Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-28
CRIME is BROUGHT HOME.
Famous and Mysterious New YORK
Poisoning Case MD. Fair To-
be cleared 20.


ham MolincuN. son OF Cen Leslie Mo-
llneaux OF Brooklyn. was arrested to-
night charged with numbering Mrs
Katherine j.. Adams In this city on
December q. 1898. lie was locked M
In the Tomba prison. The arrest fol-
lowed the verdict Of the coroner's jury
accusing him Of the crime.
While the inquest was into the death
OF Mrs. Adams. 1t also went into the
circumstances OF the death Of Henry G.
Barnet OF the knickcrboCker Athletic
club who was poisoned by n powder
received through the mail. no was MIS-
Adams. The cases are 80 closely con-
nectcd that they can scarcely be con-
Hldercd separately.
The proceedings N the final day OF
the inquest were sensational In the
highest degree. The CnHo had drnggei
along m0notnnuualy. witnesses being
examined FOR the sold purp1ao. ua 10
seemed. ~ contrndictinE Harry Cor.
niHh'a testimony. the minor details or ot
clicltlnT HungUatlunH ua Co the motive
that might have led Cornish TO commit
the crime. The newspapers from tho
beginning has stuck b. MnlincuN ne
the person most to be- suspected. but
the prosecuting officials, apparently,
never harborrd such n thought The
examiner was kind ana gentle when
dealing with Muiincaux. but Frun and
severe with Cornish on the stand.
The curtain rose un tho last net OF
the mclp-dramn this afternoon. n
HhopkcCpcr. Nicholas Hickman, who
routed private letter boxes. awnfc POSI-
lively that MnlinouN was his patron.
using IN" name Of III e. Barnet IL
was proved long aru that the bottles NJ
medicine had been sent 10 that letter.
box.
Tho Identification ~ Moilncux BY
Hickman was dramatic. After tcEti-
flying 90 his business and that he had
rented n irttcr-box Tor one month IN
man who had given the name u ~. G..
narnot. and that this man had called
Tor letters about sixteen or twenty
timer. AIR. Osborne asked the witness.
could you recognize him againf'
Yes" Hnid Hickman.
"Whp lr hO7" demanded Mr. Osborne.
Hickman answered; "Mr. MolinouS.
thcrc he iar
Mollncux heard the accusation with
out changing color or trnee @ rgi'h-
tiun. lie leaned forward with his hands
on the table and. staring steadily at
Hickman. said. cmphnticnlly; ~ reycr
saw that man In furty-aaCoui rtrurt
tWhcre HcCkman'n lctter.hpx agency
isl. saw him on the hotel where I
was on exhibition at Newark. where "A
man brought him 10 me and asked u I
was the man ilc ~ "a liar"
That's an said Mr.. Osborne. qui-
city.
Then the handwriting experts were
called, ana ono after another declared
that the hand that wrote the addrcsa
on the poison package ana forged the
names ~ Harry Cornish and N. e.
iinfnet 20 letters aont 20 drug firms, or
dcrlng powder medicines, was the hand
Of Roland ~. Molinuux. The experts
Were absolutely certain IN their idenu.
fcntlnn ~ the penmannhip and would
make no qualifications Of their state
mcntH.
District Attorney Gardiner then
nummcd up the case. directly accusing
Moiincux.
The jury brought IN n verdict chnrE.
Ing MollneuN with the murder. The
finding follows
1--WE lind that tho said Katherine =.
Adams came 10 her death on December
?siS9s In 81 West Eighty-aixth street.
by poison by mcrcuric cyanide. admin
isterei by Harry 4. Cornish. 10 whom
said poison had been sent In bottle
~ bromo-acltzor BY Roland II. Mo-
lincux."
The coroner Immediately issued n
warrant Tor the arrest Of MolincuN. and
tho latter WAS at once nrruigncd before
him. Through his attorney he demand
I'd an immediate hearing. but Assistant
District Attorney Osborne objected,
saying II WIS impossible 20 proceed
with the hearing. The hearing was
thcn set down for Wednesday morning
ne ii;go. and MolincuN was committed
To the Tonha without bail.
NlollneuN II q member Of the New
York Athletic club and was. until his
quarrel with Harry Cornish. "a prone
inrnt member ~ the knickorhockcr
Athletic club, from which he resigned
because ~ that quarrel MolinvuyH
"a her ~ "a paint manufacturer ana IN
rcputod o. be millionaire. The prla.
oner has gone In good society. being Of
excellent address and manner and pros
pcctlVc heir TO great fortune. His
counsel II harlow =, Weeks ~ tho New
York Athletic club, aud "A personal
enemy uf Harry Cornish.