The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
Adams Case Mystic
rious as Ever.
FAVoRS MOLINEUx.
Testimony Yesterday Puts
Him in Better Light.

New York, Feb. 24.-The inquest in
, the Adams poisoning case was contin-
ued today and proved of less interest
than any of the previous hearings.
Practically nothing tending to throw
light upon the murder of Mrs Adams.
or the attempted murder of Cornish.
was revealed. Molineux was the prin-
cipal witness. He denied many of the
allegations that Cornish made yester-
day. Col. Austin also made a rather
important point in denying that Barnet
ever in the slightest implicated Molin-
eux. as inferred by Cornish yesterday.
On the whole, the testimony may be
said to have been favorable to Molin-
eux.
The first witness called was Mary
Hendon, colored girl, formerly in the
employ OF. the late Mrs. Adams and at
present employed by Mrs. Rogers. This
witness never saw any trouble between
Cornish and Mrs. Adams
Was Mrs. Adams fond OF Mr.. Cor
nish?" asked Mr.. Osborne.
She appeared to be-" responded the
girl.
Then Herbert C. futile of the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club was called. He
SAID he really did not know if he was
a good chemist or q bad chemist, He
knew Barnet before the latter's death
and was on fairly good terms with
him. 1t developed that futile had tried
TO make cyanide of mercury himself
since about the first part OF January.
Why did you try to make it?" asked
Mr.. Osborne.
i wanted to see what it looked like,
1t was simply curiosity. l found could
not make it, replied futile. He said
he was very good friend with Cor
nish.
Coroner Hart asked Tuttle if he had
not mentioned to Cornish the name Of
any one who might have sent him the
poison.
IT told him person had circulated
stories intended to injure him." replied
futile.
What person." asked the coroner.
Mr.. Molineux," said futile.
Did you tell him anything else?'
81. Yes; Mr.. Molineux was showing a
letter rejecting on him (Cornish) to
members of the club"
Col. D. Austin took the stand and
denied that he had ever mace any such
statement as that attributed to him
yesterday by Cornish, who said Col.
Austin told him he mad heard Barnet
say, Il did not think Molly would have
done this to me-"
Col. Austin denied that Barnet had
refused to go on a certain yacht be-
cause he heard Molinsux was to be one
of the party. Barnet had told him he
had received the powder by mail and
that it had poisoned aim. He never
even heard Barnet say anything that
would indicate that there were I'M
friendly feelings between him and Mo-
lineux. He did not think Barnet was
engaged to Miss Cheseborough or any
other woman. He had seen Miss Cheese
borough with Barnet in the club house
once. She was in Barnets room and
several other men were present.
Roland B. Molineux took the stand
today Mr. Osborne apologized for
troubling Molineux, and then submit
ted to him batch of letters and pa
pers, and asked him to identify his
handwriting. Some of the documents
were letters and accounts taken from
old files of the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club and others were the writings Mr..
MolineuX had made at the dictation of
the detectives, district attorney and
handwriting experts.
Mr.. Molineux was cool and self DOS
sessed The witness said he wrote the
samples for the experts voluntarily, af-
tUA PlObCsIlilS de- eilli5I MIlIlIlS DIT dll.
Mr.. Osborne then infinitely examined
Molineux as to his movements on Dec.
81, 1898, the day a silver holder similar
to that which held the bromo-seltZer
bottle was purchased in Newark, N J.
. MolineuX said he left his home in New
York, went to Newark and ate break
fast there according to his custom.
did you carry any letters or pack
ages with you?" asked Mr.. Osborne.
hox he,
piled Molineux.
Mr.. Osborne then began a long series
Of questions-whether Molineux met
anybody that day, what he did in the
factory, whom he saw there, where he
went when he got through work. and,
putting him on a train again, he
brought him back to New York, took
him in an elevated train to his home,
and at 11.30 o'clock that evening saw
him coming out of the Metropolitan
Opera House.
Do you remember sending any mail
or package on that day." asked Mr..
Osborne.
Il do not" said Molineux.
You have studied chemistry, have
you not?'
Yes. studied it at night, at Cooper
Union"
Can you make cyanide of mercury?'
Il never tried said MoEneux, en-
phatically. Molineux said he had new
er read anything about poisons except
from dumas Celebrated Crimes,
which he found very dry"
questions brought out the fact that
the book in Molineux's library referred
to by Cornish, as obscene. was a scien-
tific work, given to Molineux by a
physician.
Did you ever use any hard words
or threats against Cornsh?" asked Os-
borne
NO" said Molineux.
What was the last date you shaved
off your mustache, and why did you do
it?"
II shaved it off the first part of last
June, as I almost always do in the
summer"
do you know any man or woman
who ever had quarrel with Barnett
IT do not"
ibid you ever have any trouble with
him?"
II don't remember that ] did"
Molineux was pretty sure" he did
not buy anything on the 21st. Molineux
admitted that he had told Moran that
he did not go to the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club circus because he hadn't
been invited. Molineux explained that
this was told directly to Mor21, be-
cause he had befriended Moran at the
previous circus, and thought Moran
might have sent him tickets. MolineuS
said that perhaps he was not exactly