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COMPLETE BASEBALL]; Ma hd a ‘ ; an SD ; irra ! PRICE ON! ONE CENT, 5, 1905. FUTURITY BECOME SAYS BIGA WED SEV IN A SINGLE WEEK ‘Witzhoff Declared to Have Married and Robbed Fifty Women Throughout the Country, One‘of Them the Daughter of an Ex-Mayor of Newark. — fn running down the record of Dr. George A, Witzhoff, the man who is known to have married at least fifty this number to the altar, the police have learned that Witzhoff gave drugs to at least one.of his wives. : This woman is Miss Etta Randall, of Boston, who inabtted ‘Witzhoff in 1908 and who believed by him until six months later, when he robbed and Meserted her, 4fhe Evening World to-day found Miss hare Dorf, who ‘married Witz- hoff, only to be robbed and deserted by him. Mies Dorf is very bitter against ‘Witghoff, and since his desertion of her has looked into his record. “I want to say that this man in 1900, just five years ago, married seven: ‘women in one week,” she declared. swhat I speak. He married a different woman every night of that w after robing them, deserted them. + At that time he was ‘supposed to Ive dn Long Island City. The police sent. out & desctiption of bim and tried in #very way to land him, put failed. “The man went to daacks on the ‘upper east elde and there he was so poliahed, so considerate to women end such a. gentleman to all appearance that he found iMttle dimculty in ingrat- fating bimacif wherever he appeared. ‘During this week of marrying he used the naine of Johnson, Munson and Ed- gard Wateon, ‘Dhe records of the Buara ‘of Health will show that he was mar- ried to three different woman under ‘these names the week of which I speak. In every case he got the woman's money and jewelry just as he did mino and then disappeared “Witshoft robbed Mr. ‘Whitman, of the Broadway Exchange Building. ony Of $150 the week he wus doing al} marrying. He also robbed Mr.’ Vol of No. 116 Alden street, West Orange, and a Mr, Jackson, who was employed by the Edison Company, While he was marrying in this way he was employed at the Edison factory iv New Jersey. ‘Phere ho was a chemist. ~ “He was then living at Mr, Vokes's home, in West Orange, aia unlv robbed him pnd left there when % found that hls Ingny marriages ang robberies of women bad got him into trouble, “Z cannot describe how pol'rhed this “man Was and how he miniged to-tascle ‘nate women. He seemel to have 9 power over every wom.iu that came dis way, and the wayne made Jove was unlike anything I had ever im- txined.!" Miss Dorf, who {8 the daughter of a “wgilor, and who then lived at No, 20% Voird avenue, met Witahof ur a dance jnd married him after a brief court- dhip. He borrowed several hundred @pliars from his new father-in-law and (Continued on Phied Page.) MOB KILLS BOY -IN HOUSE ATTACK, |* WOOD, Ontiy ADK: hy violence. HIGHLANDERS AND ‘"NAPS” IN GLOSE BATTLE Both Sides, Draw Long String of Zeros in Game at Cleveland, ’ MIST EN GIRLS THE BATTING ORDER. pHighianders— Cleveland, Jackson, If. Bay, c! Delehanty. 1b, Willlams_2b, Garr, Ib. MeGuire, c. Buelow, ¢, Chesbro, p. Donohue, p. Umpire—Mr. Sheriden BY ALLEN SANGREE. (Speciat to The Evening World.) BASBBALL. GROUNDS, CLEVE- LAND, 0., Aug. %.—The Highlanders arrived bere just In time to grab a dite, don their uniforms and rush on the flald, where Chesbro was due to retrieve the falling fortunes of his team, A spanking breeze from Jake Erie sho: yim Into one’s vitals. In spite of a very restless night on the train, Goth- am’s representatives looked to have a fair chance. Two things milltated against Cleve- land, First, Chesbro was to pitch, and he pearly always beats the Blues, Sec- nd, Cleveiand is Gownhearted by being beaten three out of four by Boston. Last trip here they were wondering women, and who may have led