Paul Negelovic, the Reference Librarian, at United States Military Academy (USMA) has recently posted a well-researched article on Edward H Martin (aka Police Reporter):
USMA Library Blog Link: Edward H Martin A West Point Grad’s One Man Crime Wave
Check it out and find out who the real Edward H Martin was.
I have a very old newspaper which has an article of the murder of Wolff by Edward Martin. I found your article about him because I was trying to date the newspaper- the top of the pages is gone. Thanks for the interesting read!