The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-22
MRS. MOLINEUX'S TESTIMONY
GIVEN IN ADAMS POISONING CASE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

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YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Tells of Her Social Relations with Bar
INSTRUMENTATION of Hor Letter to Hin
-"Just "a Form of Specch''-Never En-
gagged to Him Did Not X now CornisI
Cornish Much Interested.
New York, Feb. 21.-Three importan
witnesses, Mrs. Roland B. Molineux
Mrs. Florence Rogers and Dr. Wendell
c. Phillips, were examined to-day at the
coroner's investigation into the poison
ing of Mrs. Kate J. Adams and theil
testimony. though very interesting
threw no new light upon the mystery
surrounding the case. Cornish was
present in the court room most of this
day. He evinced much interest in the
testimony Of Mrs. Molineux but did not
appear at all i'll at ease. Mrs. Molin-
eux's appearance this afternoon, accom-
panied by her husband, his father and
his mother, created much excitement
and the court room was quickly crowd
ed to it's capacity. While Mrs. Molin-
eux was giving her testimony, Mr.. Molin-
euxs mother sat beside her. The wit
ness, though very pale, appeared self
possessed and inclined to answer all
questions frankly. She said that Molin-
eux had introduced her to Barnet, who
had never been a rival Of her husband.
Barnet had sent flowers and other gifts
to her. She denied emphatically that
she had ever been photographed with
Barnet. She had, at the suggestion Of
her husband, sent flowers and letter
to Barnet while the latter was ill. She
denied that she had ever been on a
yachting trip with Barnet, but admitted
that she had visited the rooms of Bar
net and Molineux where wine was
drunk She told how she met MolineuX
and said that she had declined his first
offer of marriage. She had never met
Cornish and had never heard her hus-
| band speak ofahim in any unfavorable
manner.
Early in the day Mrs. Florence Rog-
ers daughter of Mrs. Adams, was cross
examined at length. She bore the or
deal we'll, although many searching
questions were asked her. She acknowl-
edged having had a private letter box
for several years, because she did not
want her husband to know of her busi-
ness affairs. She repeated the story of
her mothers death and testified that
Cornish had once told her that Barlow
Weeks had once threatened to run
him. (Cornish), out of town."
When Mrs. Molineux was excused
from the stand, DR.. Wendell G. Phillips,
who, with DR.. Douglass, attended Bar
net, told the story of his illness and
death. IIe insisted that when he was
first called to Barnet's bedside there
We're no symptoms of diphtheria. There
was, he said, evidence Of poison in Bar
nets condition and from what Barnet
told him, he was certain that Barnet
was suspicious of the Kutnow powder
and that he suspected a certain person
of having sent him the powder. Wit
ness also testified that, from what he
had observed in Cornishs case, there
dpDtdItu W Dc Il MAJ hcu Siiliiie'iibJ w
tween his and Barnets sickness.
Mrs. MoIincux's Testimony In Detail.
Mrs Moineux commenced her testi
mony by stating that her maiden name
was Blanche Chesebrough; that she liv
ed in Brooklyn, and that previous to
her marriage she had lived at various
addresses in this city, which had al
ready been given by her husband She
had lived most of the tirFe with her fa
ther until his death, which occurred in
May, 1895. The following April her
mother had died She first became ac-
quainted with Mr. Barnet in the fall of
1897 She was never on yacht with
him and was never invited to take
such a trip. Summarizing her relations
with Mr.. Barnet, Mrs. Molineux said:
"Wel, he called to see me at times
alone and sometimes with Mr. Mol-
neux. He called alone at the sugges-
tion of Mr.. Molineux and at one time
I attended an amateur circus with him
given at the Knickerbocker A. G. He
called after that several times. 1t was
simply out of friendship that he call
ed" Mrs. Molineux smiled and hesitat-
ed. Then she said: II really don't know
what else to cay"
Did Mr.. Molineux know of Mr.. Bar
nets attentions to your" asked Mr. Os- |
borne Yes" replied the witness. "He
knew we were friends" She said she
had always liked Molineux and always |
thought he liked her 1t was on Thanks
giving day, 1897, Molineux first made a
of marriage to her which she
declined. WAS Mr.. Barnet then pay
ing attention to you?" queried Mr.. Os-
borne. eve We're friends" said Mrs.
Molineux. 1--WE were all friends I am
sure I did not look for any proposal of
from Mr.. Barnet. We were
simply friends" In answer to the ques-
ion whether Barnet and Molineux We're
lot rivals, Mrs. Molineux replied: mot
% my knowledge. They often called on
he same evening" She had received +
lowers a number of times from Bar
let, had never quarrelled with him, and
he last time she wrote to him. in June, |
1913, she received no reply to her letter.
She had not seen Barnet since May,
S9S. Then she said she had written Just
,nce after this. She had heard that
Earnest was ILL., Molineux had told
Ter and had said that she had better
end him some flowers if she found he