double “I have looked ‘this up and'I kpow of ik, and STANDARD OIL. MAN ENDS LIFE WITH A BULLET J. M. Brooks Is Driven to Death by Insomnia and wondering whether New York’ or Bos- ton will beat them out, The games, therefore, were critleal. Lagoje atill limps, though in uniform and patted out to the boys, but he will not be ia the big show tor another week. This was a good chance 0} ment heard on the grand stand. Uc now is that Philadelphia. New York and ton will fight for tne pennant: that ig, three Eastern teams. We in- clined to think this bunoh is a uttle pre things may hap- tie race—was the com- Tall pract Failing Health, First Inning. Dougherty sent a rap to Stoval. Carr James Madison Brooks, a salooman | ielzed a clomit from Keeler, Stoval cov for the Standard Ol! Compiny, com-| ones? Williamy te mitted suicide this afternoon by shoot-|RUNS. Rea te de conscth goad fog himself in the head in the hallway ager ty es by: front. of: Jacksons outside of his Mat in Ue fashionable | fh Nght “Puk'orced Bay, "Cheabro to Florence spartmenzs, on tle northeast | Elberfel made @ beauty | Corner of Kighteenth siro: and Fourth | throw’ to webertetd nailing Pllck on the avenue. meet HOB Brooks left a note addresied to N, B, Barry, manager. of thy #nartments, saying he was driven to kill himself by insomnia and becatiae he did not ills upon anybofy. ‘Inclosad in the en-|cpayner velope was a 310 bil. Tie rote rends: | ger. “Deur Mr. Barry: Please. keep this for Mrs, Barry (referring to the money). Insomnia drives me to this deed. 1 am to JM “to hold vo any longer. I do not! care to burden any one with my ils, I have everything to live for except my health, Yours truly, ¥. BROOKS. aeoane: Inning. Frank Delehanty, is a native of Cleveland. a& was ‘the famous ‘Ed, Fecelverl a fine floral. horseshoe on Com: ‘bat. and was congratul: by the whole team. This did not te vent Bradlev from throwing ‘him But hance of res js toes in the jehanty’s muff r en foroad to Willtame, wish to burden himecl! apd bis by by Braiey, Elbertet fiekied Turner's’ pence infront of ithe Plate and touched the runner. Carr got a xernteh hit to ames was cane At the yi ‘3 return throw to ‘dM. 8. ‘ Brooks [ad been a ianant of the Fior. Third Inning, ence for Att fe and bi i e san David. 0 hoy. of iwelve, "went Away | McGuire holeted a fair oatch to ‘Tur. twWo Weeks ago to spend a’ yi ner. Donahue stoped a force bounce pe om awroren Roa, at ebunk | from ‘Dheabre. Btoval nailed Dougherty biti nats at is ate NO RUNG. ule ne that ‘he-diant tes wel aenun} nor ‘Beals sa pie ‘ela he haye se ‘wi wo any Penta, HO te ~ Fourth ‘Inning. te on loGuit'e, MT oa enteld sacri swung and Yeager. Gut. Tiara tek ale age sa, IGHLAN Le a isis HIGHLAA A CLEVELANG ste (Continued from Fourth Column.) Eighth Inning—MeGuire fanned. Stovall threw Chésbro out Dougherty was out to Carr. No runs. Carr flied to Williams. “Buelow safe on Williaifs’s bad hrow. Donohue fanned. Elberfeld retired‘ Jackson. No runs. ‘Ninth Inning—Keeler and Elberfeld were out to Carr. will jatms lifted to fey: No runs, Tenih Inni coon nants fanned. Yeager fiicd to Bradley. Fultz bunted to Carr. No runs. Turner singled. Carr sacrificed. fanned. No runs. Bay flied to Keeler. Flick fanned. Hovall singled. Bradley truck out. No runs. Eleveitt 3— MeGuirc out a’ first. Stesbro walked. Doughert / singled, Keeler coupled, seorir 4 Gnesbro. | Eiberfeld singled, suming Dougherty anc Kee Nilliams. safe. (Elber- feld out on Delehanty’s hit. Three . ass. Rueiow and Donohue a a AT ST. LOUIS (A. L.). WASHINGTON <= 2000050000 ST. LOU!S tacne 10600080001 BO3*CN Ai CHICAGO (A. L..)—SECGND GAME. BOSTON ........ w-.--.%000009200—2 CHICAGO .. - -enere- 9 020+000 —3 NEWARK AT. TORONTO fe. L), k NEWARK ...... .-.- 11120600 0—6 TORONTO ...... -.- €00000010—14 At Dotreit (A. L.)