New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-14
WAS UPSET, SAYS KINSLEY.
MOLINEUX'S WRITING AFTER THE MUIR
DER DECLARED EXTREMELY
NERVOUS.
r. s. HOLT TELLS OF MEETING MISS CHEESE
RROUGH IN COMPANY OF BARNET-MR
M'INTYRE CROSS EXAMINED -
NEW MYSTERIOUS WITNESS.

For the hrSt time since the trlal or ROidHd d.
Molineux began the name of his wife was yes
terday introduced into the case. Entirely un-
expected was this development, and it was the
result Of circumstances, rather than actual In
tent In fact, had 1t not been for a question
of apparently nvidious meaning put by Mr.
Weeks to a witness called by the prosecution
her name would not have been dragged into
the matter ii was.
Robert s. Holt. jr.. belonging to the firm in
whose employment II. C. Barnet was at the
time Of his death, was put the stand for
the purpose Of identifying writing admittedly
that of the dead man, in order that 1t might
be used as a standard OF comparison in the
effort to prove that the Barnet" letters now
in evidence were not written by the man whose
name was signed to them, but by the ue-
fendant. Mr.. Holt identified letter taken from
the files of his firm as being in II. G. Barnets
handwriting and the witness was then handed
over to the defence. Without referring at all
TO- the subject of the direct examination Mr.
Weeks proceeded to ask the witness, with what
relevance did not appear whether or not IN
November. 1898, woman from another city
had called at his house and stayed there Tor
two days. Then. when his turn came Mr. Os-
borne seized the opportunity TO question MT
Holt about his knowledge of Mrs. Molineux.
with Mrs. Molineux, and had known her before
she was married. He had met her several times
at the Knickerbocker Club when entertainments
were being held there
He remembered one occasion, he said In an
swer to the Assistant District Attorney. when
he saw Miss Chesebrough, she was then In
Barnet's room. The witness, who was accom-
panied by another woman, was also present
They had been watching an entertainment In
the clubs theatre. but as 1t was unattractNe
the four went to Mr. Barnets room. Mr.. Holl
evidently did not like the course OF questioning
which Mr.. Osborne was following, and 1t was
with an obvious air Of reluctance that he ad-
mitted champagne drunk by Miss Cheese
brough Barnet and himself, and that subse-
auentIy he GIoD and the woman with him went
away, leaving Barnet and Miss Chesebrough
in the room together
Whatever effect Mr. Osborne was anxious to
leave on the jury with regard to this incident
was, to some extent, counteracted by Mr.. Weeks
who drew from the witness the statement that
on nights when entertainments were going on
It was the custom OF members living at the
club 10 throw open the rooms to the women
visitors and that therefore there was nothing
singular in Miss Chesebrough going to Bar
nets room. The same thing happened he said,
with regard 10 Otner members IOoHlo'
MR.. MINTYRE A WITNESS AGAIN.
Assistant District Attorney John F. Mcintyre
took The stand yesterday afternoon for the pur-
nose Of being cross examined by the defence
Mr.. Weeks covered exhaustively Mr.. McIntyre's
actions on the day of Mrs. Adamss death, and
deIved also into the friendship of the witness Tor
the dead woman and her daughter. Mr. Mcln-
tyre said he became acquainted with Mrs.
Adams and Mrs Rogers in consequence OF being
retained by the former to draw up articles Of
separation between her and her husband. Mr..
MCINTYRE said he had been introduced to his
client by a member of the Knickerbocker Ath-
letic Club but he denied that that member was
Cornish He called upon Mrs. Adams three
times when she lived at the Adelaide, Park
ave- and Sxty-sixth-st.. each time upon a mat
ter of business He had never called at the
Eighty-sixth-st fiat until the night Of December
2S. the date when Mrs Adams died. He visited
the fat twice that evening. and denied, in an
sver to a question twice repeated by Mr.. Weeks,
that he had taken anything away with him on
either of the occasions that he left the house.
MORE EXPERT TESTIMONY.
William J. Kinsley. the chicken and chrog-
raphy expert as Mr. Weeks terms him. occupied
the stand the greater part Of yesterday He
continued the tedious process of demonstrating
nv means Of crayon and easel his reasons and
deductions for his opinion that the Barnet" and
Cornish" letters and the inscription the
poison package were all written by the defend
ant Mr. Osborne called the witness's attention
TO a letter which the defence admits was written
by Molineux on the day after Mrs. Adamss
death. The expert said the letter showed evil
dence Of extreme nervousness. contained errors
of simple spelling, while in several instances
letters had been retraced. Regarding the ex-
amples Of his chirography which the defendant
had written at the request OF Mr.. Kinsey. it
was testified by the exper: that in none Of these
specimens did Molineux make mis- characteristic
pen breaks" The purport OF this evidence was
that Moneux. when writing for Mr. Knsley |
had suppressed his natural characteristics. OF |
handwriting Mr.. Osborne will probably com |
plete his examination OF Mr.. Kinsley by recess
to-day. and Il is likely that Mr. Weeks. who will |
be aided by Mr.. Carvalho, the well known writ |
ing expert retained by the defence, will take |
over a day in his cross examination. Just be- |
fore the adjournment yesterday afternoon +. II. |
Barnet brother Of the dead II. c. Barnet. was |
called. and swore that the Barnet letters were |
not in his brothers handwriting.
When the trial was resumed yesterday morn !
ing Mr.. Kinsey was recalled to the stand and :
Exhibit 80, of the letters admittedly in the |
handwriting of Molneux, handed to him.
He was asked to examine the word Judge"
contained therein, and asked if in his opinion the
final "ge' corresponded with the "ge" Of the
word "oblige' in the disputed letters. The witt
ness said It did correspond, and added that he
had examined thousand specimens Of
handwriting since January |. 1899. and had not
found In a single the same characteristics
that were to be seen In the final "ge" wherever
used by the writer Of the Cornish" and Bar
net" letters and in the admitted handwriting OF
the defendant.
The witness was next asked TO point out the
similarity in the word yours in the admitted
handwriting and that running through the Cor
nish" and barnet" letters. Mr.. Kinsley said