The Portland daily press., 1900-01-18
lie Gave His Name To Him as
II. C. Barnet.
Offered Money to Testify
Otherwise.
Another Letter Box Man on
the Stand.

New York, January 17-Nicholas Heck
man went on the stand at ths poison trial
today and positively identified Roland
b. Moliueux as the man who had hired .
letter box from him at "a West 47th street.
under the name OF II. y. Barnet. He sMd
that be had known Molineux for at least
dive years and that he had seen him ut
least $50 times.
He said the box was rented on May 81.
1899, and that he had given mail to
Molineux twenty times. When Molinsux
hired the private letter box under the
name Of II. g. Barnet witness said that
he put down the name with doubls
"tt" but the defendant corrected him
and asked him to spell II with one st. ="
Witness produced his memorandum books
containing the name with the extra "t'
crossed out and they were admitted In
evidence. The witness described pack
age containing KnJnow powder boz
which had been received after Moli'
neux slapped calling for his mail. During
a severe cross-exsmiuation MIR. Weeks
brought out the fact that newspaper
had agreed to pay hickman $50 II hs
could identify MoliEeux as his customer
He told of visit which he made with
reporter to the factory IN Newark. where
Mollneux was employed, and of u positive
Identification which he made Of the de-
PENDANT as "H. q. Barnet" The witness
said that Molineux almost tainted when
he called upon him and that the defend
ant left Immediately saying that he did
rot want to talk to Newspaper men. The
questions which followed were asked evil
IDENTIFY for the purpose OF rejecting upon
the honesty Of the witness. He said that
bis conscience commenced to trouble him
about the time of the coroner's Inquest
because he thou git Cornish was going tc
be accused of the murder, ard that ao-
cor iingly he told all that he knew about
the case. Asked by Mr.. Osborne If any
one had given him cent or offered him
cont In connection with the case, he re-
piled In the affirmative. Mr.. Osborne
Inquired whether it was tor the identif-
cation of Molineux and he answered
mo-" Then Mr.. Osborne inquired:
.'It was the other way wasn't itf"
Eyes" WAS the reply OF the witness,
SIT was MIR. Walsh
MIR. Wesks Numbered an objection ard
the Recorder refused to allow this line OF
questioning to continue.
j. G. Walsh 10 said to have been In
terssted In extradition proceedings
he for "A
of securing the removal of hickman to
Tennessee. as an escaped convict Heck
man proved that he had never been In
tennessee. Recorder Golf cross-sxaminsd
the witness questioning him closely as to
whether he had ever been promised any
thing or offered any Inducements to testi-
fy as he had, but the denial of the wit
ness was clear and eiu phatic. Finally the
Recorder said:
"You are positive that you have made
no mistake when you say that this d'
PENDANT Is the man who rented letter
box of you in the name of II. g. Barnett"
81 am certain. know that 1 an
right" was the reply.
The only other witness examined today
was Joseph Koch, also owner Of private
letter box alleged to nave been used by
the defendant. Koch identified an enve
lope which contained letter received by
him at his place of busin ess for "H. Cor
n sh. -
The letter was from the Won Molh com
pany of Cincinnati. The witness Wal
cross-examined and gave a detailed de-
scrip:iou of the man who rented the
private letter box under the name of ''H.
Cornish"
Mr.. Weeks inquired whether the man
wore a white Alpine hat and received an
affirmative reply. The siGnifcane Of this
line of questioning is found In the fact
that MIR. Weeks in his cross-exaipinatior
of Harry Cornish, asked the witness
whether Re wore white Alpine hat In
1898.
Mr.. Weeks drew from the witness the
admission that he had said that the man
who hired the letter box was of the size
and general appearance of Harry Cornish.
except for difference in moustache.
MIR. Weeks endsavored to discredit the
witness by showing that hs had received
money from certain newspapers. Koch
said that the money for one newspaper
story was not to he paid until after he
Rad testified at the trial.
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