St. Louis, Oct. 24 (AP)—Accused of tricking or swindling six women whom he met under various aliases, John V. Weidemier failed to appear in court of criminal correction here today to answer charges in connection with the Chicago inquiry into his career.
His $5,000 bond was ordered forfeited.
Esther Wexler, 20-year-old Chicago actress, accused Wedemier of marrying her and swindling her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Fisher of Chicago out of $13,000.
Wedemier must appear in Federal court here Wednesday on a Mann Act charge resulting from his elopement with Mrs. Margaretta Hoffman, wife of a Chicago fur dealer, or forfeit his $5,000 bond in that case.
Four other women, Miss Virginia Martin of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Rose Burken of New York, Miss Carrie Hyman of St. Louis, and Mrs. Ada Frank of Detroit, have identified Wedemier form pictures as the man who victimized them in some instances obtaining large sums of money and valuables.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, October 24, 1925
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