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Show i n DECEIVES SCORE OF WOMEN (1 BUT IS FILL! CAUGHT I Unique Matrimonial Career of Man t Under Arrest In 8an Francisco, f It Being Charged He Ha6 Mar- rled Twenty-four Women. Snn Francisco. Christian C. John- j son, the man arrested hero on -w-rr chargos of having defrauded Mrs. H. Leopold out of ?G00 following his mar- riage to her, and who, the pollco de- -clnrc, Is John Mndson, the luiBband. of a score or moro of wives scattered throughout this country and Canada, stoutly maintains his denial that ho " Is Mndson. Ho ndmltlcd his marriage to Mrs. S. P. De Bonnctt, of this city, how- 1 over, and tho pollco declare that thoy ? are certain that he will Anally admit that ho Is Mndson. j? John Mndson is wanted for bigamy ' & in nearly every largo city In the Unit-. 'ff cd Stntes nud many of tho smaller . j3? ones. The authorities here havo al- M ready established his mnrrlage to ten t F women nnd hla engagement and pos- ' t. slblo marrlago to fourteen others. Y.f Each of the twenty-four women duped ' Jj; by Mndson Is said by Uio police to- h have lost more or less money through his friendship. Tho strnngo hlHtory of Madson, who Is an aged man, extends over m only n few months, but in that time 1J g he married or duped twenty-four wo- p men, whose names are known to tho 1 police. Almost without exception, I 4 his victims havo been widows or dl- 1 vorced women of middle ago. ' i, Madson mny bo taken for trial to ', If Stockton, where one or his wlv.es re i sides, but lu tho meantime the police i hero aro trying to secure a complete- confesnlon from him. l k- |