.. "Perhaps twenty, possibly thirty," was the reply of Karl von Mueller, a young German with a dozen noble aliases, when asked by the New York police -how many wives he really had. Mueller was arrested at Los Angeles, where lie "married" a beautiful and wealthy girl whose parents presented the couple with a magnificent residence. Mueller spent £3OO of this woman's money in a vain fight against extradition. When he arrived at Iloboken there was a riot among his many wives. They rushed across the platform to the carriage door as the train halted, and endeavored to choice him. The police had great difficulty in rescuing him. Arraigned later in the day before a magistrate, Mueller snulcd as wife after wife stepped into the witness-box and identified him. Altogether nineteen charges of bigamy were in id against him. Said a squatter who toiled in the West. X)f all Pills T have put to the test, • Tis a fact without question, That to cure indigestion, La*<vTonic's the surest and best." TjA'XO-TOXIC PILLS, loy s d and Is 6d. —Obtainable at BullofVk and Johnston's, Plvmouth. 5 At The Kash they are sellin<r their celebrated Prcstwell suits at 25s—(he best -value that has ever been ofTevecl in Taranalu. Drop in and see them; big range to choose from. Striped denims. 4s 3d; wcollen hnsa, three pnirs 2s fid; English •woreted trousers, 8s lid. -Advt. '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 364, 15 April 1910, Page 8
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231Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 364, 15 April 1910, Page 8
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