The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
ADAMS NAMED M0LINEUX
n RINK SPECIMENS OF Hrs WRIT
NO 10 CORNISH.


. declare. That Newspapers Fac
.,u,l, which Was Bogus First Caused
r,, 20 Suspect tho Prisoner-secretary
n.K,ickerbocker Athletic Club Testi-
s..That He Has No Doubt That Molincux
Addressed the Poison PackaRe-Idcnti-
Letter which He Says Was Stolen
r,ou nj. Private Papers-Bitter Toward
.,.p,,soncr-Cornish Again on the stand.
Tho trial Of Roland b. Mollnoux. accused OF
a., u,,rder NJ Mrs Katherine J. Adams. closed
.s,bs wear yesterday with Harry 4. Cornish.
,ho sthleti, instructor OF the Knickerbocker
.,hls,ic cub. 10 whom was sent the package Of
as,.on a dose Of which killed Mrs. Adams. still
oon the stand His direct examination had
sson remarkably short and was confined en-
.,,.y TO the relation OF the Incidents Of the re-
.",n, q, the poison package at the Knicker-
so.Lor Athletic Club. the taking home OF the
so,.on the administration OF the fatal dose to
d. Adams aud the incidents Immediately
..,sadIng Mrs Adams's death. including a
,,,t 10 Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre
that has hcen the cause OF 80 much talk. His
determination may be said to have been
lily begun when the Recorder. at the re-
mast Of members OF the Jury. adjourned court
nn,iI mex, Tuesday over the New Year holiday.
Tina taa,lre Of yesterdays sessions was the
contamination Of John ID. Adams. secretary
o,tha ickcrbocker Athletic Club. Adams aud
vouny MoIneux who Is now defending his life.
r.re once friends. warm personal friends. IL
,bsir CORE spondence may be taken as any indl-
,.,ion a, their feelings Even after Molineux
nod Misunderstanding and trouble In the
rlub the friendship between him and Adams
r,s not severed II was not severed at the
tim. tha: Molineux left the club. and there are
I, existence one or two letters that indicate 1t
,il existed even after that.
But IL came out In the cross-examinati on OF
Mr. Adams that Il was he who first accused
Nolineux AMI who nrst produced Mollneuxs
handwrit!ns for comparison with the address
on the poison package. He made the state
ment that he recognized n similarity In speci-
mems OF Molncuxs handwriting which he had
,oanewspaper reproduction OF the address.
He swore that he had not seen the address on
the poison package until the Coroner's inquest.
but he had seen the reproduction early in jan
uary. when Il was Hrst printed. and immed-
a,ely detected in Il characteristics which he
found in Molineux's handwriting.
II was stated In court yesterday that this
newspaper picture was no reproduction at all.
Twas a fake" picture gotten up and printed
10 one Of the morning papers. with very little
more similarity TO the original than what the
handwriting experts describe as pictorial SINH
!srty All the handwriting experts have tes-
tiled that they could not first see any re-
ssmblance in Molneux's handwriting to the
handwriting on the poison package: that they
we're only able to reach the conclusions they
Il did BY Hrst finding resem blances 10 the hand
writing OF Molineux to the handwriting OF the
Barnet and Cornish letters, and then finding
resembances to the handwriting OF the Barnet
| aud Cornish letters to that Of the poison pack
age. Adams. however. swore that he saw the
resemblance right away. II was said he did
not know at the time he was testitying that the
newspaper production was bogus.
,DAMs's IMPORTANCE AS A WITNESS.
From the day that MolIneuI Was first ac-
] cu,ed il has been stated by persons familiar
with the plans OF the prosecution that Adams
was the witness who. more than any other
was depended upon to furnish the motive
which the prosecution alleges Rolani Is.
Mo.ineux had for a desire 10 make way with
Cornish. II these statements are true. and
4 the prosecution depended upon Adams
10 tell story THAI would convince
4 the Jury that MolineuX had q SUM-
Gent motive FOR killing Cornish. II Is no more
than fair to say that Adamss testimony must
have been great deal OF disappointment to
the prosecution. All that It showed in this par
tcular line was that MolineuI. a member OF
the club. objected to Cornish. an employee OF
i the club. interfering with him In the first place
and sending insulting letters about an Officer
Of another club in the second place. But. In
addition 70 falling 10 show an adequate motive.
Adams before he left the stand showed such
bitterness toward Moueux as to tend to i'm
pair the testimony he had given.
Sitting in the witness chair. looking straight
into the eyes Of the prisoner with bitterness
and dislike in every line OF his face. Adams ao-
eused him directly OF writing the address on
the poison package. Mollneux. leaning for
ward with his elbows on the table where he
sat, returned the look. II was dramatic
scene. They stared at each other for full two
minutes, never culver in the eye OF either
he sa al 81 neither s,sH
| ~ his chair smil ing and began talking to his
iNhsr. Adams let his eyes turn away then.
tsrvals they would swing around and look into
the lace oi MolineuG with the expression that
had been In them when he made the accusation
JuRYMES IN oBsERvANr MOOD.
These looks were seen and noted by several
members o. the Jury with m ore or less evident
surprise In Adamss cross-eIamination. As
sstaht District Attorney Osborne continually
in,erIrnpted Tor the purpose. apparently. OF
osDorne himself. APPEARED to be more or less
nervous. which, perhaps. accounts for several
improper remarks he made TO the Recorder
which We're resented by the Recorder. but
winch we're not rebuked with the spirit which
lhs Recorder has shown on other occasions.
At, The red spots which for the first time since
WIS trial began appeared on the cheeks OF
ho.ineuN when John ID, Adams took tho stand
On thursday afternoon were still there when
young Moliheu& came into court Just before tho
session began yesterday morning. On his way
npto his seat from the door in the rear OF the
court room through which he entered Moli-
neuN surveyed the room. his eyes resting for n
moment on Adams, who Ind seat In the
e3htr". ana on Cornish. who sat near the re-
p9Ir,tefs table, aud he smiled.
MI Weeks began his CrOss-cIamination OF
me morning by asking Mr.. Adams II he had
pIoGght the minute books OF the knicker:
gocEet Athletic club and the minute books Of
me Athletic Committee OF the club. as he had
oeen requested to do. Adams. ignoring Weeks.
1rnet !" the Recorder and said that he had
utoheht some Of the minutes that he had been
,siueS'ei 10 bring, aud he desired to leave
mem IN the hands OF the court. He had no
/ oOIerton, he said. TO anything In the minutes
.nht might lie relevant in the trial being used
a ahn belhR put upon the record. but no did
vyolect hS secretary Of the club, TO any part OF
she minutes being used or looked at that did
,n9l refer 10 something connected with the
Wal Then he told the Recorder that in the
T mInH,e, TIA, be- had there was nothing at all
Il.aa al. IL. IL.