The sun., 1899-12-10
TRAPPED WITNESS PUMPED
MAMIE MRLhNDo TELLS MoLINhUx,s
PROSECUTORS LITTLE


They Have Been Questioning Her for
Hours mt q Tims-An Elaborate Scheme
Laid to Lure Her Into This state-Pro-
ceedine NAV He Explained Tomorrow.
Mamie Melando. the Newark woman who was
a much wanted witness BY the prosecution In
the Molineux case. and who was arrested at
Suffern. N. Y. on Thursday night was sub
jected to long examination by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne in his room In
the Criminal Court building yesterday.
A three hours talk with the woman
in the House OF Detention on Friday
night. by Mr.. Osborne and Capt.
McCIusky, is said to have resulted In
nothing OF any value to the peoples case,
and although Mr.. Osborne and Detective
McCafYerty both declined TO say anything at
the conclusion OF yesterdays conference. IL Ia
not believed that the woman furnished them
with any very new or startling evidence. She
was cool and unconcerned during the trying
exam nation. Mr.. Osborne was asked how
important o witness tho woman waa going
to be.
Don't ask me anything about her now. for
cannot answer" he said. Come and sec me
Monday afternoon and III tell you anything
about her that you want to know"
The chief reason for wanting the Melando
woman was supposed to be TO provo tho owner
ship and use by Moneux OF the robins egg
blue three-cresent note paper. on which several
letters. which figure In tho trial. were written
The woman was formerly employed by rMoll.
neux to olean his rooms in Newark aud to bring
him his meals. The prosecution had infor-
nation to the effect that she had once given
Noineux paper OF this kind. At any rate. Mr..
Osborne was confident that II he could get hold
o,,ba xoman ha could nroxa IN. ,,,..a.a,,r -
.Nft ~ u lnA .k..l A.
t@. sS. IN, Ths
woman. however. declined TO appoor IN tho
case as wines. against MoliO."p . and ali al , .,.
forts to get her out Of Now Jersey and into
Nav Yort v,re IN vain un,u Thur.d.y
night when sho was lured to suffern.
which Ia only a short distance over the
line The admission on Friday afternoon by
Bartow 3. Weeks. MolineuI's counael. that his
client used paper o, the kind described. and
% eiso 'he' no rea,y "ro'e tue purhs ietter on
such paper rather detracts from the import
other thing. which the prosecution hopes to
M Their % has ,s BEEN "ao .omo talk O, b.s.., ,orno,
nrocssdine. % bs hsonn hv ths .omnn,s
friends on the ground tina, .h. wa. kidnapped
U", .h .es so ,eD n,D ,n IN, s."r ., s.' now
York authorities has not yet been told. There
Are tvo atorie. on urrent but her 4. ,or, Mat.
D,..,,. Nac.n., -. - -
pc'oc''e hc,aherb was aoout 70 toh Sun
reIorter about 1t yesterday afternoon. when
~; r,' Ho '".no a'o"s anu e'oppeu nun
ihero aro s'rohg reasons why az TINS time.
this story should not be told" he said There
IA n uae dan vim o. that strn,.uem ,xe. mad h.
-, 4. v - - ..
cause t was lou kho" no" tne man VINO
wants to work the crowd will hold up the little
glass ball and tell the people to watch It. While
they are watching II he accom- plishes whatever
purpose he has In view. That Is precisely what
was done In this case. don't mind telling
you a little about this arrest now but tn. re Ia
lot cannot tell you. Our littls glass bali was
| Newark detective. We nshcd out n man who
could not be mistaken for anything but a do
tectiye. the man with the biggest feet and tho
heaviest soles on his shoes. This m an went
along the highways and byways looking Tor
Mamie Mslaudo. He inquired for her at all
public places, particularly places where she
was known. and let IL bs understoni that when
he got his hand on her she was going to catch
II. II was impossible for Mamie Melando
not to know that she was being look ed
for by q detective. Now. In the meantime. We
knew OF place where tho woman was In tho
habit OF visit ng a great deal. Two men. never
mind who they were. went to the place to live
Just made friends with whoever came along
And OF course when Mamie came along they
made friends with her. although shs didn't
think they knew who she Wa Nowthe restyou
Az !renh' Tn wMh tro men got On a tra.t 10 Sew.