The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25

Ch1CagO Inter ocean.
When the fun exposure appeared Judge Baker,
a venerable and wealthy citizen. who has stood
faithfully by the women since their arrest, shield
ing them with his influence and furnishing them
with counsel, called upon Mrs. Malloy and in
formed her that If she failed to disprove the
charges she must not look to him for further aid
or sympathy. She made no denial but burst
into tears.
Graham. whose sensational revelations have
made him the talk OF the hour, no matter the
opinions entertained of him, is not the typical
murderer by any means On the contrary he is
as mild hammered man as ever seuttled a ship
ship or cut throat" He is of slight stature,
quiet and unassuming in manners and converse
ton, and no one would at glance suppose him
to be the principal in of the most horrible.
tragedies that ever startled the world. His con-
versation betokens culture and wide range of
general information. Dealing with real or sup
posed opponent he INDUCES in a sarcasm that
seldom fails to reach it's object When first
confined he would converse freely and
ihtelligently on almost any subject and
even now he is approachable on litera-
ture law, politics, or the case of his
ton that he should throw light upon his own
case the circumstances of the murder renders
him as impenetrable as the traditional oyster
He is uneasy in anticipation of the probability
that Mrs. Molioy aud Cora Lee will be bound
emily Indifferent as to his own fate. He is Deep
ly chagrined that his second statement received
premature publication, and it is absolutely GER
tain that had it not been written during his first
sen3e OF indignation it would never have seen the
light. His cell is dreary gloomy place, which
never sees the light OF day, lamp being kept
burning day and night. He is an incessant read
er, his cell being Uttered from end to end with
newspapers, books and writing materials. He is
Judge of the kangaroo Court, judicial institu-
ton organized in the cell surrounding his steel
cage, and his decisions are faithfully enforced.
Taken all in all, Graham is q peculiar character
with many original and anomalous streaks, and
after visiting him one cannot help wishing that
for his own sake, if for nothing else, ne had
turned his attention to other channels, in which
be might have been useful member of society
While Graham in his confession. does not
touch at all upon the great question to who
actually murdered his true wife, this fact does
not in the least detract from the interest of the
document he has produced It is scandalous
revelation, but In the light of the testimony of
his own son, who was on the witness stand last
week, it is undoubtedly true Why he was so
methodical or so particular as to keep memo
randa and dates of certain events. is not ex-
planned, but he did. He specifies places where
he occupied the same room with Mrs. Molloy
and Cora Lee at various times. Among them he
mentioned visit to Chicago, Feb "a 1884, he
occupied room Is at the Brevoort House with
Cora Lee An inspection of the hotel register for
that day shows his signature for the couple.
similar record ID found underS date of July
Is, 1884 thus substaptiating the statements in
Grahams confession, concerning the Chicago
visits of the pair, which are as stated, with the
exception of trif1ing inacuracy as to the num-
Der of the rooms occupied The chief clerk of
the Brevoort states that he remembers Ora
hams stopping there about the times specified,
as he was welknown and had been frequent
guest of the house. The register also shows
that Graham and "wifen occupied rooms there
Dec 16. 1883, date not mentioned in the con-
fessien, at which time he registered from Elgn
Several days ago Mrs. Molloy sent her sixteen
year-old son Prank touching dispatch, entreat-
ing him to come to her rescue, but Frank, who
is with his father, going to school at LaPorte.
has not yet ntimated that he would come at ALL
Franks father, who is divorced from Mrs. Mol
10y, it is said, recently wrote to the effect that
his son would not come now unless it was abso-
lutely necessary, but would wait until the final
trial in the Circuit Court.