The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-28


had first consulted his counsel Mr..
Weeks. McCafferty could not get
sample of Molineuxs writing until a
few days ago.
Nicholas A. Hickman, who rents pri-
vate letter boxes at his place of busi-
ness, 257 West Forty-seventh street,
was then called. After testifying as to
his business and that he had rented
letter box for one month to man who
had given the name of H. c. Barnet
and that this man had called for let
ters about is or 20 times, Mr.. Osborne
asked the witness:
Gould you recognize him agan?"
Yes" said Hickman.
who is he?" demanded Mr.. Osborne.
Hickman answered: .Mr. Molineux.
There he is.
Molineux heard the accusation with
out changing color or trace of agita-
ton. He leaned forward with his hands
on the table and staring steadily at
Hickman said. emphatically:
Il never saw that man in Forty-sec
ond street twhere Heckman's box
aency isl. saw him at the hotel where
l was on exhibition and at Newark,
where a man brought him to me and
asked I was the man He is liar"
liar
That's ALL" said Osborne. quietly.
Despite Mr.. Weeks efforts to have
Hickman cross-eXamined. he was al
lowed to leave the stand, the coroner
saying that he promised the district at
torney to conduct the investigation in
his own way. That closed the incident
and Emma Miller. the Newark sales
woman, who sold silver holder similar
to that which held the bromo seltzer
bottle. was called to the stand. Miss
Miller was asked:
"On the 21st day of December, 1898,
did you sell what was considered in
your store as match safe?"
Yes. A man came into the store and
said he wanted to buy bottle holder.
Instead I showed match holder He
purchased it,
Miss Miller then identified the holder
of the bromo seltzer bottle as the
match safe she had sold on Dec. q.
Have you been able to identify any
one who purchased the holder?"
NO. SIR" and that ended her testi
mony.
William j. Kinsley was called. He
said he was editor of the Penman's
Art Journal and that during the past
four years he had testified in 800 court
cases as a handwriting expert. He had
examined some specimens of Molineux's
handwriting. They were written in the
assistant district attorneys office on
Feb. 20. The afternoon of the same
day the witness requested Mr.. Molin-
eux to call at his office, where the spec
linens We're rewritten because the ones
written in the morning were not salts
factory. Mr.. Kinsley was shown the
specimens he examined and other spec
linens.
What is your opinion as to the iden-
! tty of the handwritihg?" asked c.
| borne.
"The writing is all in the same hand"
| replied the expert.
| Were the letters signed Barnet and
| icb' aSyt col me
| Yes
| Mr. Kinsley was shown the address
on the poison package and was asked
Have you compared this writing with
the letter?''
| Il have
rs it your opinion that they were
| all written by the same hand?"
II am of the opinion that all the
writing was done by the same hand
| How strong is that opinor?'
| II am positive of it,"
Have you any doubt?'
| "None whatever 49,
Have you compared exhibit NO. ,
(Which is the handwriting of Moln-
eux) and the letters of Barnet and
Cornish with the handwriting of Mol
| ineux?" g.,
Il have" g...
What is your opinion?"
1.-THE four sets of writing are in one
| and the same haid.'
| Have you no doubt?' &'
| mo, none whatever"
"Give your reasons for believing Mo-
| 1neuX wrote all the letters
II have been studying the handWrit-
| ing since Jan. /. The mechanical ar
rangement in the known handwriting
of Mr. Molineux and in the disputed
| handwriting is the same. The word
spacing and paragraphing are alike.
| None of the disputed letters are dated.
| None of the known letters are dated.
The punctuation and lack of punctua-
| ton are the same. In the III. Cornish
letter written to Stearns the punctua-
| ton comedies with the copy made at
my office by Mr. Molineux.'
"HaVe you compared them with the
address on the poison PACKAGE
II have
What is your opinion about them?'
"The man who wrote the letters
wrote the address on the package"
General Molineux appeared to be
greatly affected. His son was smiling.
The jury asked to see the specimens
and exhibits. They We're handed around
Did you compare these specimens
with Cornish's writing?"
Il did, and found so many dissimilar-
tiles that told the police Cornish could
not have written the wrapper
| That concluded Mr.. Kinsley's testi-
mony.
Edward r. Hay. Washington, D. c.;
Henry L. Tolman, Chicago: Albert D..
Osborne, Rochester. N. Y; Prof. Per-
cifer Frazer, DR.. William F. Hagen,
Troy and Prof Daniel P. Ames, Eliza
beth, N. j., all handwriting experts,
gave testimony of the most positive
charac cter corroborating that of Expert
| Kinsley.
Roland B. MolineuX sat and listened
to the testimony of the handwriting ex-
perts without betraying any nervous
ness. Not SO with his father. however.
| Genera. Molineux sat almost on the
verge of collapse during the greater part
of the hearing. Ii was just 4:35 o'clock
| when District Attorney Gardiner arose
and announced that all the evidence in
! the hands Of the people had been given
and he faced the jury and began to sum
up the case He explained to the jury
the reasons for the delay in bringing
the case to investigation. saying that it
was necessary to determine whether
| Mrs. Adams had in reality died of poi