St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

that they saw Graham and his wife get
Off at Dorchester, two miles north of
the MOllOy farm, on the night of the
murder, which, if true, utterly refutes
the states theory that the defendant
and Graham and his wife all went to
the farm from this city in spring
wagon that night. Eta MollOy, an
adopted daughter of Mrs. MOlloy, testi-
fed that Cora Lee, Emma Lee and her
self were all at home and slept in the
same bed the night that Sarah Graham
was murdered and her body thrown
into the deep well about One-fourth of a
mile from the house, where it was dis
covered five months later. The first
she knew of Graham'S return was when
he knocked on the window and aWOke
all three at late hour in the night.
Graham said he left his two boys in the
city. Next day he took them out to the
farm. The witness knew nothing of
Sarah Graham coming with Graham to
this city. She thought Graham told the
truth when he said that he and his wife
had never been remarked after they
were divorced, and he showed certifi-
cate of divorce before he and Cora were
:. rried. Emma Lee, who is another
sister of Cora, corroborated Eta MOllOy'S
testimony.
TIE MURDER
of Mrs. Graham was an atrOciOus one
SO atr0ciOuS, in fact. that the people in
whose locality it occurred arose in their
wrath one night and lynched Graham,
concerning whose guilt there never was
a particle of doubt AS to Mrs. Emma
Molloy and Cora Lee there was always
some doubt as to the part they took. if
any, in the tragedy. The chances are,
Judging from the course the case has
taken in the courts, that Mrs. MOlloy
was guiltlesS of any completely in the
crime, although it is hard to conceive
how she could have remained in ignO-
rance of its commission. AS to Cora
Lees part, opinions differ, but it is GER
tain that she was accessory after the
fact, and perhaps before the fact. The
parties hailed from Indiana, where Ora
ham had served term in the peniten-
tiary at Michigan City. Mrs. MOlloy,
who was woman of means engaged in
the work of temperance evangeliZatiOn,
befriended Graham after his release,
and Cora Lee was another prOtege of
hers at the same time. Mrs. MOlloy
located at Elgin, ILL.,, and thither Ora
ham went also in the capacity of adver-
Using solicitor. The quartet lived on the
most intimate terms, so intimate, in
deed, that they were the subject of much
scandal.
MRS. GRAHAM BECAME JEALOUS
of the two other women, and this led to
numerous domestic broils. Mrs. Molloy
steadfastly denies all knowledge of
Graham's relations with Cora Lee, but
enough is known to warrant the state
ment that the two were criminally init
mate. Graham, if he ever did have any
regard for Mrs. MOllOy, as Mrs. Graham
and Scandal-mongering neighbOrS would
have it, shifted his affections from the
mistress to the maid. Mrs. Graham
made her husband much trouble over
his scandalOuS conduct, and he readily
conceded with Mrs. Molloy's plans,
which contemplated moving from Elgin
to farm belonging to her near Spring
field, Mo. Graham induced his wife to
go home to her folks in Indiana, and he
accompanied Cora Lee and Mrs. MOllOy
to Missouri. 1t soon came to the ears of
Mrs. Graham that her husband
had married Cora, and pretending
that he was divorced from his Indiana
wife was living with her on Mrs. Mol
loy's farm. Mrs. Graham wrote him,
threatening to come Oh to Missouri and
expose him and prosecute him as big
.amiSt. Graham came OH to st. Louis to
meet her, and did all in his power to
beg her off. She was memorable, how
ever, and was so determined that upon
arriving at her destination and being
told by Graham that if she wished to
track him further she would have to do
it over country road for
FIVE MILES IN THE DARK,
she left her two children in the depot
and started out after him, and was
never again seen alive. The children
were called for by their father early in
the morning, and were told to say that
their mother had gone WeSt.and Graham
himself, when asked what had become
of her, had resolved to say that he had
be eyed her off, and that she had relin-
quished the childred to him and had
gone West. This story was too gauzy
for the Indiana relatives, who traced
the missing woman to the night of her
disappearance from the depot in COM
pany with Graham, and they concluded
she was dead-murdered by her convict
huSbant. Search was instituted, and
the body of the missing woman was
found in an old well on the Molloy
farm. All the parties were arrested,
and Graham's guilt appearing plain he
was strung up. Mrs. MOlloy and Cora
Lee have been tried for completely, but
nothing has ever come of it, and Cora's
case is now on trial because of disa-
greement OF the jury i'll the previous
trial.
POSITIVELY DENIED.
1t is the prevailing opinion that State
Attorney Patterson is less sanguine of
the convictiod of Cora Lee than he was
some days ago. There was little thsti-
mony to-day to strengthen his cOnfidece.
Several witnesses were examined for the
defense. The defendant was placed on
the stand and repeated her story told
in the first trial. She denied positively
the charges Of improper conduct with