The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-11
IN FAVOR OF MoLINEUx.
lie IL Not Identified as the Purchaser
of the BottIeholder.

NEW YORK. Jan l0-Emma Elizabeth
Miller. the young woman who sold the sill
yer bottleholder which accompanied the
bottle OF poisoned bromo- -seltzer sent 10
Harry $. Cornish. Was on the stand large
part of today at the trial of Roland Il.
Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Rather
ine J. Adams. on her direct examination
Miss Miller merely testified that she had
sold the bottleholder Her rross-examIna-
tion began with the request to Molincux.
the prisoner TO stand up. She looked at
Molineux carefully, and said she was alb
solutely sure she had not sold him the
holder.
Miss Miller's direct examination oecu-
pied less than ten minutes. Her CROSS
examination occupied less than 1ye miu-
utes. but the moment 1t finished Dis
trict Attorney Osborne reopened the direct
and kept it up almost the entire day
Mr.. Osborne has stated that he did not
expect TO be able to prove that Moli-
neux actually bought the bottleholder per-
sonally. He said. after the adjournment
of The court today. that he never expected
TO prove that. and yet after Miss Miller
had refused to identity Molineux as the man
who bought IL. Mr. Osborne devoted all OF
his time. and all of his energy-though she
was his only vitness-to endesvor to break
down her testimony. He failed to do So
The friends OF Noline,lx said that in spite
of Mr.. 0sborne's statements his manner OF
ross-examiDstion showed that he had
really expected at least to create in the
minds Of the jurymen the impression that
Molineux was the purchaser OF the bottle
holder.
During the day the recorder took hand
in examining Miss Miller. He asked:
You say that you could not. by any pos
sible way. identify the man who purchased
that holder?'
Il don't think I could" said Miss Miller.
4 had very good idea OF him. OF his
general appearance, at the time. but /
don't know whether I would be able TO
Identify him now. II / saw man and the
whole recollection OF the thing came be-
fore me as / saw him | suppose | would
have 10 remember it,"
Two more witnesses were called. One
was John c. Emery. receiving teller Of
the Seaboard National Bank, and the other
WAS George II. Vessels, paying teller of
the Chemical National Bank Each testi-
fed that he had examined all the hand
writing in The case and believed that IL
had all been written By one hand. and that
that hand was MoiineuK's Mr.. Weeks
did not cross-ekamine Emery.
Vessels was not 80 positive as Emery
He said that he was satisfied in his own
mind that Molineux wss the writer OF the
address on the poison package. but he
added: 1T is possible that 1t was written
by some one else" Vessels told of the eE-
tremely careful study he had made OF the
handwriting, and Mr.. Weeks said:
And after all this study you have de-
scribed you wish TO qualify your opinion
by saying that you think the handwriting
is all the handwriting of one person, but
you are not certain"
II wish TO qualify my opinion by saying
that the address on the poison package
may have been written by some one else
replied Vessels.
The first witness of the day was Charles
Jacobs cigar manufacturer Of this city
Rudolph L. Heiles. a friend OF MoIneuX.
and one OF the first witnesses called by
the prosecution, testified that he had, with
the k1owledge OF MolineuK, written a let
ter 10 the firm of Sterns d Co. in Detroit.
requesting information about A. A. Harp
ster. He testified that Jacobs signed the
letter. This Is one OF the letters that the
prosecution asserts Mo;ineuK wrote. Jacobs
testified that Heiles brought q letter adj
dressed 10 Sterns & Co. to him with
request that he sign IL, and he complied
with the request.
The proprietor OF the Knutnow patent
medicine. identified the box found in Bar
nets room as one OF the sample boxes
that he gave away He identified a letter
signed u. Cornish. asking for a sample OF
the medicine. He Identified box OF the
medicine which was sent In reply to this
letter. and which the detectives found in
private letter box at 1928 Broadway.
He produced bottles of his medicine in the
condition they are sold. sealed with sealing
wax and metal capsule also sealed.
District Attorney Osborne asked him:
DO you put cyanide OF mercury in your
medicine?" and he replied:
We'll, that is an absurd thing. OF
course we don't"