The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-05
MRS. MOIdOY 10 GRAHAM.
A Letter In Which She Asks Him Not to I'm
pair Her Work by Hasty Utterances.

Springfield (Mo.) Special to st. Louis Republican.
Mrs. Emma Molloy and Cora Lee, in charge of
Del uty Sheriffs Cox and Williams, left here on
the early morning train for Bolivar, at which
place the prisoners were turned over to Sheriff
j. G.. Dollison, who will keep them in the Polk
county Jail until their preliminary examination
begins here on the 18th. Before her departure
Mrs. Molloy addressed a rather lengthy letter to
Graham. who still occupies the steel cage in the
Jail here, calling him my poor boy and in
which she says: mo one on our side has any de-
sire to prosecute you, terribly as we have suf-
fered in the attempt to be kind to you"
She makes frequent references to deity, ad-
monishes George not to say anything that he
will not be willing to meet at the bar Of God,
and in the closing paragraph says to him:
II think this chapter of horrors would be COM
plete were you to be hung in the same town
where / am. | have for this reason refused to
speak a word in my own defence thus far. and
Judge Baker only wants to see justice done and
the right indicated. and is emphatically opposed
to mob violence. You, in your hot haste, did a
wrong to poor Sarah that you can never undo,
aud have put yourself in a position where you
may tear down those who are innocent, but can
never again build them up. Without the least
cause you may, perhaps, impair the whole work
of my life by unguarded and hasty utterances
that can never be recalled. Is this a just reward
for the unselfsh devotion of yearsa Am simply
holding still in Gods hands. He will do right by
me, and | have commended you to Him. With
every prayer for Gods help for myself | have
still to cry, God have mercy upon George, and
pray that He will give you true repentance. Ii,
in the fury of this gale, I go down, l have COM
mended myself and the dear helpless children
under my care to God. have only tried to do
what l could in the last few years, andi if God
deems my life work done, and it can be possible
%l-A n -1-I1 A. -l.--~l ~-sAt AL. A~svn n
of helping to murder the mother of your inno-
cent babies, and the law cannot protect me, l
shall say, Gods will be done"
It is quite possible that Mrs. Molloy may have
been induced to write this letter to Graham on
account of his threat to make an additional state
ment, and throw light on some of the record
made by her in connection with others. When
arrested, last Sunday morning, Mrs. Molloy, be-
fore she had consulted her attorneys, did not
hesitate to say that she believed George E. Ora
ham guilty of the murder of his wife, and that
the best thing for him to do was to confess and
relieve the innocent parties. Now she sings in
quite a different key.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Graham, who was
murdered by her husband, on the Molloy farm,
took place from Christ Episcopal Church, ats
o'clock this afternoon. The church was crowded
to overlooking, and many we're turned away for
the want of room, while about all the seats in
the building were occupied by ladies. In front
of the pulpit, in a neat rosewood casket, lay thu
remains OF the deceased, and on the mourners'
seat sat her two little boys, Charlie and Roy,
her sister and brother-in-law. Mr.. L. L. Breese
and wife. These were the only relatives or &C
quaintances OF the murdered woman who were
present on the sad occasion. On the casket was
placed a beautiful cluster of flowers, furnished
By Mrs. DR.. Calm.
The services were conducted by Rev. w. 81.
Osborne, rector of the church, during which
many in the audience were affected to tears.
After the services the remains were borne away
to their last resting place in Maple Park Gene
terry, where the rector performed the last rites
over the dead. The pail bearers were Col. c. w.
Thrasher, Thomas Conlon, j. c. Gardner and G.
P. Wright. Sarah Graham. at the time she was
murdered, was thirty-three years old. She was
a daughter of Martins Gorham, and was raised
in the vicinity of Fort Wayne, Ind.