Burns March Military Auction
Lot 180:
Description
1875 CDV of Dr. Charles H. Roemer in the uniform of the United States Medical Corps. This CDV was from an extensive album of CDV mug shots that surfaced in the late 1970s in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Benecke, St. Louis backmark. Roemer’s description is written in ink on the reverse, “Dr. Charles H. Roemer, 40 years old 5 ft. 8 in. 225 lbs – dark hair tight brown mustache – deadbeat & Thief 1875″. The CDV measures 4.25″ x 2.5”. Contemporary news articles discuss Doctor Roemer’s bigamy; From the Chicago Tribune, “Winona Minn., Jan. 31 – Dr Charles H. Roemer, who disappeared from this city about three months ago, taking a large sum of money belonging to his wife, formerly Mrs. Artz, a rich widow of this city whom he married in March last, returning this morning and was arrested on a charge of bigamy, he having, it is said, another wife in Wisconsin. He gave bail in $1,000. It is rumored the gay Doctor has three or four wives now living in different parts of the country”. From a New York Times article April 12, 1878, in part “Dr Charles H. Roemer, the man with five wives, was recently discharged at Winona, The prosecuting attorney, A.H. Snow, made the following statement…” It appears that Dr. Roemer was eventually acquitted of these charges. What ultimately became of him is not known. Pick up is Sunday, March 29 from 10 am to 4 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: [email protected]. Sales tax is collected on this auction. bill
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