Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
WHERE ARE BARBER'S
OTHER wTvES?' POLICE
ASK; FOUR CLAIM HIM
Puzzling Evidence Causes Mag
istrate to Postpone Hearing
of Much-Married Man to
Seek More Mates
ON HIS TRAIL TWO YEARS

Complications that arose at the hearing
Of Samuel Davldoss, q barber, accused
OF having seven wives, proved too much
for the police at the 10th and Button
wood streets stations this morning, and
the hearing was postponed until this aft
ernoon, so that the BARRIERS affairs can
be straightened out TO some extent.
Meanwhile police are searching the city
for more wives OF Samuel in order 10
have them as witnesses by the time the
hearing Is called
Davidoss was hailed into court today
on charges OF desertion brought by Mrs.
Mary Magalia Davidoss, 71s North I'd
street She said Davidoss married her
three years ago and that they had three
children. She also said her husband re-
Gently had been allowing her only S.75 a
week for her and her children to live on.
Davidoss said he had never seen the
woman before.
II have never seen this woman in my
life IL I have more than two wives you
can imprison me. My present wife is out
side" he said
The hearing was Immediately interrupt
ed to get the present wife" After a
search she was found and brought into
the courtroom. She gave her name as
Anne Dunbrowsky. COO Buttonwood street.
and said she had been living with Dav-
idoss for four months, but had been mar
was about to swear to her testimony and
sign her statement she retracted and de-
MED the marriage.
The police were puzzled. The testimony
of Mrs. Mary Magalia had been stopped
on the advice of her counsel, Henry Berk-
owtz, to allow Anne Dunbrowsky to
| testify.
Magistrate Beaton finally postponed the
hearing until this afternoon. Joseph r.
| Miller. an Investigator, was ordered to
| have more wives into court by D. M Z"
Miller said he is confident he will be
able to produce at least two more wives
of the man by this afternoon so the
| hearing can. proceed under bigamy
| charges. Meanwhile Davidoss was held
under $500 bail on the charge of desert
| ing Mrs. Mary Magalia Davidoss.
| Davidoss left Russia 10 years ago. ac-
| cording to Joseph r. Miller, SIS North
| Newmarket street, an agent for the So
ciety for Organizing Charity, leaving be.
| hind his first wife and three children
He married woman in New York nine
years ago and had one child, Miller says
left her and married another woman In
Scranton eight years ago, by whom ht
had one child, and then came to this city
and married four other women.
The mans Philadelphia wives are Mrs
Mary Davidoss, OF 719 North I'd street
three children; Mrs. Sophie Balkunas
Front and South streets. one child; Mrs
Nina Davidoss. 4th and Noble streets, on,
child, and Mrs. Dunborsky, 6th and But
tonwood streets, who is about to becom,
a mother.
Miller says he has been on the trail o.
Davidoss for two years, when he say
the man ran away with another man'i
wife from Trenton, lived with her
short time and then left her. Davidoss
scheme, according to Miller, was Il
marry a woman with a little money ant
use this to open a barber shop. Aftei
while he generally disappeared with
most of the money.