The age-herald., 1899-03-05
JEALOUSY AND HATRED PREPARE
 DEATH IN A SELTZER BOTTLE
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 known of the fact that Barnet had been poisoned. They are, therefore, beginning at the beginning, and are making a record of the life of the woman from the time when she was the little girl, Blanche Chese- brough, down to the moment when she be- came Mrs. Roland Burnham Molineaux.
 Inquiry is being made into those chapters of Mrs. Molineaux's life containing her acts when she was an unmarried woman; into her income at that time, both as to It's source and to its amount; Into her com panions, her place of residence, her voca- tions.
 The prosecution is particularly interested in obtaining a correct answer to certain questions asked Mrs. Molineaux when she was on the witness stand. She was asked If she had ever stopped at the house of a Mrs. Martin on East Twenty-fifth street. She denied it empha atically.
 In this connection it is quite pertinent to hear the story of this Mrs. Martin. She kept, in November, 1897, furnished room house at No. 112 East Twenty-fifth street. Since the beginning of the coronerS inquest Mrs. Martin has told story to counsel of a certain person in the case of which the following is an outline:
 Mrs. Martin had advertised one of her rooms having a bay window, for rent only during the day. On about November 20 a tall stylishly dressed young woman caned, looked at the room, said she was delighted with it, and added that she would require 1t only from Il oclock in the morning until or 5 o'clock in the after noon. Mrs. Martin describes this young woman as having blond complexion, with cast in one of her eyes. The stranger agreed to pay SIP week for the room. .
 The day on which the blond woman took possession of the room a man called upon her. He was a daily visitor for ten days thereafter. Mrs Martin said that she af- terward learned this man was H. c. Bar net, who lived at the Knickerbocker Attn letic, club. The woman she learned to know as Miss Blanche" Barnet usually stayed in the house from Il o'clock until Miss Blanche" departed in the afternoon. Champagne and fruit were usually sent to the room prior to tho coming of Miss Blanche"
 Barnet Paid Bill for "h1Iss Blanche"
 At the end of ten days Miss Blanche" gave up the room, but instead of paying the rental, gave Mrs. Martin sealed note to H. c. Barnet, at the Knckerbocker Ath- letc club Barnet was not found when Mrs Martin called, but he subsequently, came to Mrs. Martins apartments and paid the bill in person.
 Mrs Martin said that during Miss Blanche's'' stay in the house her distin- guished appearance was frequently com mented upon by the neighbors, who specu- lated vainly as to who she was. Mrs. Martin said that she saw Miss Blanche" at rare intervals after the young woman had ceased to be her tenant. The young woman, she said, called upon her at the boarding house of Mrs. McCready, in west Thirty-fourth street, whither she Mrs MarfioA had aft uix, I'D the Twenty-fifth street house.
 The last time she saw Miss Blanche" Mrs. Martin said, was shortly after the death of H. c. Barnet. Miss Blanche" had said:
 "The world seems very black to me since 'Hennie' died. I don't think shall ever recover from it.
 Mrs. Martin said that she did not see Barnet again after he had paid the bill of $26; nor had she ever seen him before the time he appeared in her house as the friend of Miss Blanche.
 Mrs. Martins Statement Valuable.
 Mrs. Martins personA history does not make her an impressive witness in the ab- sence of corroboration-but there is much of corroboration. It can be proved that Mrs. Martin did go to the Knckerbocker Athletic club. and found ample opportunity to learn the identity of H. c. Barnet.
 Her statement was made at time in the progress of the Investigation of the case when she could not have had access to in- remain upon which to build falsehoods. | Furthermore, there appears no motive for deception on her part. The police are fast gathering facts which will prove or disprove Mrs. Martins state ment, which, in view of the death of Bar net, becomes of first importance The re- lstions thus suggested between Barnet and "diss Blanche" supply the strongest possi- |