—Piiladelpnia, 6; Detroit; 3. At Montreal (E. L.)—Baltimore, 11; Montreai, 4. At Buffalo (E. L.)—2d game: End 7: J. City, 13 Buffalo, 3. At Rochester (E. L.)—2d game: End 10: Prov., 1; Roch. 7 CATE LATONIA WINNERS,” ~ Fourth—-3. Esther 2-i, Mamie Algo! 8-8 place. Rather Royal Fifth—Zinda 8-5, Wexford 2-1 piave, Roustabout. Sixth—Minnie Acams 7-16. Field Larks Da‘fodil, WOMAN WINS AUTOMOBILE __ CONTEST AT CAPE MAY sands of spectators ‘along the board- h that was not too hard in some apots, the speed. trials of the Cape May Auto Club were run (Special to The Evening World.) pecg bey ip aarbewyaje BEACH COURSE, CAPE MAY, Aug. zie %.—Under a scorching sun, with thou- | op here to-day. No, matter, though, for Brady fanned. ky eee, mae Ta © Move to buco” deat Bivertela Tobi tne spot fel waa Johnny on ner’; Oh toppt a pea bounce ‘trom Carr miberfels also. ter tined Buelow, NO RUNS. Sixth Inning. Flick made @ swell catch from Doapnerty. the wind helping to tob Pat of a ORs, hit. Keeler a bum to De Flick captured Biber- feta Rot drive, Willamd torced Keol- er, 0 Btova, ‘chesbns made's fine slop off Donohue He then killed Jackson on aurikes. Bay ie! it a bunt to Yeager, NO oe bea! nates ewe Inning. ‘thrice | in wae ‘dee Moat. of othe aw et oe part ua ae Sweeney. ‘Time—1.58, kflometre record, Some of the. isthst machines in the county ‘wore ‘entered and drivers ng note were at the wheels, Driving @ % horae-power machine, Cearino won the opening event, 1 kilo- Campbell, driving. an eighty horee- bower machine, tried tor the werld's oo pte: of Muddy Track Upsets Form of Seventeen Youngsters Named to Start and Makes Race for Rich Stake ‘ a Guessing Match. sf | ENTRIES, JOCKEYS A ND, PROBABLE ODDs. Starter, Weir. Jockey. Prob Odds, Flip Flap .. eee | | Be W..Knapp. 5 tol Ormondale . Redfern § tol tBelmere O'Neill ol tKnroki Dominick 1 Accountant . J. Martin 10 tol *Woolwich . Borns 8 tol “Bridgeman Helgeson 8 tol TOyama .... L. Smith 20 to 1 Running Water Lyne 10 to 1 Jerry Wernberg O'Neill 10 to 1 Artery . Bullman 15 tat Zienap . McIntyre 50 to L Veronese . Creamer 80 to 1 Jaccbite .. W. Davis 5 tol Vendor ... Shaw ....4 8 tol }Belisnicker Buchanan 20 to 1 Timber ... Hildebrand Stoll Belmont entry. tKeene. entry. tBurlew entry. § BY FRANK W. THORP. ; Seventeen two-year-olds furnish, in the rich Futurity stake at Sheepshead Bay. to-morrow, ‘one of the most puzzling, pronositions that, ever confronted a racegoing public. The race was ‘Intricate and open.enongh up to yesterday, but when the rain and mud came along the talent ij-went wp in the air, for none’ of these horses has ) ‘Lever shown to be a great mudder and so the s race takes on the nature of a guess, Hitcheork's Vendor ty a gor colt, but ihe doce not do his best under the weight o must carry—127 pounds. Yet, m this ‘That thé giud has spoiled the chances |X ma race, hie must bo labelled of many of the dorees is plain, for the name of Athlete does not appear among the entries’ and It 1s certain thorefore that he does uot Ike the coms. Nor is First Water's name to be seen. Hi hed worked six furlongs in 115 ® Gravesend and. would have had a grand chance in dry going. Mud cauned the thdrawal also of Don Diego, of Es- 1, ang otaers. Tt is difficult to determines which should be favorite in this lot, ‘The chances-are that Timber, because of h's known king for mud and hte speed, WI) be the choice, but at a generous Brice, for he a no good thing in this kind of a fleld. Promising Favorites Fall. ~ Jt wiM beseen from the odds quoted ‘wbove that it te about 5 to 1 and take Time} Your pick against three of the hors ‘Tong |fagarded a2 the moet promising cee Asny Jae Dame, Loweyer ar at gay. rmer Ormondale Worked Well. Ormondnle jas worked well, but 4s & maiden and has no form Deak of, Running Water le a hice Ally, and will go well, but