The Portland daily press., 1899-12-07

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Mr. Weeks at once objected TO the re
mark, bat the court refused TO listen t.
1t. Mr.. Weeks held mp before the witncsl
piece Of paper torn from the face OF m
envelops and asked II he knew who's
writing It was. The witness Identified
| the writing az his own. The sam,
thing was done with second pie,s O
paper and both were put In evidence
Witness then told Mr.. Weeks In answer
to questions that be wrote only one styl,
of chirography. He also said he was ia
miliar with Harpstsr's handwriting.
Various pieces Of paper and letters wer'
shown Heiles by Weeks. the witness iden
tifying each In turn as bearing the han d.
writing of A. A. Harpster.
Heiles said John ID. Adams was EN-
ployed at the Ballantine brewery ant
that he went to the kniokerbocker ath
letio club svery day. hr. Weeks asked
Heiles II be ever bought any Christmas
presents In Newark. He said he had not
tie said he did not know the firm o.
Hart Deenr 81 Co., Of Newark, and In
answer to question by Mr.. Weeks, said
1
words Of the inscription on the poison
| bottle.
At this point an oblong box, about s
by inches in size. and wrapped In heavy
paper, was handed to the witness. togeth
er with pen and Ink and he was asked &c
write the address that had been written
on the package sent to Cornish.
Il ~ut tool hn Ia sfapraad
to table and wrote at the dictation oil
Mr. Weeks the same words that had been
written on the wrapping paper picked
mp by DR.. Hitchcock 10 the Adams fiat.
The witness said he left the knicker-
booker athletic club In 1897. IL was In
| 1888 that he saw and talked with Moli.
nsux at the New York Athletic club. The
Molineux regarding Harrster was held
In the parlor Of the New York athletic
club about October 10.
Mr.. Osborne began the redirect exami-
nation. Heilss said he was not dry color
maker and had never studied chemistry
"You were friendly to Molineux, were
you not'" asked Mr.. Osborne.
Anu you ui0Ca WIN hiAA AZ htn tAOh'
BILE with CornishS"
Eyes"
"Dldn't you 60 to Weeks's Office time
and time again and tell him about tbs
enemies Of Molinsux who might have
been suspectsd-everybo body In the world
you could thiKk OFF,
"Yes."
sL.t al n.I he
clerk at the Knickerbocker club during
his owe employment there and that Noli-
neux and Gallagher were great friends.
Witness saw Mr.. Molineux at MIR. Weeks s
office on January last, at Moilneux's
request. and he gave Moiineux all the
informa alton he could.
Heiles testified that he received letters
from Molinsux up to November, 1899
and Unidentified Molineux's handwriting
when 1t was shown to him by MIR. o.
borne.
Several letters were offered to the wit.
ness for Identification ana were identified
o. having been written by Molineux
One of these letters was request for a
patent medicine. The following letter
was read and put in sviaenos:
"My Dear Soheffler: ! do not know
whether / have ever shown you the en-
closed or not. 1t gives the reason for my
leaving the X. A. g. DO YOU think Cor
nish should be allowed to write such let
tiers to an official Of the New York Ath-
lstic club. Ballantine evidently thinks
Cornish Is all right for he Is In and 1 am
M. he ~ "a
are through with it.
"Yours very cordially,
Roland b. Mollneux.'
Another letter was identified by Heiel .
and 1t was offered in evidence. Mr.. Us.
borne asked counsel for the defense to
produce the enclosure mentioned In IL. az
he had agreed to do SO. MIR. Weeks sai
he had agreed only to produce what G
believed to be q copy Of the enclosure.
The enclosure was PROBABLY copy Of the
letter alleged to have been written by HIS,
Cor pish, attacking Barlow 8. Weeks. til
pres dent OF the New York athletic club,
who is senior counsel for the defense.
A rumor that the prosecution would to-
day call Mrs. Sadie Sohefflsr to tina stand,
WAS CIRCULATED hpoub tue court rum uuf-
ing recess. She is prominent In soeisty
and has been an intimate friend OF the
defendant. Mr.. Osborne refused to tel
how he secured possession of the letter
written to her and offered In evidence
He said the woman would bs q witnes
at some stage Of the trial.
After recess. Rudolph Heilss resumed
his scat In the witness chair. Mr.. Os-
borne said that two of the jurors had moi
seen all the letters offered In evidence
and they were handsd to the jurors.
The witness also identified letters, ONE
to q person named Hassett, and two to
John r. Adams, that were offered In evi
dence for the purpose Of Identification.
Letters to the Manhattan athletic cluf
and Friend harry were also offered ant
admitted by the court.
Many more letters and envalop es, al
bearing the handwriting which Heiles
swore was that of the defendant. were
placed In evidsnoe. Some were WRIT, ~