The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-08
KIDNAPPED GIRL.
New York Authorities Trap
a Resident of New Jersey
as a Witness.
NEW MOLINEUX SENSATION
Mary Wilson Taken ito Suf-
fern and Then Ar
rested.


Detectives McCafferty and Buckner Of
New York took to that city most inn
portant witness in the Molneux case
whom they have been tracking for months
and whose arrest at last within the juris-
by strategy The new Witness is May
Wilson. a woman Of thirty-two.
Miss Wilson, accompanied by Detective
AcCafferty. reached Recorder Goff $
Court at Ills. She was Immediately TAX
en- to Assistant District Attorney Os-
bornes private room
1t is by her the prosecution hopes to
bring forward vital facts concerning
Molineux's work in the laboratory at
Newark. BY her Mr.. Osborne hopes to
show that Molineux used the blue cres-
cent marked paper. Miss Wilson, it is
said, worked in the laboratory with the
man accused of the murder of Mrs. Kate
Adams.
The District-Attorney has been eager to
secure her realizing the value of her tes-
timony In battle so hotly contested. But
after the first approach was made to her
she disappeared.
Detectives searched for her all over the
country and the quest even went so far as
Europe. Recently the trail led TO New
Jersey.
She was finally located In Paterson,
where she was quitely stopping with a
friend. She seemed well supplied with
money. She was under watch day and
night. There was on moment that the
eyes of the detectives were of the house
while she was in 1t or that she was not
closely wached while abroad. 1t was
hoped that she might go to New York.
where she would bearrested the moment
she put er feet on tat side of tie river.
The trial began and she kept as Sc
cluded as ever Then ii was determined
to try strategy.
One day, purely by accident, apparently,
Miss Wilson and her friend met two we'll
dressed young men. They were good
looking gentlemanly fellows, who appear
ed to be men of means and refinement.
The men finally got on a visiting footing
with the women and so far progressed in
their acquaintance that yesterday they
started out to have a good time"
BY evening all of the party were in
merry mood. When one of the men pro-
posed that they go to Newark in the
evening the women readily assented. Miss
Wilson said New York was too far away
They boarded train. which, however,
was not bound for Newark. All during
the merry making the quartet were un-
der the eyes of Detectives Mccaferty
and Buckner, who also took seats in the
car not far from them.
The men and women were so engaged
that no attention was paid TO the fact
that the brakenen were crying out sta
tions which are not on the line to Newark.
Finally the train crossed the New Jersey
State line and entered New York. The
watching detectives got up and made
sign to the men with the women.
"Suffernv yelled the brakeman.
.sGracious.' exclaimed one of the men.
where are we? We've got on the wrong
train. Let's get off here"
All four alighted. They had not walked
six feet along the platform before McCaf-
ferty and Buckner told May Wilson she
was under arrest.
Miss Wilson almost tainted, but declar-
ed they could not take her out Of New
Jersey.
Cafferty.
Miss Wilson'S companion with shrek
of rage sprang at the detectives and tried
to stab them with big hatpin.
She had to be forcibly restrained. Then
she broke down and wept The detec-
tives let her go, and she went back to
Paterson, saying that the heart Of May
Wilson's mother would be broken.
Suffern is about ten miles from Nyack,
and thither Miss Wilson was taken In a
carriage. She was kept in the Hotel st.
George over night under guard of Off
Ger McNichoal, detailed to duty by JUS
tice Whyat. At SIS O'Clock this morning
she was taken across the river to Tarry-
town by the detectives and thence to
this city.