her last race’ was @ disappointment. On her. best. races jae sean aie @ chance. Timber, which yne Wihitney purchased to oarry colors in the etake, 1s fast, but a auitter, Stil speed is a most desirable quantity 1h @ race of is yevorese out- classed. Helmere is one of the plugging sort, and may go well, It ‘will be seen, therefore, that it is difficult to pick’ out any ‘ong horse eva stands out over the rest of the overweighted and and almost any horse has a It is a race where the start racing luck will cut @ large figure. pace Ycoateea Gy FORT ERIE-RESULTS. (Special to The Bvening World.) RACE TRACK. 1 FORT BRT, Avs. %, peti Br ‘@t this track to-day resulted E—Belling; three-year-olds ward: six and = at Bpwar ‘obs pa te 4halt furlong: Birankcs (Gwe The fibe tA. waist, Bes ate SECOND RACE—Purse for two-year- olds; five furlongs.—Ohiyesa (Landry), Pied to 08) 1 ae Oe, (Newman), (out place) (W. Bisher), ime— THIRD TERR RIE ete ete a SOF ny 'y).. Keven “ylace) ry), 3, Time 1@ 3-5, ¢ hes, Kurokd end beat ain op oa Sods oS 4 ee ps ier page ga al RESULTS AT LATONIA. —a wee to ‘The Wveaing World.) raga = iter 5 The cacen on it pee scewhiby WELTERSARE READY 10 60 INTO ARENA “Buddy” Ryan and Jimmy Gardner Weigh in Under Limit—Await Gong. EASTERNER IS FAVORITE Prejiminary Odds Rule 10 to'9 Against Champion of the West to Win. (Special to The Evening World.) COLMA, Cal, Aug. 25.—Not since fistle battles were ntroduced here. have there’ heen \so many eager persons, awaiting the ring of a cong as for the twenty-five round encounter _ between’ ‘Buddy’ Ryan, the . welter-woight champion of the West, and Jimmy. Gardner, of Lowell, Mass., which is to be decided in the twenty-tour-foot ring of the Colma A.C. to-night. Sporting men from this town and. elt- Jes ail over the West have een pouring in. to-day, and from the advance sale of tickets it is expected that the lang- est crowd that ever witnessed a con- test of its king will be seated within the big inclosuré when /the bell rings for ‘the men to begin their battle, Fighters at Weight. || ~ Ryan and Gardner arrived here short } ly after 6 P. My with their trainers and handlers, and a few minutes before 6 o'clopk went into the clubhouse where they were weighed by Matchmakery Coffroth, Ryan was the first to jump on the scales. He welghed exaotly 141 3-4 pounds, and looked in better conditica than for any fight which he: hae Tbught since’he came to the cnet. Gardner then got on the gcales und, weighing in hip undergarments,’ only tipped the beam at 140 pounds. As they both had welghed under 142 pounds, wish 1s the weight flwed for the baittle, Coftroth tumed over to them their for- fett of $500 each, which had been posted ig t guarantee that they would make the required weight. After the fighters had dressed they shook -hands and went to their hotels, where they will yemain unti) ordered to Ket ready for the scrap, Gardner 10 to 9 Favorite, Considerable money was wagered: tor day on the result of the battle. with Gardner the Zavorite at odds of 10 te 9. ‘The sponting men of ths vichity have been warm admirers of Gardner since they saw tim dispose of ‘Turner with a knockout, and as’ they Jook upon him as a wonder they cannoli imagine how Ryan is going to beat the i | clever New England fighter, Or WENT TO JAIL AS THIEF FOR WOMAN'S SAKE se: | She, Now a Wid a Widow, Seeks Pardon for Man Who Saved ‘Her Good Name, eats gies wnat ‘ealled” at ala at se office precy re 4 Piecher-Hansen, No, 346 hed tage yer Py) burst into tears when mitted to Mr. Hansen's private ol and declared she knew rh ee je serving @ three years’ ‘Bing Prisou-for attempted bara, innocent, “Ho went to prison to or,” the youn™ woman that my busbund is dead, I ad b ch % nelD fa hun joned,'? ‘ aelling.--| was

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