The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-22


that he'd finish him now" replied Mrs.
Rogers.
Mrs. Rogers characterized as being
absolutely false and untrue" the state
ment of DR.. Potter, who testified at the
inquest that he had overheard Mrs.
Rogers say to Cornish: Don't make
the affair public; you know the reason
why"
After recess Mrs. Rogers was recall
ed and stated that only one glass was
used in giving Mrs. Adams the bromo
seltzer She was legally separated from
her husband one year ago last October,
at her own desire; she felt she had just
cause. 1t transpired that Mrs. Rogers
was not on speaking terms with Mrs.
Sanders, Cornsh's sister in Hartford.
This was because Cornish lived at the
Adams house. Mr.. Osborne also tried
10 show that Mr.. and Mrs. HOvey had
also quarreled with Mrs. Sanders, on
account of Cornish living with the
Adams family.
MRS. MOLINEAUX CALLED.
Mrs. Molireaux then took the witness
chair. She is a tall, rather cookbook
ing woman, about thirty years old. Her
mother law sat beside her while she
gave her testimony. She first became
acquainted with Mr.. Barnet in the fall
y
him and never was invited to take such
a trip. Summarizing her relations with
MI Barnet, Mrs. Molineaux said:
Well he called to see ME at times,
alone, and sometimes with Mr. Molin-
eauX. He called alone at the suggestion
of Mrs. MOlineauX, and at one time
attended an amateur circus with him.
given at the Knickerbocker Athletic
club. He called after that several
times. 1t was simply out of friendship
that he called. Mrs. MolireauX smiled
and hesitated. Then she said:
Il really don't know what else to
say.
did Mr. MolineauX know of Mr..
Barnet's attention to you?" asked Mr..
Osborne.
Yes" replied the witness. HE knew
We were friends"
She said she had always liked Molin-
eaux and always thought he liked her.
1t was on Thanksgiving day, 1897 that
Molineaux first. made proposal of
marriage to her, which she declined
WAS Mr. Barnet then paying atten-
ton to your" queried Mr. Osborne.
1--WE are friends" said Mrs. Moli-
neauX.
In answer to the question whether
Barnet and MolineauX were not rivals,
Mrs Molineaux replied: Never to my
knowledge" She had not seen Barnet
Barnet was i'll. MolineauX 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.
CALLED HIM BARNEY.
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.. Osborne.
No; she did not think so. Barnet had
called in some of his friends. She had
been in that room before, when Moli-
neaux 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,
simply. Il 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 a certain locality
in this city, in which the district at
torney seemed by his questions to
think she had. Mrs. MolineauX knew of
no pictures taken in which she and
Barnet appeared together, or in which
she and Barnet and other persons APP
peared.
This ended Mrs. Molineaux's testi-
mony and DR.. w. c.. Philips was called
to the stand. He was called to attend
Barnet. Barnet told him of the pow
ders he had taken, and the physician
said his condition showed symptoms of
poison. He said that from what Bar
net told him he was certain that he
suspected who it was who had 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 OBJ
served there appeared to be a marked
similarity between his and Barnet's
sickness. He said 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, and
that he and DR.. Coffin put the stomach
pump into play, and The return flow
showed indications of an inf1ammatory
condition of the stomach
The case was then adjourned until
Thursday morning