The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-16
To PROIE A MlNE.
State Now Attempting
to Show One.
For the Attempt at Poisoning u. G.
Barnet.
Present Mrs. Molineux's
Past.
10 Show IL In An I'm
favorable Light.

New York, January 15 To-day for the
first time In ths trial Of Roland Il. Mol
ineux for the murder of Mrs. Katherine
j. Adams, evidence was introduced by
the tt1te for the purpose OF proving, II
possible, a motive of poisoning II. ..
Barnet by Molineux.
Rachael Green, eoiored, of Washing ton,
ID. O.. was called to the stand and said
that she had at one time lived at 257 West
10Th street. where Mrs Bellinger lived.
Asked II she knew the defendant, she
replied that she knew Mr.. Chessborough,
who lived there with Mrs. Chessborou l b.
Asked II she saw Mr.. Cheseborough
In the room she walked through the
court room in front Of he recorders desk,
stepped up TO within thrse fest the de-
PENDANT and pointing her finger straight
at Molineux. exclaimed. 9Th ats the
man."
The next witness, Minnie Belts, an
other colored woman, testified that she
bad been employed as o waitress and han
tended the door at Mrs. Bellinger's, and
that Miss Blanche Chesetorough had
lived thera, but that she went away In
the summer Of 1898. The witness testi-
Hed that she never saw Mr.. MolineuI
until after he was married to d ianche
Cheseborough. Asked II any other man
ever called on Miss Chesborough there.
the witness replied In the affirmative.
Mr.. Osborne then said that he proposed
to show that from November, 1897 to
January, 1893, the defendant and the
woman whom he afterws married,
lived together as man and wife before
| they were married and were so known
| at 81 West rs street, that blanche Cheese
| borough then went to live ss .57 west
End avenue and lived there alone; that
the defendant dropped out Of sight and
was not heard of until they were mar
risd that there was another caller on
Blanche Chsseborough before she married
the defendant and that that man was H..
| Z. Barnet
Handwriting Expert William J. kirs-
| ley was first called TO the stand for CROSS
exami alton by Mr.. Weeks ON his tssti-
mony of Friday last concerning the three
exhibits then placed In evidence. Mr..
| Kinslay was asked when he had seen ex :
hibits IN" and en- the letter and en-
vslope, introduced on Friday, and he re-
piled that he could not remem Der exact
ly, but that 1t was since he left the stand
/ III baCtIupT Ihbts Vhph qhehtaohNss
about exhibits 20" and "P.'' be said be
had seen them since his testimony In DE
| Gem Der, and that he saw them first In Mr..
Osuorne's office. He had not used thesa
exhibits In his former testimony.
| Rachael Green, a oolored won an, who
said she lived In Washington. ID; u, and
had at one time lived Mt PSI West 10th
street, where a MIS- Bell lived, was
| called.
| "Did you know the defendsnt?"
| az knew him as r. Chessborou2h, F"
answered the witness.
| The witness then formally identified
| Molineux as the man she hal known as
Mr.. Chesborough. Minnie Belts. anothe r
negroes, was sworn. She said she had
teen employed at Mrs. Belinger's at
| Wests End avenue. She was cham ber-
maid and waitress there and tended the
door. Miss Blanche ChessborouRh lived
there she said, and that she went away
| In the summer of '95.
"Did you ever see Mr.. Molineux before
he and Miss Cheseborough were mar
rieds'
| "No."
"Did any other man ever call on her
thersS"
| eyes"
| The witness was unable to identify a
picture Of II. U. Barnet. IS that OF the
man who called on Miss Cheseborough.
| but she said 10 Cooked like" him. The
witnets said that MIR. Weeks had called
at the house after Mr.. Moli neux was ar
rested.
Asked when she first heard the name
of Molineux the witness replied that II
was one week before they were married
when Miss Cheseborough had told the
witness OF the approaching marriage.
"Did you ever hear the name OF Bar
metz" asked Mr.. Osborne.
mot until after his death"
Herbert ii. jackson, the undertaken,
who prepared the body Of Barnet for
burial was next called. He swore that
he had buried the body In Gree nwood
| cemetery.
| Y, handwriting expert then took the
stand and was questioned as to the ex-
hibits In evidsnoe.
The QUE stions put by As sistsnt District
Attorney Osborne with respect to his AZ :
animation and comparison Of the hand
writings In the case. brought the reply
from the witness that In his opinion
the admitted writings OF the defendant,
the bogus Barnet and Cornish letters
and the poison package address, were
all written by the defendant
Witness Osborne said that he WAS not .
relative of Assistant District Attorney
| Osborne.
MIR. Osborne, the prosecutor, asked:
"Doss 1t seem to you possible that any
| two human beings could do thsse writ
'pgs and put into them thess character ria
Ito, that you have pointed ost!'
| SIT would be extremely unusual. !
III not say it would be impossible. but
| II wJuid he improbable ana quite
stsrtiipg," answered tbs ex pert.
| Jprnr Billings Questioned ths witness
concsrning the alignment OF the writings
| sxhil &c "a" ana the witness Answersd :
II cannot conceive of the lat, ii. g.
! b. raet having written any OF these writ
Dgs. or tbs p ison psoksgs address lie
wrote u remarkably ttrsi light hand"
what about MIR. Cornishf" asked
Juror Craze, have you TIE same thing
to say as to his writin2sf"
| Eyes, i have. Ctrnish writes a
st-sight and that night be called an
oosn rand. The hand In these disputed
iettsrs = me-e of an artistic hard than
that writtan by Barnet or Cornish"
] CouIt adj lurnsd untll tomoIIoN.