The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-30
|, Modern Blue Beard Has Record of
Twenty-Five Wives, No Divorces and
Numerous Alleged Murders; Cannot
Recall What Became of Some Victims

try, were murdered by him, two 9th
ers met accidental deaths while
with him, and he might have mur-
dered more" according to an alleged
confession made public today by his
attorney and county officials. HURT
said he could not remember" what
happened to some Of the women, be.
cause Of his still weakened condition
resulting from two attempts to com.
nit suicide, the reputed confession
said.
HURT has been held here several
days while officers investigated re-
ports Of numerous marriages.
He married twelve or fifteen wo.
men. probably more" the officers
quoted HURT as saying. a desire to
kill obsesscd him four years ago.
HURT was alleged to have said, ana
women were his especial victims.
There was no direct motive for their
deaths and he had no desire TO Kill
men, children or animals, he was
quoted.
Tho women HURT confessed having
slain, were Nina Lee Delouey and
Elizabeth Pryor the officers said
They quoted HURT rs saying he ldll-
ed the former n Long Beach. Cal.
with u hammer, and the latter near
Plum, Washington, by crushing her
head with q Selgc hammer
The partial confession" according
to the officers, related to the deaths
OF Bertha Coodnich, and Alice Lud'
viRson. who were said TO have mar.
risd HURT Miss Goodnich, the Off
GERS said, was tipped out Of o boat
in Lake Washington, near Seattle
and Miss Iudyigson was drowned in
river in Idaho. Hurts actual
words in connection with the deaths
Of Misses Goodnich and Ludvigson
the officers said, were that they were
killed. "by accident
Nina Leo Deoney whose home was
at Eureka, Montana, married Hurt
the officers said, under the name OF
Charles n. Harvey, at San Francisco
December 1919. She was last seen
at hotel ut Santa Monica, Cal
Ian. %, 1920. She had property val
ned ut ZOO Some Of it was found
in Iluirt's possession, the officers de
cldrod
Bertha A. Goodnich Of Spokane
Wash, married Hurt, they said, un
der the name OF ii. l.. Gordon. June
II, 1919, ut North Yakima, Washing
ton. Her body was found near Plum
Station, Washington, a short time
afterward. Trunks belonging to he'
were located in a Vancouver. Wash.
warehouse.
Alice VI. IudyiEson, whose home
was in Seattle married him under
the name OF Andrew Hilton, the Off
GERS said, Oct. 6, 1917, at Port Town
send. Wash. Property Of hers. yari
Gus papers, her will and their mar
riage" license they declared, were
fodnd in Hurts possession.
Elizabeth Pryor was a waitress o.
Alice, Idaho, and Spokane. Wash
She married HURT according to Tho
officers, under the name OF Miltor
Lewis. at Couer d'Alene, March 2j
1913. She had little property. Hei
picture and some tax receipts in hei
name were among Hurts effects
when he was arrested, they added
More thar % marriages have beer
attributed by the officers to HURT
Seven are listed by the officers a.
missing. They include beido the foul
named in the alleged confession. Mrs
Gertrude Wilson, Beatrice NJ. An
drews Of Canada and England; an,
Agnes Wilson, Alberta, Canada.
The first to die, according 10 tn,
alleged confession, was Miss Ludwig
son. HURT was quoted as sayin!
he was i'll Il boat with her fishing IL
n river in Idaho. His memory wa
weak as to the exact time and loca
ton. The boat, he stated, jammeC
ogainst logs which were lashcd t,
the bank Of the river and he an,
Miss Ludvigson tried with their arm
10 free the craft. When It hroN
away, he narrated, the woman los
her balance and fell into the rive
and was drowned,
Ho said the death of the Goodnicl
woman came about in this way: II
was on launch with her on LAX
Washington. The water was rougl
and she fell overheard in trying L
20 from the stern to the center. Lat
er on the officers said, Hurt him
self referred to this death as "a mur
der"
In the Pryor case, the officers sal
he asserted the woman attacked hin
with hat pin in n house at Plum
and he, to defend himself, showed he
90 violently tina: she fell and struc
her head against the corner Of
box
He believed she was dead, and wa
said to have declared, but to max
certain, he got q hammer and struc
her on the head with it.
Tho Deloney woman, he was quote
rs saying. he killed ut camp the
made near Signal Hill, at the edg
OF Long Beach. Cal, Jan. 26, las
That was the day they had left tn
Santa Monica hotel in an automobile
equipped with camping outfit.
At their first camp nc was quote
rs saying, they quaTeled about le
ters he had received from other W.
men.
He added, the officers said, that h
liilled her with u hammer and carrie
her body to place near San Diegt
near where he hid Il.
The officers said HURT told ther
he did not know his right nam,
but admitted having used many al
nseS.
He said he knew nothing OF hi
parents, but did know he was bor
somewhere in the south. He sal
he had little education.
Attorney Araunaduke, representa-
Hurt, stated at the conclusion OF III