The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-07
Sensation Created by Mrs. Hannah
Stephenson at the Trial of Roland
ID. MoIineux.
STRONG POINT FOR DEFENSE
PROSECUTION WILL ATTEMPT TO
PROVE THE WITNESS is INSANE.
NAV Also Try to Establish an Alibt
for COrnish-MOre Testimony ny
Handwriting Experts.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-The greatest SEN
sation i'm the second trial of Roland b.
Molineux, charged with the murder of
Mrs Adams, came late to-day when Mrs
Hannah Stephenson. wife of a Brooklyn
policeman, was called to the stand by the
defense and testified positively that Molin-
eux was not the man who mailed the now
famous poison package at the generai
postofice on tie evening of Dec. q. 1898
Then the witness partly identihed Harr!
Cornish who was asked to stand up In
court. as the man whom she saw stand
ing in front of her in the line at the post
office and holding in his hand package
addressed to MIR. Harry Cornish, knick-
erbocker" That was all she saw. Her
Identification of Cornish was not positive
She said he looked very much like the man,
but hesitated before replying affirmatively
when asked If she did not think he was the
man. The Witnesses accounts OF her
movements on the evening of Dec. q and
her reasons for not appearing at the first
trial were given in detail
The prosecution on cross examination
brought out the fact that Mrs. Stephen
son had suffered from attacks Of nervous
prostration within the last two years and
had carefully read the details Of the former
trial. The questions of the assistant at
torney tended TO show that an effort would
he made TO prove insanity or delusion under
hysteria Ii is also probable an effort Will
be made to prove an alibi for Cornish The
witness under questions by the prosecu-
ton, said there were three stamps on the
package and when shown the wrapper
with five stamps on il in two rows, said
she might have overlooked the lower row.
Mrs Stephenson was on the stand when
court adjourned for the day.
MOLINEUX NOT THE MAN.
other witnesses were handwriting ex-
perts who all testified that Molineux did not
write the address on the poison package.
A clerk in a drug store testified that he had
sold bromo-seltzer to Cornish. also to Mrs.
Rogers. Miss Miller. the clerk In the store
where the bottle-holder was purchased.
testified that she sold the holder late in
the evening Her evidence was corrob-
grated by a maa who was in the store al
the time The prosecution has held that
the holder was purchased early in the after
noon Miss Mill IT positively swore that the
man who bought the holder was not Mol
ineux.
When court opened to-day David N Car
valho the handwriting expert. who was or
the stand when adjournment was taken last
night, resumed his place in the witness
chair. He saId ne dld not DeHeVe tnal
Molineux wrote the poison package wrapper
or any of the disputed writings. and then
in great detail he explained TO the jury
his reasons for his opinions.
AS soon as the direct examination of Car
yalho was completed Mr.. Osborne, assist
ant district at orney. made another at
tempt to get the Barnet diagnosis blank
I'm evidence, but Justice Lambert declined
TO reverse his earlier ruling excluding IL
The so He'd diagnosis blanks give the
measurements AID other data OF man suf-
fering from a trouble the patent medicine
yenders TO whom the blank was addressed
guarantee TO cure.
Seven witnesses next testified that Mol
ineux did not write the poison package ad
dress These witnesses were Clarence
F'oote David w. Torey. s. E Mcdowell
and George Duncan. handwriting experts
from banks; f. ID. Bushnell. who was chair
man OF the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
committee and had seen Moiineux write