Evening star., 1923-09-14
WED6FOR RESPECT,
NOT Love, He SAYS
Champion Bigamist Declares
He's No Sheik at Love-
Making.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, September IL
The last thing on earth that the
available man wants TO hear from his
wife is that she married him be
cause she respected him So"
But that is the goal Harry L.
Roshon set out to achieve. And how
we'll he succeeded may be judged by
the following record:
SIX bigamous marriages. six stand
ing engagements and two pressing
dates to marry within the next ten
days-alI accomplished within four
years.
There is nothing OF the sheik
about Roshon. He is middle-aged.
sturdy of figure. round of face,
coarse Of feature and thick Of lip.
His best points are a we'll shaped
head, wavy brown hair and a pair
Of trust-inspiring blue eyes. He
might be an easygoing, sleek, well
fed curate. AS matter of fact. he
is a carpenter.
Has Amazing Record.
1t is surprise to find such man
that he is the prisoner who con-
fesses an amazing record of love
piracy and bigamous marriages. But
his new angle on the marriage game
OF respect-seeking made him a wiz
ard
"I did not marry any woman for her
money. nor did I attempt to obtain
money from any woman I married or
to whom l became engaged" Roshon
insists. II like to meet women, and
met many. 1 have always been =
steady worker. and the women I met
all had reason to know II. They
soon came to respect me. They had
confidence in my, integrity.
II have no excuses to offer for
what have done. I never misled any
woman for a wanton or selfish pur-
pose. 1t pleased me to have the
women with whom 1 associated give
final proof of their respect for me and
confidence In my integrity. Most or
them have retained it-that is, until
now. And / believe they will under
stand even now"
No Fast wooer.
Roshon denied that he used "high-
pressure" methods in his wooing, de-
claring he did not even know what
the term meant
IF it means II rushed things and
made love quickly. it certainly isn't
3d., he said. Il never made love like
they do on the stage or screen. That
would have been ridiculous. I do not
believe that is the way people make
love in real life. 1 think they just
come to an understanding. and then
marriage follows by suitable arrange
ment. Few women these days care for
display. They are too sensible.
Il do not believe 1 have done any
great harm. just wanted their re-
spect. If 1 had wanted money I could
have been rich today, but was con-
tent to earn my own living"
Roshon was first married twenty
seven years ago at Warren. Ohio. He
lived with his wife for twenty years.
until she left him. Then he embarked
upon his career of bigamy. He mar
ried at Levitsburg, Ohio, was arrested
for bigamy, released on bail, and
skipped out. After that he assumed
many aliases. contracting marriages
in Tacoma. Wash; Fort Wayne, Ind;
Spokane, Wash; Des Moines, Iowa,
and Evansville. Wis.
He was arrested here by mistake as
murder suspect His career as
marryer became known when police
searched his trunk and found letters
from his various wives and fiancees.
He protested against his detention,
declaring he had to be married" here
by September 15, because he was
scheduled to be married in Burlington.
Iowa, on the 18th.
It looks now as though Roshon will
go to Iowa. not to be married, but to
stand trial for bigamy on complaint
made by May S. Roush of Des Moines.
whom he is alleged to have married
under the name of A. E. Reed.