Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-02-22


sometimes with Mr.. Moiineux. II.
called alone at the suggestion OF Mr.
Molineux and at one time I attende,
an amateur circus with him given a
the KnickerbOcker Athletic Club. II,
called after that several times. II wal
simply out Of friendship that he call
ed"
Mrs. Molineux smiled and hesitated
Then she said: Il really do not know
what else to say
| Did Mr.. MOlineux know OF Mr.. Bar.
nets attentions to you?" asked Mr.
Osborne.
YES" replied the witness He
| knew we were friendly"
She said she had always liked Mol
;neux and always thought he liked
her. It was on Thanksgiving day. 1887,
MoIineux first made proposal of mar
riaEe to her which she declined.
Was Mr.. Barnet then paying at
tention to you?" queried Mr.. Osborne.
We were friends" said Mrs Molineux
we were all friends. I'm sure did not
look TOT any proposal OF marriage from
Mr.. Barnet. We were simply friends.
In answer to the question whether Bar
net and Molineux were not rivals, Mrs.
MoIineux replied: Never TO my know
ledge. They often called. on the same
She had received flowers number Of
times from Barnet. had never quarreiiei
with him. and the last time she wrote 10
ply 10 her letter. She had not seen Bar
net since May. 1898. Then she said thl.
she had written just once after the June
ietternonly little note She had heard
her and had said that she had better send
him some flowers IL she found he was iii
ub an vas ia,rr .9m'rsd .sia tesPh1ned TO hs
asked how Mr. Barnet was. and learned
that he was confined 10 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 written 1t.
Was she distressed to hear of his being
III? Most assnredly.
What DID you mean. said Mr.. Osborne
let me prove my sincerity'?'
.9h; jus, a form Of speech lightly
said Mrs. Molineux. Barnet never doubt
ed sr saa az ss as she kasw
the unpleasant point. :" Do not be cross
with me, me Wiil you explain that'.
II had written 10 Mr.; Barnet in the
not Know that he was pilued about any,
thing. so ! simply said Don't be cross,
Just an informal way of expression
She had never discussed with Molinelx
the attentions that Barnet paid to her.
She was in the habit of calling Barnet
Barney and he called her Blanche"
I'M rnat WAS shy she signed the note with
gagged to Barnet and he never proposed
TO her.
Pressed as TO why in the note. signed
rived. reached home. Saturday." she re-
piled that IL was just woman's subter-
fuge. She did not want Barnet TO think |
the circus at the Knickerbocker Club, she |
was in Barnet's room. "Alone?, asked
Osborne. No. she did not think so. Bar
had been in that room before when Moii- |
neux occupied it. She was there with his |
mother in November, 1887.
Was it the habit of gentlemen to re-
ceive ladies in their rooms in the knick-
Il don't know. said Mrs. Moiineux,
simply: Il was there only three or four |
that Barnet had invited her to the circus |
That was in the latter part of April, 1885 |
Mrs. Molineux denied that she ever |
which the district attorney seemed by his |
questions to think she had. Mrs. Moli- |
neux knew of no pictures taken in which |
she and Barnet appeared together or in |
which she and Barnet and other persons |
appeared.
II know that no such picture exists or !
ever existed. for l never sat for any pic |
ture.
when did you recally first hearing |
Cornish's name mentioned?'
when the latter came out i'm the pa
pers | asked Mr.. Molineux who Cornish |
was"
This ended Mrs. Molineux's testimony
Dr. Wendell c.. Phillips was called and I
testified that, Oct. 2S 1885, he received a /
message from the Knickerbocker Ath- /
letic Club asking him to hurry to the !
club house to see Mr.. Barnet, who was
very i'll. The witness found Barnet to he |
very sick. vomiting and purging.
DR.. Phillips said that when he first saw
Barnet there were no symptoms of diph- /
iberia. although they might have subse-
quently developed. He said that from
what Barnet told him he was certain Nat |
he suspected who it was who had Yen: |
him the powder, although he did not men-
ton the name of anyone in this connec-
ton. Then the witness was interrogatei
on the part he played in the Cornish sick
ness. He said that he found Cornish |
quite i'll and that from what he observed /
there appeared to be a marked similarity |
between his and Barnets sickness. He |
said that he did not take charge of the
ease. because DIR. Coffin had reached the
sick man before he did.
Did Cornish tell you when you first
went there that the poison was cyanide
pf potassium"
IL am not sure. He may have done So"
The case was then adjourned until
morning.