The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
MRS. EMMA M0LL0Y.
The Alleged AceOmplice Of Graham, the Wife
Murderer, Makes a Statement
She Claims to be Victim of Misplaced
Philanthrophy and Conidence-A Very
Eloquent Effort at Self
Laudation.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March 3.-The Morning
Herald publishes a letter written by Mrs.
Molloy, from South Bend, to Howell, her
present attorney, dated February 49, three
days before the body of Sarah Graham was
found. In substance she says she entered
into the work of prison reform eleven years
ago, and did so with no thought of self, but
with one inspiration-to save perishing
souls. Replying to her pastors statement
that almost all Springfield believes her bad
woman, she SAYS: at seems strange that
any should think that, if 1 wanted TO des-
cend to anything low and vile I would
need to bring into my home those who were
helpless to take care of themselves, and
spend my entire time in constant drudgery
to support them. You can readily see that
| am not so devoid of any personal attrae.
tion that if I wanted to live criminal life
l could not find some one to support me, i'm
stead of having some one to support. | first
met Graham while he was an inmate of the
Northern Indiana prison, and took an inter
est in him to reform him. When pardOned
out he came to me at La Porte. secured
him place on newspaper. His conduct
for a long time was above reproach. He en-
listed my sympathy by talking of his wife
and child in Fort Wayne, and l resolved to
try to reunite the family. The paper was
removed to Elgin, ILL.,, and l secured Gra-
ham a place in the publishing house.
went to Fort Wayne and persuaded his
wife 10 rejoin him with her child.
i knew it was doubtful experiment. She
was not the one to strengthen and control
one of Georges weak moral nature For
time all went well, but old troubles began,
and they lived unhappily. The more
wretched he became the closer he chung %
me- his only friend and foster mother.
~ haor NJ fbov ,,,I, Il
bought the paper and made George business
manager, moved the paper to Washington,
Kan, where George and family, including
Cora, myself and family, lived in one house.
The paper failed and George sent his family
back to Indiana, finally following. While
associated in the office George and Cora be-
came fond OF each other. 1t seemed as if
she had but one thought night or day, and
that was for George. but her love was as
pure as an angels. If had been of more
calculating nature l would have perhaps
been worldly enough to cast him adrift and
forbid Cora seeing him. but she was nota
child. She knew his past history; she loved
HIM in spite of il. George wrote from Fort
Wayne that he was divorced from Sarah
while in prison, and never remarked her;
that while at my house living to-
gether in Kansas they were not
married. He wanted to marry Cora. She
was blind to his faults; l reluctantly
consented. No one suggested George deceiY-
ing about the second marriage with Sarah, or
thought about examining the Allen County
records. | would have staked my life that
after his bitter experience in the prison in
past years he would never do anything to
make himself liable to be sent there again.
Judge Baker bought the farm to give the
young people a chance to earn a living for
themselves and offered to give me chance
to pay for it in installments. They were to
take care of younger children, and was TO
make my home with them when l could be
at home. / believed now that the problem
of Georges life would be solved. Cora set
herself at work to make him happy as posi-
bic, and to bring out under the kindest iniiu4
ence the best part of his nature"
the above statement Mrs. Molloy gives as
solid facts known to herself, and, as will be
seen, it exhonorates her from conniving at
bigamy. About the murder she claims 10 know
nothing Of; says George pined for his chill
dren and wrote to his Fort Wayne wife ask
ing for them. He told Mrs. Molloy he had
the consent of Sarah to bring them out. She
furnished money for him to go on. He
claimed when he got back that he met his
first wife in st. Louis and got the children.
The children told the same story that their
father did about their mother bringing them
to st. Louis and coming away with the
father.
The forgery developed itself. The
case came up, and she knew Georg|
fallen. The letter is very long
of little else than wh"4
eloquent "S