The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-28


For one thousand years down to the pres
ent time murders of this kind have cen
demonstrated, have been committed on ac-
count of the reasons-jeaiousy or hate-and
in. the large majority OF instances. by a
woman or degenerate.
Mr.. Gardiner again alluded to the char
acter of Mrs. Molineaux, and designated
her a woman" He said the deaths of
Barnet and Mrs. Adams could not be sepa-
rated Barnet had been poisoned by a pow
der sent through the mail and the one who
sent it must have been on intimate terms
with him and acquainted with the fact that
Barnet used Kutnow powder. Molineaux,
he said, was that person.
Read the Letters to Barnet
Mr.. Gardiner read the letter written to
Barnet while he was i'll and said:
lis that the language of one ordinary
friend to another?'
General Molfneaux Interrupted him by
crying out: Yes, IL is"
The coroner silenced him and the district
attorney resumed. He dwelt upon the
fact that Mrs. Molineaux had sent flowers
and a letter to Barnet only nineteen days
before her marriage and discredited the
statement of MolineauX that he had paid
for the flowers.
ut is clear that Mrs. Moiineauxz loved
Barnet, but knew Molneaux had good
prospects and she wanted to be taken care
of. There is the motive" said Mr..
Gardiner.
Colonel Gardiner had took up Moline
aux's hatred of Cornish, and spoke of Mo-
lineauxs visit to Chinatown and his In
timacy with persons there.
Coming down to the hiring OF the letter
boxes, Colonel Gardiner said:
"In one instance the letter box was rent
| ed in the name of H. C. Barnet 1t was
| not Barnet who rented 1t. Who
was 1t? You heard a witness on
In
| lineaux ten or twelve times, and identi-
| fod him as renting the box in Barnets
name. Then there was another letter box
| hired in the name of Harry S. Cornish, and
| letter was received there from FREDERICK
| Stearns, of Detroit, in answer to one writ
| ten by H. s. Cornish, making inquiries
| about Harpster. If the person who wrote
that letter of inquiry had knewn that Cor
! nish was acquainted with Mr.. Stearns he
| would probably have never selected Cor
| nist's name.
MoIneaux the Guilty Man
Now you have seen witnesses upon this
| stand as experts In handwriting and heard
| them testify that the man who wrote the
| letters signed Harry Cornish, and H c.
! that letter of inquiry had known that Cor
| Barnet wrote the address on the package
| of the poison Is there any doubt In your
minds that Roland B. Molineaux did it?'
| Colonel Gardiner then said that the letters
to his mind had been written by degener-
ate. 1t was $40 p. m. when Colonel Card
liner concluded his summing up and after a
brief charge to the jury by Coroner Hart
the case was given In the hands OF the
| jury and the eleven men went out to DELHI
crate.
The Jury came in with its verdict at s:43
p. m.
| 1t was as follows:
1--WE find that the said Katherine j.
| Adams came to her death on December 2S,
1898 in 81 west Eighty-sixth street. by
poison of merculic cynaide, administered by
Harry s. Cornish, to whom said poison
had been sent in Bromo-Seltzer by Roland
| b. Molineaux." There was moment of
silence. Molineaux. although he must have
expected the verdict, paled vislbly and
| smiled at a whispered word of encourage
ment from his counsel.
The warrant had already been prepared
| and Coroner Hart handed it to two detec-
| tives who stood near him. Molineaux
| walked around the table to meet them and
| stood before the coroner's bench. He put
| his hands upon the edge of the desk, but
| they did not tremble, and he seemed to have
| no apprehension of what was to come.
| The coroner asked him the usual questions
! as to his name, age, residence, ana II ne
| had statement to make,
| ct am not guilty, and demand an imme-
date examination replied Molineaux.
| The coroner set the time for 1880 a. M.
| Wednesday, At that date Coroner Hart,
| sitting as magistrate, will possibly con-
| duct the examination 1t is almost certain
| before Wednesday noon Molineaux Will
| have been indicted by the grand jury. Some
| of the witnesses who testified today have
already told their stories to the grand jury.