The Washington times., 1920-05-15
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
Q. From what time do you hgure
your mental change? A. Shortly after
the war l began TO have trouble; l
went all TO pieces.
Q. Where were you? A. Calgary
and Edmonton.
Refused $4,000 From One.
Q. How many OF these women that
you have been with has money where
by you might have protted In case OF
their death? A. The ones that are
dead, with the exception or one, hau
practically nothing and two or three
OF them not n dollar, while the
wealthy ones are living today. one.
Mrs. Goldsmith, has $4,000. she SAID
IL wanted TO go in the banking busl-
ness she would give me $4,000.
Q. And you refused IT? A. Yes.
In an additional confession made
by Watson to District Attorney WOOL
wine the bigamist slayer gave start
ling facts. In the text the murderer
Is designated as Watson and not un-
der the name of Gillian, which he
later declared to be his true name.
voices Told Hin TO XIII.
Q. DO you hear voices command
you to do or not to do these things?
A. 1t seems like there Is a desire or a
command. Oftentimes / would seem
to be wrestling with myself whether
l was awake or asleep and yet l
would realize not only that l heai
voices and things, but 1t all seemed
imaginary.
(He here admits that Alice l.. Lud-
vigson was the first woman he mad
married bigamOusly-after his mar
riage with Katherine Kruse. He was
asked about the circumstances OF his
doing away with herr
Q. Had you been guilty, up to that
time. of any other acts OF violence?
A. Yes. there were several OF those
had taken place before this. This
Ludvigson was one of the last.
@. think you had done away with
some women not on this list. A. II
can remember it I'll tell you.
Q. What woman had you killed be-
fore the Ludvigson woman? A. There
was this Prior case and Andrawartha
Q. What were the circumstances OF
killing Miss Andrawartha? A. We
were walking along Lake Washington
where there Is practically an Island
Just seems as though an impulse-and
l threw her down, or rather pushed
her right in the water and held here
there. Then / took a stick and pushed
her right in the water off where she
went out into deep water. In this
case, | don't remember hitting he!
before pushing her in the water. Inc
quarrel we had was about where she
wanted to live or didn't want to live
she went TO the bottom OF the lake
so far AS i know.
that tho YOU SAID was
recovered? A. That is the case OF
Betty Prior-Elizabeth Prior.
O. Now, do you remember the
drowning Of any other woman in Lake
Washington? A. One other, yes.
O. What sensation had you expe'
rienced after the drowning OF Miss
Andrawartha? A. Well, 1T seems to
me ordinary. Just seemed a sensa-
tion of ease. in a way, as il l had done
wrong and was relieved. wouldn't
saw intense exultation. Just some
thing like well done. In other words
instead of remorse. 1 should have mad
seems like, might say passive satis'
faction or passive pleasure.
Killed One with Rock.
Here he gave the details OF his
marriage to Bertha Goodnick, whon
he married under the name. OF II. Il
Gordon. North Dakota This Is his
answer to a question about killing
her:
A We were in Seattle. We wenl
around the lake and driveways ano
we were out on the lake discussing
some things, and just seemed an I'm
pulse came over me ana MT 'h'
girl. really without any great provo
cation-while there might nave oeei