The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-19
MOLlNEUX'S WIFE IN COURT
rxnF WITH MS FATHER AND
uOrHRR TO WITNESS TRIAL.

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.v, nav for Handwriting Expert Kins-
WAL. I,.,.,. u,on HI,
~ ~, q, Al.
Applying "' NUM-.
Poison Address ana tho fr'soncrs ho-
mitted Observation-Disclosures That He
,,a No, Satisfy Himself by n Com
, -, IN. Admitted Handwriting
- ru.,, .,,. 1T.
WI" '"' 80.
Had Compare" '"e VIZ"
The Disputed Cornish and Barnet Let
tors. but says He Doesn't Need Dis
-, ,.,.r. Now To Convince Him.
p"''"
On the trial OF Roland b. Moilneux yesterday
william ]. kinsey. the handwriting expert.
frst callel into the case oy the police ana
taken M 10y the District Attorney was on the
witness stand all day again barlow o. weeks.
the chief counsel Tor Mohneux VINO u accuseu
OF the murder OF Mrs. Katherine ). Adams.
spent the day trying to break down tho test-
mony that the witness had given on his direct
examination last week. At the beginning OF
his cross-examination Mr. kinsiey mad been
asked whether he employed any set OF
rue. TO aid him in determining the
identity OF the writer OF the disputed
bandwritinVs. His reply was that he did
employ such set OF rules and that they
Included careful examination and compare
sou q, the size OF letters and parts OF
letters. the slant, shape shade' spaoins'
srsed. movement and general proportion
Of letters and parts OF letters. On Friday last
MIR Kinsley repeated this statement ana again
yesterday morning he said that II was correct.
whereupon Mr.. Weeks calling Mr.. kinsiey's
attention to the poison package. and to
the admitted handwrttnGs OF Molineux.
sni for the time eliminating the hand
writing OF the Rarnet ard the Cornish letters.
asked the witness to take each one OF his rules
and apply It In comparison OF the hand
writing on the poison package and the adj
mtted handwriting OF Molineux. That Is.
each rule he insisted upon being applied sepa-
rately. II wasn't very long after the beginning
o, this line that one OF the constant
Attendants AZ the trial. leaning over
to another one. whispered: Say. he's
making him look hks thirty cents, isn't her
The reason FOR this observation was that
when the expert was pinned down to one point
OF similarity lone the strain that was neces-
sary TO I'm at similarity and the smallnsss
OF the similarity itself we're such that on the
average mind they could have no weight Mr..
KInsleyIs position was easy TO zee when his
testimony was taken as whole. but when
he was compelled to chew It up and present It
weight In itself II was the ombination that
hI mazda him reach the conclusions that he
had maue "''' ''"S'' '"' N""s "'
dill.
This much must he said In fairness to Mr..
kinsley. but Mr. weeks Drought out another
point with considerable force. and that was
that 10 reach the conclusions that he had
pu.ea Barne, and the Cornish letters. That /.
psN, ne wa. uuao'o ~ .ohaoe' no manu-
the poison package. He was able to con-
xiththe handwriting in the Barnet and Cornish
handwriting I'm the Barn., and Cornish lettsr.
r,,S ,hs hO,nw,,t,n~ ON ,bs no,snn nso.saa
Thus. using the handwriting in the Barnet and
Cornish letters as a stepping stone he had
reached up and connected the handwriting
oiMotneux with the handwriting on the poi
son Package. He insisted. however. that once
having reached the conclusions through these
Barnet and Cornish letters he was able to
eliminate ,hes. letters and to ind enc connec-
u0n oe'Ween ,he nanaNr.ine On the poison
I,esAss and the handwriting OF Molineux
,'nn,. ,ns,.rc. I'D 80 "tnaI, ,ha, .,. - o.on
very very many Exceptions to each one OF This his
W w." ''aN NC ioaAu ~ -Aoh-
heuNs handwriting and in the handwriting on
the poison package were also found In the
handwriting OF majority OF the people who
write.
MoLrSEr1's WYE AND MOTHER IN COURT
To,,ho A., ,,,,a si,.o ,hs 800 49, ~,
uanam1 .ts. III, ,ne liz .ns S,is pesan hrs;
StS noths,r ' 49, MY y! NOLAN" o. MoNneu1' anu
bsiors ths p.cn v Ln euIc ~ Same IN JUST
~ mornI,n Th aiaou ae naat. past ~ IN
MolinomI NJ , MeLe mpanIeu oy zen.
sSnnesnr,a La III 49, .he younEeL, wore
ohan Nal yaii sSd u ~ H. a. o,acA ha. an
rnsycbssk "a anp ~ ILL.,, "a bhe Was
WoIna"y H. ~ Sno p.v'ate " nea.n slfs.
soHIsd vood hasr,ed H 800 Vp1 81 'he mhoie-
woman Thev fol sasts inaids iSa raiIi
,h. uahsi Ihey 'o1A Srats lnslde the railing at
st,inS 1 WI MaIino ian anu MI; battle were
Dawn \ carvaiSn Thsrs ata. hnkE enpert,
eorrt ~ ~ ~ ahan IL no asri NS ouZA 70 the
hects 10 uat enod ~ 4. Sranins OF
younesr whom tbe nrnsecu,;nn i,,ant tns
Into tbe ca.e han IL comes 70 s ,hunis 10 can
i've ,nS ,bs c,Im a' !" ''''os " S"""hsa mo-
Tha az amt MI nnnnod =. po-. IrJ a.. p,
having tHn casas az an ,I. ~ me, me recorder
disnnss n, TIA srs,wsS 80, VI -, s,'a. couB r. 70
sisp wbo nod la ns a., tuao ~ young hus-
And ahovt ~ btss 49, ,har az k,anu iArcehy.
The hoys sstpap az MI n,h waS some 1uestion:
IL Tha how hIr All m aId saa ne was not
The Rsco,Jn, ,na ,ha hnx he vas under ~
yns ying "a ,pnt t ,hho ~ nU .nas ne oeeveu ne