The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-27
MORE HANDWRITING LORE.
yoIISEUx TRIAL GETTING SUM
BEROUS UNDER 1T.

BEROUS UNDER III.
r.,, Amen. Dean OF the Profession, Lee
tnr.. on Mechanical Arrangement Until
Juror No. 7 Goes Homo with Crnmp-
Trial 43 Days Old and No Murder Proved
y,,--why the Prisoner Needed whisky.
peeInning with the session at half past ten
O'clock this morning the trial OF Roland Is.
No,ineux accused Of the murder OF Mrs.
katherine ]. Adams one year ago tomorrow,
sill have broken the record In point OF length.
In the history OF New York county but one
,rial for murder has occupied the length OF
,ime that the trial Of Molineux has occupied 80
,ar That was the Fleming case. The Fleming
r,se continued during Just forty-three DAYS.
Mrs Fleming was acquitted. Yesterday was
.he ,orty.third day since the trial OF Molineux
hogan and to-day will be the forty fourth
ThIs m ght not DO so astonishing we're 1t not
,,r the fact that IL spite OF the record
b.Ing broken, tho prosecution has up to
the present time failed to prove that
murder was committed: that package OF
poson was sent through the mail. or any other
n, the essentials in n murder trial that are
usually proved within three or four days after
the trial has begun. The entire time has been
taken MP In getting Jury and In listening to
IN. testimony Of e1 pert handwriting witnesses
who have sworn that three sets OF letters were
written by ono person. and that one person
NolineuI But In not a solitary one OF any OF
these letters is there a word or pen scratch
that has anything whatever to do with tho
murder OF Mrs Adams the attempted murder.
~ Harry s. Cornish. which ended In the muir
der OF Mrs. Adams; with the death of H. G.
Bnrnet which the prosecution has In news
pSpar Statements connected with the case. or
With Mrs Roland T.. Molineux, who. the prose-
cution has limited. had something 70 do with
These experts have compared the three sets
Of writing address n@ f Sns SnfEs Chat as You'd
But outsii. Of the opsping address OF Resistant
that paper was or where It came from. or that
picked up IN the street or taken from waste
SSSSns but psn TosaS pscEas sn' s
the only testimony that has been offered that
The tine ns Is relevant sb 70
hN, she died sSddsnC oA.bs s The ,h ns Ss
relevant the things that they have been testi-
Tying to IL not in sight.
dicstions all point to the conclusion that he
rubic appetite for handwriting expertism. the
Swysrsg sppstt sSr oT hSnd%rths eSpertsm
and the court officials appetite for handwrit-
Of haze sSs s ~ sSu &
notes we're passed around among counsel.
among the reporters and In the audience. CON
that we're ionG-winded PAROLES On export
s ssp'oHs, initial impulses. pen ~. and
the like PAROLES on the ii4stra,
who 2G' didn't draw pictures aud write parodiss
chewsd gum. The brigade OF gum chewers
yesterday was as large as sG"d Be %S collected IN
afternoon session the witness wa, probably
the best that the prosecution has had: while
avDIa wh y ha raaNhat n
zion no tA ,hs, MSiineu1 had wTitssn tho three
series OF handwrtings were the dearest and IA
person in the court who appeared In any way to
he INTERCEPTED in them was the stenosraphssr
i us T he re esn TSe witness talked at
the rate OF, about 100 words minute.
Even the awye5s for the ds'epse x Sp
was being said and tho prisoner himsslt read
the 1DSns and ,ssn e +. fas
hearted way. or drew pictures. himself: Now
end then from sens. OF duty appsren.ly. the
him a question like this: What sxhibt e e
.aS ssnss sxh SR~ sI
you'f" Altogether 1t was little wonder that
oot ns Ss sne worn snT
with cramps, which caused an adjournment
st e2 that h Mollneux is breaking down
the ssIa1 % the trial Fna he 70 be
Ieuxs trial has continued now forty-three
days, and there seems to be PROSPECT OF it4
continuing another month at least and per-
laps great deal longer. Prisoners In the
Tombs have certain hours Of exercise The
this exercise shall be taken, and they are, 10
the middle OF the day while the, trial Ia going
long before the court has ended its session. 60
that when Molineux returns TO the prison a.
the end 1f the day it has been to go directly &c
Forty.three days without any exercise at al
naturally had the effect Of running the prisoner
down somewhat. and on the last visit Of the
prison physician he noticed that the young
man did not look az we, as he had been Lock-
..srs ssI and sSs $Sc'og advised thai som.
faV "of The Same on humber " hours exercise
that all the, other prisoners in, ,ht
G%S Tbs hys The ss M sTS avsa thn
stlmulant and ordered that he should have ar
ounce q whisksy twice a day. The advice o
a,lsaed himself that the advice was proper
he he e sG that he needed and in addition
las mad an ounce Of whiskey in the mornint
SSisEcy ' IS about two tabiespooniul, that Is
consife' ably less than the ordinary drink o
the ordinary drinker
EMULATION or ExPEEr's REASONS.
sumed the stand yesterday morning. and pro
cseltu IN MS own way WITH Hlb
Of the reasons he rad for believing that Moli
IeuI wrote all OF the handwriting that had A.
far appeared in the case The reasons wer
precisely the same as the rensons stated by IN
other experts. the only difference being tina
they were stated in different way and will
the aid OF different technical Language. III
had been going on for something ike aI
hour when even the Recorder baked on tn
line Of testimony and expressed the opinion
that he didn't see the necessity OF over ant
over and over again going IN detail into IN
various characteristics that all the experts hat
alleged were found in all the handwritngs
Corroboration was permissible, but cumulatiol
was unnecessary After the Recorder had eS
Pressed his opinion the witness proceeded II
thu emulation line.
Finally. at IL O'Clock. Mr. Osborne him
self practically choked of Mr.. Tolman. an
told Mr. Weeks to 20 ahead and CROSSE xamin
HIN. Mr.. Weeks made a new record In tn
case. His entire cross exam ration lasted les
than thirty Ave Minutes He began by bring
iDR out from the witness, the fact that whel
Tolman first came from Chicago. and first say
tho exhibits In the case. they were at the Asio
Iouoe and were In charge OF no official. Tn
lawyers idea was to show the carelessnes
with which all the written evidence had bee
handled. and. OF course. II IL was handled care
lrtsly why there were possibilities OF tamper