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shown and Molineux said it was the
first time he had seen it.
Mr.. Black then produced the letter
written to DR. Burns applying for a
certain patent medicine and enclosing
% cents in payment. This letter was
written on the blue interlaced crescent
paper.
DO you recognize this letter." he
was asked.
Il do. l wrote it," Molineux replied.
ut is signed with my name"
Tell the jury why you wrote that
letter"
Il hurt my groin exercising and saw
the advertisement of the salve and
wrote for it,
Two Of the disputed writings, letters
also asking for patent medicines, and
signed III. Cornish" are written on
similar paper and are among the writ
ings MolineuX said he never wrote or
saw.
Replying to questions Molineux said
he could not tell where he wrote the
Burns letter, adding that 1t might have
been done in any hotel or restaurant.
He did not know where he obtained
the paper.
Replying to Mr. Black, Molineux
said he first knew he was suspected of
the death of Mrs. Adams on Jan. .,
1892 when a reporter told him the po-
lice were looking for him. Almost at
the same moment his father Gen. Mo-
lineux, arrived at the place he was
boarding with his wife. He and his
father with the reporter, went to see
Police Captain McClusky. He gave the
police his address and telephone call.
and promised to obey any message sent
to him.
Ex-Gov. Black then said:
Now, MolineuX, | ask you again, do
you know anything of this crime?"
Absolutely nothing"
You are not guilty of this crime2'
II am absolutely innocent of any part
or knowledge of it,"
With this question and answer be-
fore the jury. eXGov. Black announced
the close of the direct examination.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
conducted the cross-examination. Mo-
lineuX said he went West when he was
l6 years old because of the divorce suit.
He did not know how the suit result
ed. He had never heard OF cyanide of
mercury until after Mrs. Adams
death; 1t was an extremely rare poison.
He was fond of athletics and knew
and had boxed with Joseph Farrell.
ct was Farrell who testified at the last
trial that he saw Molineux near Hart
degen's store, where the bottleholder
was bought, and the prosecution al
leges the holder was purchased Ask
ed about Mamie Melando, Molineux
said she had access to his room in the
Newark factory only when she was
sent there. He said Fl. c. Barnett was
his friend. He did not know Barnet
was seriously i'll, he said, until he was
told he was dead. The witness gave
the date of his marriage as Nov. 20.
1898. and in reply to a question as
to whether 1t was sudden, he declared
| that he had been engaged since Sep
| TENDER. He did not remember where
| he had seen the Burns advertisement
David M. Carvalho is your expert on
| handwriting asked Mr.. Osborne.
II have no expert on handwriting"
At the afternoon session the crowd
| seeking admission was larger than 1t
was In the morning. When Molneux
took his place again in the witness
chair. Mr.. Osborne asked II he had
read the Cornish and Barnet letters.
| Molineux said he was not sure that
he bad read them or seen the photo
| graphs of them before last Friday. He
had consulted with Mr.. Weeks about
them, and he had discussed with Mr..
Weeks the questions as to who could
have a feeling against Cornish and
Barnet.
Did you not suggest Harpster as be-
ing such q MANI"
II think Harpsters name was men
toned"
Molineux said that If he had been
able to think of anyone with n common
hostility to Cornish and Barnet he
would have notified the district attor-
! Mamie Melando, one of the New Jersey
witnesses, who refused to come
to New York to testify
at this trial, was in January, 1899.
did you hear Mamie Melando tes-
tify at the last trial?" asked Mr.. Os-
borne.
The objection of the defense to this
question was sustained, as was a sec
ond objection, when Mr.. Osborne tried
to get in a question regarding the
statement made by Miss Melando that
Molineux had interlaced crescent pa
per in his desk.
II have ruled that the testimony re-
ferred to is not admissible here" the
Court said, land / do not intend that
1t shall be admitted If can help it,
Mr.. Osborne succeeded in getting all
of Mamie Melandos evidence at the
last trial before the jury. He asked:
Mr.. Molineux, did you ever hear
Mamie Melando say outside Of the tes-
tirnony she gave at the last trial that
she found six sheets of that blue cres-
cent crested paper in your desk?"
Nolineux replied;
mo"
Mr. Osborne Incorporated In other
questions all the statement made by
Miss Melando at the former trial
Justice Lambert permitted ex-Gov.
Black to have IT noted i'm the minutes
that counsel read his questions from
the minutes of the last trial.
The prosecution then asked about
meetings with Farrell. who is a detec-
tive. Molineux recalled meeting Far
rell on Dec. 81. 1898, the day the bot
tleholder was bought.
Then Mr.. Osborne tried to get Moli-
neux to say that he had met Farrell,
and that Farrell had said he could
swear that he met Molineux on the
street on the 21st of December, and
that he was not wearing red beard.
Moineux said he met Farrell and talk
ed over the meeting of the 21st, but he
would not agree that the red beard had
been mentioned.
"And did you think 1t was so unim-
portant a matter that you did not ask
Farrell how he could identify your"
ut was not of the slightest impor-
tance." said Molineux.
Ex-Gov. Black made frequent objec-
tions while Molineux was being ques-
toned along this line.
Mr.. Osborne adopted like tactics in
getting before the jury the statements
given at the last trial by Farrell.
Molineux denied that President Guild
Of the Newark police force had ever
given money to Mamie Melando on be-
half of either Molineux or his family
do you claim that you got that blue
paper with the interlaced crescent at