New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-10
.B|CAMY BAD FOR MAN
CHARGED WITH THEFT
"Near-Wife," Her Jealousy
Aroused, Aids in Setting
Trap for Him.
DECOY LETTER THE BAIT
Mr.. Hodapp Is Now in Jail,
Awaiting Extradition to st.
Louis. on Accusation Of
Embedding $40, 700.

EmbeZZllng SlU, iUU.
Bigamy never did anybody but lawyers
any good It certainly was no grand little
aid to Harry w. Hodapp. Of st. Louis
| Bayonne. y. j.. and the Tombs prison. to
| promise to love, honor and obey Edith
Craig. Of Montreal, without formally no.
tifying his first and regular wife In ST
Louis that she wouldn't have to bother
any more about sending his trousers out
to be pressed
For Mrs Craig Hodapp did a neat do
nestle Job Yesterday when she encom-
passed the arrest OF her provider on the
charge Of departing hastily from st Louis
on February II. 1910. with $1,000 sup
posed to belong to his employers. the
Geffe & Gardener Company. Mrs. CHI.
| being a person Of principle, decided that
her near-husband should fall into the
hands Of the law. And there happened TO
be a reward of $50 to settle her doubts.
Hodapp was arrested in City Hall Park
yesterday afternoon after calling for
, planted" letter in the postofiice. His
confession followed
ST. Louis Beau BrummeI.
The man is thirty. His wife and three
children live in St Louis. There, before
he stumbled. observers OF male fashlon
pronounced him Beau Brummel redivivus'
meaning by that that he wore good clothes
well. And other persons, hearing or MS
extensive speculation in wheat pointed
him out as an Illustration Of what one
could do on a small salary.
ST Louis as city didn't break down
and weep when Mr.. Hodapp left town
but his going was Of interest not only TO
his family and his employers. but 10 the
American Surety Company. which had ex-
pressed its trust in him by issuing bond
for $4,000.
This may nave occurred to Mr.. Hodapp'
for prior 10 his departure he picked out
an inoffensive tramp and handed him an
oyercoat. stick and derby hat bearing the
Hodapp initials. The tramp was delight
ed II gave him hope. And 1t gave Mr..
Hodapp hope Of having the tramp picked
up and sent TO Jail. Somebody might
have said that the tramp was Mr.. Hod-
app and that worry had wrought a great
change In him.
Chicago was selected by Mr.. Hodapp
as a good place to stop and assume the
name OF Arthur Charles Rogers There
Edith Craig stepped into the affair. Ihey
endured Chicago together as long as they
could. and last February went to Mon
treal. The Craig woman used 70 I'VE
there. and Just to celebrate her return In
n sentimental way she and Hodapp were
married Following out the custom that
calls for a man 10 reveal everything to
mis- wife. Hodapp told her he was an en-
bezzler. a fact adding interest TO the ro-
nance.
Montreal having peen honored enough.
the pair left that city and honeymooned
10 Vancouver and Seattle. Hodapp now
and then getting JOB as clerk. Three
months OF this and the broad spirit OF the
West began TO lose girth In Hodapps
eyes. so. last May, he and Mrs. C.-H.
came 10 New York. They selected a
home I'm Bayonne y. j.. and Hodapp SAL
lied forth in search OF employment He
lighted upon the Lehgh Valley Railroad
offices He was told he'd have 10 send
his application by way of the American
Surety Company. lie did so. Meanwhile
the railroad company gave him work
for a few days. but that ceased when
the surety company discovered that his
references were fictitious. Last Saturday
the surety company told him 10 sye new
references.
Fatal Letter Drops Out.
Realizing that his chance with the Lee
high Valley was gone, Hodapp went home
Sunday and laid the matter before his
near-wife She didn't fall on his neck and
kiss him Instead she opened the stop
on her vocabulary. Enraged, he left her.
And. after he had left the house Mrs.
CHI, the Homework completed. decided
70 clean her helpmeet.s clothing. some