Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-11
MANY STATES
HUNT MAN OF
MANY WIVES
Want Adj He Vamp
Latest Charge
Is Murder

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11-R-With
authorities Of several. states seeking
George w. E. Perry. bigamist, for
the murder of Mrs. Cora Belle Hack
tett. n of his wives In Wisconsin,
. fifth Mrs. Perry" was found to-
day at Eldorado. III. Perry eluded
detectives here Wednesday after
noon He married Mrs. Harriet
Milligan of st. Louis. at Belleville.
Ills, last week. while he was court
ing Mrs. Dorothy Haggerty. also OF
st. Louis.
Mis. Ida Davidson Downey. AZ.
OF Eldorado Is the fifth wife, 1t was
learned today. Mrs. Downey re-
turned to Eldorado this week from
an unhappy honeymoon and said
today she married Perry August Is.
two months after his marriage TO
Mrs. Hackett and a month before
he appeared In st. Louis seeking
other want ad" brides with fine
tales Of an expected 100000 inher-
itance II he married.
Trail Warmer
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. 11-(P)
Chief Of Police Joe Wakelin an
nounced today q newspaper photo
graph of George "Jiggs" Perry, who
Is sought In WISCONSIN as the slayer
OF one Of his five wives, has been
identified by a garage owner twenty
miles south Of here as that Of a man
who stopped there last night and
had an automobile repaired.
G - Dvfnrn +hn narana nurnar
said his young son went to Hot
prings with the man to get an auto
mobile part. Chief Wakelin said
Princes Identification OF the photo
graph was further s~ubstantiated by
two men who said they were ac-
Quainted with Perry and that they
had seen him on the street here
last night about the time the Prince
boy was there with the man.
BLYTHEvILLE, Ark, Oct. IL
R1-Arkansas adventures of George
w. Z. "Jiggs' Perry. Milwaukee
phantom lover, credited by author
tiles with five marriages. have led
to the recovery Of the automobile
OF one Of his wives. whom he Is
accused Of staying. but the quest
. for Perry himself today seemed far
4 from an end.
Police found the dead wcman's
automobile In . garage here. learn
ed that Perry had promised 70 visit
. Biythevilie girl yesterday, and
developed high hopes Of nabbing
him. Perry failed 70 appear.
Today police believed he was In
hiding elsewhere, with no intention
Of visiting Miss Dorothy Davis. II,
brunette daughter OF q widow. or
OF retaining the sedan once owned
by Mrs. Cora Belle Hackett, who
married him at Chicago last June
after answering his newspaper want
ad. She later was found shot to
death on a northern wisconsin In
dian reservation.
Perry drove here in the sedan.
used IL in calling on Miss Davis.
and stored 1t In a garage on Sep
TENDER 9 as security for $3.50 bor-
rowed from a Blytheville acquaint-
ance.
Deserted wives OF Perry have
been reported to authorities in Mil
waukee. Harrisburg. Ill. st. Louis
and Cleveland. The fifth Mrs.
Perry" appeared at Harrisburg. The
first, married in 1912 at Milwau-
kee. said he left her soon after
their thid child was born. II months
ago.
Perry was a frequent visitor TO
Arkansas. particularly Hot Springs.
On his last trip in Mrs. Hackett's
car he came here either In June or
July-the mother OF Miss Davis is
uncertain-soon after Mrs. Hackett's
death.
He looked Ike a very nice man
at first" Mrs. Davis said. But 10
got so I told him what was what
and be went away"
Mrs. Myrtle Golf. rooming house
proprietor with whom he lodged
for a time. said he failed 10 con-
vince her OF the existence Of a
rich mother. whose greatest desire
was TO endow him with much money
when he married and settled down.