New-York tribune., 1899-02-15

regret Now Mr.. MolineuX ask you: 10 you
know whether your wife was ever IN love with
Barnet?
81 think she admired him"
NEVER JEALOUS or BARNET.
o-were YOU ever jealous Of Barnet AMsy9Tj ,D,ysTj
DID YOU ever announce any hosuh'S '""f''N
BeTnGt ombd A9 you ever e complain OF hts devotion to
y1d yC9r YOU know that he ever visited your wife
nTf9Te lSseT, your yyes mah sir. lie had right do
Did you ever resent II: A. me me'v ~ Barnet7
Yes i asked him to take her 10 the amateur
circus 6mWere YOU engaged at that timer Al was
Q-were you paying esPeciai etten0n TOW to 3o4 her.
Nr 0sb6rno-r regret Mr. MolineuN at having
to ask you these shrogg 45G Curiosity TO py
into your private and domestic affairs . 81,
Mr. Monneux-G understand your motive IN n asKo tSo
ing these questions and so long as II - , IN tne
cause OF justice have no hesi'auoh III "nS"''"7
''tS'" '0'%when we're you engaged Nj MSiinenT? j9ii
A~Durns the latter part OF ScptenDgeii' 41'' Two
Q-How long were you engaged w
'nS,ii 0mDid YOU tell Barnet OF It? Al did not.
told nobody except my father and inoth"r. -. IL,
O-Was your engagement pubhshedl 40 Ell
Q-Was It generally announced ann nnt among your
Odd she tell anybody about II? Al am sure
s9S @ha ,3a nS' Tas the last; time RaEne; called on
ier. part Of April or the first part Of May, lsss
% Then he paid your wifc no attention after
MT time5 Not to my knowledge
Odd you know Of any letters Saat psssed Pc
but heard she wrote during the summer
Mr.. osborne picked letter up from the table
YOU n letter Mr.. Molineux. and ask you II 1t Is
in your wlfe's handwriungY
1T appears to be, to the best OF my knowi-
The letter was offered in evidence without
being read aloud The witness said that ne had
never seen the letter but that he knew MS VIE VIE
had written II. and that she had done so with
his consent.
BY a juryman. DR. Skunk.
O-The other day you did not number among
your friends Mr.. Adams. 1s that in consequence o,
what you have learned since these deveiopmentsT
Q.E,WWhen was tho letter written. A.--shortly
was November or 6. an. an not Sg, sure, - A.,
Q.-She was not your wife then? A.--No And l
with any one during the summer she had perfect
Q'-You gave. her the information that Barnet
was PICK? A-Yes.
mink I did There was no discussion spoke OF
g. She said that she would send them
Mr.. Osborne then started TO read the letter to
the jury but could not make out the handwrIt-
Ing very well. and after several failures Mr..
Moneux said: Il familiar with my wife's
handwriting and possibly can aid you" The
letter was handed TO him. and he read it 10 the
jury. 1t was as follows:
30 PSI West End-ave Monday
am distressed TO learn OF your Illness ! arrived
h9me 5 vo hGy beeG @ea s so 9dposeS on let
me know when you able to be about want SO
much to you. Is Il that you DO not believe me?
II You would only let me prove TO You my sin
cerltyl DO not be cross. and ! pray you u accept
my best wishes Yours. BLANCHE
/ Q-Have you any reason TO believe that Barnc;
was in love with Miss Chesebrough? Alt is I'M
possible for me to tell you the state OF Barnets
mind But II he was. l don't blame him
The question was repeated, and Mr.. Mollneux
said in answer. NO After n question Mr..
Molineux said he had no reason to be Jealous
/ Of Barnet and had never complained TO Miss
Chesebrouh Of Barnets attentions 10 her nor
asked her 10 have them discontinued. lie ex-
| plained that he and Barnet and Miss CHEESE
brough intimate friends for year. We're
/ used TO calling each othe- by their Christian
names, and he did not consider the letter read
indicated any degree q intimacy other than he
had expected He considered the letter charac-
+ teristic Of Miss CheseDrOugh. who always
/ wrote In an informal style. Mr.. Osborne took
the letter sentence by sentence and asked what
each meant Molincux said he did not know.
| lie had never seen the letter before, and could
not speculate as to what was meant by the let
! ter He would ask his wife II Mr.. Osborne
would like him to do go.
WHY HE DID NOT co TO RARNErs
FUNERAL
Q-Why didn't YOU so to Barnot's funeraI7 A
ono reason was that was not invited never
met any OF his family. had an engagement out
OF town. | did not know the date o' tho funeral
un,n ! read i ln the newspapers
Odd Jol ever a hire a cftor-5oK in your lfe7
Q.-Do you know aay orr vNo dm' A-No
Q-Do YOU know Harpsier2 Yes He was
Odd he do any writing A.No Doubt he did
gne you could ind his writing in the rule book