The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-12
MADE MARY MELANDO TELL
RECORDLR corr INTERVIEWS IN rHs
MOIINETx CisE.


Bedroom and of Taking All but Throe.
the Number the Prosecution HoId-Thes
tho Recorder by Long Continued. Per.
suasive Questioning Finds That Mr..
Weeks Knew This Last January and He
Opens New Line of Evidence-Hand.
writing Experi Kinslcy Mt tho Black.
board Testines Fiatiy Against Moiinsrr.
Tho second week OF the trial NJ Roland D.
Mollneux accused Of the murder OF Mrs. Kath-
erin" j. Adams opened yesterday. Unusual
features marked the day proceedings There
was the same lack Of the accustomed order of
proof that has marked the trial from It's be-
ginning. Handwriting Expert Kinsey
who was withdrawn from the stand for
lust i've minutes" on Friday to en-
able the taking OF the testimony Of
lust one Witness" did not get back
on the stand until the afternoon session
OF the trial and between the time he
left and the time he returned the
testimony OF four witnesses WAS taken.
None Of It In any way related to the testimony
that he had been q wing. Besides the want Of
order In tho proceedings. there was most un.
usual scene at the com pletion Of the direct and
eross-examination OF Mamie Melando a wit
ness for the prosecution. when Recorder GofY
himself took the woman In hand. With all the
skill that he possesses as an examiner Of
witnesses. and amid an almost treathl-ss si-
ha. A. =" U.s., ns, 'o,'" "o v'e" '.oui ne. 'ac's
bring out
,,.. ''..a'uo was sne woman VINO was
'w"ppeu y, tne po,'ce last week. one llved
!" ~ ~ ." anu a'nouRh Sne SAID ner-
'"s' sno haa oeeh frequently In New
York shopping since Jan. l. the police hav-
Ing failed to find her when she was here
Iu."u ne. in'o 'he n'ate ana arrested her TO
ke' ner mere 'or the trial. she mad been
fenu o' ho'anu d. MoiiheuA tor eleven years.
M 'na' sue knew ABOUT the case on trial
was '"a' .no''heut hau hau IN MS possession
al one ume the robins'egg- blue. three
crescent 'euer paper upon whlch are written
'"o VI tne letters ne Is accused OF writing.
s'kn'nk 'hereOo 'he names OF barhet or Cor
n'e',' as , wei US one 'etter tha' ne adniits ne
Nio'e' mat sionheuh hao had THIS paper
ana hau used II had ALREADY been admitted
Y, '"e ue''ace' so 'na' no'hihe sehsationai
was look'u ior In her examination.
was particularly easy with her. He handled
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ne' wv, k'O'es' Al hiS cross.eAamlhatioh
WIZ en- pa"o..as 20, .n,, ~. WIZ nei.
oan,ia o,nnass NJ 80 ~ :, VOC W
na hs, -, n,ue' 80. ne so'n won n.i commence;
gentle in manner TO degree. he drew from her
60 ,n.iJan, ~, - ss,, ". 40 I'm
connection with the case. The Recorders
animation was long, A yerbatum report oft
would nrobahlv Al, Ave- colnmns IN To- s,,S
". p.o'""n h'' NV eo'uihns III ihE Dun
even II 1t was set in tho smallest type 30 In
tere.ted were the iurymsn in it that at the re-
aues' o, ono OIL .nem Tue heeo,ue. naa tne
whole thing read over to them by the
ma ,,s tne swyo
W. N'.t. ~. y" ,"o nooo.a az
The The Ssy closeS with handwrit tim a sSper.
Kinsley on the stand. He was illustrating by
means OF crayon reproductions the character
istic that he saw in the handwriting given him
TO examine that convinced him that the writ
'o'N""'ne '"as wi" ''"Vou nun r"a' ''o w
ing was that oil the defendant lie made the
TWO human oeinss eouu u'spia' ,hese ehalas-
teristics in writing and that in all his expert
ence as handwriting expert he had never seen
which he was testiiying. Yet it can be said In
loci al 10 tho lovmon who watched him "a tho
most ordinary imaginaHie.
ooiar on H. srnna at oincx S,t hea,dn III
se,ber NJ bta compsei,s tshic 'a' oe'''e ''
'''"''
Mamie Merando hal been brought into court
Ts cr W tha xSy bo mn, nay n s%t nsc
totors' When the RecSriar came in and the
canta,n az tha rourt rniIal ont f,r Moijnauy
liar" was n d.lay %, several minutes bef"rc tbc;
' mr oiya 10 az m m ,ho afi
Se h%sa nT re Sncb
;"r INN sajJ liar ha hnwcd :" hs~ TIA M
,s ~, ,hn, >i,i;tn'nx $50 $500 hosiu, ";
m ,ms 'Hnt hrn c %ns oes nien9 ss
;atn ibc wi,n.Ss nb,ir ',"''e'' '"'' 'o'a"uo'
'"MN r W.ets was on Ms fact with n nro,,s, 1T
ob'nct nv s."S 10 this con t'nu,i hroat In, IN
10 M, fresh Witnesses on Tia stand Wills ona
wi, H., ;s ,narrrinty NJ I,.rt .y,minn tinn
Sour Honor viii r.na1i that daily s,nca the be
ginning OF this trial the District Attorney has
Interrupted the orderly proceedings OF the
court by withdraw ne witness ut the middle
Of his direct exam n alton ami putting on the
stand another witness to testify TO entirely
different features Of the case"
Il will ask the District Attorney" said the
Recorder. why has not the exam nation OF the
witness who was on tho stand when the court
adjourned on Friday. been finished before this
new wtrcss was caed?"
III your Honor please" said Mr. Osborne
suavcly. this witness that l have called IL
from a foreign State She is now in the House
Of De'rntion in this city and she should not bo
kept there one moment longer than neces-
sary."
"Wo are as anxious "a anyone" said Mr..
Weeks, TO do Justice 10 any witness that the
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