The times., 1899-12-10
ROLAND MOLINBUI'S Case
Mamie MeIando Subjected to a
Searching Examination.
Importance Attached to BIue-Tinted,
Three-Crescent Note Paper rs
Bearing Upon the Identity of Let
ters-VaIue of the Newark WOman's
Testimony Is Now Uncertain.

NEW YORK, Dec 9-The admission Of
the defence that Roland B. Molineux wrote
the Burns" letter is the most striking fea-
ture of the trial so far. Upon it rests.
the prosecution asserts, the whole ques-
ton of the Barnet and Cornish" letters.
TIE prosecution has number of letters
about q Gozeu-written to various patent
medicine concerns, all enquiring for the
same kind Of remedy. Some of them are
signed H Cornish" and some II. c. Bar
net" All are written on paper Of blue
tint, bearing a crest of three iuterlaced
crescents. \ letter of the same nature
written on exactly the same sort of paper
and signed Roland MolineuX" was discov-
cred in the files of patent medicine firm
at Moodus, Conn. Up to yesterday the de-
fence has steadily denied that this letter
was written by Molineux The admission
late yesterday afternoon that it was his
therefore. created quite a sensation. The
handwriting in this letter is apparently not
like the Barnet and Cornish" letters
but the prosecution experts say it is the
same hand nevertheless. The main point is
that il is written on precisely the same
sort Of paper as the others. This paper is
comparatively rare. 1t was sold, the prose
cutiou asserts, only at four stores in this
city and two stores in Newark Molineux's
place of business.
Mamie MeIando. the Newark woman who
was much wanted by the prosecution in the
MOliueUX case, and who was arrested at
Suffern ~ y, on Thursday night, was
subjected to a long examination by the
assistant district attorney Mr.. Osborne, in
his room in the Criminal Court Building
this morning. About three hours talk
with the woman in the Honse of Detention
on Friday night by Mr. Osborne and Cap
tain McClusky is said to have resulted in
nothing of any value to the peoples case
and, although Mr.. OSBORNE and Detective
McCafferty both declined to say anything
at the conclusion Of fIodags conference it
is not believed that the woman furnished
them with any very new or startling evil
deuce
Don't ask me anything about her now
for I cannot answer.2 he said. Come and
see me Monday afternoonI and l Will tell
you anything about her that you want 70
know"
The chief reason for wanting the Me
lando woman was supposed to be to prove
the ownership and use by MolineuX of the
robin's-egg blue three-crescent note paper
on which several letters which figure in
the trial were written. The woman y as
formerly employed by Molineux to clean
his rooms in Newark and to bring him
his meals The prosecution had informa-
ton TO the effect that she had once given
Molineux paper of this kind. At any rate,
Mr. Osborne was confident that if he
could get hold of the woman he could
prove the possession by MolineuX of paper
of the kind described, at the time the let
ters We're written The Melando woman,
however. declined to appear in the case
as a witness against Molineux and all
efforts to get her out of New Jersey and
into New York were in vain until Thurs
day night, when she was iured to Suffern.
| which is only short distance over the
line The admission on Friday afternoon
by Barlow S Weeks. Molineux's counsel,