The Washington times., 1921-11-04
.PRAYS F0RD BLISS
VICTORY Of WIFE No. |
.ARMSMEET WAS We D
Woman "Bothers" Doctor With
Pleas for Baby-Expresses
Remorse.

In letter received this morning
from the bride Of DIR. Lewis Bliss.
former Washington chiropractor who
attempted suicide in Rochester on
Tuesday after being faced by woman
claiming to be his first wife. relatives
of Mrs. Anna Dworkin Bliss were in
formed that the alleged firs, Mrs.
Bliss cannot furnish proof of her mar.
riage to Bliss.
Police Bother No. l.
This woman cannot prove she is
married To him" read the letter. "She
came to the hospital yesterday, crying
and saying she was sorry for all she
had done. The police bother her and
won't let her go home.
yesterday she came up to see DR..
Bliss mother and wanted money. Mr..
Joshua Eggleson. Rochester attorney
representing Bliss. said TO ignore her
and she will get tired and leave"
Another letter sent by Isadore
Dworkin, Rochester brother OF the
present Mrs. Bliss, also reported that
the woman known as Mrs Bliss No.
could not prove she was married
to Bliss.
He said his sister was bearing up
well under the excitement caused by
the incidents of the past week. and by
worry over the condition of her hus-
band, still confined to the hospital.
Everything Fixed Up"
Bliss, according to the letter, will re.
sumo his practice in Rochester as soon
as he leaves the hospital. He wrote
81 LaI HA
fixed up"
Charges made by Mrs Bliss No.
against Mrs. Bliss No. 2 just proceed
ing the doctors attempt to end his
life were vigorously denied today by
Samuel Dworkin, brother Of the latest
Mrs. Bliss, 1921 Eighth street north
west.
Sister No Vamp.
My sister was certainly no vamp,"
said Dworkin. she had no attrac-
tions capable of Turing Bliss away
from a previous wife. and she would
not have wanted to do ii, had she
known he had had any connections
with any other woman"
That Bliss had been responsible for
the marriage in Stamford was the
story of Dworkin. Bliss had persist
emily courted Miss Dworkin, he said.
my sister would not have accepted
the attentions OF Bliss II she had been
advised Bliss was already married,
he declared.
Annie. was a quiet girl who be-
lieved in Bliss. Reports that Mrs.
Nathan Yager or anyone else advised
my sister of Bliss status before he
married my sister are not correct. No
one in my family had knowledge OF
hia alIaonA connection with nthPT
woman. The woman who claims TO
be the first Mrs. Bliss Is said to have
been in Washington eight months be-
fore the marriage in Stamford. We
were acquainted with Bliss for thir'
teen months II Mrs. Bliss wanted
to prevent another marriage, why
did she not advise my family OF her
relations with DIR. Bliss?" asked
Dwordn.
Story Of Desertion.
The story or Or. Bliss desertion of
his first wife and of the repeated un.
successful attempts OF Mrs. Bliss to
effect n reconciliation. was told this
morning by her sister, Mrs. Silva Blel-
stein, 1924 Sixth street northwest.
With this story, and the account OF
the courtship and marriage Of the
second Mrs. Bliss, told by the latter's
sister, Miss Dora Dworkin, 1921 Eighth
street northwest, came the hint OF n
family feud between the doctors two
sets Of relatives. Both families re.
sent the presence OF the "other
woman" in the doctors domestic life.
The Dworkin family is keenly in.
terested to know whether the first
Mrs. Bliss was legally married TO Dr.
Bliss; whether her claim upon DIR.
Bliss is claim unsupported by a mar.
risge license, or whether her appear.
ance In Rochester Is more than an
effort to embarrass the doctor and his
present wife.
Mrs. Bleistein, sister of wife number
one, insists that the former Miss
Dworkin had been Informed ~ the fact
that DR. Bliss wss a married man with