The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-04
THE SISTER PROTESTED
MISS JESSIE MACIvOR AND DIR.
LEWIS A. MALONE ARE MARRIED.
DIR. MacIvor Insisted the Bride Was
Not of Sound Mind.-Charges
Against the Groom.

Dr. Lewis A. Malone and Miss Jessie
MacIvor were married just before noon yes
terday by Justice of the Peace Nickerson.
They had secured license half an hour be-
fore. Anent their marriage cloud of
trouble has come up. While the license was
being issued at the county clerks office DR..
Flora MacIvor, of the City Dispensary staff,
called up by telephone and asked that no
license be given for the marriage. She said
Jessie MacIvor was of unsound mind. DR..
MacIvor and the bride are sisters No entry
could be found in the records of a Jessie
MacIvor having been declared insane, and
the license was issued. After the marriage
DR.. MacIvor called up Justice Nickerson
and asked him to go to her mothers house
and make out an insanity affidavit against
Jessie. He replied that it was too late; the
couple had been married and had started on
their wedding tour.
DR.. MacIvor bases her assertion that her
sister is insane on the fact that she furi-
ously assaulted the family Tuesday night
at their home, I'll North Alabama street
Jessie, Dr. MacIvor says knocked her down
and tore her clothing off. DIR. MacIvor
charges DIR. Malone with causing her sisters
insanity She says she has seen DR..
Malone give her sister hypodernnic injec-
tions of morphine, and administer choral
and chloroform to her. 81 tried to stop it,
said DR.. MacIvor, "but Jessie is twenty
seven years DID," DR.. Malone at one time
boarded at the MacIvor home.
Last night Dr. MacIvor and her father
made the following statement of the mat
ter: DIR. Malone left the MacIvor home four
months ago because Mr.. MacIvor ordered
him to leave the house. AT the same time
;y,fn
signed agreement, through attorneys, that
DR.. Malone should never again speak or
communicate with any member of the Mac
Ivor family. This was done for the pro-
lection of Jessie Mac1vor. After this time
Jessie and DR.. Malone met frequently at
restaurants and other places down town.
Last week he visited her several times at
the home of DR.. Elizabeth Conger. 1916 Hill
side avenue. Thursday DR.. Malone took her
home. She was very i'll. She had been stay
ing with DIR. Conger because DR.. Conger's
husband was away. Tuesday night Jessie
assaulted the family. Yesterday morning
she dressed and left the house.
Yesterday morning after the news of the
marriage reached the MacIvor family Mr..
MacIvor went to Prosecutor lies and asked
him to prepare a warrant for the arrest of
DR.. Malone. Mr. MacIvor charged him
with one of the most serious of crimes. The
prosecutor told Mr.. MacIvor he did not
think the evidence warranted the arrest of
DR.. Malone at this time, and advised him
to put the case before the grand jury and
let it investigate
DR.. MacIvor says her sister drew from
a bank money being saved by DR.. MacIvor
for family expenses. and took it away with
her. DR.. MacIvor says at one time she was
engaged to marry DR.. Malone, but she re-
ceiVed news from Bloomington, ILL.,, where
DR.. Malone came from. that his former
wife had secured a divorce from him on
several charges. one of which was cruelty.
Mrs. MacIvor, the mother is confined to her
bed. Frustrated over the elopement of her
daughter.
Those who talked with Jessie MacIvor
yesterday say she did not appear insane,
but instead talked brightly. She was very
cheerful. The couple said they were going
to Lafayette.