The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-29

Eve had twenty-three wives. I've married nearly all nationalities, ex- cept the American. I don't want to marry any American woman, either. They have too much liberty. An , American wife would make me so i jealous that she'd drive me crazy. Italian and Spanish women have too much temper. French women are too capricious, English women too cold, Germn women too stupid Russian women make the best wives, because they wait on you hand and foot. They obey your every wish"
 So asserts the modern Bluebeard who is right rere in America. He is a 358-pound wrestler, who has been married g times.
 His name is Jean Pierre Pierard, known in sporting circles as Pierre le Colosse." He has appeared in many bouts on the mat here.
 Pierard was born at Montignier sur Sambre, Charleroi, Belgium, Jan. 15, 1868, which makes him 50 years old. He says the reason why he married so often was because he used to be | a heavy drinker, and naturally his successive wives, becoming disgusted with his intemperance left him and divorced him.
 But then, conversely, there was a reason for Pierards taking to drink. It was to drown his sorrow.
 And when a man of his avoirdupois is sorry it takes considerable liquid to quench the fires of unhappy love- He says that he drank about gal
 T, n Drn E. rent wife reformed him.
 Pierard was only IS years old when he made his first matrimonial ven ture Her name was Louise Schmidt; she was red-haired.
 He has always been fond of Titan tinted women, no less than eight of 23 brides having been crowned with hair of that hue.
 'TWhy, even now" declared Pierard, through his interpreter, Wladell Zbyszko, CT can't pass a red-headed woman without having her look at me. They seem to be drawn to me. I don't know why it is.
 "The only fault I have to find with my present wife is that she isn't red headed. She is so perfect in every other way that if she were redheaded know that we would never separate
 But to get back to the story of how Pierre happened to marry so often
 He was a student at a veterinary college in Brussels when he first mar ried, in 1886. His wife died in child birth.
 Then he eloped with a boarding house land1ady, and it wasn't until three months and half later that he learned from her that she was al- redy married. He left her.
 Then came the third wife, who had an important bearing on his career Her name was Leona Philippe. They were married 13 years. As result of the union two sons were born Louis and Elmo, the former doctor and the latter a pharmacist, both now serving as grenadiers in the Belgian army.
 Pierre had by this time taken UT wrestling. He liked the sport very much. and was able to make money at it. He was offered a good guaran' tee to appear in a tournament a i Petrograd.
 While he was there-he was gone from home several years-a frient wrote to him to look out for his wife He went back to Brussels, and found her dining with a strange man.
 '~What right have you got comlnt , fin here?" said the man. You hav' no longer a cleam to Leona~ Get out!
 As he said his the man brought ou a big knife. Pierre lost no time Il flashing a revolver. His wife scream ed. Both men agreed to throw thel weapons on the floor.
 Then the man hurled insults, ant Pierre hurled him through the win dow, down onto the pavement fiv stories below.
 You've killed my sweetheart" sal' his wife, "and I don't want to live am longer"
 So she dived out of the window.
 Pierre was arrested, but discharge in two days. He says that any maj in Belgium who finds his wife ill com promising circunstances with anothe tnan has a right to kill the interlope1