The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-05-06
BLUEBEARD SAYS HE.
HAS JEKylL NATURE.
Man OF rs Wives, Slayer OF
5, Tells OF Dual
Personality.
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town OF $4,000 people, laying my
self liable to be seen or coming IN
contact with their friends aud rela-
tions, to say nothing OF meeting or
being seen with some OF these won-
en-.
Three In One City.
Think OF me having three women
in Frisco at one time; think OF me
going out with these women on inc
streets. restaurants and places OF
amusement. where ! was liable TO
meet either of the other women any
time, To say nothing of their friends
or relations; think OF me carrying
grip around. the contents showing
the nature OF my relations with near
ly all tho parties ] had been mixed
up with.
think OF the grip containing sew
eral marriage certificates and me
going and leaving same in possession
OF one OF these women this being re-
peated with more or less OF them):
going so far as to leave II over night
while i was away; In fact, me having
this grip with me nearly all the time,
regardless OF which one of these wom-
en- l was with. Again, l would have
more or less letters nearly all the
time In my pockets; also bank books
showing deposits under several
names. Something would tell me
should not carry certain papers and
these several bank books on my per-
son, for some of these women would
get hold of them; then something
would say. They are safe. keep them
with you
My earlier life Is void OF one act
that / know would be regarded as
dishonest. In fact. as a boy tramp. with
no home or a change of clothes, or
one dollar in money. say nothing OF
going hungry many day such suf-
fering did not drive me to steal any
thing to eat.
Suffered Hardships-
have suffered while a child both
punishment and hardships the equal
have never read in stories or saw
pictured on the screen.
/ have suffered several accidents.
some of them in late years, that may
help account for part OF my condition.
have also had some ailments. both
mental and physical, and only a doc
tor could Judge how the same may
have affected me.
81 often have decisions I am not
able to account for. l often forget
while l am talking about something
and have to stop and ask the party
7 am with what | was talking about.
Again, j will appear TO forget every
thing and when l recover myself l
find I am shaking my head and
don't know why. / know some unex-
plainable cause has changed me both
mentally and physically. for naturally
/ was anything else but bad either in
thought or action, and wanted to see
everything for tie better.
zone thing I know. and that Is, I
am not my natural self. for IL were
no one would ever suffer for having
met me.
Not Himself, He Says.
az one would only stop and con-
slider my acts and all the circum-
stances in connection with same I
believe they will s-. clearly no man
would go round in the open and do
as / have and at the same time be
himself or be able to govern or con-
troll his actions. 1t is against all rea-
son to think otherwise.
Think Of me having three women
in Vancouver at once. gong around
freely to shows and places of amuse-
ment when l was liable to run into
either of the other women at any
time. say nothing of their friends or
relations. | have an attorney who
knew me to be married under one
name and I at the same time going
with a girl and known by another
name, who lived the second door from
the lawyer and was acquainted with
both him and his wife.
I'm fact, had on several occasions
driven downtown with the lawyer in
his car. 7 would go to the house and
knew the lawyer could see me at
any time while out with the girl. l
saw him more than once. In fact,
when taking the girl home one night
he was on the same street car and
got off at the same corner. we had
and walked beside us. Again. after
taking these women from this town
| would go back and go around free
" where ! would be likely to meet
their friends or relatives at any
time. never stopping to consider the
danger I was in.
"was Snne." He Asks.
'"Thinlk of having three OF these
women in Seattle at one time ana on
several occasions two OF them.
would go around with them and the
simple meeting OF one OF huihpei
of people would have exposed my
position. Still, 7 did not think or
the danger. In fact. this same thing
has been. repeated in smaller places
where the risk was still greater, i
not stopping to consider the risks
/ was taking.
Taking all these acts together
with the various things | did, and the
way in which ] did them, and the FISK
I was taking, is it even reasonable TO
think these are the acts OF sane
man, who was in position to control
himself or understand the risk OF OK
posture he was running?
81 wonder If the public cannot sec
the logical position of my case, and,
instead Of clamoring for revenge, give
my actions and mental condition just
II they viii do this
I believe the public will not ask that
7 should receive tho Same punishment
az " ! were a normal person.
"If not normal, why not try to cure
me. and maybe what was once
man can be man again. IT ! could
not be cured, 7 could be kept whore
no harm would he done to anyone.
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