Democratic messenger., 1911-10-28
INDiCT M'FARLAND
FOR WIFE MURDER
Held In Poison Case After TeS-
tlInOny About Girl.
WOMAN ACCUSES HER
Friend OF Florence Bromley In Potts.
willie Tells of Her Secret Visit to
New York to See Accused.

New York to See Accused.
Allison MacFarland. charged with
the murder of his wife. Evelyn, who
died n week ago Of cyanide poisoning,
was indicted by the Essex county
grand jury in Newark, n. J.
The latest move in the case. the in
dlctment handed up to Judge Davis
In the court of oyer and terminer, re-
suited chiefly from evidence submitted
to the inquest by Detective Sergeant
Walter Godfrey. of Prosecutor Motifs
stan, showing the relations of the
prisoner and Miss Florence Bromley,
the Philadelphia girl, whose letters
we're found in MacFarland's home.
Godfrey is said to have testified that
the meetings of MacFarland and the
Bromley girl always occurred in the
same places in Philadelphia. II was
further shown to the jury that the
state hopes to prove that MacFarland
lavished part of his income upon the
young woman and at the same time
subjected his wife to hardship.
What may prove important evidence
for the prosecution was revealed by
Mrs. Howard c. Moore, of Pottsvllle.
Pa. friend OF Miss Florence Brom-
ley, OF Philadelphia. ''the woman in
the case" Mrs. Moore and Miss Brom-
ley are friends, and on July 3 the Phil
adelphia girl paid visit to Mrs. Moore
in Pottsvillc Miss Bromley went to
Pottsville TO attend the Schuylkill
County Centennial.
According to Mrs. Moore. the girls
visit. however. was only blind" to
deceive her parents in order that she
might slip over to New York to see
"a gentleman friend" who. Mrs. Moore
now believes, was MacFarland.
Mrs. Moore says that Miss Bromley
did not remain In Pottsville for the
two big events of the celebration--the
military and flremens parades. but
left for New York on Friday after
noon.
Declaring that she feels she should
reveal what she knows in the interest
OF justice. Mrs. Moore says:
After enjoying the celebration
Miss Bromley suddenly decided to go
to New York. She told me she was
going to visit friends there. who had
an attractive young man boarding
with them. She left her trunk at my
house.. taking only suit case with
her to New York.
"She returned on Monday night and
said that she had a splendid time.
She cautioned me not to mention any
thing about her trip to New York In
future letters which | might write to
Philadelphia, because her mother al
ways read her letters and she didn't
want her to know of this side trip.
gentleman friend. but she declared
that she would marry him even II her
parents consent was no. obtained. II
she had to run away with him. Miss
Bromley declared that she would stick
to him and marry him.
"On the morning following her re-
turn to Pottsville. from New York city,
Miss Bromley returned to Philadel-
phia. She checked her trunk to the
Quaker City, but left behind her the
suit case. from which she had remov-
ed the clothes that she took with her
20 New York city. leaving II entirely
empty. to be called for by the ey-
pressman. When the latter came 10
secure the suit case saw that the
address. which Miss Bromley had put
upon II. was Ampere. N. j.. and II was
addressed to man named MacFar-
land"