The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-16
WEEKS. TACKLES KINSLEY.
MOLIyEUx's LAWYER TRIES TO RHEA n
UP THE HANDWRITING ExpERT.


Then Iinsiey Took Him Up again and
Positively Declared That lie Had Writ.
ten the Address on the Poison Package
-Kinsiey's Letter to n Felia@ Expert II
which He Called Him 10 Task for do.
cIarinE Moiineus to lie tru Guilty Man.
The second week OF the trial OF Roland b.
Molineux. accused OF tho murder Of Mrs. Kath-
crime J. Adams closed ycstcrday with a more
or less dramatic scene William Kinsley. the
handwriting expert who has=becn employed by
tho police aud the District Gtorncy since the
murlcr OF Mrs. Adams. haftcstned over and
over again that he had NOT formed a positive
opinion that Molineux hadwritten the address
on the poison package unfit inter he had seen
Molineux write In hs SfIlce on Feb. 20. al.
though from Jan. 10 had been making
exhaustive examinations Of specimens cf tho
young mans handwriting. Mr.. Kinsley was
undor cross-examinatfon. Barlow 8. Weeks.
Molineuxs counsel, at the close OF the weeks
session drew the picture OF the scene In Kins.
ley's Office on Feb. 30 when Molineux was
taken there to write. He emphasized the fact
that Mr. Kinsley had not been convinced before
Feb. 20. And 1t was not" hs said. until you
saw him write IN the place you provided with
the pens. ink and paper that you provided. the
words that YOU demanded. written In the style
that you described. that you were able to
satisfy yourselff"
That il true" said Mr. Kinsley.
In other words" said Mr. Weeks. you arc
not able tn form a satisfactory opinion until
you had set the scene to suit yourself and had
dressed the performers In the clothes that you
wanted and directed the playing as you de-
sired2"
No. I was not catisned until them" said Mr..
Kinsley.
Mr. Weeks closed his examination for the
day right there. Mr.. Kinsley was on the stand
all day, and II was not an altogether pleasant
dag for him either. He had been interviewed
long ago by reporter. and the interview was
now Strung on him. He had written n letter.
and that was produced. In the interview he
had been quoted as saying that breaks between
letters In the address on the poison package
were a Part OF the scheme OF disguise adopted
by the murderer. In his direct examination
he had sworn that these breaks proved one Of
the characteristics OF the writer and indicated
the habit. In the letter Mr.. Kinsley took another
expert to task for expressing an opinion that
Molneux had written the address. Mr.. Kins-
ley at that time was OF the opinion that
Moneux had not written IT,
There were scenes OF disorder In the court
during the early part OF the day aad the Re-
corier took both the District Attorney and
the defendants counsel severely TO task for
creating them. The personnel OF the crowd
that attended the trial was unchanged. Young
MoineuS sat all 6ay beside his father. Mt
times seemingly Indifferent. nut most OF the
not word should escape his hearing.
WEEKS GOES AFTER KISsLEy.
Mr.. Kinsiey resumed the stand when the
Recorder directed Mr.. Weeks to proceed with
his cross-examinatlon. and Mr.. Weeks started
Which, fsa Mas on 70 show s oskp h, 2,
selec'e by The police as the man on whom the
crime was to be hNrd. ami that their inyss,isa.
been gu rs. was -lurr"d and INCOMPLETE. -
Did understood you To say" he said that
yol hah not seen the newspaper reproduction
some time st, , Jan. II" Mr.. kinsIey replied.
The realcr will recall that It was on SUNDAY.
Jan. !. that the first specimens OF han WRITING
we're sem 70 NJ Kins.cy Ior examination. and
police to h''n them lind tho murderer. Also.
tina, among the first spec mems ot handwriting
which had contained the letter written by
Molineux TO job u. Adams. AID bearing on is
Molineux was conncc'ed., IN or Ter to develop
the idea TINT the expert had heen rreludiced
TS% had % sys aT or That ,Ss
nut aside possible evidence against others. IL
was necessary TO show That the oNpert knew
Sn"w ,RSt Mon"u% VAS VAS me- "ccnss " f. rins
this out MIR Weeks asked Mr. Kinslay II he had
Kin.eS ' ep ed hal h. ha seen them md that
no "Toiice Want Ro!ani l'uEnham Moiinrux,"
=, Did yol read the article? \. think 40
ton OF The address on III" po'son package
have forgotten now. bit II II wa. there saw Il.
q, When y"n NJ this ar'iclr yon knew that
Hermann 4 Co. OF Newark. iid you nots 4.
., So on Jan. . YOU connected that en-;
wh"i hcr or not Mo'inruS's name was on the
envelope yon XIV from the imprint. or as
snmrd from IN" imprint. mat IT Vas his hart-
writing that you were examining? A. did.
MIR. wroks asked Mr. Kins'cy II he received
the nu'hpr ~ VIII oh h" was abe toteli at once.
Mr. Kinscy replica that one OF the other
On" e corner Of il IN" initials I'll, i. C,i' and
without, Snowing anything 9hoH, It. he
Hssn ns at hs rSaass9 q eWE WEEK. 3
he produced three OF the SAMPLES OF hnnI-
he sqTT that De hal cen ans 10 mud Thcss
lie nsms: III MoS on M,Fa." Mr.; Weeks n,
Mo ton Risss ST., o.f"rp" ohiSc,"i, and the
utrSrei the naT"r in "yid nee NJ O.H1rne was
on his feet instantly "rn"s'nG an anGry "hl re
%n M s ~ Inc Sf was pr Gnd "cn IN"
moved by the ioiic" ,Dcr,rtmen' 70 investigate
the case, and that the ro'iwr hal brought him
from tim" 10 time handwrIingto investigate
OF any number Of persons. In the cours" OF the
proceedings. h" said. kinSlcy hai invest gated
the handwrit NJ OF n thousand Or more. He had
investigated the han lwritlng o. ev"rybu " who
c0uld. by the wide.t stretch ~ mag mat on, he
connected with the case. Ho had. in fact.
worH"l strGIily Tor several months, and II tho
Perorlcr admitted this piece Of papcr "a "yl-
drnce, il would open tho door for the admission
into violence OF every piece OF paper and every
scrap of writing tina, he Ind examined. And"
hc slid, n we start out 10 investigate all the
handwriting that this man has examined. |
don't believe We conll get . wagon big enough
TO carry II all from this building.
MIR, Osborne having male m his mind that
Moncux il guilty. II Is his purpose to force the
defence to prove that he Is not guilty by show
ing positively that some one else is. In other
words. as no said the other day: lam not
going to let them, make me run MolineqS
let them show who did do H." Mr., Osborne
was prepared to fight 20 the last ich to keep
had himself put In, and ne demanded OF the
ltenorder that he should De- permitted 70 quote
autho5,t'ef which he sp,i he had on the sub.
to attend 70 his d4ty rs the prosecuting
attend to the aut hDr ties He listened To Mr.