The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30

FORCED q REMAIN ~ HER
ROOMS FOR TWO WEEKS.
Has been virtually q Prisoner because
Representative Of Sensational News.
papers Have sought Interviews and
Have Tried TO PhOt0sraph Her.

Have Tried TO Photograph Her.
B. Molineux will probably never forget
her experiences during the ty weeks
that she has now been a resident Of Sioux
/ Falls. Beginning with the day after her
arrival in the city. when her presence wIs
first discovered. she has virtually been a
/ prisoner in her apartments the he siegers
being representatives Of sensational east
ern newspapers who wished to inter, lew
her. especially with reference to the grounds
upon which she will institute her divorce
suit at the expiration of the six months
stay in the city and State in order to estab-
fish a residence. They also wanted to
know whether she would ask for almony.
| These Efforts We're unsuccee siul. becaus e
| Mrs. Molin. ux secluded herself in her own
! apartments under instructions from her
attorney not to see or converse with any
newspaper man or with any one else il re-
| gard TO her case Siege was imme dlately
| laid TO her apart ments and was continued
! with vigor for several days. During this
! time requests for interviews we're sent TO
| her by messengers. but to all the reply was
| the same that she regretted being unable
to see those who sent tie requests, but was
compelled TO refer them to her attorney.
One newspaper man. more erterprisin &
| than his fellows. about an hour after la, :
! ing his application for an Interview re-
turn ed with the request that he see her AT =
torrey, weIi to the vicirity Of the apart
merits Of Mrs. Nolii eux A chamt ermaid
who WIS found iearby was impressed
| into the service Of tie Iewsysper man in
the attempt to carry the Nolii.cux strong
| hold ty storm. The stormiLg party Of two
welt 10 the door Of Mrs .loliieux's apart :
merts. Then the chambermaid rapred
| upon the or and when the door was seen
to open the a amLcrmaid withdrew out Of
sigh ard the iersIaper man steIpod
| in front Of tie door. No sooi er had he
| announced WHO he was with tho words
| You will have to eNcLte." than Mrs. Nol-
ireux abruptly closed the Coor and again
OCH, refuge in tie eolitude If her az art =
me -
The blffied man returned to the lobby
! Of the hotel where Mrs Molineux resides.
and the siege Of her apartments was re-
J u ned with redoubled vigilance. II was
/ discovered that at least one Of the news
| paper representatives was armed with a
| camera. This came to the knowledge Ct
| Mrs. Molineux and had a great deal TO do
| with influencing her TO remain so closely
J III her apart ments. She dared not GO even
, into the corridor passing her rooms without
| having party Of skirmishers in the posi-
| tions Of employees Of the hotel first clear
the corridor of the enemy. so none Of them
| could try TO take a snapshot of her as she
| passed backward and forward between
| her apartments and the private dining
| room where she took her meals.
| For several days she did not even tr,is,
| the shirfnishers to clear a pathway for her
| but had her meals served in her own apart
inent. One Of the amusing features of the
| siege was the fact that number of other
GUESTS at the hotel who are also here fer the
purpose Of procuring divorces, are thro An
into a state Of terror by the presence #
| newspaper men, WHO. they heard, would
| also strive to take snap shots of them as
we'll as Mis-. Molineux for the purpose Of
| illustrating articles on the Sioux Falls
| divorce colony.
| On account of this the appearance, on
any Of the upper floors of the hotel of any
one carrying anything which resembled
camera, was the signal for an instant
and general stampede on the part of the
-colonists. II has now reached such a
condition that the proprietors Of the hotel
I and their employees will give absolutely
no information concerning the movements
and incidents in the Gaily life of Mrs Moli-
neuN, As an illustration, on the night of
Thanksgiving Day, one of the Eas,ern
newspapers telngraphed for an article on
how Mrs. Molin"uX had spent the day
When the hotel men were asked for the in
formation in regard to this they would not
even say whether she had eaten a Thanks
giving dinner or whether she tasted all
DAY, referring the Questioner to her attor-
ney. who would be expected to know about
az much about how she had spent the day
a. some person in Halifax.
Had the hotel men been informed by a
newspaper man that there was a report in
New York that Mrs. Molineux had herself
eaten half a turkey for her Thanksgi, ing
dinner their reply would doubtless have
been
You will have 10 see her attorney.
The siege of Mrs Molinoux has now been
raised a;,d ii is probable that in tho course
of n few DAYS she will emerge from her
voluntary imprisonment and partake Of
the air and Of South Dakota by driving
around the city.