The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-14
DUPE OF BIGAMISI
WANTS Her MONEY.
Mrs. Josephine Henninger OF
Oakland Pursues John Mad
son to Prison
Woman Produces Love Letters
and Says She Lent John
son. $500

A woman who pursued him from san
Francisco marred the last glimpse of
freedom enjoyed by John Madison, alias
Christian Johnson, sbigamist horse
buyer and broker in hearts, before he
entered the doors of San Quentin prison
yesterday to begin his seven year sem
tence for bigamy
The woman was Mrs, Josephine Hen
ninger of Oakland, who became the
fiancee of the suave polygamist this,
spring through a newspaper advertise
ment. She contributed 5000 to Madison,
who pleaded a shortage of ready
money and desire to purchase val
liable horse.
NOW she wants the money back, ac-
icording to her statement at the prison
yesterday, and for that reason she
happened" to be on the same boat and
arrived at the iron barred portals of
the penitentfary at the time Madison,
under the guard of H. NJ Burlington,
deputy sheriff of Santa Cruz county,
made his appearance
FLEES TO ESCAPE WOMAN
When the bus conveying Madison,
ms guard, Mrs. Henninger and several
otner passengers drew up at the curb
near the prison Burlington grasped his
prisoner by the arm and they ran to
the protecting walls of the penitentiary
TO escape the brown CARRIED, middle
aged woman who pursued them closely
to the very doors of the somber struct-
ure. The man Of many wives was
nearly oVertaken before the entrance
was reached The doors were opened
quickly, Madison was thrust through
and with a clang Turnkey James
slammed shut the barred portals.
Thus Madison began his term inside,
while outside lone woman stood bel
ilgerently gazing into the dark hall
way leading into the prison yard. Then
the bigamist was ushered through the
second iron door, the woman cast
bitter look of scorn on the covering
figure of the aged deceiver and then
turned away to hide her angry tears
from the sight Of the prison guards
LOVE LETTERS PRODUCED
With Madison out of her reach, Mrs.
Hennfnger paid visit TO Captain r.
| V. Ellis and requested an interview
with the man. She was referred to
Warden Hoyle, who was absent at the
time, and told that the warden alone
had the power to grant her the desired
meeting
| Upon receiving this information.
Mrs. Henniger began a long recital of
how she had met Madison under the
name of Johnson. and became one of
/ his numerous dupes. With her. as with
others. Madison had painted roseate
word pictures of his mansion on the
Hudson and had invited her to become
| his wife and share his wealth and
/ home. This she had promised to do
! but after securing the 5000 from her
1 he disappeared. After telling her story
Mrs Henninger produced g. number of
| love letters addressed to herself and
written by the bigamist.
MADISON ADMITS IDENTITY
With sentence of seven years in the
penitentiary passed upon him and with
no hope ahead. Madison became talka-
! tive before leaving San Jose. and at
Hast admitted his identity and his
crimes, which from the time of his
arrest he had stoutly denied,
Madsons confessions corroborated in
every detail his long matrimonial his
tory as unearthed and published cx-
cIusively In The Call last Friday. He
admitted that he had wooed in the mid
| die west under the name of John Mad
son. and that Christian Johnson, the
name under which he was convicted and
! sentenced was one he had assumed
after coming to the coast in order TO
throw the officers of the law off his
trail
RECORD is UNIQUE
DISPATCHES from Portland confirm the
confession of the bigamist and make
hin, ont the most remarkable wooer of
women the country has ever seem He
completely won oyer Mrs. Maria Jones
of Portland, marrying her under the
name of Madison at Vancouver WASH,
and deserving her after he had sue
ceeded in obtaining $4,000 from her
Another woman whom he swindled
was Mrs de Lude. the wife of Port
Hand pilot Mrs. de Lude left Portland
several wears ago, but, according TO her
friends Madison seemed to exercise as
great control over her as he did over
Mrs. Jones and his other victims.
DENIES SHE ADVERTISED
Mrs. Henrietta Leopold of this city,
who married Madison under the name
of Johnson, denied positively again yes
/ terday that she had ever advertised In
! the matrimonial columns OF any paper
or that such an advertisement was re-
| sponsible for her first meeting with
Madison.
Furthermore" she declared, Il think
| Rigamist Madson-Johnson has paid me
the best compliment that man of his
| record could pay woman, by openly
| declaring that of all the women he
robbed and married the only one he
disliked was my humble self
In his statements made yesterday on
his way to the penitentiary Madison vol
upteered theS information that during
his lifetime he had spend over $1,000
oO0 most of which was gone through
with after he began making marrying
/ a business.
But women kept me broke he said
in his broken English. strongly accent
ed with the gutturals of his native
tongue.
In prison Madison was very quiet
while having his picture and measure