The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-13
5TH SPOUSE
DEFENDING
HIS WIFE!
Offers to Pay Expenses Of
Mrs. Southard and officer
Back to States

HONOLULU. 7. IT,. May IA
Lydia southard. held ip sail here
on charges Of being an alleged
feminins "Biucbcard'' and her hus-
hand today both sought the right
10 return TO the United States soon.
that the charges against Mn.
southard could be faced In court
II AM INNOCENT.
SHE DECLARES
Il am innocent Of any wrong
doing" Mrr. southard declared In
statement given tho United Press
thru chief Of Detectives Arthur
McDuffic.
1T In true my husbands have
died but ! have certificates showing
the cause Of death. I am willing
to waive extradition and win 70 10
tlia coast for an investigation Of
this case. ! only ask that no one
zee me. ] have engaksd no attor-
uey and want none. There u moth
tns IN my action which needs e.
Tense"
Southard offered 10 pay tho az.
pcnscs of his wife and Rusrd back
10 Twin Fails TO face trial
Il have every confidence IN my
wife. Southland declared today.
'6hc has been a good. loving
~ife TO mo and ! know she Is In
nocent.
FIFTH HUSBAND
WILL HELP HER
'.Hcr health " not good and 10
save her all the trouble possible
will pay her expenses and those
Of a policeman 10 tho mAiniand.
waving cxtudition."
Police said they probably will
not accept the offer but will await
the arrival OF an officer from Idaho.
McDuffic today searched Mrr.
Southard's effects for death certifi-
Gates OF her husbands but found
none. he said. He expressed the
belief that she may have hidden
thera.
The Jail today was oesicsed BY
attorneys anxious 10 represent Mrs.
Southard but none WAS allowed to
see her. Only her husband and a
few close friends were admitted 10
the vicinity OF her cell.
Honolulu police were today taking
precautions 10 prevent possible at
tempt by Mrs. Southard TO commit
suicide.
They said they had information
which caused them 60 fear Mrs.
Southard might take her own life.
She is accused OF killing four hus-
bands with arsenic.
At the request OF Mrs Southard's
fifth husband. Chief Petty officer
Paul Vincent Southard Of the U. s.
s. Monterey. authorities here per.
sisted today in their refusal to per
init Mrs. southard TO be interviewed.
FIFTH HUSBAND
Is INDIGNANT
"She refuses to talk 10 any one
anyway" they said
Southland was found by the United
Press correspondent aboard his ship.
dressed in the spotless white uni
form worn IN the tropics.
"The less you say about this the
better for YOU" he flashed angrily
when questioned about his wife's ar.
rest He refused to say anything
further.
A report was circulated here that
Mrs. Southard had attempted 10
have him take out an insurance pol
icy for $4,000.
The reputation OF the So1thards
In Honolulu was the best
II have known Mrs. Southard here
as a good. sweet woman" Mrs. vii.
liam Stetzer. an acquaintance OF the
Southard family. declared today.
Mrs. Soufhard had the certificate
OF her marriage to Southard with
her when she was arrested and It
was held along with few other ef.
fccts by the police.
Mrs. Southard's arrest took place
"Wednesday at q boarding house
where she and her husband were
living. The specific charge against
her is that OF numbering Edward +.
Meier, her fourth husband. in Twin
Falls. Idaho. September Z, 1920. She
arrived here January 10 from Los
AnUotoe