The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-20
BARS GALLAGHER LETTERS.
RECORDER WON'T LET THEM IN ON
THE MOLrNEUI TRIAL

L. at
,eid,,-Kin.ley Cross Examined About
Observation-Disclosures by Expert No. 2.
Tho examination. cross-examination. re-di-
80, examination and re-cross examination OF
..rdvriting expert william J. Kinsley were
.ompIeted Yesterday afternoon. and to quote
.o,s n, the lawyers. the trial OF Roland b.
Nolneux. accused OF the murder OF Mrs. Kath-
crime J. Adams. was at last fairly under way.
The stenogrnpheis reported that they had
,.ten l 100000 words OF testimony. Yet so
al, a, the ordinary has been the course OF the
,rlol that the Jury might search the entire mil
lion words and still be In Ignorance that MUIR
dor had been committed; that Harry Cornish
h,d received by mail package Of poison that
,ny motive for crime was alleged: in fact. still
be In Ignorance Of everything that In the ordi-
nav course OF events they would have been
,n,ormed OF on the first day or two OF the trial.
ymr,odiately upon the retirement OF Mr.. kins-
law from the stand Assistant District Attorney
osborne instead Of proceeding In the usual
o,dsr produced another handwriting expert.
n. told the Recorder that he Intends to call u
large number Of experts. The second expert
u,s John F. Tyrrell OF Milwaukee In the
short time that he was on the stand before ad-
,ournment no corroborated all OF the general
.onclusions Of Mr. Kinsley that Is that Roland
n Moliueux wrote all of the Barnet and
Cornish letters and wrote the address on the
wrapper OF the poison package.
rvrrcr OF Environment on HANDWRITING.
rvervbody was weary when the trial was re-
.r,,od Yesterday morning. and those who had
,or two wccks listened to the ceaseless ques-
,,opinps OF Fxrert Kinsley showed II In their
,,cas The Recorder was more or less snap
uish; the lawyers were cross and out oil sorts.
the witness was unhappy: the jurymen were
tired and even the young mar whose life IL at
stake and Gen. Molineux. his father. seemed
unable to stir IN that interest In the proceed
ipgs that they have manifested from the
beginning OF the case.
Mr. Weeks continued his cross-eNamination
by asking Mr.. Kinsey II he found that the
handwriting OF the persons was affected by
environment.
His object was to discredit the writing that
Molineux had done in the ONCE Of Mr., Kinsley
at his dctation. or from copy furnished by him
In a style demanded BY him. as a genuine
handwriting Of the defendant. The impor-
lance Of dIscrediting this handwriting as n
genuine handwriting OF the defendant lay in
this.-that Mr. Kinsley had repeatedly testified
that he had been unable to satisfy himself that
Moineux was the man who wrote the Cornish
and Barnet letters and the address on the poi
SON package until after he had received these
samples Of HANDWRITING written under the con-
ditions stated; Mr.. Kinsley admitted that en-
Wse GfS SoSeS up this answer
'nf 2u person has before him copy OF writing
ya.pg than sJ Gnig,s wT.IS SIss nG
I'm this-it becomes n better writing. IL df-
iers from an unrestricted. rapid writing;"
very rapid writer. somwhat nervou: and Ierky
Su, showing good Arm control Of the hand
:Ra N and the General appeafSnss Of his %ri:
ting IL tina. Of the old school cfeminate VIII.
s 1Hsss aGR io4 ,s sn'
Il the business hand about II. II Is not the
mating q the m sSse % ps sGG@a
he pa school srmpasy He writ writes Owps
the initial stroke there is a nervous Ierkin
GALLAGHER LETTER OFFERED.
The chief fight OF the day came over the ad
SMas IN .e' When the nSes,Ssop Of th'
handwriting was going On Gal y; ,a, hand
ten by Hqaissssf On mr. request was produced B,
Mr.. Osborne at the request Of Mr.; Weeks
Locked ok az Sn ss .tsr nnS me ths wrny
the Barnet and Cornish, letters was start
ling, As Mr. Knsley would say. the Pretoria
not t' until one got hod Of the letter Itself an,
+ s 81 s5,, w.s shs
S absence S't Soa Be- dny ~
expert, OF at LEAST least to one used to exsmipinl
acteristics that Mr. Kinsley had said were mos
E2er az he and
One OF these was the break between letters. MI
was geo o eee
away from the jury. Mr. Osborne had said tina
b. did not P,OpSse to permit the De, defense sI
and in the argument on the admission OF thi
letter he stated that proposition In so man
that Mr. Weeks would say that he proposed I
thu yesaSe did NOT Propose to
the defence betog the matter in any way; wha
handwriting as evidence. was to. force them ~
produce proof tending TO shGw that the autho
ihe "a NV ana not n Moline vas tn
~, Weeks said to the Recorder The Dis
tic, Attorney says in effect that We can onl
direct accusation that some other single ind
vldual committed the. act OF which We ar
who did tbs shinS We subm. that e." ,his ina
not proper: that we cannot be compelled I
Brownies prov prove who The nd~dua was "s' w "
committed this act"
NOT TO BE ADMITTED UNLESS GALLAGHER
ACCUSED.
As has been the case In all important que.
tons that have arisen so far the District A
torney won. His victory this time was not .
complete as i had been heretofore The r,
He did ADMIT to be marked for identiiieatio
evidence to offer that Gallagher was u
man who wrote the address, on II
evidence. Further, that while keeping q
letter from the Jury. he would permit n
handwriting.
Mr.. Weeks said that he could not prorer
cross.examine the witness without eNhibitio
TO the Jury OF the letter itself. and therefore !
dropped the matter for the time being TT
victory was substantial one for the proseci
ton. because II prevented the defence forciI
Mr. Osborne to run Molineux against Il
field"
SAMPLES OF KINsLEY's HANDWRITING.
Immediately after this fight was settled N
Week Ks produced u piece OF Mr.. Kinsley's ov
haHdwrting and had him identify it,. Then
had Mr.. Kinsley do a lot Of vertical wrtin
produced a package the sizo OF the pOisC
package and had Mr.. Kinsey write the adore
on the package. These exhibits OF Mr.. Kin
ley's handwriting were marked for identific
ton, When Mr., Knsley wrote the tables we
cleared OF books so that all the Jury cou
have chance to see him do II. ana there was
cranlng OF necks all over the room, and q
questl on was loosely asked everywhere 80
he going to say that Klnsley sent the poison