The Washington times., 1920-05-13

He has admitted Staying nine OF ths
twenty-one women whom he mar
ried. Additional facts In the amax'
ing career OF this modern "Bluebeard'
have been developed In two supple
mentary confessions" to District
Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine.
The Bluebird has been sentenced
to life imprisonment. His frst con
fession was obtained on the under,
standing that a prison sentence wouio
be his extreme penalty. Sentence IL
Los Angeles prevented extradition &c
the State OF Washington, where hs
would have had to stand trial for mur
der with the death penalty . prop
ability. ,,
Chapter / on this remarkable nfe'
story is presented herewith. othei
chapters will follow.
The questions are by Mr.. Woolwins
unless otherwise specified.
CHAPTER I.
| @. You have heretofore made two
statements. / wish you to supple
ment those statements by telling
me more of your life-where you
were born, who you are. what hal
been you life, and something OF your
various occupational activities.
Well, to start with, / was frs'
known by the name OF Holden which
| received from my step-father.
O. What was your first name. A
Most of them called me Dan. and YET
| think 1t was Joseph. Dan was
nickname.
O. Who was your stepfather anc
who was your mothers A He wa.
a. black ksmith. His name was JONI
Holden.
@, Did you know your owr
mother? A. did. My mother anc
father separated when / was an In
FAINT. / was in an orphans home
She was there few times to see
me. Later she came and said l wa'
going OF have a home with this mar
Holden and her. This was IL
Arkansas. AS ! understand, l wal
born in that state, l think 1t wal
near Fort Smith. Then we moved t'
Kansas.
O. What was your mothers name
| before she married Holden? A
honestly don't know that. l did no
know my real father until l was prac
tically grown.
Father Named Gillian.
Q. Well, have you ascertained hi.
name? A. His name was Gillian
OOnC KNOW MS HTol Hauic.
Q. t he living? A. l don't know
was always told for years that m,
| father was dead, but when l began tt
| get about eight or nine years old. like
most little boys, I wanted to know
more about my father. Then there
was a peculiar coincidence neal
| Pittsburgh, Kan. We happened to b'
right in the neighborhood Of someone
who knew my father and stepfathel
and mother.
Through him I got an inkling, ant
after / went to school and learned II
read and write I inquired and ever
wrote to get hold of names or initial!
! from Arkansas, Eventually. / heart
my father was living. Sometimes 4
seems to me that his first name wa
| George. But by that time 1 wa
grown, had gone through a business
course in school and was In position
to help myself. BY then he had mar
ried again and had stepchildren.
never was at his home.
O. Where did you address him
A. About twenty miles from For
Smith, and think he was in the coun'
try in a little place they call Paris
Ark. l saw him once in Fort Smith
He met me there by appointment. HI
told me about being married, aoou'
his trouble and my mothers trouble
and I told him I would rather no
know any Of 1t.
1 told him 1 had a stepfather who
had been more cruel to me thar
anyone could believe, and though M
said my stepmother would be glac
to have me, I thought 1t would bt
Just as well for me to go on alone
l don't know whether my father 1!
alive now.
Q. Is this John Holden. your step
father, alive? A. 1 understand boil
he and my mother are dead. The!
were last in Aurora, Mo.
Tell of Quarrel.
After some questioning, Watson
tells Of his family as follows:
II had gone to school few weeks
and they would never let me 20 ou
anywhere. 1 stayed home as long d
four months without being OF tn,
place, never visiting any Of the neigh
Dor boys. They never went to church
and when I first disobeyed my mothe
l pleaded with her an hour on Fri
day morning to let me go to churcl
that night. They were having a Pre-
| tracted meeting.
Finally I said I was going, II sh,
killed me for II. and she said mus
not 1t was about IL then. 1 wen