Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-04-12
A GAY DEcElvER.
Goodman Obtained His Rosebud
widows Money, and Left.

widows Money, and Left.
Butchers, baker, delicatessen men,
pickle manufacturers, bologna stuffers,
sauerkraut grinders, and sausage blowers
crowded the New York city court room
to listen to the testimony at the trial OF
Ignatz Goodman, the ex-delicatessen man,
who was charged with jilting the Widow
Blass and defrauding her Of 200.
When the judge went on the bench the
orchestra seats in the courtroom were
filled with widows who had come TO offer
sympathy to the woman who had been
Tilted. There we're twenty-seven OF these
widows, by actual count.
The defendant, thin-faced little man
with white hair extending to the hatline,
and from there yeilo~ish-g green hair. bit
his thin lips and crouched down in his
chair to- escape the eagle-like giances
of the fair ones lined up outside the rail.
Now and then he moved his head Derv-
ously and glanced around as ii expecting
to be hit suddenly by an umbrella, for
there were as many umbrellas there ss
there were widows.
s1Gentlemen OF the jury" began the
assistant district-attorney, "this defend
ant is charged with grand larceny in the
second degree for obtaining under false
pretenses the sum OF 500 from Mrs. Katie
Blass, . widow, whom he promised to
marry, although he already had wife
living. The prosecution will show that
her with two brass engagement rings con-
tanning plateglass settings.
ave will show that at the engagement
party which took place for the purpose OF
celebrating the marriage engagement he
made public speech declaring that she
was "a rosebud which had fallen in his
path OF life, and that he would not only
keep the rose while it bloomed, but would
cherish il until it had faded and fallen by
the hand OF time
these were his words, gentlemen OF
the jury. and he succeeded in getting her
to hand over her life savings, 600, telling
her that he wanted to purchase Hermann
Dressler's saloon for the sum Of 800 as
her wedding present. Yes, gentlemen,
this gay deceiver came to tbs engagement
party in perfume and hair dye simply for
the purpose of swindiing the widow out
OF every dollar she possessed. And he did
it, too"
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sistant district attorney asked:
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