The Portland daily press., 1899-02-28

Mr. Weeks said "Won't you ask him
(kooh) II he can identify any one herei'
Inis brought an angry protest irom
Col Gardiner no." said the district
attorney. "Ic won't ask anything, anf!
If anybody interrupts these proceeding,
he will 10 arrested for contempt Of
court -
Coroner Hat supported Mr. Weeks AMI
asked Koch II he identified anyone as
Cornish.
Koch said he had not. lie was excused
Felix Gallagher was then called. Gal.
lsgher said he was clerk at the New York
Athletic club previous 10 that he had been
employed at Ghe knickerhocker Athletic
club. Gallagher said ne bad known Moli-
neux about three years lie could not sag
that they were great friends" Molineux
was instrumental In securing him his
position. For the last year they had been
good friends
Now Mr.. Gallagher" asked Mr.. Os.
orne, "did you write. the address on the
pat kage OF poison that was received by
Cornishg'
mo sir, did not"
Gallagher admitted telling MolIneux
that Harpster had been employed by
Frederick X. Stearns & Co, of Detroit
Molipeux was then recalled and adj
mitted to having had the conversation "a
testified to by Gallagher.
Joseph Il. Murray, chief clerk in the
Central post office, testified that { the
wrapper Of the bromo seltzer bottle ad
dressed to Cornish had been mailed at the
Broadway city department of the general
office
Detective Sergeant McCafferty Was then
called. He told of visit to Newark 10
get specimen OF Molineux's hand
writing de swore that Molineux had re.
fused to give Vt to him until he had first
consulted his counsel, Mr.. Weeks. MIR.
McCafferty said the came day he met
Molineux and his counsel Weeks ana
Eattle. Weeks said he would like every
body else mentioned in.the case to gwrite
oumstances
1t was impossible to have this done.
MoCafferty could not get a sample o
Molineux' 5 writing until a few days ago.
Nicholas Hickman, the proprietor OF
the private letter be station was thsn
called Iestifying 10 his business and
that he had rented letter box for one
month TO a man who had given the name
| of Ii. Z. Barnet and than this man had
| called for letters about sixteen or twenty
| times. Mr.. Osborne asked him:
Gould you recognize him II you saw
him againf'
yes, " said Hickman.
who Is ity' demanded Mr.. Osborne.
Then amid the greatest sensation Heck
man answered:
l 90 Mr.. Atollneux. lhere no ls.
M0lineux heard the accusation without
exhibiting a change of color
Mrs. Emma Miller was the next wit
ness Miss Miller was asked: ''On the
st day of December. 1888, did you sell
what was considered in your store as u
match safe!
Yes. a lnan came into the store ana
said he wanted TO buy bottle holder.
Instead showed hin. match holder, lie
purchased il.
Miss Miller then identified the holder of
| the bromo seltzer bottle as the match safe
size had sold On December 81.
"Have you been able to identify anyone
VINO purchased that holderr'
No sir. y
Nilirm J. kiusley was called. He saii
that during the past four years he had
testified in three hundred court cases as
handwriting expert. He had examined
some specimens of MolineuA's haudwrit
Ing. They were written in the assistant
district attorneys Office ON February 20
I The afternoon OF the same day wlDness
requested MIR. MolineLx to call at his
office where the specimens were rewritten
because the ones written in the morning
were not satisfactory. MIR. hinAley was
shown the specimens he examined anc
! other specimens.
"Nhat is your opiuion as to tue identity
of the handwriting?" asked MIR Osborne,
! "Ihe writing IS all in the same hand
Cornish written by the same person."
'.Yos ''
/ Mir. kin-ley was then shown the ad
dress thau came ON thel poison package
and asked;
''iave you compared this writing witt
the letter
7 IL nave
lis it your opinion that they were all
written b. the same handf'
Il am Of the opinion chat all the writ.
ing was done by the same hand.
| ssHaye YOU compared exhibit No.
(Which is the handwriting of Molineux
and the letters signed H. G. Barnet and
II. Cornish with the handwriting OF
| Molineux:'
| II have
what il your opinions"
| 1.-The four sets OF writing are IN one
and the same hand.
Have you compared them with the sd-
dress on the poison packageY'
Il have
What is your opinion about thems"
"Ihe man who wrote the letters wrote
the address on the package.
what do you think about the hand
writing tnat he did for you in my ofhces
''I5 is the same as that written on thg
uoison package and the ID. g. Barn9t and
ii. Cornish letters.
what do you think Of the writing. he
did in your oiliceY'
The same. All four sets. the..H. Cor
nish the Ii. c. Barnet poison paekags
and letters written by Moiineux for
me were all written 10y the same man. "
Did you compare these specimens
with Cornish 5 writing?"
Il did and / found so many dissimi
larIties that l told the police Cornish
could not have written the wrapper
Edward B. Hay, handwriting expert
of Washington, -, G., testified that be
had carefuiiy examined the admitted
handwriting OF Mr.. holiReux with other
writing anu also with the inscription
upon the wrapper in which the poison
| bottle was mailed. He said that the
same person wrote the accredited writing
of Mr. Molineux and the letters signed
Ii. 4. barnet and Harry Cornish. ana
also the inscription ON tho wrapper OF the
/ poison bottle.
Melineux sat by his counsel, Mr. Weeks,
like statute HIS arms were folded
ana he stared straight ut the witness.
once he whispered TO AIR. Weeks anu
smiled.
Have you any doubt in your mind
that tina rnrty who wrote the address ON