Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
MOLINEUX A GOOD WITNESS
Defendant is mistaken in OrOss-EIamina '
tion BY the Prosecution.
TELLS STORY IN OPEN AND FRANK WAY
Hand writing Experts Declare That
and Disputed writ
inEs Are Not the work Of
the same Person.

NEW YORK. Nov. THE cross.exsmina-
ton OF Roland q. Molineux by Assistant
District Attorney Osborne, which was re-
sumed at the opening OF court today, was
finished within a few minutes after its re-
sumption. MI. Osborne's first question to-
day was Did not Mr.. Barnet pay your
wife attention ?"
mo at ALL was the reply.
did you not so testify at the inquest?'
Molineux's reply to this was that Barnet
had paid attention TO Miss Cheseborough IN
the spring and autumn of 1898 before she
became Mrs. Molineux.
The defendant was in the best OF humor.
When Mr.. Osborne asked him IL he gave
his wife an engagement ring at the time OF
his engagement and his answer was not to
the prosecutors satisfaction, he said smil-
ingly:
II can tell you better than you can drag
II out Of me-"
Il don't wish to drag II out Of you said
Mr.. Osborne.
Molineux then said he bought an engage
ment ring on November IS, 1898. Yester-
day he testified tina he and Miss Cheese
borough became engaged in September. 1898.
Al Christmas, 1897. he gave her a "Miz-
pah" ring and when he became engaged in
CepltUlDtTs 1880 ne NloItu W guy X hA
engagement ring, but did not do so until
November.
A letter to Miss Sadie Shelter, in which
Molineux spoke of his engagement and
forthcoming marriage as a romance" and
said also that it was sudden. was then iden-
titled and admitted in evidence.
Cross-Examinntion Concluded.
Mr.. Osborne ceased his examination
rather abruptly after several questions as
/, to the prisoners connection with various
medical associations.
As Molineux resumed his seat behind his
lawyers Rev. Lindsay Parker Of Brooklyn
! shook hands with him and his father, Gen
eral Molineux, patted him affectionately on
the shoulder and said: Good boy
Mr.. Black called Max Gumpel. a hand
writing expert, as his first witness after
Molineux. Mr.. Gumpel told OF his qualihca,
tions as an expert. He said he had studied
handwriting more than thirty years and had
testified in many important cases, among
others the Riegand-Becker forgery, the
Sharon will case, the Sarah Althea Hill con-
t~roversy in California and the Rice will case
in New York.
He declared that the conceded and dis
puted writings were not written by the
same hand. Mr.. Gumpel said It was his
belief that the address on the poison
package was in the natural hand Of the
writer and that its cramped appearance was
due to it's having been written after the
package was made up.
On REORGANIZATION. Mr.. Gumpel said he
would expect the sender OF a poison pack
age to disguise his handwriting. He knew
OF no case in which a person had sent poi
son to any one without trying to conceal
his identity.
Mr.. Osborne got the witness to say that
the ~" ans &C" in CLUB" written by Mol
ineux had many characteristics in common
with the address on the poison package
wrapper.
DR.. David Ewall, a handwriting expert,
was the next witness. He said he had made
careful studies of the disputed and con-
ceded writings and was convinced they
had not been done by the same hand.
DR.. Ewell was still on the stand when
court was adjourned until Wednesday next.