The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-28

10 dlS6rm SUSPICION me HESS NAtAeSs
who was placed on the stand eCornish)
was made TO suspect that ne was tbs
guilty party and the evidence he. gave was
the evidence OF a man fun OF eonsferna-
ton But IN this direction we 6iSaymed
suspicion from the really guilty person.
Now the very next man 70 40 on the
stand (MOIneauxl was the person that the
public had settled upon. How the COM
munsty reached this conclusion Is cues
ton. When th.s witness was called and
nv able assistant treated him in such an
apologize manner Il was done 70 disarTn
him OF srspiciSn- There was general
feeling OF anger against the district attor-
news office on this account But We had
a duty 70 perform. We were placed IN me
position 70 make Il appear that Cornish
was really the guilty person. Then the
guilty person. seeing that he was not sns-
pected. was perfectly willing 20 give US all
the handwriting We wanted. and We GOT u.
Continuing. Mr. Gardner said; You
have Just heard the evidence as given BY
these experts. That seems 20 BE conclu-
siv.e There Is another element IN this
case OF wonderful importance. That IL the
circumstantial evidence which vas brought
out Their was the purchase ~ the bottle
holder. Where was that boughts In New
ark on the sIst OF December. Roland r.
Molineaux was in Newark or that day.
Where was IL maileds On the Broadway
/ side OF the postofice. Mollneaux vas IA
that vicinity a, ths time Il was mailed"
/ Colonel Gardiner then went on % tell
/ the circumstances under which. as Moli-
neaux admitted on the stand he met his
% 50 ssisI1
| aeter (ueanlng Mrs Mol.neaux) has been
| portrayed in this court by hsr own tcsti-
mony. For thousand years. down 20 the
/ present time. murders OF this kind. * hss
been demonstrated have been committed
! on account Of two reasons-jeaiousy o.
/ hate-and in the large majority % in
stances either by a woman or a desen-
/ crate"
| NJ Gardner then again alluded 20 ,he
/ character OF Mrs. MolinesuN and deslg-
mated her a woman" He said the deaths
I OF Barnet and Mrs. Adams could not be
! separated. Barnet had been posoned BY
/ a powder sent through The mail and ne
/ one who sent Il must have been on inti-
mate terms with him and acquainted with
the fact that Barnet used kuJnow powder
Molineaux. he said. was that person.
Now. IN the killing OF Barnet whero
| was the motive? We have Il by circum-
| stantlal evidence. Barnet was attentive 20
/ Blanche Chesebrough. lie wIned her ana
dined her. invited her 70 his room and she
accepted They were IN fac, on the closest
/ terms u intimacy. The other man wanted
/ her % marry him and she finally consented
| 20 do so. bur che loved Barnet. She cams
/ 10 New York and went 10 live from placs
10 place with no apparent means OF sup
/ port and no one 10 care for her. And now
we come % one of the most remarkable
| things connected with the case"
Mr. Gardner then read the letter writ
ten 10 Barnet while he was IN and said:
/ Is that the language OF one ordinary
| friend 20 another7'' General MoHneaux
\ interrupted MIN 10 cry out: Yes 10 Is
The coroner silenced him and the district
1 attorney resumed. He dwelt upon thu
I fact that Mn. Moiineaux had sent fiowe-s
and letter only nineteen days before
her marriage and discredited the state
ment OF Monneaux that be had paid for
| this flowers. 1T Is clear that Mrs. Moli-
neaux loved Barnet. but knew Molineaux
I had good prospects and she wanted 20 De
! taken care Of There's the motive" said
/ Mr. Gardiner.
! Colonel Gardiner here took up Mott
I neaux's hatred for Cornish. and spoke =
/ MoHneaux's visit 70 Chinatown and his
/ intimacy with persons there. Coming down
20 the hiring % the letter boxes Colonel
] Gardiner said 'Iu one instance the box
/ was rented In the name Of II. e. Barnet
I j. wac no; Barnet who hired It. who was
IL? You heard a witness or this stand
/ this very day swear that ne saw AolinesEx
( there ten or twenty times and identified
/ him az hiring the box IN Barnet's name.
I Then there waa another letter box hired IN
/ the name % Harry Cornish and letter
/ was received there from Frederick stsarns
[ Of Detroit IN answer 20 one written BY
7 n. s. Cornlsh.' making inquiries about
T Harpster. II tie person who wrote that
I letter o. inquiry had known that Cornah
was acqua.uted with Mr sicarus he would
probably not have selected Cornisn's
name Now you have seen witnesses 90
upon this stand ne experts IN hand~rit-
/ Ing and heard them testify that the man
who wrote thoss i-tfers signed Harry
/ Cornish ard IT G.. a-nst wrote The ad-
/ dress on the package q poison. i thsrs
I any doubt In your mind that Roland b.
M0,lneaux ID ~"
! Colonel Gardner then said that the is'-
/ ters 20 his miDd bad been written b. =
/ degenerate.
Il NE SIS O'clock when Caionei Card
/ ner concluded hs summing up. ard after
/ a brief charge 20 the jury 5y Coroner Hars
/ The case ~as gwen in tbe hands - nc
\ iury ~ Coroner Hhrdluetai0nfi IN Tx
/ jury and ere eleven went cat 20 deliberate.
/ A. s.gs they came Ia attn fhe,r verdict.
4 II was ar follows.
'~Te nud ,hat the saif Ea.hsrns J.
Z Adams came % her death on DECEMBER =.
/ 1895. lu s. we-t ElEhty-rxth street. ~
/ poieon hy msrcu-Ic cyanide. aauinis.sfsa
I hy HARRY s CoraLh- sa whom - poison
had been sent .o a b1-Gr ~ br9m9-sritzer
b. Roland g. M5faeaus
TIE coroner irnme1iate'v isrueI a war-
raul f1r tn5 arrest of H9laes8r. ara he
. latter war at once arrafrned before hina
, Throuzh MS attorney BE dFnanae6 an .fa-
mediate asari1E but Assistsnf Disiff-f A.
t7ruev Crss-rie objected saying Eas ful.
poss.s,e 20 proceed uith tisa hearing Tss
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