New-York tribune., 1900-01-20
OSBORNE NOT DONE YET.
ANOTHER PROMISE TO CLOSE PRosEcU-
TIoN UNFULFILLED.
MORE TESTIMONY ABOUT THE DEATH OF
BARNET-DR. DoUGLAss's VIEW OF
THE CAUSE UNsHAKEN

the trial of Roland b. Molineux yesterday. When
it comes to estimating the length of time 1t will
take him to present his evidence to the jury Mr..
Osborne is evidently all at At the begin
nirg of last week he allowed himself to be
quoted as saying that he would finish before the
end Of the week. but when Friday night
came he was still revelling in expert testimony.
But he promised that he would close his case not
later than the following Tuesday. That day ar
rived and passed with still prospect of the
end Experts were still the stand. Then, on
Thursday, when he called William e Hagan,
the handwriting expert from Troy, he gave his
personal assurance that the State would rest
tomorrow night" That would be last night,
hut when the court adjourned so far from Mr..
osborne being through, he Acknowledged that,
apart from witnesses whom he might recall. he
had still three medical experts to place on the
stand. Consequently the probability is that the
end of the States case will not be reached until
next Tuesday and it is more likely that
Mr.. Osborne in view of the happenings of the
last two weeks. will find necessity to
justify himself in lengthening the evidence for
the prosecution even beyond that day
Mr. osborne's studied efforts to prolong the
trial have been so apparent that for the last
day two rumors have been floating around
TO the effect that the Assistant District Attor-
ney has a purpose in keeping open his case as
long he possibly can. 1t is said that he is
engaged in making up some new evidence
which will give a sensational climax to the fin
ish of the Peoples case. Whether not there
is any truth in this statement Mr.. Osborne
fused 10 say yesterday, but it is extremely
doubtful that he has any new or startling de-
velopment in reserve. Mr.. Osborne has fire.
quently demonstrated that he is not of that
species of men who hide their light under "a
bushel, ana it asserted yesterday by those
who are closely identified with the case that If
there was anything new to come out some hint
Of its nature would have been forthcoming
BARNET CASE AGAIN.
1t was more than ever observable yesterday
that Molineux is trial not only for the killing
OF Mrs. Adams. but also for Barnets death.
Nearly the whole of the day was given up to
proving that Barnet died from mercuriaI poison
ing and, inferentially, that the poison was sent
10 MIN by the defendant. The prosecution is
undoubtedly resting its whole case on the the
0fy that the man who sent the poison to Barnet
sent the deadly bromo settler to Cornish. and
1t seems to be Mr.. Osborne's idea that co lone
as he can establish motive for Rarnet,s dao+b
tnere IS no necessity to prove any motive for
tue atleInpt 10 DO away with Cornish
but while Mr. Osborne has succeeded In al
IlOs1 ihseparab!y binding the two cases together
recorder Golf has already made # clear that in
ms charge he will instruct the Jury to disrois.
from their minds all evidence bearing ,,nor mo
1--WE in the Barnet case This will have the af.
lect OF seriously weakening the chain of nre-
sulnpuVe evidence put together by the prosecu-
uoh IN us endeavor to fix the guilt for Mrs
Adams's death upon Molineux
The most important witness cs,,ed ,,as..uao.-
vas Dr. Henry Beaman Douglass. who at
tended Barnet in his last illness He bad mr..
Viously testified. it may be remembered that
Barnet died from heart failure. induced hv
olpntneria- Mr.. Osborne put him on the stand
again yesterday with view to shaking his first
evidence as to the cause of death. But al
lnough ne admitted that he found his patient
suffering from mercurial symptoms. he was NOT
10 be budged from his opinion that Rarne,,s
death was due TO diphtheria
"hen the trial was resumed the first witness
calleo was Mr. Hagan, the handwriting expert
ne was cross-examined at some length by Mr.
Weeks. the effect of which went to show that
while there were similar characteristics IN ba
found between the defendants writing and the
disputed letters, there were also many diec,n,,
larlties The witness was about IN leave tho
stand when the foreman of the iurv Mr. Martin
started a long wrangle by asking the exnert
ABOUT his testimony TO the effect that two di4far
eht KINGS or INK had been used in one Of the
bogus Barnet letters. This letter was one that
showed correction in the body of the letter
Nicholas Hickman, the letter box man s,yora
that Molineux changed the letter while II, his
place. Foreman Martin wanted to know if +b.s
apparent difference in ink might not have haor
caused by the writer having blotted the oor-
rected part and having allowed the original n
ory. Mr.. Martin showed samples of his own
writing, part Of which he had blotted while wet
and part of which had been allowed IN dr., ,rh
two kinds of writing looked as If thew ,.ora
made in different ink. Mr. Hagan swore that
there were two kinds of ink used in the cor
rected Barnet letter. To settle the matter the
Court directed that chemical analysis of the
inks in the writing be made. Mr. Weeks wanted
the analysis made in the courtroom, but the Re-
eCrder would not allow this
DR. DoUGLASS'S VIEW UNSHAKEN.
DIR. Douglass was then recalled He identi
fed the report which he had made to the Health
Board concerning Barnet's DEATH and il was
hen placed in evidence The report was read
and stated that DR.. Douglass had first called on
Barnet at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club on
Sunday evening, October 30, 1898 The report
gave the temperature and pulse of the patient
There were indications of diphtheria, but so un
defined that the physicians were not certain.
DR.. Douglass also said that the patient was
-conyalescent 20 within twenty-four hours of his
death. A relapse caused by cardiacal fail
ure brought on by overexertion the patient get
ting out Of bed and remaining out for over nf-
teen minutes. The report stated that the case
Of Barnet was not reported to the Health Board
for the reason that DR.. Douglass did not, DIP to
twenty-four hours before his death, believe it
was case Of diphtheria.
Q.-Does the Health Board require the report of
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