The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-30
KILLED so MANY

ried SO often since that he could not
remember names. places and dates"
Dhruout his statement, which was
given at intervals over period OF
nearly four hours. from o'clock to
nearly midnight. he was haZy as to de-
tails He admitted, the officers said,
that he had no direct motive in killing
his victims. Some of the slayings were
the results of violent quarrels, they
quoted him as saying.
He said, they declared, he had killed
some women who had no money
Something just told me to do it"
he was quoted.
He told them he obtained a certain
satisfaction in the very act of murder,
the officers said. and experienced a
sense of relief that the woman in each
case was dead.
Attorney Marmaduke, representing
HURT stated at the conclusion or the
alleged confession that it had been
given to the district attorney in the
best interests of his client
viii Ask Life Sentence.
HURT. under the name of Walter
Andrew Watson, will be indicted Mon
dav for the murder of Nina Lee
Deloney. according to w. c. Doran,
chief deputy district attorney, after
conference with Watson'S attorney
Watson will then appear in court ana
plead guilty and, in consideration OF
his plea and the saving to the state
the district attorney will ask for SEN
tence of life Imprisonment against him
instead of the death penalty, Doran
announced.
The murder charge. according to the
district attorneys office, will be based
on the alleged confession of HURT that
he killed Nina Lee Deloney, one of his
wives" in Los Angeles county, and
afterwards concealed her body in the
mountains of Imperial county to which
he carried it. wrapped in blankets i'll
his automobile. After HURT had
finished his statement the district at
torney, deputy sheriffs and other in
vestigators left for the place where
HURT said he had hidden Mrs. De-
loney's body. The trip will require two
days, but enough evidence even with
out the finding of the body of Mrs.
Deloney, or the admission of the al
legged confession, is already available
TO support a murder charge, the Of
ficers said.
Lived in Pittsburg, Kan.
The murder charge will be brought
against the man under the name of
Walter Andrew Watson. it was said.
This course will be taken because the
defendant told the officers, they said,
that he did not know his true name
but was most frequently known as
| Nina Lee Deloney, which preceded the
alleged murder. was solemnized under
| that name; and because it was the
| name most used by the man in Los
Angeles county. Watson's statement
will be presented to him for his sig
nature today. watson, in his state
ment, said he believed he was a native
| of Tennessee. that he was raised in ar
orphan asylum until about ten years
| ago, then he lived with a family
| named Harper and remained with
them until he moved to Pittsburg
Kan. about five years later.
While employed in a blacksmith
shop an anvil fell on his head, he said
knocking him unconscious. He wen
to work on a nearby farm and two
years later began to drift over the
country. The statement relates tina
Watson was first married in Canada
during the war" He told the Off
GERS he had been married so Otter
since that he could not remember
names, places nor dates.
/ A strong guard was established owe
the man today to prevent any furthe
attempts at suicide.
He is in a prison ward of the count.
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