The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-25
POINT FOR TIFF DEFENDANT
Emma Miller Who Sold the Fata Silver Bottle Holder Testified
Positively That MOlinex Was Not the Man
Who Bought From Her.

NEW YORK. Oct. 24-ThA defense
N in the Molineux trial again
claimed an advantage today.
when Miss Emma Miller. the woman
who sold the silver bottle holder which
accompanied the poison package sent
to Harry Cornish. testified positively
that Molineux was not the purchase
Much OF today's session was devoted
to the examination OF a handwriting
expert. who was positive that the-ad-
dress OF the poison package, the three
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paper. the Barnet letters, admitted for
purposes of comparison only, and let
tiers admitted to have been written by
the defendant were all written by the
same hand.
The trial. as usual. opened promptly
today. Judge Lambert being in his seat
two minutes before 1890. and having
to wait for the lawyers. A big crowd.
chiefly women. thronged the corridors
and court room. Charles c. Hughes OF
the Knickerbocker Athletic club testi-
fed that Cornish had made some sour
rillous remarks about MOlneux, which
witness repeated to Molineux. Charges
We're made against Cornish, but they
were not sustained.
She Demanded Money.
Emma Miller, the clerk in the store
in Newark where the silver bottle
holder was bought, testified that she
sold the holder submitted TO her, but
doubted If she could recognize the per-
son TO whom she sold 1t. She admitted
that she had demanded $3.50 before she
would give her testimony Miss Miller
remembered selling the holder in ques-
ton on Dec. p. 1898, and TO a man
with gray eyes and sandy beard. She
was quite sure Molineux was not the
man.
Later Mr.. Osborne explained that
Miss Miller was witness of necessity.
and he did not believe the prosecution
should be bound entirely by her testi-
mony and be barred from cross-exam-
ination upon the testimony ELECTED
from her by the defense.
Judge Lambert held that the pros
ecutioE might show that Miss Miller
had not always been certain about her
ability to say that the defendant was
not the man who bought the holder
upset Dy NOlOI1eIy.
Mr.. Osborne asked the witness IL she
had not duly recorded that she might
have been able to identity the pur-
chaser two days after the purchase
was made, but that she had been Sc
upset by the newspaper notoriety that
she could not remember anything. Miss
Miller said it was practically correct
Edward Ehrheart, a boy in the store
where Miss Miller is employed, testi.
fed that he wrapped up the bottle
holder and handed IL TO the purchaser
/ He is new witness in the case. Tn,
| boy refused to attend previous trial!
and said his expenses were paid fol
appearing today. He could not nov
recognize the purchaser.
John F. Tyrrell Of Milwaukee, III,
handwriting expert, was the next wit
ness.
Each>-f the jurors was at this poin
furnished with a book containing pho
tographic reproductions of all the writ
ten exhibits in the case. Professo
Tyrrell told in great detail of tn
methods he had employed in studyinl
and comparing all the disputed an
conceded handwriting.
Exhibits Examined.
After recess the jurors continue,
their examination of the exhibits
There are sixty-eight OF them in all
of which ffty-three are conceded writ
ings of Molineux, and the others ar
the poison package wrapper address
three Cornish letters on interlaee
crescent paper, one of them the Harp
ster letter. six Barnet" letters ad
mitted as standards Of compariso
only. and five envelopes.
The witness. Tyrrell, testified that h
had examined the three Cornish let
tiers and the address of the poiso
package wrapper, and gave positiv
opinion that all those writings wer
made by the same hand
District Attorney Jerome made HI
n first public appearance in the case q
this point by explaining to the coul
how much palmer the witness dem
onstrat ton would be II he were pei
mitted to use a blackboard which ha
been brought into court, but Justic
Lambert refused to permit demonstra
tions of that character.
Jury Was Impressed.
The jury seemed much impresse
with Mr. TyrrelI's manifestation an
followed every word he, said and ever
movement he made as he picked OF