The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-28
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You have no doubt whatever?"
asked Col. Gardiner.
L have not"
Prof. Persifor Frazer. 4 geologi ST,
chemist and an expert in handwriting
testified that he had examined care
fully the exhibits in the case and COM
pared them under the microscope with
the specimens of writing made by Ro-
land B. Molineux. He said:
The hand that wrote this letter
signed Roland Molineux is the hand
that wrote the documents signed 'Har-
~ Cornish and H. c. Barnet Prof
Frazer told in detail of his work of
comparison, and gave to the jury a
long discourse on the different methods
of detecting forgery
William E. Hagan of Troy, a hand
writing expert, also testified that he
had examined the .hree sets of docu-
ments in the case and the letter signed
Roland MolineuX, and was convinced
that the same hand wrote all of them.
DR.. Hagan told Of the methods he had
pursued and of the similarities he had
found. He said that with full appre-
citation Of the gravity of this case. he
was certain of the correctness of his
deductions
Prof. Daniel B. Ames Of Elizabeth.
n. j., an expert in handwriting, gave
testimony in line With that given by
the other experts
He did not believe that II was within
the bounds of possibility for more than
one man to have written those docu-
ments
MOlineuX listened TO the arraignment
of the handwriting experts without be
traying any nervousness. Now and then
he smiled as he whispered something
to his counsel or his counsel said some
thing to him. His father, Gen. Molln-
ouX however, seemed almost on the
verge Of collapse during the better
part of the hearing. His lips worked
convulsively and his mSAner generally
showed that he was hard beset. He
bore up well, however, and declined f.
leave the court when invited to do "a
by Mr. Weeks.
At 495 o'clock Col. Gardiner an
nounced that the evidence in the hands
OF the people had been given and he
began to sum up the case
He explained the reasons FOR the de-
lay in bringing the case to an investi-
cation. saying that it was necessary
to determine whether MIS- Adams had
in reality died of poison. Prof. Wit
thaus did discover poison in the CON
tents of the bottle and as soon as it
was possible for district attorneys Of
flee to so ahead with the inquest, it
did so.
I'm consequence of the publicity
which the case was given continued
Col. Gardiner certain persons became
suspicious and were put on their guard.
| Certain methods had therefore to be
adopted to disarm suspicion. We real
! lied that we must have evidence of
| handwriting of the person we suspect
ed We suspected also that the person
| who committed the crime had knowl-
edge of chemistry.
1.-THE first witness placed on the
stand (Cornish) was made to suspect
| that we thought he was the guilty
| party and the evidence he gave was
the evidence of a man full of constern-
| alton. But we disarmed suspicion from
| the really guilty person. The very next
man to go upon the stand (Molineux)
was the person that the public had set
| tied upon. When this witness was
| called and my able assistant treated
| him in such an apologize manner. it
! was done to diSarm him of suspicion
| There was a general feeling of anger
| against the district attorneys office Oh
! this account. But we had a duty to
| perform. We were placed in the posi-
! tion to make it appear that Cornish
was really the guilty person. Then the
| guilty person, seeing that ne was not
suspected. was perfectly willing to give
us all the handwriting we wanted. and
we got 1t. The evidence given by these
| experts on handwriting seems to me
! to be conclusive. There was another
| element in this case of wonderful i'm
| poTtance.
"That is the circumstantial evidence
rrrl,f ,.1,r VTr1,t
| purchase of the bottle holder Where
was bought? In Newark. on the first
! day of December. Roland r. Molineuy
was in Newark on that day. Where
was 1t mailed? On the Broadway side
of the post office. MolineuX was in that
vicinity at the time it was mailed"
! Col. Gardiner then told the circum-
stances under which Molineux admitted
| he met his WIFE and said Nov
that Woman's character (meaning Mrs
| MolineuX) has been portrayed in this
! court room by her own husband For
\ a thousand years down to the present
| time murders of this kind, it has been
demonstrated, have been committed on
account Of two Observation-Disclosures or
hate-and in the large majority of in
stances either by woman or a degen-
crate"
Col. Gardiner again alluded to the
| character Of Mrs. MolineuX and de-
signated her woman"
! Lady, If you please!" shouted Ro-
! land b. MolineuX.
! an society, now, it is considered at
! all times proper to use the expression
woman in preference to lady" re-
| piled the district attorney.
| Col, Gardiner called attention to the
yachting trip in which Mrs. Moiineux
| figured. And there was another won
| an there, and her husband was not
with her. That fixes their character
pretty clearly" he said.
He said the deaths of Barnet and
Mrs Adams could not be separated.
Barnet had been poisoned by pow
der sent through the mail, and the one
who sent it must have been intimate
with him and acquainted with the fact