The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-15
NEW YORK POISON MYSTERY
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per. ne WAS IHSre u Couple VI LILIES "
see the Chinese consul about the sale of
a yacht
Are you particular friend of Chuck
Connors?"
Mr.. Molineux said that he had been
able to do favors for Connors and that
Connors had shown him around China
town.
did you ever hear Of the Oriental
room?"
do you refer to the apartments of
Mr.. Adams?"
Yes"
IT have been in the room. / read
about it in the papers. But did not
see anything Oriental about it. I had
occasion to see Mr.. Adams about en-
gaging an instructor for a boys class
in calisthenics, and took A. G. Burn
ham of Brooklyn with me to call upon
him. That was the only time 1 was
ever there"
Mr.. Osborne suddenly changed his
line Of questioning and said: by the
way, do you know anything about cya-
hide of mercury"
The witness became extremely seri-
Gus and in low tone said: Mr.. Os-
borne, l have never seen cyanide of
mercury. I don't know anything about
it, never knew how to make it and new
er knew how it was made
could you make it?"
II suppose If had book beside me
could make it. My idea of chemistry
is confined almost entirely to the max
ing of dye colors. 1 don't know any
thing else.''
fo1Y nIyoy
cury?''
IF / had I do not imagine would be
here at this time"
Witness denied emphatically that he
associated with bartenders and saloon
keepers. He also denied that he had
ever introduced his wife to a bartender
in Newark. In answer to questions wit
ness said he had not seen Felix Gala
CHER since the death of Mrs. Adams.
He asked Miss Chesebrough to marry
him in 1897, and at the time she decin-
ed to do SO. File said he had never
threatened Cornish nor had he called
him names.
rs it not fact that after you left
the club you met Cornish on the stairs
and called him vile names?"
ut .is true that I met him on the
stairs. I remember meeting Mr.. Hughes
and of telling him of my meeting with
Cornish. The latter called me vile
name, saying at the same time, You
didn't do it, did your and I remarked,
We'll, you win"
did you strike him."
u did not"
Mr.. Osborne then asked the witness to
tell him the names of the persons Cor
nish had had quarrels with. Molineux
said that he had mentioned all the per-
sons he knew Of, except that he had
heard that Cornish had called Barlow
S. Weeks vile name. ITO his face?"
NO SIR
II want to find the person who would
have a motive in sending Cornish that
cyanide of mercury. Do you know any
boy who was Barnet's enemy?"
IT do not" In answer to other ques-
lions witness said he did not know of
any one who stood in Barnet's business
way or in the way of his love affairs.
Witness was engaged to his wife before
Barnet's death, but he had no letters to
prove it. He said that if he had known
of any human being who held per-
sonal hatred for Cornish or Barnet he
would have let the district attorney
know about it long ago. Coroner Hart
asked Molineux If he wore mustache,
and Mr.. Molineux said that he usually
did in the winter and shaved it off in
the summer, but he had not worn one
since last summer. Mr.. Osborne re-
ferred to the purchase of the silver
holder in Newark by 'red bearded
man and asked the witness If he went
to Newark to see the saleswoman who
had sold the holder. Molineux said that
he did. He went with his counsel, Mr..
Weeks.
did you see Kerch, who rented let
ter boxes on Broadway"
II don't know. I went to several
places"
"You were identified once?"
II believe I was"
1T believe that Mr.. Cornish wishes to
know when he called you that vile
name?'
II don't know the date. 1t was the
day resigned from the club-late in
December, 1897, or early in 1895"
did you ask Barnet to leave the
Knckerbocker club and go with you to
the New York club?"
yes. Inere are HUE suites al LIE
New York Athletic club and l wanted
him to share one with me-
cat that time you knew Barnet was
intimate with Miss Chesebrough.
Eyes
was it with the intention of finding |
out how friendly they were, that you |
invited Barnet to live with you? Molin- |
eux laughed aloud and said: "Of course |
not. I wanted him to share the ex- |
penses."
ibid you ever say you were slave to |
the opium habit and would like to break |
yourself Of it?"
mo"
did you lead Chuck Connors' ball?"
"No. ! bought box for it, but when
I got there somebody else had the box
and I could not get in"
II am asking all these questions"
said Mr. Osborne, because they are
contained in the statement made to the
police on January by Mr. Cornish"
did you ever aspire to become an
opera singer"
mo, but I used to take singing les
sons"
MIR. Osborne announced that that end
ed the examination of MOlineux. Jo-