The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-06
KILLED HIS WIVES
 AS 4 DIVERSION
Modern Bluebeard Forgets Number of Marriages and Alleged Murders --Weds Twenty-Five and Seven
 Listed As Missing.

Los Angeles, April 30.-At least two of the numerous women James R. Huirt is alleged to have married in various parts of the country were murdered by him, two others met 'ac- cidental" deaths while with him and he might have murdered more," ac- cording to an alleged confession made public earlyNtoday by his attorney and county officials, Huirt said he "could not remember what happened to some of the women because of his still weakened condition resulting from two attempts to commit suicide, the reputed confession said.
 Huirt has been held here several days while officers investigated re- ports of his numerous marriages.
 He married twelve to fifteen wo- men. probably more" the officers quoted Huirt as saying. A desire to kill posseseed him years ago, Huirt was alleged to have said and women were his special victims. There was no direct motive for their deaths and he had no desire to kill men, children or animals, he was quoted.
 The Women Missing.
 The women Huirt confessed to have slain were Nina Lee DeIoney and Elizabeth Pryor, the officers said. They quoted Huirt as saying he killed the former at Long Beach, Cali, with a hammer and the latter near Plum, Wash, by crushing her head with a sledge.
 The partial confession" according to the officers, related to the deaths of Bertha Godnich, and Alice Lud- vigson, who were said to have married Hurt. Miss Godnich, the officers said, was tipped out of boat in Lake Washington, near Seattle, and. Miss Ludvigson was drowned in a river in Idaho. Hurts actual words in con- nection with the deaths of Misses Godnich and Ludvigson, the officers said that they were killed "by acci- dent.n
 Nina Lee Delaney, whose home was at Eureka, Mont, married Huirt, the officers said, under the name of Char les N. Harvey at San Francisco, De- cember 26, 1919. She was last seen at a hotel at Santa Monica, Cal, Jan. uary 26, 1920. She had property val ued at $20,000. Some of it was found in Hurts possession, the officers de- clared.
 Bertha A. Godnich, of Spokane Wash, married Hurt, they said, under the name of H. L. Gordon, June II 1919, at North Yakima, Wash, Hel body was found near Plum Station Wash, shortly afterward Trunk: belonging to her were located in { 1 Vancouver, Wash, warehouse.
 Andrew Hilton
 Alice NJ. Ludvigson, whose hom, was in Seattle, married him under tn, name of Andrew Hilton, the officer: said, October 6, 1917, at Port Town send, Wash. Property of hers, var ious papers, her will and their mar riage@ license, they declared were found in Hurts possession.
 Elizabeth Pryor was a waitress oi Wallace, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash. married Huirt, according to the of ficers under the name of Milton Lew is, at Couer DAlene, Idaho, Marcf 25, 1919. She had little property. Her picture and some tax receipts in hel name were among Hurts effects when he was arrested they added.
 More than twenty-five marriage: have been attributed by the officers to Huirt. Seven are listed by the of. ficers as missing. They include be. side the four named in the alleged Seattle; Beatrice NJ. Andrews, of Can. ada, and England; and Agnes Wilson