Evening star., 1915-01-10
Woman Who Poisoned Chill
dren Weeps When Physi-
clan Breaks News.
CHARGE OF HOMICIDE
FORMALLY PREFERRED
Supposed Wife of Lawyer Says She
Wants to Live to Face Court
Proceedings.

NEW YORK, January a.--A charge
of homicide was today preferred
against the woman known as Mrs. Ida
Sniffen Rogers. who gave her two
babies n fatal dose of poison eleven
days ago and attempted to commit
suicide herself. Just before the charge
was entered Mrs. Rogers was told for
the frs, time that her babies were
dead of the poison she gave them
eleven days ago. Her own physician
broke the news For few moments
she appeared to be dazed; then she
wept
1T can't be true she said again and
again.
Lorlys Elton Rogers. the New forR
lawyer who was known to her neish,
bors as her husband. was snmn,ohee
to her bedside. She told him that sht
wanted to live to face the charse.
At Rogers office it was said tonlSh'
that an attorney had been retained tt
defend the woman. District ATTORNEY
Martin stated that the entire cas'
would be presented to the Bronx couh
In view of the statement of Mrs
Caroline Rogers that she will proceed
at once to divorce Rogers, an enor
was made to get from the iaWSer
statement as to his intentions concern, =. n,
ing the woman who is recovering aItel
having been long at dea'h "o''
Nothing was forthcoming :,
NJ. l.. Jacobs. SIS Park row. VINO l:
representing Rogers, when informe'
Of the en eentsnss sasd Of tbis MRS auesfion
HAS Rogers indicated any seriou:
intention of making the woman II
Lebanon Hospital his lawful VII. !.
when fre>d by his present legal "iie'
This was the answer:
81 will not discuss that issue oiis
way or another.
Police Restrict Rogers.
The freedom of Rogers in remain M
by the side of the sick woman mas peei
restricted by order of District Attorhe.
Martin and at the protest OF Roger
himself. Police Inspector Walsh IN
formed the policeman on guard at thu
woman's door that no one but roger!
and medical persons were to see her
and Rogers for fifteen minutes ohi!
three times a day
Ida Rogers heard the voices OF nlei
at the door when the inspector wa!
giving his orders to the policeman, ant
she asked and was Informed OF ih'
new order. She took it very hard a
first but was informed by the hurs'
that the course was adopted on th'
doctors instructions 10 insure neI h,oi nar
speedy recovery. This reconclled her
and she made no further compialnt
EXCEPT to ask piteously again how soo1
her babies might be brought to hef:
The inspector was met by Rogers II
the corridor. He expressed his opin
ion strongly, but the inspector quiete'
him with the observation, AS far a
/ can see you have no rights her'
wha tever. It would be different, o
course, if you were the woman's hus
band. AS it is. it is due only TO TN
district attorneys generosity that yol
are allowed in the sick room at all.
Legal Wife's Action.
In his love affairs Rogers, as shown
by the statement of his legal wife, Mrs
Caroline Giddings Rogers, has beer
playing a separate game of cards Will
each hand.
Mrs Rogers, the sister of Prof
Franklin II. Giddings of Columbia. ha:
not told any life story. She has mad'
a brief statement of the facts of he
side of the case. which confirms SOM
rumors and brings the situation to
status quo as far as she is concerned
her lawyer. Emory R. Buckner, mean
against the thrice unfaithful Rogers
Mrs Rogers says that after discov
ering Rigers' infidelity she did agre'
to give up the struggle if Rogers fount
his affections lay permanently else
where. The end of the fight came il
October. when she left the apartment d
552 Riverside drive.
But duplicity Stiil hovers over Rog
ers' love affairs. For after the time hi
wife had agreed to divorce him whel
he should find his attitude toward Ida
the mother of his two children. had tn
dignity of permanent love. Ida is foun,
imploring the legal Mrs. Rogers to iii
vorce the lawyer. according to report
that have not been denied. So that tn
motive for Ida's poisoning herself an
her babies appears TO rest in the effor
of Rogers to retain the solace and cir
r,irnstance of the Bronx househol
while also enjoying the dignity of hi
position in the world as the husban,
of the woman who was Caroline Gid
dinSS.