The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-10

courses in education in the best eastern
schools. He made much of the chill
dren.
After we went back to our home in
Stockton 1 was impelled by womanly
curiosity. 1 suppose, TO look into his
pockets There I discovered a letter
to Mrs. Ida Mitchell OF Inglesids. San
Francisco. in which he referred to Der
as my little wife 1 confronted him
and he cried like a big boob. l hate
men that cry He got down upon his
knees and pleaded with me 70 give
him a chance TO clear himself.
kicked him out bag and baggage ana
threw his wedding ring into his face"
Mrs. Tretheway conferred with the
district attorney of Santa Clara county
and turned over 10 him many letters.
some of which had been written TO
her by Madison. and others which she
had taken from his pockets after she
married him. She VIII remain in San
Jose for the preliminary examination,
which will take place there today
PROFESSIONAL FIANCEE
In St Louis Mac son was known as
the professional fancee." There he
married three women in the fall of
1908. took their money, and promptly
deserted them. one after another. Mrs.
Elizabeth Jackson of Iofa. Kan, one of
the women swindled by him. said that
she had known him as c. Johnson, by
which name he posed IN California, and
that he defrauded her out of 81 ,O55.
The story told by hin. was the same
as that to Mrs. Leopold of San Fran
cisco. He had great wealth, mansion
in Los Angeles and then under pre-
tense of caring for ner money, got it
into his possession and disappeared.
Such was the mans systematic habit
}. al he
services Of an advance agent. This
latter would prepare the way. On
finding a likely victim he would speak
IN glowing terms of his friends wealth
and later introduce Madison. The rest
was simple.
Mrs. Katherine Baughman of St.
Louis declared yesterday that he had
defrauded her out of $1,000. Another,
Mrs. Alice Richardson, said she had
and deserted after getting $500 from
her.
MOST PATHETIC CASE
The most pathetic case of all was
that Of Mrs Mary Brown Of Spring
field, Mass, who married him in 1905,
lived with him three days and was
then deserted by him after he had OBJ
tanned her money. The unfortunate
woman died a short time afterward of
a broken heart
Mrs. Maggie Bloom of Hannibal. NO.,
sold her home and gave $500 of the
purchase price to Madison on the day
of her wedding. He thereupon fol-
lowed his usual custom of disappear
ing.
Z met him through correspondence"
said Mrs. Bloom Now 1 don't care
what becomes of him."
When interviewed in his cell yester-
day Madison denied everything. He at
first denied he was a bigamist, but
before him he admitted he had mar
ried Mrs. Leopold. An hour later he
admitted he also married Mrs. Sylvia
de Bennett, but maintained his denials
of the other marriages. Asked how he
happened to have letter in his posses
sion addressed to John Madison, he said
il had been given TO him by an ac-
quaintance as a letter of Introduction.
This was his first false step, for the
letter proved to be one from a medical
company asking him to try its cures.
PROBABLY ANOTHER VICTIM
Another letter in his possession was
addressed to John c. Anderson, another
name, under which he was married.
This letter was from James w. Means
of Lawrence, Kan, thanking him for
the pleasant time he had given Mrs.
Means and Lucy" while the two were
on a visit to Hot Springs, Ark. The
Lucy" mentioned. the police presume
was still another of his victims.
The mans personal possessions were
a regular ragbag of doting affections.
There were photographs of women,
girls and babies, marked newspaper
clippings calling for respectable.
middle aged husbands" similar queries
for wives, valentine hearts and such
like paraphernalia for the capturing OF
unsuspecting females.
In his efforts TO clear himself he be-
came entangled in a veritable network
of lies. He said he had never been in
New Orleans and among the photo
graphs was found one OF white haired
and grandmotherly woman, POLITICALLY
marked with q Cupid's dart and the