The Washington times., 1921-11-02
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Miss Dworkin's Father Says
Daughter Married Doctor in
Stamford Last Spring.

| ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Nov. g.
"This vamp who lured my husband
away from me and my little boy
! and broke up my home knew when
she first met him that ne was
married, and there is absolutely
no excuse for her outrageous ac-
tion in marrying my husband"
Wife No. 2 Lived Here.
With these words of denunciation
Mrs. Esther Bliss. wife No. to DR..
Lewis Bliss. former head of the Co.
lun,bia Chiropractic Institute at 1850
M street northwest, Washington, d.
c., today paid her respects to wife
No. 2, who is said to have married
DIR. Bliss in Connecticut several
months ago.
Wife No. 2, whose maiden name is
said to have been Dworkin, Is Ro.
chester girl, but lived for awhile In
Washington at 1891 Eighth street
northwest. 1t Was in Washington
that she Ii said to have met DIR. Bliss.
DIR. Bliss declares he 10 innocent OF
6fgamy: and says he is not afraid of
prosecution on that charge.
After being confronted by wife No.
and wife No. at police headquarters
here yesterday. Bliss attempted to end
his life.
The district attorneys office here
has started an investigation to de-
termine whether q charge Of bigamy
can be lodged against DR.. Bliss.
Wife No. To Stick.
Wife No. says she was married
to DR.. Bliss three months ago In
Stamford, Conn. She says her love
for the young chiropractor is un-
diminished and that she will stick
to him loyalty through his troubles.
Wife No. I, who lived with DIR.
Bliss In Washington for four years.
and who says she was married TO
him seven years ago by a rabbi In
Newark, N. j., Is in a belligerent
mood. with jealousy and hatred burn
ing in her heart. When she came
face to face with Wife No. at DO
lice headquarters here yesterday she
gave her a piece of her mind. ac-
cusing her of being vamp and of
having lured her husband away from
her. Wife No. 1 did not display any
sorrow when she learned that her
husband had attempted suicide. al
though the news startled her for a
moment.
Has 5-Year-Old Boy.
Accompanying Wife No. 1 is her
five-year-old boy. She says that 1t
was for the child's sake that she
followed her husband to Rochester
with the hope of rescuing him from
the clutches Of Wife No. and of
persuading him to furnish rome sup
port for their child.
nr ~ a a
Max Apple" had built up a lucrative
practice here and had pretentious Off
ces at 2 Gibbs street. When in Wash
ington his office was at 1850 NJ street
northwest, just off Connecticut
avenue. wife No. 1 says.
About eight months ago, according
to wife No. 1, DIR. Bliss sent the wife
and child on visit to the home Of her
parents in New York. When she re.
turned to Washington she was sur
prised to find that the doctor had
flown the coop and that his office had
been closed. She learned from friends
that the doctor had left the city and
was living with a Miss Dworkin, to
whom he had been married in Con-
necticut.
Wife No. Gets Warrant.
Wife No. Immediately started on
his trail. doing some detective work
OF her own. Finally tracing the doctor
to Rochester, wife No. hurried there
She swore out a warrant for his
arrest on technical charge OF
vagrancy. Wife No. 1 was at police
headquarters when in walked friend
husband with a big policeman on
either side and a pretty young woman
bringing up the rear. The young
woman was wife No. 2. With a wom-
ans intuition, wife No. l OWNED the
truth and Immediately began a TRADE,
employing a melodramatic outburst OF
epithets that might be appropriately
applied to vampire.
II was all too much for DIR. Bliss.
When he was by himself I'm his cell
and the tumult had died down, he took
seven bichloride Of mercury tablets
! out OF his vest pocket and swallowed
them. Then suddenly DR.. Bliss decided
that he didn't want to die, after all.
He called for help. Attorney Howard
r. Barnes, whom he had called to the
police station TO take charge OF his
case. was in the building and re.
sponded TO the cries.
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