New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-28

,,a,d. ~ the District Attorney and the police
In imitation OF that on the poison package
These witnesses were made prominent yester-
day by District Attorney Gardiner. who as
again exclusively told I'm yesterdays Trioune'
had arranged TO conduct the examination OF
witnesses in order that he might be vindicated
al the close Of the inquest as to his statement
that two men and woman were implicated
in the crime and the motive is jealousy and
hate
He has succeeded in getting the Coroners
Jury to implicate one man. hut where the o'he's
are is still a question TO be settled
GARDENERS NEW EPIGRAM.
Colonel Gardiner made himself once more
prominent by giving out n new epigram AT the
opening OF the Inquest yesterday lie orlslnd4iy
came into prominence by saying on the stump
when helping Tammany Hall in the Mayorai'!
campaign. To he'll with Reform" lie aoueu
apother saving. which win rank with this
when he said yesterday, ITO hell with the
newspapersr' This new quotation was from
sneech he made at the morning session. pre-
sumably to a friend sitting at the counsel
table. and in explanation of the attacks made
on him in handling the Adams matter.
He has also made another place in history IN
This case by his extraordinary efforts to con-
vict one man. He made an opening ADDRESS
10 the Coroner's jury which WAS in itself con-
trary 10 the usual custom. and then when all
the evidence in. he implored and begged
the fury 10 bring in verdict which would hnd
Molineux guilty Of sending the poison. IN MS
plea he made the most insulting references 70
Monneux's wife. He used language which
would not be fit to print. and. following up the
line of questions TO differences and impress
s,ons. he accused both Moneux and his wife
,,.fCr. tad
,nonv in his plea 10 such marked extent that
people in the room showed their dissent as TO
his methods AS an example. he said that lit
had been proved that Molneux was near the
General Postoffice when the poison package was
mailed"
HART MAKES SOME CORRECTIONS.
Coroner Hart for the second time showed his
authority in the case and after Mr.. Gardiner
was through told the exact facts as to the tesu-
nony He said that the evidence showed that
Cornish was within fifty feet of the General
Postoffice for several hours on the day the pack
age was mailed. He also called attention 10
the contradictory statements in the testimony
of Mrs Rogers and Harry Cornish as well as
The testimony Of DR. Potter. Of which the Dis
'1rict-Attorneys Office said that IT furnished
,lew to the poisoner"
was the first time on record that Dstrict-At-
torney had gone into a Coroner's court and
made a plea for the finding of verdict against
any one man. In his plea the Distrlct-Attorney
made a bitter attack on Mr.. Molineux and his
wife the greater part Of which is not proper
TO print.
TESTIMONY SUPPRESSED.
Colonel Gardiner. before allowing the inquest
10 proceed yesterday, gave notice that he would
allow no Questions from any person outside Of
the case This was IN direct contradiction to
the original policy announced by the Coroner,
and was brought about by the fact that several
reporters had prepared questions TO be asked
the detectives and some other witnesses which
might embarrass the District-Attorney and In
terfere with his plans Of vindicauon. This pol
icy Of sitting questions was carried so far that
he would not call witnesses who might con
tradict others whom he had called to sustain his
position.
AS an example he would not allow David "
Carvalho the handwriting expert, to go on the
stand. although for the last eighteen years
Mr. Carvalho has been closely connected with
the Police Department and the Distrct-Attor-
ueys Office, and actively engaged in the
present case up to Saturday night. Mr.. Car
valho disagreed with the other experts, and
would have given his expert testimony in such a
way as 20 have been favorable TO MolneuX.
He did not believe that MOlineux wrote the ad-
dress the poison package and as exclusively
told in The Tribune month ago. had hand
rhat on the package
ONLY ONE SPECIMEN USED.
Only one specimen of Molineux's handwriting
was used as a basis Of the experts identifca-
zion of il with that on the II. Cornish" and the
III c. Barnet" letters and the poison package.
and this one specimen was a copy written by
Mr.. Molneux at the request Of Mr.. Kinsley. II
was copy of the poison address, written with
q special pen provided by Mr. Kinsey. and in
q certain size. In order 10 obtain the particu-
lar slant necessary the paper was turned by
Mr. kinsey. .
In speaking Of this act at the close Of the
Inquest Mr. Carvalho said: ut Is Carvalho
against the field. am satisfied that Molneux
did not write the address or the letters in the
case II a man can be arrested on such manu-
featured standards as have been used here
to-day no man in New-H ork city is sate' pro-
,-ding he can be made to write an exact copy
,of what the experts demand in any case and
then have them throw aside his ordinary writ.
9ng and use this one specimen to convict him.
MOLINEUX CALM AND CONFIDENT.
During the whole fire of examination and plea
NO the Jury Molineux sat with his father and
attorneys. and apparently remained quiet calm
and confident
He made two outbreaks. one was when Heck
man. the letteT-box man, identified MolineuX
Then he arose and said The man lies. have
only seen him twice once in Newark and an
other time at a hotel in the city where was on
The other outbreak he made was when Colonel
Gardner after misquotng some OF the testi-
mony in his summing up, made vicious attack
on Nolineux's wife He called her woman In
q sneering way a number OF times, and Mol-
,neux attempted TO interrupt him, but was re-
strained by friends. AT last he said. She IS
l3adv Mr. Gardiner" He threatened with
-tmmediate arrest for this outbreak.
Colonel Gardiae- at one time IN his plea MADE
,eferenca TO the fact that General Molineux was
an old comrade OF his. and how sorry he was
that ne had TO appear against his son. Almost
fn the same breath he assailed Genera MOL
sneur his son and the entire family. The Gen
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