The Washington times., 1915-01-22
8 WOMEN IN ROGERS
CASE SORRY FOR HIN
All Call Him Good and Think He
Has Been Prosecuted.
Lawyer StiIl Behind Bars.

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Loriys Elton
Rogers, the Park row lawyer, is In the
Bronx county jail. his friends having
30 far been unable to arrange bonds
men for the $3.50 bond imposed by the
court. Rogers was arrested at tina
Lebanon Hospital yesterday on felony
charges resulting from his relations
with Mrs. Ida sniffen Walters, the
woman who hoped to become his third
wife. and who poisoned her two chill
dren when that hope was destroyed.
TIE three women whose careers are
30 intertwined with Rosers--Mrs. Annie
Roquemore Rogers, his hrst wife, who
divorced him; Mrs. Caroline q. Rogers.
his present wife. and Mrs. Ida Walters
still regard him with love and as
TEEN. Each in expressing her feelings
ut his position uttered almost the same
words:
"He is a good man. He never harmed
anyone"
Mrs. Walters Inconsolable.
The woman whose love precipitated
the unusual situation was inconsolable
when told Of Rogers plight.
1T Is an outrage" she cried. Then
che wept.
II would die to save him" she con-
tinued. when she had regained her cont
posure. "This Is cruel. 1t 10 \ vindic-
tive action.
way." she added. "Mr. rogers 10 . good
man. He never wronsed anyone"
Mrs. Annie RoQuemore Rogers. the
wife Of the imprisoned lawyers youth,
also is bitter In her comments on his
arrest. !.
~ o,ld onyur hAvA hAnnAnAd. HA IL 4
AS AS she left the grand Jury room. Mrs:
Caroline Giddings Rogers. the present
wife Of the lawyer. pleaded through
HE is essentially . good man. He
was handed ZIP a few minutes after she
had reluctantly forged the Anal INK In
the chain Of testimony against her hus-
band.
Conviction May Mean Twenty Years
A conviction may mean twenty years
in prison for Rogers. a. well a. q
IS, 900 fine. A minimum sentence
would mean two years in SIM. Sing.
The Indictment charges q violation
Of section 2,i60 Of the penal code. or
dinarily known as the white slave
law, but its application in this case
| IL 50 novel that tho Bronx county
officials expect a long legal contest
over the tes fae Of the statute. The IN.
dictment Is on three counts. The hrst
charges his residence with Mrs. lda
| Walters in the Bronx nat. In 224 East
| 167th street. The other counts arc
specific as to the relations Of the pair
Abraham Levy. counsel Tor the I'm
prisoned attorney. characterized the
| Indictment as a Joke and the action
and attitude OF the district attorney.a
orrice as legally unfounded. He. said:
Calls Indictment . Joke.
This indictment Is joke. The dis
trict attorney will have to Justify
himself not only before the comnun-
ity, but before the bench and bar.
That statute was meant solely for
white slave cases. 1t Is absurd to
think Of this proceeding in the light
Of the private lives Of thousands OF
men in this city"
The statutes. enacted in 1910. never
! the way District Attorney Francis
Martin now Is. applying them. Hero
| tofore they have been brought into
play chiefly in white sia, e" cases. The
personal application Of the acts Is q
| new phase Of the laws hght again 81
vice. Authorities commenting on the
unusual stand taken by the grand
jury predicted startling and whole
sale disclosures under the laws new
The grand Jury Investigation into
the death by poisoning OF the two
children will he continued next Mon
day. Even rhe closest friends Of ths
woman expect her Indictment on 8
murder charge.