The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-03
A TISSUE OF FALSEHOOD
MRS. MOLINEUx CHARACTERIZES
THE ATTACKS ON HERSELF.
Her Husband Innocent and q Victim
of Lies and PersecutiOn-Calum-
ny Is Bitterly Resented.

NEW YORK, March Z-Blancne y. MOI
ineux. wife Of Roland B. Molineux, now
awaiting electrocuting at Sing Sing for the
murder of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams, to-
night issued a statement from her home
in Brooklyn. in reply to a recent news
paper publication, in the course of which
she asserts the innocence of her husband
and goes on to say: MY life has not
prior to this terrible tragedy of my hus-
bands persecution, been different from
the ordinary life of any self-respecting
woman. My father was an inventor, and
when 1 came to New York with him and
with my mother he was in comfortable
circumstances, although he met reverses
in his latter years. 1 did not come up to
New York to earn my living by singing In
a church choir, as is stated In the publ
cation to which have referred. was edu-
Gated largely in the city Of Knoxville,
Tenn, and received the usual education of
e. girl, and in addition received special in
struction In music for which had and
have a great love. / lived with my father
and mother like other girls until their
death. and since have lost them / have
lived for the most part with my married
sisters. When not actually living with them
l have always been visited by them and
have visited them.
sit is stated also that I lived luxur-
iously with a sister who was a widow in
gorgeous apartments in upper New York;
and the vile insinuation Is made that no
one inquired too closely as to the means of
our livelihood. can conceive OF no founda-
ton for such an atrocious calumny. have
no widowed sister nor have / ever lived
iuxuriousiy In gorgeous apartments I
lived shortly before my marriage at the
cnyr1n hoo dfVev xxf<6 -te.
tiers, her husband and children"
Mrs. Molineux refers to the yacht cruise
OF 1897, declaring that her sister acted as
her chaperon on that trip. and that Mol
York. Barnet, she says. was not on the
yacht, and she did not meet him at the
time In the fall of 1897 the statement
continues, "the gentleman who Joined the
yachting party when Mr.. M0lineux left,
died rather suddenly, and I presume 1T is
to him that the writer refers In her ghast-
ly insinuations that / was connected with
his death. 1 shall not mention his name,
and shall only say that he joined the yacht
at Portland on the day Mr.. Molineux re-
turned to New York, and never saw him
except for few hours on that day, and
these frightful insinuations are as baseless
and as wanton other statements in the
same publication. The writer also says
that I was a friend Of Mr.. Cornish. This
is absolutely untrue. / never knew him
or never saw him until saw him in court.
vile libel, that ] was concerned In the
alleged poisoning of Mrs. Adams, is SO in
credibly cruel and baseless that l can find
no words to characterize 1t. Under the
present circumstances I do not wish to
take any action to resent such fearful
libels, but If they are continued shall be
forced to take some steps to protect my
self for the sake Of my husband and our
parents. as well as for my own
Mrs. Molineux refers to the ''unfounded
and unproven accusations" OF the public
prosecutor and proceeds: ST have remained
dumb with closed lips while my name was
being constantly associated and connected
with that Of my husbands friend, Henry
Barnet. The absurd rumors developed into
infamous lies, and know now at too late
a day that credence was given to state
ments that had not a scintilla OF truth for
their foundation. Every scrap of so-called
evidence introduced at the late trial, every
inuendo, every insinuation uttered by the
connect my name with Mr.. Barnet and to
show the existence Of something more than
an ordinary friendship originated In his
own very convenient and elastic imagina-
city of his utterances regarding this phase
of his case for one very simple reason
they did not exist, and the whole accusa-
ton brought against me regarding Mr..
Barnet was one huge fabrication, grossly
and atrociously false.
"In respect to 1t all, wherein / have
borne the absolutely unjustified and un-
warrantahle reproach to myself, my
womanhood, my dignity, my honor, I have
suffered unspeakably, but that suffering
has been naught compared to the anguish
which has filled and still continues to fill
my heart because of the atrocious injustice
of the result of cowardly persecution which
one man, crave, calm, courageous. is en-
during to-day. that man my noble hus-
band, in whom my faith, my trust, my
confidence absolute