Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-04
FOOLED THE EXPERTS
A Paper Written by General Molineuz
in Evidence.
CAPTAIN MCLUSKY ON THE STAND
Tells Of Test Made of Ink on
Poison Package.
DIR. DOUGLASS TESTIFIES
DIR. DOUGLASS TESTIFIES

NEW YORK, January 4.-The Molineux
trial was resumed today with Captain Me-
Clusky of the detective bureau on the
stand.
Mr.. Osborne asked him if he had shown
the Barnet and Cornish letters to
Handwriting Expert David N. Carvalho. He
said that he had and that Mr.. Carvalho
expressed opinion to the handwriting.
Mr.. Osborne tried to get the witness to say
what the opinion was, but the recorder
excluded the question.
Mr.. Weeks called for exhibit 10, spec-
men of the defendants handwriting, and
when he took the witness for s-examina-
ton he had Captain McClusky say that he
had received that on January !, when Cen
eral MolineuX, Roland B. Molineux, a
newspaper man, two detectives and others
were present Questions designed to show
that MolineuN voluntarily went to Captain
McCluSky to see If the detectives wanted
him were objected to by counsel for the
prosecution and the objection was sus-
tanned.
Paper Which Fooled the Experts.
The piece of paper which Mr. Weeks had
called up was then handed to Captain Nc
Clusky, and he was asked if he had not
given that to one of his handwriting ex-
perts. This is the paper written by Gem
eral MolineuX, which is said to have fooled
the handwriting experts. and it was at once
objected to by Mr.. Osborne immaterial.
The objection was sustained by the court.
Mr.. Weeks asked the witness il he gave
the paper to Handwriting Expert VIM j.
kinsley with any statement that it had
been written by the defendant, and Captain
McClusky answered in the negative
1t was brought out that Captain Nc
Clusky had been in consultation with Mr..
Carvalho at the experts office on January
thaN- h.,I1 nod
poison package address with a microscope.
Mr.. Carvalho was also given some of The
exhibits in the case and instructed TO work
in conjunction with Expert Kinsley.
Test of Ink.
A test of the ink on exhibit "a poison
package address, was made in Mr.. Carval-
hos office and later in Capt. McClusky's
presence in his Office. The witness had
noticed 4 difference in the color of
the ink in which he had marked
the paper and the color Of the
ink of the writing on the face of the paper.
The witness had asked the defendant to
the Sinclair House on Sunday, January -,
1889, to allow a certain person to see him.
Ihe witness was not permitted to say
whether Moineux had been identified by
the certain person alluded to, he Cap
tain McClusky) was not present at the
time.
Dr. Henry Beaman Douglass was called to
the stand and Mr.. Osborne asked him to
describe H. c. Barnet as he knew him in
life, DR.. Douglass having attended him dur
ing an illness. Mr.. Weeks objected, but the
recorder overruled this after Mr.. Osborne
had explained that it was the purpose of
the examination to show that Barnet did
not correspond to the description of the al
legged Barnet described in some of the let
tiers to patent medicine firms.
Concerning BRrnet's Symptoms
The witness was asked if he had had any
talk with Captain McClusky, and when he
answered in the affirmative Mr.. Osborne
showed him the sample Kutnow powder
box and asked him if 1t was the box he
took from Barnets room and handed to
Captain McClusky. He said the paper
around the box was the same, but he would
not swear as to the box. The witness knew
he gave Captain McClusky a box similar to
that one, which he had taken from Barnet's
room while Barnet was sick in bed.
Mr.. Osborne endeavored in several round
about ways to bring out testimony to
the symptoms and what had caused them.
He cited certain cases of law in reply to
the courts rulings and pleaded long and
earnestly, saying, in concluS.on, that he
wanted, by DR.. Douglass testimony, to
corroborate the evidence of DR.. Wendell c.
Phillips that Barnet had, in his opinion,
died of mercurial poisoning.
No, 1 will not allow the witness to state
Barnet'S symptoms from what Barnet said
said the recorder.