The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-12
ALONGDRAWN OUTHEARING
Monroe Held Under Bond to Await
the Grand Jury's Action.
The Starring Case shows Many Com
pIications Witnesses Testify TO
the Previously AmicabIe Relations
of the Principals in the Case.

Lewis Mortimer Monroe. charged with
| the theft of money and jewelry to the
value of $1,000 from Mrs Olivia C. Star
| ring, of 1I55 Massachusetts Avenue north
west. on May Z. was yesterday held in
bond of $4,000 to await the action of the
| grand jury. and was remandei to jail.
The preliminary hearing of Monroe's
case was had before Judge Scott, in the
Police Court. 1t was to have taken place
| on Friday. but was continued until yes
terday. at the request of A. K. Mullowny,
| Assistant District Attorney. who con-
| Quoted the case for the Government. The
defendant was represented by A. S. Col
var, r. p. Evans, and F. r. Keys. When
! the case was called yesterday Mr.. Colyar
moved for a further continuance. on the
| ground that he had received information
( concerning Monroe that. he said, was of
great value to him. but that it had come
! to him so late that he had been unable
to secure the attendance of the witnesses
| to substantiate 1t in court. This motion
was overruled. Mr.. Colyar then moved
! that the warrant against Monroe be
| quashed on the ground that it was not
properly framed; that 1t was signed by
Detective Helan on hearsay evidence. He
| wanted Mrs Starring to swear to it. This
| motion was also overruled and the taking
| of testimony was begun.
The first witness was Mrs. Starring.
She said she saw the money and jewelry
Monroe Is suspected of taking on the
9Th of May. when they were in a carved
cabinet in her house. 1855 Massachusetts,
Avenue northwest. She took some money
from the bag on that day, she said, but
she did not remember the exact hour 1t
was probably II o'clock in the morning
| Mrs. Starring thought. Monroe was at
| her house that day, she said but
not at the time she took the money from
| the bag. She did not know just what
| time of the day it was that he was there.
| The witness then described the position
| of the cabinet which contained the valu-
| abies. 1t was in the studio of her house.
When Monroe called. Mrs. Starring said,
| he went to this ROOM She could not say
| whether he was alone there at any time
| that day or not
Monroe called at the house the follow
| ing day, the 18th, in the afternoon. He
/ was again taken to the studio. He invited
| her to take a bicycle ride, and she went
| to her room to put on her riding dress.
| Mrs Starring said that on returning she
| and Monroe took a ride and that, arriv-
| ing at the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge.
they dismounted and Monroe left her and
| was gone probably three-quarters of an
hour. when he rejoined her. They then
returned home and Monroe called her at
tention to the fact that the cabinet that
| had contained the money and jewelry was
open. as was also a window in an adjoin-
| ing room. Mrs. Starring explained that one
| part of the cabinet contained letters and
kilograms Monroe had written her Mon
mine"
At this point the court took recess
Until O'Clock.
Court reconvened at lis o'clock, and
Mrs. Starring again took the witness
stand. She said Monroe approached Ia
BILE near the open window referred to in
the room adjoining the studio. and picked
up the bag in which the money and jew
elry had been kept. 1t was lying under
the table. He handed it to her; ii was
empty.
A week or ten days before May 6 the
witness said she saw the bag containing
the jewelry and money. She had gone to
the cabinet where it was kept to get some
rum. Monroe was present in the room at
that time. she declared, adding that no
one else was present.
Mrs. Starring said she became acquaint-
ed with Monroe through New York
Herald personal. Monroe later came 10
Washington. She answered the personal
because she wanted somebody to go bicy-
Gle riding with her Monroe, in the per-
sonal described himself as being fond of
outdoor exercise.
On icross-examination Mrs Starring said
the c. in her middle name stood for Con-
ME. She said she did not swear out the
warrant for Monroe and that she did not
know who stole her money and jewelry
She said she notified the detectives of her
case: not knowing whom they might ar
rest. She never went under the name of
Cohen. She had been married twice.
Hughes Howard Elliott. of Philadelphia,
was her first husband. He was dead. She
said she was divorced from General Star
ring. Monroe frequently made trips from
New York to Washington to see her, she
said. She had met Monroe on several oc-
casions. she added, in New York.
when she replied to the New York
Herald" personal she did not sign her
full name. she said. She did not re-
member what she had said in this letter
TO Monroe, nor what name she had sign
ed. She did not recall ever going under
the name of Lydia Howard. When shown
letter she admitted that 1t had her sig
nature. Mr.. Colyar wanted to introduce
letters alleged to be from Mrs. Starring
so.
on cross examination Mrs Starring de-
MED that she had ever said she was go
ing to fix" Monroe She was never
engaged to Monroe. She had taken $40
out of the bag on May 6. There was then
about 800 in 1t. Monroe was taken out
of her house last Tuesday night by de-
-tectives. Mrs. Starring. when asked about
the denominations of the bills in the bag
said they were fveS. tens, twenties. and
one SOD bill. In giving a list of these
bills to the detectives, she had forgotten
to include the one-hundred dollar bill.
man whose name she did not learn
walked through her house, she said, on
Tuesday. The house was for sale and the
man came to look 1t over. The cabinet
in which she kept her jewelry and money
was made in Italy. 1t was very beau
tiful affair. The stranger saw the cabinet
and spoke of il.
Mrs Starring denied that she had
former secretary arrested for stealing
81, 500 worth of diamonds from her. and
then withdrew the charge againS him.
She denied that the arrest of Monroe was
the result of piece OF spitework on her
part. She denied she had been with Mon
roe at the Continental Hotel in Phila-
delphia. She had met Monroe at the Ven
dome In New York. but that he had sim
ply called on her.
Detective Frank Helari. who. with De-
tective McNamee, arrested Monroe, was
the next witness. He said the result OF
an investigation of the robbery at Mrs.
Starrings showed that the thief or
thieves had not entered the house by bur
glarious methods. The two firms in New
York for which Monroe claimed 10 have
worked the detective said Knew nothing
of HIM
Lottie Thompson, a colored servant In
Mrs. Starring's house. said that when
Monroe and Mrs. Starring were about to