The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-22
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| SalQ MRS. Rogers.
| What was his name?"
Barlow S. Weeks"
! But Cornish considered Weeks en-
nifty a joker" queried Mr.. Osborne.
Mrs Rogers denied this. About a
year and a half before her mothers
death she had heard Cornish say that
Weeks had threatened to run him out
of town within year.
Mrs. Rogers characterized as being
absolutely false and untrue the state
! ment of DR.. Potter, who testified at
! the inquest that he had heard Mrs.
Rogers say to Cornish as they left the
| room where Mrs. Adams body lay:
| Don't nuke the sffair public; you
| know the reason why
| Mr. Osborne then said he had no fur
Their questions to ask, and after Cor
oner Hart had ELECTED the fact that
Mrs. Adams was not insured, a recess
was taken.
Mrs. Molineux, the wife of Roland B.
Molineux, was called to the stand at
2.30 o'clock. Her husband sat at the
counsels table and close besides her
were her father-in-law and mother-in-
law, Gen. and Mrs. Molineux
Previous to the calling of Mrs. Moli-
neuX, Mrs. Rogers was recalled and
she stated that there was only one
| glass used in giving Mrs. Adams the
bromo-seltzer. She was legally separ-
ated from her husband one year ago
last October, at her own desire. She
felt she had just cause. 1t transpired
that Mrs. Rogers was now not on
speaking terms with Mrs. Sanders,
! Cornish's sister in Hartford. This was
because Cornish lived at the Adams
house. Mr. Osborne also tried to show
/ that Mr.. and Mrs. Hovey had also
quarrelled with Mrs. Sanders on ac-
count of Cornish living with the
Adamses. Mrs. Rogers said she was
friendly with Cornish's parents. She
said that Cornish's father had been liv-
ing at her house since the death of her
mother. She had learned before DR..
Hitchcock came to the house, that
Cornish had taken part of the poison
which he had given to her mother.
Mr.. Cornish told me that he had
taken some of it. He said that he had
taken a teaspoonful," said Mrs. Rogers.
HE told me that when mother drank
the poison she had said it tasted bitter
and that he had taken up the same
glass and tasted it,"
while your mother was lying dying,
did you continue to say to Dr. Hitch
cock: Why don't you do something
for Mr.. Cornish?'"
Il remember that I at least once
asked him to do so,' replied Mrs
Rogers, who was then excused.
Mrs. Hovey was recalled and asked
a few unimportant questions as to
what she had told Cornish's relatives
regarding his living with the Adamses
Mrs. Molineux then took the witness
chair. She is a tall, rather cookbook
ing woman, about 80 years old. Her
mother-in-law sat beside her while she
gave her testimony.
She said her maiden name was
Blanche Cheeseborough that she lived
| in Brooklyn and that previous to her
marriage she had lived at various ad-
| dresses in this city, which had already
| been given by her husband. She had
lived most of the time with her father
until his death, which occurred in May
1895. The following April her mother
had died. She first became acquainted
with Mr.. Barnet in the fall of 1897. She
was never on a yacht with him and
was never invited to take such a trip
| Summarizing her relations with Mr.
Barnet. Mrs. Molineux said:
"Well, he called to see me at times
alone and sometimes with Mr.. Moli-
neuX. He called alone at the sugges-
ton of Mr.. MolineuX, 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 friedshiI
that he called
| NllS 4hOllllCuA Slililtu dItu size Sd1b
| 81 really don't know what else to say
did Mr.. Molineux know of Mr.. Bar.
nets attentions to you?" asked Mr.. Os
borne.
Yes" replied the witness. "He knew
we We're friends"
"She said she had always liked Moli
neuX and always thought he liked her
1t was one Thanksgiving in 1897, Moli
neux made a proposal of marriage tt
her which She 6an1ined -
Was Mr.. Barnet then paying atten
ton to you?" questioned Mr. Osborne
1--WE were friends" said Mrs. Moli
neuX. I'VE were all friends. I'm sure
L did not look for any proposal or mar.
riage from Mr.. Barnet. We were sim,
ply friends
In answer to the question whether
Barnet and Molineux were not rivals
Mrs Molineux replied: Never to my
knowledge. They often called on the
same evening" She had received flow
ers q number of times from Barnet
had never quarrelled with him, and
the last time she wrote to HMM June
1S98-had received no reply to her let
ter. She had not seen Barnet since
| May, 1898. Then she said that she had
| written just once after the June letter
a note--only little note. She had
| heard that Barnet was Ill. MolineuY
had told her and had said that she had
better send him some flowers if she
found he was i'll as was reported.
Il telephoned to the club later" said
Mrs. Molineux, land asked how Mr.
Barnet was, and learned that he was
confined to his room. Then / sent him
the flowers"
| Mr.. Osborne took up the letter signed
Blanche which had been referred to
several times in the case as having
been written by Mrs Molineux to Mr.
Barnet and which accompanied the
flowers.
Mrs. Molineux said yes; she had
Was she distressed to hear Of his
being ill?"
Most assuredly."
What did you mean?" said Mr.. Os.
borne slowly, "by writing, IF you woult
only let me prove my sincerity?"
'Oh, just g form of speech" said Mrs
Molineux, lightly; Barnet never doubt.
ed her sincerity as far she knew"
You wrote" said Osborne, sticking
to the unpleasant point, do not be cross
with me- viii you explain that?"
Il had written to Mr.. Barnet in the
summer and had received no reply.
did not know that he was piqued about
anything, SO L simply said don't bt
cross just an informal way of eX
preston"
She had never discussed with Moli
neux the attentions that Barnet paiC
to her. She was in the habit of calling
Barnet Barney" and he called hel
Blanche" That was why She signed
the note with her Christian name. Sh,
was never engaged to Barnet, and HI
never proposed to her. She met Moli
neuX while she was or the yacht Mo
hogan, and he was on the yacht Viator
Mrs. MolineuX was then closely ques
toned regarding package which sht