The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-15
MRS. ROBY MAKES WAR
FAILS To REACH THE GOVERNOR,
But ABUSES MIR. kETCHAM.
Attempts to snatch His Grand Army
button from His Coat-His
Tolerance.

Mrs Roby. who is one OF the owners of
the Roby track property, came down upon
the officials at the Statehouse yesterday
and created no little disturbance during
the day. She first appeared in the Govern
ors office shortly after 10 O'Clock and de-
manded an audience with the executive.
A siege with her over two hours last fall
was still fresh in the mind of Private Sec
rotary King, and in his polite and agree
able manner he told Mrs. Roby that the
Governor was out OF the city and IL was
not known when he would return All this
time Governor Matthews was sitting i'm
his private office with the door ajar un-
able TO escape. and fearful lest she should
pounee upon him at any time. After some
little parleying she concluded that it would
do just as we'll TO see Encouragement
ketcham, and sent the Governors mes
senger, John Mcrryweather, to inform Mr..
ketcham that she was i'm the Governors
office awaiting his coming Mr. Merri-
weather soon returned and said:
Mr.. Ketcham presents his compliments,
and
=" i don't want his compliments" she ex-
claimed; ~ want TO see Mr. Ketcham.
Where is his office?"
With this she started off down the cor
ridor in search of the Attorney-generaI.
Merrill Moores was on watch in the cor
ridor and saw her coming He rushed into
Mr.. ketchams private Office and advised
him TO lock the door and keep her out.
put Mr. ketcham declined, saying he would
S,ss her courteousiy. but thought he could
DUH her off. When she reached the north
end of the building Mr.. Ketcham was
standing in the doorway of his private Of
nee with the door about half closed and ap-
parently i'm the act of closing 1t.
Just minute, sir. Mrs. Roby ex-
claimed, as she came rushing up. II want
10 nave little talk with YOU
very busy, as he had just received in
structions to write an important brief
niGf b had to be presented 70 the Supreme
most IL. she would not listen TO any of
MT hetchams expiana tions, and he
would not close the door in her face she
walked into his private office and sat
down at the table opposite where he was
writing brief. He again remonstra ted
put That he had brief to write and would
not hear word she said. For over two
hours hours they sat thus. Mr. Ketcham vigor-
al the other side OF the table talking to
herself and every few moments breaking
out IN personal TRADE against Mr.
ketcham. At one time she got so angry
that she told him IL was an insult to other
veterans OF the war for him to wear the
". ~ " UuttOn, Wnlcn she saw on the
lapel of his coat, and attempted TO snatch
III from him. II is said that much of her
language and personal abuse of Mr.
print.
After Mrs. Roby had been in Mr..
ketchams office for nearly an hour and
mad been more quiet than usual for few
minutes; Merrill Moores thought it might
ner out. He walked into the office with
some remark about the excessively hot
weather and told Mrs. Roby that he
thought IL would be much more pleasant
Tor her II she would take a seat i'm the
other office, which is a corner room and
through which there is a constant draft
She looked at him with contempt and I'm a
tone which cannot be reproduced, said:
Young man, / don't know who you are.
put l want no fippancy from you l have
found that there are a few gentlemen i'm
indiana, and want you to remember that
you ought TO be one II you are not"
This was enough for Mr.. Moores He
ieft the office and his superior and hunted
a cool corner in his own office. where he
could wipe the perspiration from his brow
When MIR. ketcham got through writing his
Drief he calmly told Mrs. Roby that il was
his lunch hour, and walked out of the Of
fee, leaving her 10 her own meditations
He went to the Columbia Club for lunch
and as he sat down to the table remarked
to few friends:
Il am firmly convinced that a man ex-
plates all his wrong-doings before leaving
this world. i have been punished to-day
for more sins than the ordinary law-abid-
ing citizen Will commit in ten years"