The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-26
WHAT BECAME OF HIS
OTHER TWO WIVES
Ohio Man Has Some Ugly Things to
Explain.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 25.-Al-
bert A. Knapp. of Hamilton, Ohio, for
merry Of this city, was routed from
his bed at the home of his bride, for
merly Anna May Gamble, this morning
by the police and taken to Hamilton
on the charge Of murder. The police
say that Anna May Gamble is his last
and surviving wife. Knapp was taken
away In irons. Although only forty
one years old, he has had four wives.
Mrs. Knapp No. became the wife
OF the prisoner two weeks ago.
The other wives of Knapp wero
Emma Stubs, Jennie Connors and
Hannah Goddard. The Hamilton po-
lice do not know what has become OF
Emma Stubs, the first wife, or Han
nah Goddard, Mrs. Knapp No. 8. An
uncle of Hannah Goddard reported to
the Hamilton police that his niece had
disappeared Dec. %, 1902, and that
Knapp had married an indianapolis
girl. 1t was learned that Mrs. Knapp
was last seen Dec. 81. The following
day the husband got a horse and
wagon at a livery stable and was seen
to load large box in the wagon and
carry 1t away.
1t was found that a few years ago
the dead body of Jennie Connors, who
was Mrs. Knapp No. 2, was found in
canal at Hamilton A coroners in
quest was held at the time, but little
evidence was found to suostantiate any
theory.
At police headquarters Knapp was
questioned concerning the Wherea>
bouts of his second wife He said she
disappeared from her home Dec 81,
and that he did not know what had
become of her. When asked what he
had in the box which he carried from
his home the day after his wife was
last seen, Knapp seemed confused, but
explained that he disposed of a box
of old clothes. In his confusion he
said he had thrown the box away
about two miles from his nome. Knapp
was reared in this city. He has served
eight years in the penitentiary.
dispatch from Hamilton. Ohio,
where Knapp was taken, says that he
has confessed. When it became public
that Knapp had confessed there was
much talk Of mob violence. Under a
strong guard, Knapp was removed to
the Jail, where he is now under spe-
cial guard. Knapp admitted this after
noon to Director of Police Mason, Capt
Lehman and Mayor Bosch that he
choked his wife to death on the morn
ing Of Dec. %, but says that he does
not know why he did it. He says he
then came up town, hired a spring
wagon, secured a wooden box from a
shoe store and drove back home. There
he stuffed the body into the box, be-
ing obliged to double 1t up in order to
close the lid. He then drove to Lin
denwald, two miles south Of the city,
and crossed over to the Mari river,
just west OF Lindenwald. Reaching a
high bluff over the river, he dumped
the box containing the body into the
water, and drove back to town.
Knapp was taken in hand by the
police this evening, and ordered to take
them to the place where he had thrown
the body. He did SO and pointed out
the place where he had pushed the box
over the high embankment
When he was taken back to jail
Knapp told Chief of Police Kuemerling
that he had something else on his mind
that he would tell before he died. This
statement is believed to be the fore
runner to a confession from the pris-
oner that he killed his first and second
wives, both Of whom died mysteriously.
His first wife died suddenly eleven
years ago, and he soon married the
second whose body was found in the
canal in Cincinnati in 1894.