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that he would finish him now" replied

ment of DR.. Potter, who testified at the
inquest that he had overheard Mrs.
Rogers say to Cornish as they left the
room where Mrs. Adams body lay,
don't make the affair public, you
know the reason why
After recess Mrs. Rogers was re-
called and stated that only one glass
was used in giving Mrs. Adams the
brcmo settler. She was legally separa-
ted from her husband one year ago
last October, at her own desire, and
she felt she had just cause. 1t trans
pired that Mrs. Rogers was not on
speaking terms with Mrs Sanders, Cor
nish's sister, in Hartford. This was
because Cornish lived at the Adams
house. Mr.. Osborne also tried to show
that Mrs. Hovey had also quarrelled
with Mrs. Sanders on account of Cor
nish living with the Adams family.
Mrs. Molineaux then took the wit
ness chair. CShe is a tall, rather good
looking woman about 80 years old
Her mother-in-law sat beside her while
she gave her testimony. She first be-
came acquainted with Mr.. Barnet in
the fall of 1897. She was never on a
yacht with him and was never invited
to take such a trip. Summarizing her
relations with Mr.. Barnet, Mrs
Molineaux said:
We'll, he called at times to see me
alone and at times with Mr. Moline
aux. He called alone at the sugges-
ton of Mr.. MoHneaux and at one time
attended an amateur circus with him,
given at the Knickerbocker A. C. He
called after that several times. 1t was
simply out of friendship that he call
ed"
Mrs. Molineaux smiled and hesitated.
Then she said:
Il really don't know what else to
say"
Did Mr.. Molineaux know of Mr.. Bar
nets attentions to your" asked Mr..
Osborne.
YES" replied the witness. HE
knew we were friends"
She said she had always liked Mol
ineaux and always thought he liked
her. 1t was on Thanksgiving day,
1897, that Molineaux first made a pro-
posal of marriage to her, which she
declined.
WAS Mr.. Barnet then paying atten-
ton to you?" queried Mr.. Osborne.
1--WE were friends" said Mrs. Molin-
eaux. In answer to the question
whether Barnet and Molineaux were
not rivals, Mrs. Molineaux replied:
Never, to my knowledge" She had
not seen Barnet since May, 1898. She
had heard that Barnet was i'll. Molin-
eaux had told her and had said that
she had better send him some flowers,
which she did.
Mr.. Osborne took up the letter sign
ed Blanche" which had been referred
to several times in the case as having
been written by Mrs. Molineaux to Mr..
Barnet, and which accompanied the
flowers.
She was in the habit of calling Bar
net Barney" and he called her
Blanche" That was why she signed
the note with her Christian name. She
was never engaged to Barnet and he
never proposed to her. The night of
the circus at the Knickerbocker club
she was in Barnet's room.
"Alone?" asked Mr. Barnet.
No, she didn't think so. Barnet had
called in some of his friends. She had
been in that room before when Moline
aux occupied it. She was there with
his mother in November, 1897.
WAS it the habit of gentlemen to
receive ladies in their rooms in the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club?" asked
Osborne.
Il don't know" said Mrs. Molineaux.
81 was only there three or four times"
1t was at the request of Molineaux
that Barnet had invited her to the
circus. That was in the latter part Of
April, 1898.
Mrs. Molineaux denied that she ever
lived in certain locality in this city,
in which the district attorney seemed
by his questions to think she did. Mrs.
Molineaux knew OF no pictures taken
in which she and Barnet appeared to-
gether, or in which she and Barnet
and other persons appeared.
This ended Mrs Molineux's testimony,
and DR.. W. c. Phillips was called to the
stand. He had been called to attend
Barnet. Barnet told him of the powders
he had taken, and the physician said his
condition showed symptoms of poison.
He said that from what Barnet told him
he was certain that he suspected who it
was that sent him the powder, although
he did not mention the name Of any one
in this connection.
Then the witness was Intercepted on
the part he played in the Cornish sick
ness. He said that he found Cornish quite
i'll, and that from what he observed there
appeared to be a marked similarity be-
tween his and Barnet's sickness He sad
that he DID not take charge of the case
because Dr. Coffin had reached the sick
man before he did. He said that Cornish
was very sick when he reached the room.
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