Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-13
Expert Kinsley Still on the Stand
in Molineux Case.
BE POINTS OUT PECULIARITIES
Declares Disputed Letters Are in
Defendants Handwriting.
THE EXHIBITS CONSIDERED

NEW YORK, December 13.-The trial of
! Roland B. Molineux for the alleged murder
of Mrs. Kate j. Adams was resumed today,
with Expert kinsley on the witness stand.
He was handed exhibit 33, one of the let
ters of admitted handwriting, and sched-
ule to examine the word Judge" contained
| therein, and state if in his opinion the "ge''
corresponded to the final "ge' in the word
'oblge'' in the disputed handwriting,
which has been used as a key word
throughout all of Mr.. Kinsley's direct ex-
animation.
The witness said it dill correspond, and
added that he had examined some thousa nd
specimens of handwriting since the first of
January, 1892 and had not found in a sin
gle one the same characteristics that are
to be seen in the final "ge'' wherever used
by the writer of the Cornish and Bar
net" letters and in the admitted handwrit-
ing of the defendant.
Exhibit a. another paper containing
writing admitted to be in the hand of the
defendant, and exhibit F. We're taken up
and the word "oblge" compared. Exhibit
F. is a letter written to patent medicine
signed H. c. Barnet" The witness pointed
out the close similarity between the forma-
tion of the word in the two exhibits.
Peculiarities in Word "Yours."
The witness was next asked to point out
the similarity in the word Yours in the
admitted handwriting and that running
through the Cornish and Barnet" let
ters. Mr.. Kinsley said that one of the
most important predominating points Of re-
semblance was to be seen in the long, angu-
lar stroke in the letter 'Y." This was ex-
planned in detail to the jury, Mr.. Weeks
coming in for his share of objections, all
of which We're overruled and exceptions
taken to the ruling
The word 'EnclOsed'' in exhibit 35 a note
written by the defendant, in pencil was
taken up and the characteristics pointed
out by the witness. The initial IF" in the
word For Mr.. Kinsley said, was of the
same formation as that running through
all the admitted handwriting and in the
Cornish and Barnet letters.
Exhibit 81, another admitted specimen,
was taken up. 1t was addressed Friend
Davies, and was dated December %, 1898.
Mr.. Osborne called the attention of the
jury and the court to the date. saying that I
Mrs. Adams died on December 25, and that
the letter was written the next day
Letter to Friend Davies.
The letter reads as follows: Friend Dav-
les: The apparatus has the 'old-style' loid
rubber rings and 1 am sure will not do
VIII you exchange them for ones which
have the soft rings instead? When can
we meet and exchange?
Yours in great haste, R."
The witness said the letter as a whole
indicated extreme nervousness on the part
of the writer and considerable haste There
were several words that had been 'overwrit-
ten he said. The word and was not
spelled out, the character being used in
stead. The peculiar use of the word ones"
was also commented upon
Mr.. Weeks broke in and said:
The letter says in its face that it was
written in great haste"
Yes replied Mr.. Osborne several of
thetn do out this one was written on De-
cember -, the day after this good woman
Mrs. Adams, had died from poison by cy-
anide of mercury, and it appears to have
been written in the greatest haste"