to her version. When arraigned
with the others in the West Side court
Yesterday morning. she said that she had
known .Tanderuht' for three or 1our
years
He said he had plenty Of money. but the
biggest thing I ever saw him hash IN
the green was a two dollar bill she
added cvniCally-
1t is said that Edith linen and Beryl Yer
non also said 10 be an actress, met No4z on
SATURDAY. night in a Sixth avenue restau- |
rant and that he told them he was on his |
wav to japan and asked one Of them 10 go |
across the Pacific with him He told Miss /
linen he wanted 10 see her again. and she |
saws that he called on her At I O'Clock |
Sunday afternoon, but that when she saw
he had been drinking she told him 70 go |
away, and then asked Broad and Gillespie !
not 10 let him return.
The police cuIled from the stories of Miss |
linen. Broad and Gillespie that Nolz re-
turned in the afternoon while the young !
woman was out When she returned at II |
o'clock al night Beryl Vernon told her that |
the man had been in and out with Broad |
Later. she saws, some one ratified her door |
knob She called to the person 10 go away. !
and living on the bed began TO read
newspaper. Startled when she saw Volz's !
face at her window, she screamed, and he /
went back along the ledge 70 Broad's room. |
so she saws. The window ledge Is very /
narrow and the windows quite far apart |
Fifteen minutes later. Miss linen says. |
volz again appeared and begged to be let |!
in She Jumped from the bed and she heard |
the man cry as he fell TO the brick court
yard. three stories below
Broad, who said yesterday morning that /
he was not IN his room when Volz fell |
called Patrolman Noak. Of the West 47th /
street station, and VoIz taken uncon- |
scious to Flower Hospital. where it was |
found that he had fractured skull and in |
ternal injuries He is charged with at |
tempted burglary and is held a prisoner /
His condition is extremely serious. Miss /
linen was sent TO the Elizabeth street sta /
ton AMI Broad and Gillespie 10 Police !
HEADQUARTERS The latter lives in Brook |
lyn. but was spending the night with Broad |
Testimony in the case will be heard this |
morning.
To Coroner HoItzhauser the injured man |
stated that his name was Bert Charles Volz !
that he was thirty-two years of age. mar !
ried had one daughter four years of age /
and lived at No 666 Park avenue. this city !
He added that ne was born in Cincinnati
He said he had not the slightest recollec- (
tion of what happened on Sunday night |
The Coroner gave it as his opinion that the |
man was in no immediate danger of dying /
Volz's wife was found AT No. 500 Park /
avenue and was taken to Flower Hospital. |
where she positively identified the injured /
man.
Il told my husband that if ne did not |
sion running around with that BroadWaV /
bunch he would get his, she said, after |
she had seen him. but he said that as
he was connected with a music publishing /
house. he had 10 keep in touch with actors /
and the liz" "
She said Nolz was a violinist and she /
added that she left one of the Savage com |
panes to become his wife
ALLEGED BIGAMIsT HELD