Evening journal., 1921-05-13
SUSPECT HER
AS FEMININE
'BLUEBEARD'
(contlnued dom flrst parel

ACoulluutu from nftL phttl
connection with the deaths OF four
husbands and brother-in-law.
made this declaration today TO de-
tective chief McDume.
According TO information received
here the husbands alleged TO have
been poisoned were:
Robert c. Dooley. william McGaf-
fey, Harlan c. Lewis and Edward +.
Meyer. The other man was Ed
ward Dooley. brother OF her first
husband.
Mrs southard. who was arrested
Wednesday at a boarding house
where she was living with her fifth
husband, is specifically charged with
the murder Of Meyer. her fourth
husband in Twin Falls, Idaho, on
September Z. 1920.
She is being held incommunicado
in the city jail.
The authorities said they had little
information regarding the charges
against her and until further advised
would not permit newspaper corre-
spondents TO see her.
Paul Vincent Southard. her Nth
husband. not only refused TO discuss
his wife's arrest but became belliger-
ent when correspondents sought to
question him.
Mrs. Southard arrived here from
Los Angeles on January 13. She had
made numerous friends here who
characterized her and southard az
nice, quiet people"
TWIN FALLS. Idaho. May 10
T (United Press. From the role OF
Maud Muller TO that OF an alleged
feminine "Bluebeard" is the career
officers today said they will try Il
prove was followed by Lydia True
blood Dooley McGaffey Lewis Meyer
Southard, 2S.
A few months ago the farmer Lass
was a waitress in a Los Angeles cafe
teria. She was pretty. dark-eyet
and vivacious. She presided over th'
salad counter. where she advised
business men as to whether the egl
or the potato salad was the better.
Today she is under arrest in Homo
lulu. suspected OF the murder OF fou
husbands and a brother-in-law, al
in the space OF eight years.
This. the authorities charge, Is tn
specific record Of the attractive girl
In 1913 she married Robert c
Dooley. OF Twin Falls. He and hi
brother Edward took out a joint in
surance policy. Both became ill fl
1915. The brother-in-law died, the
the husband.
In 1916 she married William Nc
Ganev. OF Twin Falls. In 1917 h
took out a 5000 insurance polic
and on october 22.19ls ne died
Billings. Montana
She became the bride OF Harla
c. Lewis, Of Billings, in March, lsl
He died after insuripg his life
July OF the same year.
on August /, 1920, the girl ma
ried Edward +. Meyer. Pocatell
Ida. He took out an insurance polio
, for $4,000 and died in a hospit
here in september.
No attempt was made 10 cole
|, Meyers insurance, officers said. Mr.
! Meyer disappeared shortly after h'
huband's death and was traced
Los Angeles where Il was learne
she had married Paul Vincent soutf
ard. petty officer on the U. s
. Monterey and had gone TO Hon'
lulu. She was arrested there.
Authorities pictured the a.
tractive girl as a cold and calculatin
4 siren. Handsome and witty, she ha
b little difficulty IN winning succei
- sive husbands. She lived with eacl
e apparently happy, mfnistering TO h
e wants until he became III and the
nursing him carefully until the en-
a Officers alleged the woman use
b arsenic TO cause death.
The bodies OF Mrs Southard's fo'
e husbands and her brother-iu-la
d have been e,Ihuned by authoriu
/, and examination revealed quantit
Of arsenic.
n The woman win be brought he
4. FOR trial. the county attorney "a
B. today. He is making arransnmen
to have her returned immediate
n from Honolulu.