The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-28
'M0L|N[UX TRIAL
PROCEEDS RAPIDLY.
Report That Prosecution Will.
Close its Case To-Day.
MORE HANDWRITING EXPERTS
Mrs. Rogers, Mother Of Mrs. Adams
Was the Leading Witness Yesterday.
Thirty-six Witnesses Examined
in Seven Days.
nv Associated Press.1

By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. October 2I.-Mrs. = nor -S
ence Rodgers, daughter OF Mrs. h ,s',1s',
inc j. Adams. of whose nur Aeo1oA.a
3. Molineux is accused, was Tue ms
cons picuous witness on the stand at 10
DAYS trial. Her appearance attracted
an unusually large crowd OF women; J" ny
followed the examination Of the witness
with the keenest attention. -AIs. rou-
gers was subjected to close e1a1lina-
ton regarding her relations Win haiIs
Cornish, but little that was sleniiic az, y.
was elected In this line OF inquiry. hs
greater part of the session was uesoeeu
to the examination of hano"tlti1is -
perts.
4 There was r,,nor about the court
house after adjournment of the Nilineaux
case to-day, that Mr. Osborne will close
the case for the prosecution before the
adjournment OF court tomorrow II IS
understood that he has Two oanh
cashiers and two professional experts N
handwriting to c,ll besides M Harp
ster, and that these will conclude MS
list of witnesses. If that be so. ana NJ
Osborne would neither confirm nor deny
before Saturday.
At thefir ST trial of the case, 1t look
eight weeks to get a jury and examine
six witnesses In the seven and one-haif
days Of the present trial since the Jury
was obtained, thirty-six witnesses have
been called and cross-eXa MIN cd
HANDWRITING TESTIMONY.
John T. Tyrrell the Milwaukee hano-s
writing expert. resumed MS testill1olis
to-day, and was permitted, on reaues.
of District Attorney jerome. to illustrate
his meaning by a blackboard. MI. "
rella copied the first syllable OF the WORD
..Knickerbocler'' from the poison pack
age address and compared 1t with the
&c and k in the word tickets, ppea'- =
ing in a letter AIolineuN wrote to Col q
aish about an athletic entertainment IN
November, 1897. The expert mace me
comparisons with the IN DOCK
appearing in one of the :. Earnel les .ei .
and in a business letter written by MOL
ineaux, and with letters in the word
west and street appearing in ano'he.
Barnet, letter, and on the address.
West Eighty-fourth Street., on an en-
yelope Nlolineux wrote to MI. Sheller.
Justice Lambert said he thought the
Jury had seen enough. and the expert re-
linnuished his blackboard.
Mrs Rodgers daughter OF the dead
woman told of giving the poisoned
drink to Mrs Adams. and of her al
most immediate collapse. Mrs. Rodgers
said she had known Cornish nearly ~
her life; that the fact of the separation
from her husband occurring a couple OF
months after Cornish came to New ! ork
was only a coincidence. Mrs. Rodgers
said she had q private letter box once
under an assumed ma me.
ANOTHER EXPERT.
Alfred S. OSBORNE an expert IN mana
writing. said the hand that wrote the
poison package address. ana the .otner.
disputed letters was the hand that wrote
The conceded writing of the detendant
Molinetlx The witness showed by Pho
tographs the pecularities he later dis
covered in the disputed writings.
I'VE !. concede,,' said MI. Black. that
the Stria ngular formation Of letters is dis
tinctively found in Mr.. AIolineuXss writ
ing.
and that is what you mean by a habit
of writins?" asked Judge Lambert
turning to the expert.
..It isl replied the witness.
Mr. Osborne frequently started TO eS-#
plain a. statement in regard to some pc
culiarity he had pointed out by saying
that indicates
THE. COURTS RULING.
Ex-Governor Black each time, and
Justice Lambert sustained each OBJ
lection, ruled that the experts might
state what they believed to. be facts. but
must leave to the jury the task Of deter
mining what the facts Indicated
Mr. Osborne declared the conceded and
disputed writings all showed Sla 1:lGGsla-
ton of the writer to dot his is as soon
as the letter was completed, thus max
ing a distinct break after the letter
The assistant district attorney was
done with the witness after he had been
on the stand one hour and a quarter. At
the last trial Mr. Osborne talked to the
jury for two DAYS
Ex-Governor Black showed the wit
ness bundle of letters and askal him
if he had ever seen them before. The
witness said he had never seen them
before. It developed that the papers We're
specimens of his handwriting made by
Molineux in the presence Of and at the
request of the district attorney.