The evening times., 1899-12-25
MIHEUI'S LONG TRIAL
Expert Witnesses May Enter Suits
for Fees.
Some of the Claims Likely to He Met
with Objections ON the GBouad
the Case Apparently Good Way
on Yct-MOrc Sensational Features.

| NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-It is reaso. ably
certain that a score OF suits will be b. ought
against the city as the result of Roland B.
Moiineux's trial fer the murder OF Ms.
Katharine J. Adams. The enormous ella. n
of the exports will not be paid when they
are first presented to Comptroller Coer,
and in each instance an action will Iroba-
( bly, have to be instituted.
| The experts know ties, but a.e not wor-
ried by it. The regular procedure In such
matters is fer the comptroller to protest.
ard the service of complaint on the cor
Poration follows. AS the head of the de-
partment which has contracted tie OBJ ga
tion has no defence to offer, 20 answe: is
interposed in behalf Of the city, and n
judgment is entered with costs added to
the amount of the original cain. One CT
the men retained by the prosscut OIL in tie
Molineux case said he looked for this de-
lay before getting his money. 1t is net un-
| likely that some of the bills Will be ne.
with the objection that they are too large.
1t is asserted thai no criminal case Was
ever brought 10 the attention Of jury
which bad necessarily involved such great
expenditures. The facts were submit ed
to three grand juries. and experts in han /
writing were kept continuously emp Dyed
The district attorney was willing TO spend
any amount Of money to unravel the mys-
tory Of Mrs. Adams death and to b ing
the matter before petty jury for t.iai
He has collected in this city the most
famous experts in handwriting In tie
United States.
No End In sight.
When efforts were being made to get
Mamie Melando to New York to give tes-
timony upon one point-Molineux's pos
session of blue tri-crescent note paper
Col. Asa Bird Gardner said: Bring her
here whatever the cost may be. want
her even il it involves special bond issue
to get her." This spirit of liberality has
made the cost OF the trial greater by far
than that of any other held in the United
States, and one of Colonel Gardner's as
sistants admits that the total may reach
nearly quarter of a million dollars.
Forty y-onc days have elapsed since Ma
thias L. b. Martin was selected as fore
man of the Jury to determine Molineuxs
fate. CARLYLE Harris. DR.. Buchanan, and
DR.. Meyers. all poisoners. were tried and
convicted in less time. Mrs. Fleming. the
central figure In the longest poison triai
hitherto held, was acquitted on the forty
third day after she was called to the bar
The taking of testimony began three
weeks ago and in fifteen court days eleven
witnesses have been called, one-ninth OF
the number on the list Of the prosecution
1t is probable that several experts who
have been engaged will not be examined.
as their testimony would be merely cumu-
latiye.
Nobody connected with the prosecution
cares to predict when the end VIII come
II is conceded that 1t would require SIX
teen weeks more to examine all the Wit
nesses at length, but efforts are to be made
to save time and to complete the case for
the people before February 1.
Molineux's Condition.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne may
give up handwriting experts and call three
or four physicians this week, preparing the
way for the more sensational features OF
the case after January l. Harry ). Cor
nsh, A. A. Harpster and several members
of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. must
tell the story of the discord and chickering's
that were followed by the receipt OF the
poison package and the death OF Mrs Ad-
ans.
The district attorney ridicules the idea
will materially aid the defence He says
the Jury will understand that Cornish did
not mail to himself the poison that near
" cost him his life and that four clubmen
would have taken in his presence if they |
had found any ice water near at hand. Bar
tow S. Weeks, counsel for Molineux, takes F!
the opposite view and contends that the ju- |
ry must take the resemblance into consid- |
Grafton.
Molineux was reported to be In good |
spirits yesterday. Recorder Goff's order to !
allow him to take exercise and two glasses |
of whiskey each day as a stimulant has ap !
parently had a beneficial result and he has |
regained his cheerfulness. MoiineuX can !
not hope for a merry Christmas, but he ex- |
poets visits from his parents and his vile. /
His trial will be resumed in Part OF the
court of general sessions at haif-past IL
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mciineux was visited by his wife and
father in the Tombs yesterday and deciin-
ed to see anybody else. The reports that
Molineux is on the verge of a breakdown
are apparently without foundation. His |;
counsel. Barlow s. Weeks, had this TO say
on that point yesterday:
Barring the strain OF the trial. holi-
neux is as well as he ever was. These re-
ports about his beginning to collapse un-
Noubtedly arose from the fact that I ap-
piled to the court for permission for my
client to exercise in the corridor OF the
Tcmbs each day at the close of court.
Ycu see. MoliIeux does not get back to
prison each day until after the regular ex-
ercise hours are over. and having been in