The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-11
TIE MONROE Case ON TRIAL
Mrs. Starring Tells of the Robbery
of Her Residence.

She Says the Accused Had Frequent
Iy Called on Her and Knew the
Location of the Cabinet Contain
ing the JcweIs-The Bicycle Ride.
The preliminary hearing Of the case of
Lewis Mortimer Monroe. charged with
the larceny Of jcweIry and money Of the
value of about $500 from Mrs. Olivia c.
Starring, OF 1855 Massachusetts Avenue
northwest, was begun before Judge Scott
in the Police Court at II o'clock this
morning.
The examination was to have taken
place yesterday. but was continued until
today At the request Of Assistant District
Attorney MuIIowny- The defendant IS be-
ing represented ny \ S COIyar R p
Evans. and F. r Keys When the case
was called today, Mr. COlyar made mo-
ton 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 substautiate 1t in court. This motion
was overruIed Mr.. CoIyar then moved
that the warrant against Monroe be
qUashed on the ground that it was not
properly framed; that it was signed by
Detective Helan on hearsay evidence He
wanted Mrs. Starring to swear to il This
motion was also everrUIed and the taking
of testimony was begun
The first witness was Mrs Starring
She said she saw the money and jeEelry
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
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she did not remember the exact hour 1t
was probably Il o'clock in the morning
though, 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 1t was that he was there.
The witness then described the position
( of the cabinet which contained the valu-
abIes. It 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
( ing day, the It'll, 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 neT riding dress
Mrs Starring said that on returning she
| and Monroe took d ride and that. arTiv-
/ ing at the A1aSSSa ChUSetts Bridge, they
! gone probably three-quarters Of an hour,
/ when he rejOined her They then return
+ &c home nd Monroe called her attention
{ to the fact that the abinet that had con-
tanned the money and jewelTy was open,
was also q window in an adjoining
room. Mrs Starring explained that one
part OF Ihe caolIlet contained letters ana
{ teiegTaTns Monroe haG written Mrs star
/ TIng. Monroe took these letters, saying,
/ these are mine
At this point the court took a recess
until ! O'Clock
/ Court reconvened at lis O'Clock. and
/ Mrs Starring again took the witness
stand. She said Monroe approached a ia
! BE near the open window referred to in
/ the room adjoining the studio, and picked
up the bag in which the money and Jew
I eiTy had been kept 1t was lying under
/ empty.
/ a week or ten days before May the
witness said she saw the bag containing
the Jewelry and money She had gone to
the cabinet where 1t was kept to get some
rum Monroe was present in the room al
( that time she declared, adding that no
/ one else was present
I Mrs Starring said she became acQuaiTt-
ed with Monroe through a New York
/ Herald personal Monroe later came to
/ 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 CrGss-eSa miuati0n Mrs Starring said
/ the g IN her middle name stoO,' 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 jeweIry.
| 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
I ring Monroe frequently made trips from
. New York to Washington 10 see her. she
/ said She had met Monroe on several oc-
/ CasiOnS, she added in New York.
/ Al Z.2J O'Clock this afternoon Mrs Star
/ ring was still on the stand.