The Washington times., 1920-04-26
BLUEBEARD SAVED
CLOTHES Of WIVES
Worlds Greatest Lover Pissed
Flnery Of One Mate on
To the Next.
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which he would present to one OF her
successors whom IL would mt.
Discussing their experiences yes
tCrIay Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson.
presumably wife No. IL. said 70 Mrs
Kathryn Wambacher, supposedly wife
No. 10:
"He never used to call me by my
name, and when he wrote he always
stared his letters Dear or some
other term like that which would
apply 20 any wife"
Yes" interrupted Mrs. Wam-
bacher, acidly, "he probably didn't
attempt to call any OF us Dy name.
lie might have gotten us mixed ana
made no end OF trouble for him
self"
"And, Furthermore" Mrs. william
SON continued. 1T upset me consid-
erably when he brought me clothes
that would ft a woman qualifying
as q perfect SO.
Time after time he would bring
home packages OF women's clothing
of all kinds and In all sizes and
stages OF repair. He told me he pur-
chased II in unclaimed express pack
ages. and l believed him.
II suppose when he abandoned one
OF us he would take what part of our
wardrobe he could and then find some
clothes would ft." retorted Mrs. Wam-
bacher.
May Have Wed Twenty-EiSht.
Virtually conclusive evidence that
watson married sixteen women dur
ing the last fifteen years has been
found by investigators on a love trial
that leads from New York to the Pa
cific Coast, from Canada to Mexico;
and there ara Indications the total
may exceed twenty-eight.
One of his supposed victims is Mrs.
Alice. NJ Graham Ludvigson Hilton.
q sister OF Mrs. George w. Dial. OF Is
Princeton avenue. Glen Echo. Nd,
wffeN OF Government employe in
Washington. She was married to a
man nafnsd Hilton. who Is said to
have been Watson Cor Harvey at
Martinez, Cal, last January. The
last her sister in Glen Echo heard
from Mrs. Hilton was letter from
Alberta, Canada dated a few days
later. she is said to have had $4,000
in cash and war savings stamps. Her
disappearance caused Watson's ar
rest
Most OF the alleged wives" of Wat
son have not been located by the
police. and Mrs. Hilton Is one Of five
listed simply as missing" Whether
these five are dead or alive is one of
the ramifications of the mystery that
the police are working feverishly to
solve.
Map To Private Cemetery.
In a room occupied by Watson and
one of his wives at Santa Monica a
blood-stained sable coat was found.
A photograph, identified by the
housekeeper as being that OF Nina
Deloney, alleged to have been the
wife. was also found there. The au-
thorit.es assert that Harvey and the
woman went across the border to
Tiajuana, Mexico, and that he return
cd without her.
A map. stained with blood. show
ing a route into the almost impene-
arabic desert Of San Diego county.
Cal. is believed to show the way to
a private cemetery for the Blue
boards" wives. Deputies will make
a search of the desert. Watson Is
known to have been to the desert re-
Gently with a woman believed to have
. been the Detoney woman.
Another presumed wife, one Eliza
beth Prior, OF Spokane, is alleged TO
have married Watson in Occur
d'Alene. Idaho, and since disappeared.
\ body found recently near Olym-
pia, Ore. has been identified almost
positively as that of the Prior girl.
Instead of pondcrous castle key
like the ono Cheyaler Roaul, the
original Bluebeard, intrusted to the
curious E'atima. Watson's open
sesame was mysterious black
satchcl found with him at the time
OF his arrest it contained numerous
documents, which gave the police the
first clues.
In this satchel, besides the names
OF his supposed wives and the alleged
calling list, the police recovered con-
siderable jewelry. watches and Lib
crty bonds
They also found blank pages of
. bond paper, each signed by one OF