Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — SEVEN YEARS FOR BIGAMIST [ARTICLE]

SEVEN YEARS FOR BIGAMIST

Johnson, or Madson, Pleads Guilty to Charge by California Widow. San Jose, Cal., July 13.—Christian C. Johnson, charged with bigamy by Mrs Josephine Amelia Tretheway of Stockton, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. Johnson still denies tha: he is Madson, the man accused of having nine wives. He entered a plea of guilty when arraignecLfor iratrying two California widows.