Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-03
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Ami
The Finest Cleaner Made
Cleans windows and mirrors
without creating any dust.
BLANCHE MOliNEUx
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well as for my own sake. | must de
nounce these wicked lies. 1t surpasses
my understanding that any woman can
so cruelty and falsely Willy without a
shadow of foundation sister woman
on whom the hand of affliction has al
ready 50 heavily fallen. | am told that
this writer endeavored to obtain an in
terview with me for publication. some
months ago and that she then prom
ised to write a most kind and even
fiattering article, if | would give her
such an interview.
Following the advice of my friends
and of my husbands counsel, | refused
this request as | had refused all others.
and ii appears that my refusal led to
this fearful attack upon US. | cannot
believe that the great and generous
American people will believe such base
less Calumnies.
In the first place my life has not.
prior to this terrible tragedy of my
husbands persecution. been different
from the ordinary life Of a self-respect-
ing woman. My father was an inven-
lol WITCH " ->tN VI N
with him and my mother he was in
comfortable circumstances. although
he met reverses in his later years. So
did not come to New York to earn
my living by singing in church
choir as is stated in the newspaper
publication to which | have referred.
l received the usual education of a girl.
and in addition | received special in
struction in music for which | have a
great love. | lived with my father and
mother until their death. and since I
have lost them I have lived for the
most part with my married sisters.
1T is stated also that | lived luXuri
ously with sister who was a widow. in
gorgeous apartments in upper New York
ana the vile insinuation is made that no
one inquired too closely as to our means
of livelihood. l can conceive of no
foundation for such an atrocious calumny
have no widowed sister. nor have ever
lived luxuriously in gorgeous apartments
lived shortly before my marriage at the
same boarding house with one of my
married sisters. her husband and chill
dren Among our fellow boarders We're
only the most spectable families. in
tIuulDE IL IDlIISltE al lDt 'IDSDtl ana ms
wife. | testified fully to these facts be
fore the coroner.
Il also testified at great length con-
corning the yachting trip about which
the writer of the article has much to say
in the way Of vile insinuation ana innu-
endo In the summer Of 1897. my sister
Mrs. Woldo Stearns IF Boston. ana my
self. were invited by a friend of ours to
join yachting party for a few days My
sister was acting az my chaptron and
there was no reason why | should have
declined To 20. We finally decided to ac-
cept it. and during our cruise we put in
at Portland. Me. In the same harbOr was
another yacht on which Mr.. MolineuX
was guest His party knew our host
and called on our yacht and our party re-
turned the call. In this way | first met
my husband
MY sister ana | were compelled to re-
turn to New York from Portland. and
Mr.. Moineuxs vacation was over and he
was forced to go back to his business, he
accompanied us to New York. and we
We're Of course. very glad of his escort.
Mr.. Barnet was not on either yacht and
at that line had never met him. Subse-
qucntly ne was introduced to me and !
knew MIN always as Roland'S friend.
IN The fan OF 1897 the gentlemen who
joined the Yachting party wher Mr. Moli-
neux left. died rather suddenly. and
presume it is to him that the writer re
fers in her CHASTITY insinuatiun that | was
connected with his death. shall not
mention his name and shall only say that
he joined the yacht at Portland on the
day Mr.. MolineuX returned to New York
and | never saw him except for few
hours on that day. and these frightful in
situations are as haSeleSS and as wantOn
lies as other statements in the same pub
location.
The writer also says that | was a
friend Of Mr.. Cornish. This is absolutely
untrue. | never knew him and never saw
him until I saw him in court.
The indirect charge. at the close of
this vile libel, that was concerned in the
alleged poisoning of Mrs. Adams. is 80
incredibly cruel and base that ! can find
no words to characterize it,
Every scrap OF So-callcd evidence in
PRODUCED at the late trial. every innu-
endo. every insinuation uttered by the
district attorney wherein he sought t.
connect my name with Mr.. Barnet and to
show the existence of something more
than ordinary friendship. originated in his
own very convenient and elastic imagind-
ton.
.'In respect to it all wherein ] have
borne the absolutely unjustified and un-
manhood my dignity. my honor. ! have
suffered unspeakably. but that suffering
has been naught compared to the anguish
which has filled. and still continues to ill
my heart because of the atrocious injus-
tice the result of cowardly persecution
which one man. brave. calm. courageous,
is enduring, today, that man my noble
husband. in whom my faith, my trust,
my confidence * absolute