The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27
q DMITS THREE WIVES
Z 4 ~ DOZENS CLAIM HIM

who had a fortune of from $4,000 to SIS
OOO. He applied his wooing art again. and
with equally good results as had attended
his former efforts. The result was an
other marriage. And this is the woman
be says he loves to distraction"
The only thing am sorry about said
Nelson, lis that my last wife will have
TO suffer for this She is good woman.
a very fine woman, and am sorry for
her.
Yes, she will stand by me in this
trouble She told the police Judge and
the detectives in San Antonio that she
loved me- and would love me to the last.
She did not come to say good-by to me
before left, but I am sure that was be-
cause the officers would not permit her"
nelson claims to have $500 worth Of
clothes in his trunk, which he saws the
cfhcers have taken from him, and will not
return to him. He says he has a suit for
every day in the week, ana several
changes for Sunday Asked if he mar
ried all the women. who claim To be his
Wife-a dozen or more-he said
No. They had several women try to
identify me in San Antonio but not one
Of them said she had been married to ME.
About every woman in the country now
who has married and whose husband has
left her will claim that I am the man"
In the warrant which was sworn out for
Nelson's arrest by Herman Schneider
myer it is alleged that at the time Nelson z
was married to Mrs. Parker he was al
ready married to Sarah Foster. but this
he denies. Despite the statements made
by Nelson, Prosecuting Attorney Mytton
has information that duplicates him in q
number of cases. He is said to be wanted
not only on the charge of bigamy but for
embezzlement as well.
Claimed in Many Towns.
fe oh
way, Ark; New York city, Plattsburg,
Mo; Des Moincs, Iowa; ST Paul. Mimi;
San Francisco, Cal; Sumter S. G.; Chi
cago, ILL.,; Portland, Or; Los Angeles,
Cal; Salt Lake City, Utah, and Fort
Scott, Kan. The police have been unable
to ascertain the names OF the women in
these towns who have pHghted their troth
with this remarkable matrimonial artist
An effort will be made, however, to have
many of those women brought to St Jo-
seph to appear against him.
Nelson had been a railroad contractor
traveller and q horse trader When he
met Mrs. Parker, Of Plattsburg he said
he was Texas cattle baron and tnat he
had vast estates in the Lone Star state.
When they went to Kansas CITY OH their
supposed trip to Texas, Nelson Is said 10
lave borrowed 500 from his WIFE with
which to buy fine trOtting mare This
IS the last they saw Of each other until
the meeting at the fruit stand before re-
ferred to.
Detective Womach, Of San Antonio who
had charge OF the case there. has some
| interesting correspondence i'm connection
with 1t. Among the letters is one from
Mrs. A. G. Crumbaugh. Of DanviIIe. Ind.
VINO says she bvlieVes Nelson, under the
name of John Anderson, married and de-
serted woman in Greensburg. Ind.
one Of the most Interesting letters IS
, from II. J. Parmalee, Santa Barbara.
Cal. to Mrs. Mary a Parker 1t saws
Nelson married a woman in Santa Bar
bara, securGl large sum of money from
her and deserted her Parmalee is very
bitter against Nelson. Another letter ia
from Mrs. k4ch, OF Portsmouth. Va. who
says man named Christian Nelson Por-
| ter married and deserted her about a wear
ago. She says he subsequently, married
woman in Pittsburg, Pa, and gives a
description which fits Nelson partially.
MRS. X. A. Harvey, Of Nevada Iowa. also
writes an interesting letter in connection
WITH the case. She says Christian c. Nell
son married her in Des Moines. on March
Is, 1901, and deserted her, taking a AN IN
her money. She enclosed letter from
Nelson, which his last wife says II his
own
Policeman Ebersold, OF the st. Joseph
police force, recognized Nelson the minute
ne saw him.
Nelson IS fifty-nine years old. He Is de-
cidedly gray and wears a mustache He
Is tall and Of medium build, quick and
decisive in his actions. He dresses most
fashlonably. He complained bitterly that
the accommodations at the police station
were not commensurate with the REQUIRE
ments of man in his station.