El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-15
ACCELERATED CASE.
The Trial OF Roland Mo1lnedux Ex-
pected To Attract National At
tentiOn.

tried in New YORK Ior tne
murder of Mrs. Katherine Adams.
The crime of which Molineaux IL &C
cused is one of the most rem arkable
and deepest-lsid of the century. AS an
active member of the Knickerbocker
Athletic club ne was intimate with
Henry 9. Barnet, q wealthy club mem
her and bachelor, who made his home
at the club The two men were both
infatuated with Blanche Che ese-
borough, q handsome young woman
who gained favorable notice in musical
later as q singer in concerts.
Molineaux, according to testimony.
first proposed marriage to Miss
Cheese borough. She refused him and
showed q preference for Henry G.
Barnet.
In the early part of the summer of
1898 Molineaux, after q quarrel with
Cornish, the physical instructor OF the
athletic club, resigned from the club
and became an active member OF the
New York Athletic club. The feud
between Cornish and Molineaux grew
in bitterness. After leaving the Knick-
erbocker Athletic club MOlineanx
gave his room to Barnet, still his
warmest friend, apparently, but his
successful rival.
In November last Barnet was taken
i'll after swallowing some medicine
which came to him through the mail.
Although his illness resembled diph-
iberia IL was afterwards discovered
that he had been poisoned with cyanide
of mercury, which was mixed with the
powder sent him through the mails.
Molineaux did not call to see Barnet
through his illness, nor did he attend
the funeral.
Three weeks after Barnet died
be married Mics CheesebOrough.
The fact that Barnet had been poison
ed did not leak out until some time
afterwards. The discovery came with
the poisoning OF Mrs. Katherine J.
Adams in an attempt to poison Harry
Cornish, the man whom Molineaux
hated. "A bottle of bromo seltzer was sent
to Cornish through the mails It was
in little silver holder and came two
days before Christmas. 1t was suppos-
ed to be . Christmas gift. Cornish
took the supposed bromo settler to his
home, where he lived with Mrs.
Adams and her daughter, Mira.
Florence Rogers. A few days after
Christmas. Mrs. Adams was feeling III
ed, to give her some bromo settler.
The bottle in the silver holder was
out and q dose given to Mrs:
Adams, who fell to the floor and expired
soon after swallowing the drug.
Then the story was told OF the poison
ing of Barnet His body was disinter-
red and an examination of the powder
taken before his death proved that 1t
contained the came poison that killed
Mrs. Adams. For weeks the police
were at loss for q clew to the sender
of the poison and a motive for the
double murder. Cornish said from the
first that he suspected Molineaux. At
MS preliminary examination bard
" riting experts declared that Moli-
neaux had addressed the package OF
poison to Barnet and Cornish. Then |
came the Identification by Hickman
and the Motive Molineaux had for |
wishing Barnet and Cornish out of the
way.
The case has attracted all the more
owing to the prominence of
the accused and his family. His faith
or and mother are among the most
prominent persons socially In Brook
Ign, and young Molineaux up to the
time of his arrest figured more or less |
in the most select social |
!, relies of the city.