New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-09
MAY NOT INDICT MOLINEUA
INDICATIONS THAT THE GRAND 'ohi
MAY FAIL TO FIND BILL
,-or IMPRESSED WITH coRNIsH's TESTIMONY
CALLING OF MR.. CARVALHo. THE
HANDWRITING EXPERT

Won IMPRESSED WITH CoRNIsH's TESTIMONY
CALLING OF MR.. cARvALHo. THE
HANDWRITING EXPERT.
The Grand Jury did not quite finish the investlga-
tjon Of the case Of Roland B. Molneux yesterday
- .horo WAS no decision but the District-Attor
nov and his assistants who have been most inter-
esed In the case seemed to be or the opinion thtt
there would be failure 10 indict Mohneux' Dis-
Gardiner early In the AFTERNOON con-
,radicted a report that there had been one vote
taken by the Grand Jury and that the jurors were
found To stand IA against and for Indictment
He said: Everybody who knows anything ABOUT
Grand Jury proceedings knows that no vote Is
taken in case until all the evidence is In and the
Investigation OF the case has been completed
The Dstrict-Attorney declined TO express any
opinion as to the result OF the investigation by the
Grand Jury but said he hoped for decision In tho
case tomorrow. one Of the District-Attorney
assistants who has been conversant with All 'hs
circumstances Of the case said yesterday;
81 do not believe that there Is one member OF the
Grand Jury who is strongly In favor OF lnuic'inb
Molineux at present There may be few VINO pc
lieve that Moineux Is guilty. but they prooapV
would not stand up against the opinion Oh INC
others. The feeling against indicting Mohneux -
caused mainly by Harry s. Cornish. AS witness
before the Grand Jury Cornish has failed 70 tell
his story in a convincing manner. just as ne faiied
10 make a favorable impression when he was De-
is a bad witness"
Something that made the officials doubt the pos
sibility of Molineux's indictment was the action OF
the Grand Jury in calling as a witness. apparently
against the advice and wish Of the Distriot-Attor-
ney David n. Carvalho the handwriting expert
who was said to have declared enphatically that
the address upon the package Of poison sent 10
Cornish and the letters alleged to have forged sig
natures of Cornish and Barnet were not written by
Molineux Other handwriting experts testified that
the writing Mollneux's.
The Dstrict-Attorney has said that he would be
glad II the Grand Jury would take the response
bility Of the case of his shoulders When asked
r. In the event Of there being indictment found.
he said II was not proper for him to talk about the
case while il was before the jury.
The Grand Jury is a respectable body or reputa-
Bile men," he said. They have been summoned 70
do their duty, and they will have no DOUBT OF
that No man the Grand Jury can give his
opinion at this time. II Is illegal for them TO talk
OF the Anyway, the case for the people mas
not yet been presented to the Grand jury ana IL
would not be natural for them TO express an opin-
ion al this time. $3.50 -,
yesterday were j. d. Adams. secretary OF the
Knlckerbocker Athletic Club; Patrick Finneran.
clerk Of the club and DR.. Albert 7. Weston VINO
performed the autopsy Mrs. Adamss body. The
Grand Jury wished TO examine Harry D. cornish
further, but II found that he had gone 10
Boston. He received dispatch yesterday morning
that his little daughter seriously III, and ne
Immediately left town. 80 Or
The Grand Jury adjourned at 43O p. m. with Mr..
Carvalho. the handwriting expert, on the witness.
handwriting. The will be resumed this morn