Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-09
JOHN hADSOh'S
WICKED CAREER.
) Either Duped or Married Wo-
mel, in Half the States
Of the Union.
MERE SCHEME TO GET MONEY e.
Practically His Victims Have Been
widows or Divorces OF
Middle Age.

IL
can Francisco, July 9,-John Madson ~
wanted for bigamy in nearly eYeS3
II large city in the United States and
manv OF the smaller ones, Is in the
4 honds Of the police Of this city. The
4 ~ horlties here have already establish
ID his marriage to 10 women en- ana h ms ms
engagement and possible marriage 90
4 s1l5nthcrs. Each of the "a women duped
4 ~ u son is said by the police to nave
lost more or less money through MS
friendship.
the women whom Madison married
arr Mrs Elizabeth N. r. Jackson OF
! Ala Kan, from whom he is said to
haye secured 81 400; Mrs. Minnie Alien,
1nS A Madison street, st. Louis, from
,.hom he secured $3.50, and q diamond
i ,tnc: Mrs. Alice Richardons, st. LOUIS,
Who lost 5000 before Madison disappear
/ I'd. MRS Katherine Bauman, 81. LOUIS
who lost $1,000; Mrs. Maggie p. lsiooni,s
Hannibal, Mo-, who sold her nome loi
MadsonY Mrs. a. Fal1TIn, Rochepoft,
Mo. from whom he secured y, ooO; Mrs,
/ svlyia Pollard de Bonnet, San Fran Z
| c,sc, who lost her home as Il result
~ wedding; Mrs. Henrietta Leopold,
sans Francisco who lost $500; Mrs. Jes-
( sie ,rretheway, Stockton, Cal, Who
threw him out of her house When3 ne
! attemptcdto borrow money!, N rs. MAI MAJ,
\ Virgins Down. Springfield, Mass MY
x III sbni, "a Madison is said to have de-
u ssrtefl these women within a Few
hours after his marriage to them. tis - i
sides tho women TO whom the re t. MY
sshow he was married. he was elthes
engaged or married to women IN me the
following cities: San francisco, v
Oakland, Cal, 2: Memphis, Tenn. Law
renee KAN. Jonesboro, Ark AT santa
Rosa Calls, gettysburg, @; = eW Y, . s'r-
,eans; st. Johns. Mich. IA Ian lllit'0i II
Ont, and Germany.
The strange ,history3o Nadson, WIZ, VII
5is an aged man, extends over only az
few months, but in that time he mar mar
S,ied or tluped "a women whose names
are known#to the police. Almost w ar lsn-
out exception his victims nave 3peen5
widowed or divorced women Of middle
age.
stockton. Where one OF his: wives re
5sidess% hut The time the ponce
88bs "a "A tt, laying ia secure az complete
con esslon from HIM
.FRo ON.AL III g e. IS ..{.
Il Outs. July 8 u ohm Madison be-
+ came known here to the police as Tue
saprofessional fance. after T was dis q
covered In the fall Of 1908 he had m ar
,ia,, tl,rca women here and had deserted
each of then, after obtaining possession
of their money and jewels.
Mrs Elizabeth jackson OF lola. ran
sas. was the first to put the police on
q Madson's trail. she arrived here last
4 January. looking FOR Madison, whom she
said she had known as G. G. Johnson,
She told the authorities here that
s Madison had obtained s1.055 from her.
After a short and fervent courtsniprS
Madison had induced Mrs, Katherine
Baughman Of st. Louis to marry HIM
and sign over property valued at $1,000,
: He turned this into cash and destertSdE
E her. Mrs. Banghman left st. Louis
Z soon after, saying she was going to
( Los Angeles. a st. Louis woman known
! as Mrs Alice Richardson, though mat
was not Ter real name. told the police
Madison had obtained 5000 from her or
a pretensc4 of maria ge.
He got $3.50 and a diamond ring from
Z Mrs Minnie Allen by marrying her ana
then deserted her.
Madison posed as a wealthy stock RAJ
or. He was assisted by a partner who,
found women he thought would be sus-
ccptiblc to Nadsoil's wiles. He would
remark he had a friend who was look
ing for a Wife. He told wonderful sto-
res of this friends 12-room mansion
p. filed with Chinese servants in Los An.
eeles. II he was encouraged the coii-
federate would arrange correspondence
between Madison and the woman. MAD
: son would then seek a personal inter-.
view. In nearly every case ne lndncel
the woman to become his wife. Mad.
-b.,5 s,l
JEST #IHFFRAtiDIID HER.
Ida, Kansas. July o.-lol,l Maflscn,s
GrCl,, atr,,st IN san II s:licis.'o M II
cliares RI bjganly, did not MARTY MISS
q Elizabeth M Jackson of lola. but acc
cnrtl'ng to a statement made today
By tho woman, who has since i:iar lie'i
Il Professor Seabrooli, he 4lsf.duded
her out of a bout 81, 900 under the prom
Use CT marriage. According Il. Mrs.
y seahreol,s statement Madison urged
! her to go with him to Kansas City a =
Ter detailing stories oil his supposed
. wealth and then parsualc1 her to sur
render to him the proceeds of a
sale Of her home in this city In Kan
= sas City, While leading her to Gelieve
he was making preparations for their
wedding, Mason, she says, eluded her
and disappeared Mrs. Scabrook said
today that she would prosecute Mad
Fl son.
SHOCK KILLED HER.
Springfield. Mass. July 9.--Nfrs. Mary,
Drown of this city, believed to have.
g been one of the victims of the alleged
bigamist, John Madison, under arrest IN
3 San Francisco, died at Oxford in the.
spring of 1905, never having recovered
from the shock of her Inflated mar
Hage. The man whom she married
REPRESENTED himself as Christian john
son, wealthy ranchman of California.
she separated from him three days
after the wedding. In this short time
is alleged. ne secured all her money.