The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-08
HIS LIFE OF CRIME
MILTON ANDREWS LEAVES AC-
COUNT OF HIS DOINGS.
Says He In Not Guilty Of Murder Of
Bessie Bouton and Others, but
Admits Sins Of Less
Gravity.

San Francisco Nov. Milton Frank
lin Andrews and his consort. Nulda
Petrie, who had fed after brutality at
lacking and robbing William Ellis. a
horseman, at Berkeley, whom they had
lured from Australia, were found dead
last night in their rooms at James
Meagher's house. at 74S McAllister
Street. The police had surrounded the
place,
Andrews was hidden in a closet when
the police by subterfuge entered the
room. Realizing that their hiding
place was discovered. the young woman
persuaded the police to leave the room.
She locked the door and Immediately
afterwards two shots were heard In
the apartment. The police broke in
and the bodies of the fugitives with
bullet holes in their heads were found.
Andrews's pistol was clutched In his
right hand. where he was lying on the
floor The woman rested on a bed as
IL in sleep.
Andrews was charged with the muir
der of Eugene Bosworth, at New Bri-
tain, Conn.,, with the Staying of wo-
man at Troy, N. Y, and with the killing
of Bessie Bouton at Colorado Springs
He returned with Ellis to this country
last month, having selected the horse
man as another victim for his remark
able record of crime.
I A statement signed by Andrews was
subsequently found in the stocking of
the dead woman, in which he says:
Many Times Murderer.
THE people of the United States had
| heard of Milton r. Andrews, the many
times murderer and career of blood
shed. am Andrews and November 3,
| offered to give myself up Tor triai
| on the three murder charges against
me. the murder of Bessie Bouton at
! Colorado Springs, the murder of Mrs.
Bosworth at New Britain, Conn, and
the murder of the Troy IN. VI woman,
whatever her name Is. The police
claim to have all kinds Of proof that
killed all three. have few less
serious charges against me, and
| agreed to stand trial on all three oil
the murder charges, provided the petty
4 offenses were quashed. and they would
| never have them brought up against
me IL / were discharged free man
| from the murder trials.
| THE first murder I am charged with
| is that of Bessie Bouton, with whom
| travelled as man and wife. We had fire.
ouent Quarrels, and on the strength OF
| that they say I am the murderer. They
| say they found she was a travelling
saleslady. Her folks say she SOLD mar
dressing goods for j. Parker Pray or
L
compelled to give her history.
"She never Travelled or sold any goods
| for any firm. No such firm as j: Par
ker Pray was in existence In New
York. employing Bessie Bouton. She
married an electrician named George
Bouton in Syracuse, N. T., and they
both used to get drunk and fight, and
| they lived together only few weeks.
Bessie a weIl-KnOwn Character.
L. Ill In. m a -fG
at Boone's Saloon, and all the rest Of
the principal saloons and joints in
syracuse. She skipped to Utica. N. T.,
| ana went to live In a house known as
the Globe 1 met her there ana we
| formed a liking for each other. l told
her I was a gambler and she wanted to
| travel with me, and when she promised
to give up smoking cigarettes. getting
| drunk and meeting men. took her on
| the road with me.
| .~When we arrived at Chicago l
| hought her some diamonds. She agreed
| THAT If ever she met men again or got
drunk. 1 was to take them all back and
| we would separate. We hired room
| and / gambled for a living and won
! 100000 in q few months in the Dig
poker rooms. I caught her playing
sneak on me and going to the Twenty :
| second street district In which she be-
| came a well known character. We
split up several times on the strength
of 1t, but each time / took the Dag oil
diamonds" ..
Here for several pages in the manu-
| script. which were closely written, An
drews relates a wandering and involved
story of many quarrels and reconcilia-
| tons with Bessie Bouton. down to the
time of their going to Colorado Springs
At this place Andrews said he had
made up his mind to quit the woman
| for good There were various quarrels
between the couple, concluding in An
drews leaving the woman on account
| of her unfaithfulness and going to
Denver, carrying with him some OF
Bessie Bouton's luggage and the dia-
| monds he had formerly given her.
| Continuing Andrews says:
Not the Same Diamonds.
Il went from there to Toledo, O..
| and sent her trunk to Columbus. think
ing that she went there looking for
| me. She was trying to trace me the
way she did from Toledo to Detroit.
| pawned some of the diamonds in Chi
cago and Detroit. And the police say
| Nulda is wearing them today, but the
last one of them was pawned in