The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-13
new MOLINEUx EVIDENCE
A Letter In His Hand Writing
on the Three Crescent Pap
er Found by the Police.

NEW YORK, April l3, 189s.-Captain
McClusky, of the Detective Bureau, an
nounced today that he had discovered
the most important evidence yet pro-
cured against Roland B. Molineux, ac-
cused of the murder of Mrs. Adams. Nc
Clusky described it as "the connecting
link in the case.
The evidences is a letter, written, Cap
tain McCluskys says, on the same blue
paper containing the three crescents, as
the Barnet and Cornish letters. The
handwriting, Captain MeClusky says, is
undoubtedly Molineux's. This letter was
sent to a patent medicine dealer and re-
quested some of his medicine. Captain
McClusky stated that Molineux testified
at the inquest that he had never written
to patent medicine dealer.
The letter McClusky laid so much stress
upon was received yesterday and came
from Oak Grove Kennels Moodus, Conn.
1t was accompanied by the following COM
| munication:-
! Dear Sir-One of my girls found the in
| closed letter in a batch of 10000 that we
purchased from DR.. James :. Burns, now
of Hodges Building, Detroit, Mich, but
| formerly Of $50 Columbus avenue, New
York City 1t strikes me that some OF
Barnet's tiers which we found contain
the same Silver crest as appear upon the
| letter from Molineux herewith inclosed.
Every truly. F. C. FOWLER"
| Fowler is patent medicine dealer, who
buys letters all over the country for the
purpose of getting addresses. 1t was
| through him that the original letter in
ho Of Do hot ont IN
lCincinnatD was found.
| The -~..er inclesed by Fowler is adj
dressed to Mr. James Burns, No. $50 Co
| 1umbus avenue, New York City, and is
| postmarked Newark N. j., June 1,
1S9S." 1t was received at Station d at
4:30 p M
| Captain McClusky opened the letter and
found, he states, that the paper is ex-
actly the same blue paper with the same
| crescents as used in the cases of the
Barnet and Cornish letters, which figur-
| ed in the case. The latter has no date
and reads
Dear Sir-Please find inclosed rs cents
| for which send remedy and oblige,
| Yours truly,
| .'6 Jersey Street.
| Newark, N. j"
! A clipping from newspaper was IN
closed containing an advertisement of Dr.
Burns medicine. Captain McClusky says
| that the handwriting is in Molineux' $
natural hand
| Molineux was light hearted in the Tombs
| this morning and received many con-
gratulations from his fellow prisoners
over the decision of the court in dismiss
| ing the indictment against him. Word
of the new letter in evidence against him
| had not reached the Tombs.
Capt. McClusky announced today that
the District Attorney would make a
charge against A. S. Colyar, Jr., either
| for conspiracy or attempted kidnapping
| in connection with the attempt to get
Hickman, the Molineux case Witness, to
Tennessee. McClusky said that Colyar
| is a prisoner on the technical charge of
being a suspicious person.
| Colyar was later arraigned in police
court on a charge of eonspiring to pro-
cure the arrest kidnap and confine
| Nicholas A. Hickman. The examination
was set for tomorrow. Colyar's bail was
placed at $500.
! The name of Arthur A. Carey was
signed to the complaint M. BlumenthaI
and John Doe were mentioned as fel-
low conspirators. Other arrests may fol-
| low in Tennessee.