Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05
IN INTERESTING Day.
Morrxa TESTIMONY IN The
ox CASE WAS ADDUCED
FOR PROSECUTION.
WRITING AGAIN VERIFIED
81 WITNESSES AS THAT OF THE
DEFENDANT.
.,ohstration BEFORE the Jury or
Presence of Mercury i'm the
=. ous POvder-AItogethe
-. was Very Bad session for
the Defense.


W." YORK, January 4.-Interest
uiu hot lag for moment to-day in the
u i"i Oh Roland B. Molineux for the
murder of Mrs. Katherine ]. Adams.
niee OF the witnesses called gave tes-
eliuony concerning the sickness CT
ilelry Z. Barnet. who died at the
hHickerbocker Athletic Club in the fall
OF 1893. and whom. the prosecution
0i"iiiiS' was poisoned by cyanide OF
mercury contained in "Kutnow pow
GER The Prosecution was also enabled
" introduce the marriage ceftlhcate
or Roland B. Molineux and Blanche
cnesebrough, the alleged purpose OF
oHerlng it being to fix the age OF Moli-
neux. In one of the letters asking for
patent medicine, signed H. c. Bar
net," the writer gave his age. 1t cor
responded with that in the certificate,
but did not answer for Barnet.
A witness testified to-day as to the
effort BY Molineux to have Cornish dis
clplined by the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club, and a bank teller identified the
poison package address and the Bar
net and Cornish" letters as all writ
ten by Molineux. All the testimony to-
day strengthened the prosecutions case
except that Barnet's attending physi-
clan, while conceding that there had
been mercurial poisoning, insisted that
the cause of death was heart failure
following diphtheria. He was asked:
you have no doubt that Barnet's
death was due to diphtheria?" and re-
piled: Il am just as sure as l can be
that Barnet's death was due to diph-
liberia, with symptoms of mercurial
stomatitiS."
Guy R. E. Ellison, a chemist, testi-
fed that he had reserved some of the
mysterious powder taken from the box
in Barnet's room, and was sent to his
Office for the powder and for apparatus
to analyze it. He made a demCn1tra-
ton before the jury. He placed part
of the powder in a test tube and poured
some muratic acid on top of it. The
fumes of hydrocyanic acid then rose in
the air, and the liquid became perfect
ly white.
Then the witness took UP a small
phial of iodide Of potash and emptied
it into the test tube. The liquid first
turned orange, then gradually turned
darker, until it was bright red.
This" said the witness, is red mer-
curic iodide.
Then the Recorder asked for the tube,
and it was passed up to him. He held
it aloft and looked through it. AS the
Recorder held it the liquid changed. 1t
became white at the bottom and turned
lighter at the top
Later the white turned red like the
rest of the fluid, showing, the witness
said, that mercury was present.
Charles Z. Hughes, a member Of the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club. testified
that he had repeated to Molineux
statement made by Cornish that he
(M0lineuX) had made money by selling
liquor in a disreputable way.
What dlA MOlineuX say?"
He said It was an outrage, and an
employe should not be allowed to make
such statements"
Witness tnen told how Molineux COM
planned to the board .of governors OF
the club OF Cornish slandering him and
also complained Of the condition of the
baths, which were under Cornish's
charge.
When Hughes left the stand and
passed around behind the jury box,
Molineux turned around in his seat and
bowed and smiled to him with a great
show OF eordlality. Hughes returned his
bow and smiled at the defendant as he
walked to his seat among the specta-
tors.
Joseph Farrell, a Newark policeman,
testlned 10 meeting and speaking TO
MOlineuX on December q. 1898. in
Newark, near the store of Hartdegen &
Co., where the silver bottle holder that
contained the poison received by Cor
nish IS supposed TO have been pur-
chased.
Gilbert B. Savers, paying teller of the
Nauona. Sloe and Leather Bank, was
positive IN his identification of the
poison Package address, the admitted
Molneu1 letters and the Barnet" and
"Cornls1. letters as having been writ
ten . The same person. He had stud
led &c writing for two weeks, he said,
and esan The study believing MolineuA
inn0Uel-.
i have to be very careful" said the
witness, Tor the paying out OF thou
SANDS OF dollars rests on my judgment.
have examined these writings and am
very sure that my opinion is correct.
All t-e writings are very much alike.
The A-Sgulses are very transparent.