The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-30
BODY Of BLUE
BEARD s VICTIM
Officers Searching for Remains
of One of His Many Wives
Who He Says He
Killed.
CONFESSION TO MURDER
Western Man Who Married From
Twenty-Five to Thirty Women,
- is Recovering in Hos
pita!.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April 3d.
District Attorney Woolwia and
sheriffs are today searching for Inc
body of Nina Lee Delonay, murdered
wife of "Bluebeard" Chas. Y. Harvey,
alleged murderer and bigamist.
According to the confession made
t. the dist, &c. attorney ia.tt ais',t,
bluebeard is said to have admitted
killing at least four "or mora Of his
fifteen or more wives"
The others he admitted killing are
Bertha Goodnick of Seattle, Alice M.
Ludvigson of Spokane, and Betty
Prior of Seattle.
Harvey, according to WoDlwinc, ?,
made the confession in the county
hospital where he is slowly recover
ing from two attempts at suicile.
He slashed his throat recently
when he was being taken from this
city to San Diego to confront one OF
the many women he is charged with
marrying and defrauding. His marry
ing career has been checked up by
police in nearly every Pacliic c'sas {
city, who claim that he has married
at least twenty-five and possibly
thirty women during the last six
years. Many of these have disap-
peared.
Harvey gave the authorities a de
scription of the place where he
buried the body of Nina Deloney in
Berego valley, after beating her TO
death with hammer while they were
on a camping trip. = ,sE.
Harvey declared he killed Betty
Prior in the same way. Her body
was found near Plum Station, Washn.
Bertha Goodniclc and Alice Ludwig
son met their death through drown
ing. Harvey said He contended their
deaths were accidental. He said he
had taken Mrs. Goodnick out in a
power boat on Lake Washington and
that she fell overheard. He admitted,
however, that he did not make any
effort to rescue her.
Alice Ludvigson fell out of boat
in which they we're rowing some
where in Idaho" and was swept away
by the swift current Harvey de-
clared.
Had Desire to Kill.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, April 30
Deputy District Attorney noran today
announced the terms OF the compro-
mise agreement on which "Bluebeard"
Harvey confessed.
Harvey will plead guilty to an in
dictment charging first degree muir
der for the Staying of Nina Lee De-
lonev. Doran said The district attor-
ney will then recommend that he be
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The grand jury will return an indict-
ment next Monday, the prosecutor
said.
Harvey's lengthy statement "details |
an orphan childhood rowing man !
hood and a career of murder begun |
four years ago, when he was seized i
with "a desire to kill.
He thinks he was born either In
or Texas, but does not |
know his real name or his exact age. |
He saws he always felt better after |
killing one of his wives Harvey |
gave his statement to District Attor- !
ney Woolwine from the cot in the :
county hospital where he is recovering
from two attempts at suicide.
The list of his known victims fol- /
lows:
Nina Lee Deloney, of Eureka, Mon /
tana Married to Charles n. Harvey
December 5, 1919; murdered.
Bertha A. Goodnick, of Spokane. !
Married to III. l.. Gordon June IL.
1919: murdered.
Alice NJ. Ludvigson, OF Seattle, mar
ried to Andrew Hilton" October s,
1917; murdered.
Elizabeth Prior of Wallace. Idaho,
married to Milton Lewis March 20,
1919; murdered.
Gertrude Wilson, of Seattle mar
ried 81. P. Watson in 1917.
Beatrice Nj Andrewartha of Eng
land. married Harry NJ. Lewis, Feb /
ruary, 1919.
Mrs. H. L. Gordon. of Winnipeg.
married "H. L, Gordon April 3
1918,
katherine Kruz, of Nelson. B. c., !
married James P. Watson June 1919. /
Matte Irene Root San Francisco !
"H.. l.. Gordon in 1919.
Maude f. Goldensmith of Wallace,
idaho married Charles Newton in s
Jan 1919.
Mrs. James Creamer, of Spokane, /
married "Craamer- October 1918.
Mrs. Minnie E. Bellew, of Chicago, /
fro,,;Y,.ed on ma ge Sl