Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-28
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE BOSTON SENSATION Over the Alleged Attempt to
 Kill An Obnoxious Bride. THE TRIAL OF FERDINAND WARD. J. D. Fish Gives Some Most
 Damaging Testimony. SMALLPOX HOSPITAL HORRORS.
SMALLPOX HOSPITAL HORRORS.
The News From EurODe-- DOings iR Washington
 Murders in Indiana.
THE BOSTON SENSATION.

Mellon, tho Ringleader of the Atro-
 cious Act, Not to be Found-The
 YOuug Wife Not Net Acquainted
 With the Story of the Proposed
 Crime-The ssBlonde'' Arraigned in
 Court-Her Husbands Anguish.
 BOSTON, Oct. 27.-A Baltimore special to the Herald says the developments in the con spiracy to murder young wife are causing profound sensation. The father -in-law in the case, who is alleged to be the ringleader, is Wm. A. L. Mellon, proprietor of the St. James Hotel. He was once clerk in Bar num's Hotel and afterward conducted two prominent hostelries here. He also served as clerk in a hotel at Washington. It is said that although ostensibly wealthy he is he would be at once arrested. Edward Mel lon, his son, is twenty-five years old. He was married on April IA to Mary J. Somerset by Rev. A. A. Curtis, one of the most dis unfinished divines in this city. Their child was nine months old at the time of the mar riage. The young man expresses the deepest sorrow at the developments and it is said refuses to believe the story. The wife knows nothing of the matter and he is trying to keep 1t from her and also from his mother who is one of the finest ladies in Baltimore and who has never yet been in formed of her sons marriage or of the birth of his child. Young Mellon and wife lived at 214 North Eutaw street, under the name of MT. and Mrs. Edward Lester for the pur- pose of concealing their identity No better arranged house for the committing of a se- cret crime could be made tt, order. There is grocery store under this house. The upper part is conducted by woman as a lodging house. The people in the neighborhood know nothing about the Melons alias Les ters and the keeper of the lodging house is more than reticent. She is dumb. The way the Coolidge woman became connected with the case cannot be learned, but it is said that she acted as midwife at the time of the birth of the child.
 Mrs. Anna A. Coolidge, ''the blonde" un- der arrest here for conspiracy to ''remove" Mrs. Charles J. Mellon, of Baltimore, was kept closely secluded to-day. She was allowed one interview only with her husband. At p. m. she was arraigned in the municipal court. She was attired neatly in black checkered velvet dolman, while surmounting her beautiful blonde head was grayish colored straw hat trimmed with feathers of similar hue. Her face showed evident signs of the mental anguish she had undergone during her incarceration. The complaint in effect charged the defendant, Anna A. Coo lidge, with soliciting and melting to commit murder. Hon. Joseph Bennett appeared in behalf of the prisoner and the case was con- tinued until December II, the prisoner being held in SC, 900 bail, which it is understood was furnished later on. Officer Coolidge said he could not understand how his wife, once SO refined and ladylike, could ever have been in contact with such williams as those said to be connected with the conspiracy. Rather than find her in her present position he said he would have much rather have followed her to the grave. His family had been ter ribly disgraced and he now saw no way out of his trouble other than to sell out his home and with his child fly to the West and hope for the future.
 BALTIMORE, Oct. 27-TLe tragic story tel egraphed from Boston about an alleged plot to take the life of young girl who had been married to the son of we'll known gentle man of this city has excited the greatest in terest in Baltimore socieCy, especially the name of the proprietor of the St. James Hotel MT. Mellon, who has been linked, though indirectly, by an afternoon paper with it. It is known that Edward Lester Mellon, the son and the only child of the St. James pro- prietor contracted marriage with one of the chambermaids named Mary Somerset, much to the disgust of hls father, and people are speculating upon the possibility of his family being concerned in the Boston sensa- tion.
 A United Press reporter had an interview with young MT. Mellon tonight with regard to the affair. He said that the whole matter was viewed by himself and friends as a joks so far as he was concerned, that there was no trouble between his father and himself and that the relations between his wife and his parents were now amicable ana pleasant, although at first there was some ill-feeling. In replying to question MT. Mellon states that his father and mother left Baltimore eight days ago visiting Cambridge, Mass, where they have relatives. Boston and New York. They were expect ed home tonight at g o'clock but not having arrived he concluded that they were stopping in Philadelphia. MT. Mellon says he does not know Mrs. Coolidge of Bos- ton and never heard of her before. He scouts the idea that attempts were made to poison his wife. He admits that his wife was i'll for seven weeks at the Stockton Hotel, Cape May, which was managed by his father, but claims it was due to natural causes. He was married two years ago, he says, but does not remember the date. It is learned from pri- vate sources that however amicable the relations may be between the younger Mrs. Mellon and her husbands family there is no intercourse whatever be- tween them and the young people ivinglby themselves on Eutaw street. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Dorsey, of Boston, has been here all day in consultation with the chief of police and the State attorney. Tonight he had lengthy interview with the latter gen. tleman and his deputy, Cans. All the gen. tlemen are close-mouthed as oysters on the subject which they deliberate upon, but it is whispered that the advisability of mak- ing an arrest was discussed.
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