The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27
MRS. vALOIS.
Sheriff Looking
for Her.
A Conference With the At
tOrney General.
Will Surrender Herself If Ad-
mitted to Bail.
But No Trade Can Be Made With
Mr.. Dubois.
Warrant Must Be Served II the Woman
Can Be Found.
"Here's a how-de-dopv

"Here's a how-de-dol"
Mrs. Clara Valois is charged with the
m urder OF her father, j ohm w. b. Roessler,
at Saundersville last November, and
Sheriff Nathan Colvin has warrant in
bis pocket for her arrest, but cannot find
her. She evidently is not far away, how
ever, for she was spirited into and out OF
the Eighth District Court Tuesday after
noon to surrender herself TO Judge
Phillips. Here she found herself in
pickle, for in the first place the Judge had
no jurisdiction unless she should be prop
erly accompanied by the sheriff and the
warrant and in the second place il she
did that she would have 10 be locked up.
Now, Mrs. Valois does not want TO go
to jail, they say. but would like to go
and plead and then be admitted TO bail,
but the public statutes say that person
accused of murder cannot be admitted to
bail, except by justice of the Supreme
Court, or the common pless division, to
which the indictment has been returned.
AS there Is no indictment in this case,
only Supreme Court iuoge can do the
business.
They have the same jurisdiction
throughout the Stale as each district
Judge has In his district.
Sheriff Colvin was seen bv n NEws elan
today and he was asks d what he was GO
ing TO do about 1t.
"Well, ~ he said, ~ ! ave the warrant"
"Where is the womanY"
"I don't know. She doesn't want to GO
to Jail and i am ing TO see the States
attorney TO see what can be done. If she
can be admitted 10 bail, che will permit
herself to be arrested.
GLOW do you know you could find her
then?'
"oh, she is being looked after by re-
sponsibte men,
"Do you know who they are?''
Judge Phillips knows man who
knows.p
"Who is that?"
ga reporter. He took Mrs. Valois out
to court in closed carriage, it is said,
hustled her in and hustled her out again. -
Attorney-GeneralB h. &. Dubois was in
terviewed. BE was not disposed to say
much. He did say, however, that no
trade can be made with him. He has been
approached by several people who desired
him TO agree TO arrange it so Mrs Valois
can get hail. Ne ther he nor a Supreme
CourI judge can say beforehand what ac-
tion Will be taken. One method might
be 10 have Judge Johnston, Clerk Phillips,
Sheriff Calvin and Mrs. Valois appear be-
fore judg and talk the matter over.
eyes, but i understand Mrs. Vaiois
wants an assurance that she can get bail
befo.e she puts her head into such
trap"
swell, they eau make no trade with
me, repeat. he thing has gone so far
that the warrant must be served if the
woman can G found. / should prefer to
attend hearing in the Eighth District
Court, have the witnesses there and hear
the story. Then If she appears innocent
let her go. / don't know that she is
guilty. ! don't know that she has any
thing worse 60 fear than her own be-
hsvior.n
The Attorney General could not tell
just how to make those who claim n
knowledge of the woman's whereabouts
divulge. They might say they don't
know when the officer got after them, or
give her the tip in time to escape, and
she could probably hide as well in other
"diggin'so as around Providence.
Sheriff Colvin saw the Attorney General
today, but that is about all the coed it
did.