The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-15
A YEAR AGO, WAS PALE,
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latter part of August, 1897, of his visit
to the yacht Mohegan, when Miss
Gheeseborough and her sister, Mrs. w.
II. Stems, were guests of Clarke Miller,
and of the trip of the yacht to Port
land.
| Witness said that after the return of
the party to New York he visited the
ladies' and invited them to dinner.
MISS Cheeseborough went to the Bar
ret house with Mrs. Sterns. She re-
NAMED day and then took apartments
| opposite the Casino, IN seth street In
| october Mrs. Sterns went to Boston.
Miss Cheeseborough went for a week
to the Marie Antoinette, then took
room at Mrs. Bells III 18th street, and
| subsequently went to live with Mrs.
| Ballirger, in West end avenue.
After you introduced Miss Cheese
borough to Barnet lid he pay her at
tentlon?" witness was asked.
Yes, he called upon her, sent her
flowers, took her to dinner, and paid
her other attentions due a lady from a
gentleman
Did you know of any of the other
persons in Mrs. Beldinger's house?"
Il was never introduced to any. We
were the only persons who boarded
4 there. The other tenants of the house
merely had rooms and breakfast.
| Mr. Osborne made him describe the
servants and the house, and then asked
| him: Ibid you ever hear any com
plants of the character of the house?p
Il would not have stayed, If ] did
There was nothing i9lpropef there?''
"Emphatically no. My father and
mother could have gone there. My
wife's sister and her husband lived
there. My wife knew Mrs. Beldinger
from living with her sisters there
| At this point recess was taken.
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stand. He did not know that a picture
was taken of his wife and Barnet to-
gether Neither Barnet nor his wife
had ever spoken of such a picture. Mr..
Osborne asked witness if he knew
whether his wife was ever in love with
Barnet Molineux replied that he
| thought his wife admired Barnet, but
he had never been jealous of Barnet,
nor had he expressed any hostility to-
ward him. He was aware that Barnet
had visited his wife before her mar
riage at Mrs. Beldingers house, as he
| had a right to do. Miss Cheeseborough
and witness were not engaged at that
time. He was married in November,
! 1898. The last time Barnet called on
Miss Cheeseborough, to witness knowl
edge, was in April or May, 1898. He
never knew him to pay attention to his
wife after that. He did not know per-
sonally that letters had passed between
Barnet and his wife, but he had heard
that his wife had written to Barnet
during the summer.
Mr.. Osborne, picking up letter from
the table, asked witness if it was in
| his wife's handwriting.
1T appears to be, to the best of my
knowledge" said Molineux. He also
said that he had never seen the letter,
| but that he knew his wife had written
| it and that she had done so with his
consent.
Yesterday said a juryman, "you
did not number among your friends Mr..
Adams. Is that in consequence of
what you have learned since these de-
Yelopments?'
1T is
when was that letter wrtten?"
Shortly after l heard Barnet was
sick. / think the date was Nov %.
am not sure"
.'She was not your wife them"
mo; and I wish to say that if she
had any correspondence with any one
during the summer, she had a perfect
right to do so"
Witness said he had told Miss Cheese
| borough that Barnet was sick, that he
believed he had suggested sending him
flowers.
! Mr.. Osborne began to read aloud the
letter, which was as follows:
L l.
| Illness. 1 arrived home Saturday and
am exceedingly sorry to learn that you
have been so indisposed. Won't you
| let me know when you are able to be
about. l want SO much to see you
Is that so you do not believe me? If
! you would only let me prove to YOU
my sincerity. Do not be cross, and 1
pray you, accept my very best wishes.
/ Yours,
1
Witness said he had no reason to be-
lieve that Barnet was in love with
Miss Cheeseborough. Barnet and Miss
| Cheeseborough had been intimate
friends for a year and were used to
calling each other by their Christian
names. The letter did not indicate any
| greater degree of intimacy than he had
/ expected. Being asked why he did not
go to Barnets funeral, witness said
that he was not invited had never
met Barnets family; had an engage
ment out Of town at the time and did
not know the date of the funeral until
he read it in the newspapers.
| Witness said he never had hired a let
ter box and didn't know anybody that
). had.
Now, Mr.. Molineux," said Mr.. Os-
borne, Il am going to ask you some
questions personal to yourself. Did you
ever smoke or chew opium?"
Yes, about one year ago. once or
twice, to see what it was like"
mot to dream?"
mo, just to see what it was like"
| Mr.. Molineux said he had visited
| Chinatown 10 or IL times with friends
to look around and have a Chinese sup
per. He was there a couple OF times
| to see the Chinese consul about the
sale of yacht.
Are you a particular friend of Chuck
| Connors?" Mr.. Molineux said that he
had been able to do service to Connors
and that Connors had shown him around
| Chinatown.
Did you ever hear of the oriental
room?"
do you refer to the apartments of
Mr.. Adams?"
Yes"
81 have been in the room. I read
about it in the papers. But I did not
see anything oriental about it. l had
occasion to see Mr.. Adams about en-
gaging an instructor for boys" class
in calisthenics, and 1 took A. G. Burn
ham Of Brooklyn with me TO call upon
him That was the only time l was
! ever there"
Mr.. Osborne suddenly changed his
line of questioning and said:
/ by the way, do you know anything
about cyanide Of mercury"
The witness became extremely Sc
rious, and in low tone said;
"Mr Osborne, | have never seen cy-
anide Of mercury. l have never made
il. l don't know anything about it;
never knew how to make It and never
knew how it was made
could you make it?"
"T suppose II | had a book beside me-
I could make it. My idea of chemis-
try is confined almost entirely to the
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