Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17
ROLAND B. MOLINEUy.

ever, have been for long time within sight of the prison. and they lost no time in communicating to him the fact that he was at last out of the shadow of death
 Legal formalities will detain the pris- oner ill the condemned cells for three or four days, when it is expected that the court order will be formally en- tered and he will be returned to this city to await the district attorneys plans.
 Molineux's attorneys, Weeks X Bat tie, have already commenced work for the removal of their client to the Tombs. Grave doubt is expressed here that he will be again placed on trial for his life
 Another Conviction Improbable.
 The elimination of the handwriting testimony and of the evidence about Barnet's death will very much lessen the chance of again conyicting Moli- neux of murder in the first degree
 The only subject about which the members of the court differ in their opinions relates to the testimony in- troduced tending to show that Moli- neux caused the death of Barnet by the same methods as used in taking the life of Mrs. Adams. Four of the members of the court. O'Brien. Bart lett, Nann and Werner. agreed that the evidence should not have been re- ceived. and the reason for it is stated in the opinions written by Judges O'Bricn and Werner. The other three, Chief Judge Parker and Judges Gray and Haight. hold that the evidence is admissible in that the evidence in the Barnet case pointing toward Molineux tends to identify him as the person who killed Mrs. Adams while attempt ing to take the life of Cornish by cyanide of mercury.
 The opinion, stripped of its legal verbiage. says that if the case had been tried on the theory that the only crime the defendant had committed was the killing of Mrs. Adams in the attempt to poison Cornish the next and final step in the case of the prosecution would have been to prove the defend ants connection with the handwriting of the address on the poison package
 But as part of the theory or theo- ries upon which the prosecution sought to connect the defendant with the kill ing of Mrs. Adams evidence was of ; fered and received to show that the defendant was responsible for the pre- vious killing of Henry C. Barnet, who died in the Knickerbocker Athletic club house on Nov. 10, 1898. Summary of the Crime. MolineuX was convicted of the mur- der of Mrs. Kate J. Adams of New | York city. Mrs. Adams died on Dec. 2S, 1898, after taking what she supposed to be | dose of promo seltzer, but which l was found upon analysis to contain cyanide of mercury. The bottle con 1 taining the poison had been sent to | Harry S. Cornish physical instructor | of the Knickerbocker Athletic club, ] who boarded with Mrs. Adams. It came through the mail, and the sender | was unknown.
 Upon the trial the evidence tended to I show that the poison was sent by Ro- land B. Molineux. Evidence also was | admitted to show that Henry c. Bar net, who died suddenly at the Knick- ! erbocker Athletic club about a month 1 before had been poisoned in the same | manner.
 i An important line of testimony was
 that of handwriting experts, which
 served to connect Molineux with the
 sending of both bottles of poison.