The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-25
ARREST IN MOLINEUX CASE.
WITNESS WHO D0DGED SUBPOENA
gERYER BROUGHT TO TIME.

| He Is c. ID. Allen and 10 Reported to nave
| Confessed writing al discriminating Let
| ter for Moiineux-He studied Chemistry
Under the Latter Once In Newark.
Charles d, Allen. q young chemist OF 3o3
Ninth street. South Brooklyn. who viii be
called a. a witness for the prosecution In tho
Molineux case. was arrested late yesterday
afternoon and taken to the criminal Court
building, IL was said that he had been ar
rested because he had tried to avoid the SUB
puna servers. Young Allen Is friend OF the
Molineux family and had been Intimately
acquainted with Roland b. Molineux He was
anxious to study chemistry and decided TO do
so under Molineux' Is direction at the color works
OF Morris Hermann Co, In Newark ". j..
whore Molineux was superintendent. At pre-
sent IL Is said Allen Ii en- rloyed In the labora-
tory OF the New York and New Jersey Telc-
phone Company.
II was rerorted that the detectives had
| learned that Allen had written letter at
Moineux's request. which letter was mailed
to Joseph Koch. the proprietor OF letter box
agency at 1920 Broadway The letter. the
story goes. recently got into the hands OF the
District Attorney. and will be usei In evidence
at the trial. A subpoena was obtained for
Allen. but az he kept out Of the way Recorder
aoff was appealed 10 and issued an attach
ment for the man.
II was on Saturday last that the letter fell into
the hands OF the District Attorney. 1t Ia writ
ten on printed letterhead OF tho firm Of Nor
ris Hermann 4 Co. and signed Roland Moli-
neux. per c. ID. A." The letter was addressed to
1920 Broadway. which Is the letter box agency
OF Koch. II was addressed to the Studio Pub
fishing Company and was dated New YORK.
Jan. 3. 1923 According to the agency's books
Molineux received a sample COPY Of the pub
LEGATION known as tho Studio. and the letter
box agency people preserved his hamo
and address for the purpose OF inviting
him to pntronize the place later on.
sx months after this the agency sent out
business circular and Molineux was among
those who received It, He was informed that
no could have n business address on Broadway
for % cents n month. Immediately thereafter.
letter box at the agency was rented to one
Identified hy the PROPRIETOR Of the agency as
Molinepx. Consequently. the prosecution be-
crates the story that Molineux hired a letter
box at the Brnn iway agency and under the
name OF Cornish received packages there from
patent medicine concerns In various parts OF
the country
Detective sergeant McC,ferty who was de.
Allen in town Yesterday and placed him under
arrest ne took MS prisoner to the Criminal
him before Recorar G"i in nOT III. '' G.nata
Sessions Assistant District Attorney Osborne
interviewed and asked the detective to bring
the prisoner TO his 'Oshn-n"'s' Office. There
he was. kept for several hours and II IL said
thai he admitted having written for
M"llneuK tho letter signed &C. Ii. A."
Aitarward Mr. Osborne refused TO discuss
The action taken against Allen. hut admitted
He said that Allen had not been under arrest
ntany time. nutw!thstandi nR the fact that De-
tcetiys MoCaanrr'y. who made the arrest. ad-
miti cd Il. Allen was released last night but
will he in court to-day.
The work Of getting a Jury to try Molln.ur
was continued yesterday In the General Sos
s'3ns and after examining hall a hundred
thlesmsn one new Juror was added to the ak
Hynes, an undertaken. living at siS Willis ave-
nue. He Is member OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic.