The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-18

. The women he is said to have con-
ined by Justice OF the Peace Bosset.
with his present wife accusing him.
are:
Miss Louisa Held, his first cousin. In
June, 1907. i'm I5uston. Pa. Ceremony
performed by Alderman Brner.
Miss Elsie Mnur, of Newark. Mar
ried by au alderman in New York.
Miss Nellie Murray, of 70 walnut
street, Newark. Married by Alderman
BIauVcIt January -. 1907.
Miss Anna DuckwoOd (Do,s Mrs.
Frederick w. Psrsonsl, OF 20 seventh
uNenuc. Married ON February 5. 1905.
by the Rev. MIR. schnencr, of Arlington.
Would BE second WitzboG.
Mrs Parsons. who is - years old
and pretty. made the following state
ment to an EVENING STAR reporter
today
'"There is no question but that my
husband is bigamist in fact. he has
married four times; that l am positive
of, and he may number other victims
in Chicago and New York city | think
that he planned to be a second Witt
hoH. Certainly he made practise of
marry unsophisticated girls
II shall certainly do all in my power
to send him to jail. We only lived to-
Sether ten days and then I had him
arrested for beating me. He was ar
raigned before Judge Herr and pa
rolled for the grand jury. But he did
not desst annoying me. Matters came
to climax on last Friday when he
came TO my parents home and threat
ened to kill me. ! had him arrested,
and he is now held on that charge for
the grand jury in $1,000 bail
Then l told the police that l had be-
come convinced that the stories he had
told me of marrying other women was
true. l asked the aid of the police,
and we discovered that he had first
married his first cousin in Easton and
before my marriage had wed two other
women.
He always posed as being a ladys
man and boasted of his eonquests.''
Held Has Ready Tongue.
Held, who IS young man Of clean
cut appearance, well dressed and a
fluent talker. sturdily protested to an
EVENING STAR reporter today that
he had not married more than one
woman, end that that woman is the
complainant I'm the case against him.
''Yes, it's true / look like Held" he
col Is1l t4.
Parsons, and my family lives in Cal
weston. Father is a wealthy eattle-
owner and has four big ranches near
that city. 1 have been a COW -puncher
in my time. and am considered dead
shot"
When asked if it was true that he
was a "lady-killer," Held smiled and
then remarked:
"Well, the girls all like to firt with
me, but they can't give me any of
their tafy It is true that I have
known several pretty women. but 1
didn't marry them.
II did marry my present wife / met
her at dance in Newark after she
had frted with me. She seemed TO he
a pretty girl and it only took few
days for me 10 propose, be aceepted
and get married"
The police are now investigating aus
other case reported today, where the
alleged bisamist is said to have pro-
posed marriage to another Newark gitl
Constable Smith, who arrested Held
stated today that the latter was adj
dicted to the use of cocaine. He also
said:
"Held told me that he was lady
killer. That all the girls fell IN love
with him and that he tired of them one
after another
HELD also told me one day that X
the police knew how many wives he
had they would put him in jail for
life"
When asked by Justice of the Pence
Bosset last night why he had married
so many women, Held said
81 didn't think there was any harm
In getting married Just kept on