Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1902 — MRS O’MALLEY SENT TO PRISON. [ARTICLE]

MRS O’MALLEY SENT TO PRISON.

She and Her Lover Held Pending Inquiry as to Poisoning. Mrs. Aline O'Malley and William Heap in. the elopers, who were arrested on * charge of theft while trying to escape from Philadelphia, were removed from the central police station to Moynmcnsing prison. There is hardly any doubt, a dispatch says,, that the police are holding Mrs. O'Malley and Ilearin in order to allow the South Bend, Ind.. authorities ample time to investigate the poisoning of Prof. O'Malley, which occurred in that city The story of the O’Malleys is told in brief as follows: They were married,secretly. He'was a professor at the college at Notre Dame, Ind.; she had been a student there. Her father objected to the match, but she insisted on marrying. She is supposed to have been married before and never been divorced. A few months after their marriage the professor fell sick and endured a lingering illness. He showed symptoms of arsenical poisoning. Mrs. O’Malley objected to the constant presence of a trained nurse at her husband's bedside. She is accused of having fed her husband contrary to the physician’s orders. She is said to have neglected him in his illness. She eloped with William Uearin and was arrested in Philadelphia. She is 24, beautiful and talented. A gifted poet and brilliant talker. Prof. ,O’Malley is a learned man. finely educated and has a sterling character.