Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-28

VINO the baltimore People Are whom
kumof Has Charged with an Inten.
ti0m % ~RemOve,, a Pretty Young

niotiSe oecoIneS conspicuous. The Meifen faip-
ny Is neither wealthy nor aristocratc. The
eiaer Mellen manages the st. James hotel In
baltimore during the winter and the Stockton
at Cape May during the summer. He is said at
one time to have been employed as a hotel
clerk In Washington. The ST. James Is winter
motel and Is patronized by northern families
MONTHS mno ems 70 baitimore to spend the cold ,6
and. IL is alleged. has been rather wild. His
wlle, the young woman whose life it is said was
cOnsplreO against, lives at No. 214 North Eutaw
street, baltimore, under the name OF Miss
Lesser Lester. She is described pretty, blue-eyed
'.:iH woman won TO reporter yesterday she said
me st. James hotel as chambermaid. My
name was then Mary Somerset. While there
In love with me, and we used to meet secretly.
ABOUT q year and a half ago found that was
t !" msr 70 become mother and urged Edward
MN and at first refused. Finally went to his
mother and told her all about it, and, through
A. Curtis, of the cathedral, on April 14th. My
child c was nine months old when we were mar
She had heard nothing of the alleged con-
sPlracy and was greatly shocked when told of
Inc newspaper reports. 1t is said that during
live at the stockton hotel, Cape May, with the
Metlen family. and while there was taken sud
deai " and seriously i'll This it is alleged was
Mrs: coolidge, the woman arrested in Boston
FOR Offering man 81 900 to kill young Mrs.
!Meilen, acted as midwife at the birth OF the
Mr. E. L. Mellen, the elder, was still absent
rom baltimore last night, and the Boston de-
warned not to return for the present.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ELDER MELLEN.
The Philadelphia Press this morning says the
elder Mellen with his wife was at the Colonnade
hotel In that city yesterday afternoon. He is
described as small-siZed, slender man, of gen.
tlemaniy appearance and quiet demeanor. He
wears a mustache and imperial of iron-gray,
ana ms halr is almost white. He was evidently
much affiliated, and became very nervous when
accosted about his connection with the story.
ne declared the story absurd, and said there
was no truth init whatever. He saw it first in
a newspaper while in train for New York,
which had not yet left the Philadelphia depot.
his wife also saw it. Mr.. Melen continued:
She was so shockad with what she read that
she became quite sick. She was SO sick that
concluded to return to Baltimore, but we could
go no further than Philadelphia on account of
Mrs Mellen's indisposition."
idge?'
'She is a crank. She must be crazy know
her. Yes; have met her. / met her first at
the Stockton-no, it was at Saratoga, three or
, ,hr years ago. l knew her simply as guest
tie saw her again last spring. but denied hav-
nn seen IN; ner since He did not think the woman
10 baltimore as soon as possible.
Young Nellen admits the truth of the story
REGARDING his marriage. but ridicules the idea
that there was any conspiracy on his fathers
part, and does not believe that there was any
scheme ON foot to murder his wife, 1t is not
even evident why she should have been MUIR
dered. The heiress story is exploded, and the
motive is still hidden in mystery.
Mrs. Emma Coolidge, who is the wife of
fering Jim DonOhue. a famous crook, 81 900 to
put young Mrs. Mellen out of the way was ar
raigned in the Boston municipal court yester-
day. The charge against her, according to the
warrant. reads: soliciting aid TO commit MUIR
der She pleaded not guilty. and was held in
$4,000 bonds for appearance for examination
L, diSDOSei of
quietly, and but few of those in the room knew
what was taking place. Mrs. Coolidge looked
very detected. HereyeS were red with weeping,
She claimed that she did not intend to allow
the murder to be committed, but wanted to get
hold of the money-S1 .OOO-and keep it. She
also claims that she was dragged into it, but
does not say how.
One OF the Boston detectives in Baltimore is
represented as saying last night that he knew
the whole conspiracy story sounded improb-
able, but that the real motive for the desired
murder was known only to himself and would
not be dlVulged until the chain OF evidence is
completed.
What Is known Of the Mellens Here.
Mr.. A. l.. Mellen formerly well known
In this city as a hotel proprietor and manager.
He came here as hotel clerk at the Metro
politan hotel dozen years ago, when the
house was owned by Mr. j. F. Cake. Suisse
quently Mr. Cake, upon acquiring possession of
Willard'S hotel. sold out his interest in the
others. Messrs. Mellen & Jordan, however, did
not succeed well, and Mr.. Cake took the hotel
Dsick again. since thcn Mr.. Melien has been
engaged as hotel manager in various cities and
resorts and has been quite successful. He. for
time, managed Congress Hall hotel at Cape
May, for Mr.. Cake. During the last season he
managed the Stockton hotel at Cape Nav very
successfully, and many observation-disclosures met
him there. A gentleman of this city who spent
the summer ut the Stockton, at Cape May
said to-day in answer TO the questions of STAR
reporter:
"Young Mellen is about twenty-four or
| twenty-five years of age, of medium height, in
| clined TO be stout and wears reddish beard
He was employed about the Stockton in some
capacity In the stewards department. He did
| not seem to do much of anything, however,
| but play billiards and drink"
WAS young Mis-. Mellen there?' asked the
| reporter.
Eyes, she was living at the Stockton as Young
| Meilens wife. The descriptions published OF,
| her are very good. She is rather handsome
| and no one could fail to detect that she was
| English. No, the story of her origin and OF
the marriage were not known about the hotel.
Or at least never heard it till this matter was
| published. The young woman seemed intel
| lectuaily to be In every way equal to the family
| III which she had married. The elder Mrs Mel
| len and other members of the family associ-
| ated with her and did not appear to attempt to
| degrade her in any way. The young woman
| associated also with guests about the hotel
| as much as 1t is customary for the wife or
| daughter of hotel proprietor to do. see that
II Is denied that she WAS sick there, but she was
| SICK during the summer and kept to her ROOM -
| "A gentleman acquainted with the Meiien
family said to-day that the elder Mrs Mellen
| had weakness for aping the aristocracy At
the stockton she kept "a pet poodle in her room.
| Mellen, 1t is said, is poor. He has been very
| successful as salaried manager of hotels but
a failure as q proprietor.