Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23

ling of Molineux were also submitted
| TO the experts.
Molineux, in company with his
/ counsel, went to the district at
| torney's office and there, at the dicta-
1 ton of Export Kinsley, wrote with
certain pen, and holding his penholder
and the paper in a way indicated by
1 the expert. These samples of die
/ tated handwriting were also sub
mitted to the experts in secret con-
ference they decided that the bogus
Barnet and Cornish letters and the
/ address on the poison package was all
/ the handwriting of Molineux.
/ Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, who was
district attorney at the time, decided
that an inquest should be held Cor
/ oher Hart presided. Mr.. Osborne APP
peared for the district attorneys of
I fee Molineux himself was a witness.
Mr.. Osborne handled him with kid
! gloves. He ''lured him on" as Mr..
( Osborne explained his conduct later
/ 1t was the most sensational inquest
/ that was ever held. In the midst of
/ the excitement one of the letter-box
men pointed out Molineux as the one
who, under the alias of Barnet, had
hired a letter-box from him. Then
/ the five experts in handwriting We're
called. They promptly swore that
written the address on the poison
package.
GARDENERS Summing Up
Col. Gardiner personally summed
up before the coroner's jury. He told
how sorry he felt for his lifelong
friend and comrade-in-arms, Gen. E.
L. Molineux, but said that as district
attorney he had a solemn duty to
perform, and therefore he suggested
that the coroner's jury bring in a YER
dict that Roland B. Molineux had sent
the poison to Cornish, which the
latter innocently administered to Mrs.
Adams. This occurred on Feb. %,
1899, or two months after the death of
Mrs. Adams. Molineux was placed
under arrest and held without bail
The detectives continued their in
vestigation. They found in the pos
session of Kutnow Bros, an applica-
ton for sample package of their
powder, said to have been in the
writing of Molineux This applica-
ton was written on peculiar kind OF
note paper.
Mamie Melando, who used to look
after Molineux's rooms in Newark,
swore that she had seen the same
kind of paper in Molineuxs room.
The girl was lured to New York
later on and forced to become a wit
I ness for the prosecution.
The first grand jury that considered
the case failed to find an indictment,
and Molineux was actually discharged
in court, only to be rearrested "A
/ second grand jury found an indict-
ment
Then followed the trial. 1t was
i commenced Nov. IA, 1899. The trial
lasted thirteen weeks. Gen. Molineux
sat beside his son throughout the
trial. He never missed a session.
The generals wife and Mrs. Roland
Molineux were on hand at times.
They were not in court, however,
when the verdict was rendered.
No Defense Offered.
After the prosecution rested, a
motion was made for the dismissal of
| the Indictment Recorder Golf de-
MED the motion No defense was put
in. After consulting twelve hours,
on Feb. 10, 1900, the jurors brought
| in verdict of guilty.
Never mind. my boy said Gen.
Molineux to his son, as soon as the
verdict had been announced. Il
know that you are innocent. We will
stick to you; you'll be acquitted yet"
They took Molineux back to his cell