The Washington times., 1923-09-13
THREE WIVES OF
'BLUEBEARD'
MISSING
Police Suspect Seven-Spouse
''Sheik" Is Implicated in Dis
appearance of Women.
~ co.moDOl,tan News Service.

Where are three OF the seven wives
of the man the police call THE
Bluebeard Sheik?"
One of them is Belle Parker, OF
Evansville, Wis, his seventh WIFE
What unusual charm had NINA
Kring, of Fort Wayne. Ind, that
caused him to return after desert
ing her? He had never returned
90 any Of the others.
These points in the confession
of Harry r. Roshon. alias "a. f..
Wood" and "A. E. Allen" We're
being investigated by the district
attorneys office today.
Roshon's willingness to confess
and return to Ohio to stand trial
!or bigamy led the officers to be-
lieve, they said today, that Roshon
ioes not want his career too care
FULLY checked.
Telegraphic inquiry developed
hat Roshon's first wife. Emma J..
Johns. Of Warren, Ohio. could not
be found. His second wife, Della
WhaIen. also of Warren. ana Belle
Parker, of Evansville. Wis. could
not be located.
Under Suspicion.
Officials frankly admitted that
they suspected Roshon may have
been responsible for the disappear
ance of the three women.
Search for Los Angeles women
whom Roshon may have ensnared
was started by district attorneys
office investigators, who said there
were indications that he was Sc
cretly married in this city.
In his confession ROshon admit
ted that he was engaged to marry
six women when he was arrested
here several days ago and would
have married two of them this
month If he had not been taken
into custody. He confessed that
one of his "best prospects" in the
market was a wealthy
Los Angeles woman. Investigators
sought to question this woman to-
day.
Roshon admitted that he planned
to marry the Los Angles woman
for the purpose Of obtaining money
from her with which to marry Mrs.
Emma Maggie, of Burlington, Iowa,
on September II.
The note book was found in
RoShOn's possession containing the
names Of sixty Los Angeles women,
which was again examined. Most
OF the women whose names appear
ed in the book asserted that they
had never met him, and that they
had no idea Of how he came In pos
session of their names, addresses,
telephone numbers, detailed de-
scriptions and facts concerning
their financial status.
First Wife Left Him.
Roshon, in his confession to
Deputy District Attorney Buron
Fits, said that he was originally
married to Ema L. Johns in War.
rem, Ohio. They had three daught-
ers, and lived together until about
four years ago when she left him.
His career as a sutton and super
bigamist started soon after this
His first bigamous marriage was
to Della Whalen, in Warren, Ohio,
in August, 1919, under the name OF
H. A. Reid. He then came to the
coast and before the end Of the
year married Jennie Neuert. in
Tacoma, Washington. Under the
name Of Reid he returned to the
middle-West and on April s, 1920.
married Nina r. Kring, at Fort
Wayne, Ind. He left her in a few
months and returned to the coast,
where he was married to Alma e.
Snyder, of Spokane, in October,
1920. Another cross-country jaunt
followed, and he returned to The
wife he had left in Fort Wayne.
In November, 1922, he married
May S. Roush. Of Des Moines,
Iowa. The final marriage of Bos-
hons career was to Belle Parker,
OF 205 West Church street, Evans
Vile, Wis, in April, 1923.
It was Roshon's marriage to
Belle Parker, his seventh wife, that
led to his arrest. Soon after the
marriage he is said to have wooed
Mrs. Helen Posse, Of Rochester,
MINI. Mrs. Posse discovered that
he was married to the Parker
woman and an investigation fol-
lowed. He was traced to Los
Angeles where he was arrested
several days ago on suspicion OF
being DR.. Percival Allen, wanted
in Seattle for the murder of Anna
Danielson, wealthy tourist from
Minneapolis, Mimi, in 1916. In
vestigation disclosed, however, that
Roshon was not DR.. Allen and the
local authorities were about to re-
lease him when he came through"
with his confession.
Roshon asserted that he had not
obtained any large sums Of money
from the women he had married.
and denied that he contracted the
marriages for the purpose of
swindling the women out OF their
property He admitted having taken
"small" sums from his wives
however. He said he confessed 80
he might be able to start again
with a clean slate" The super
higamist will be held in Los Angeles
for further investigation before be-
ing returned to Warren to face
a charge of bigamy resulting from
his second marriage, the one In
which he welded Della Whalen. He
was arrested on the bigamy charge
six weeks after his marriage to
the Whalen woman, but forfeited
$4,000 bail and escaped prosecution.
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