The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-23
M0LlNEUx TRIAL.
DIR. Potter. an expert" the First
Witness Examined.

DIR. Potter. an expert" the First
Witness Examined.
New York. Oct 22.-Dr E. Styles
Potter was the first witness at to-day's
session of the Molineux trial. Witness
admitted he was present as an ex-
pert for the prosecution and had re-
ceived up to this time ST. $50. Asked by
ex-Gov. Black IL these facts had any
thing to do with the loss of his notes
since the last trial. and his inability
to remember what was said by Mrs.
Rogers and Cornish, DR.. Potter said
he could not account for the loss of
his notes.
After Police Captain George Nc
Cluskey had identified exhibits of
handwriting and told of his submitting
them to experts. Joseph ]. Koch, the
keeper of the letter box place, said that
in June of 1898 he received a letter
signed Roland b, Molineux asking the
cost of a private letter box. He sent
a circular containing his rules and
terms to Molineux in Newark. Later
young man came to his place of
business and hired letter box. The
man gave him the name of H. Cornish.
Cornish, who was standing in the
body of the courtroom, stood up.
rs that the man who hired the let
ter box?" asked Mr.. Osborne.
at is not"
Ibid this defendant here hire a LETT
ter box from your" ex-Gov. Black
asked.
mo"
Charles d. Allen, a chemist in the
color house of H. Constant & Co., was
called to tell of his association with
Molineux in Morris. Herman * Co. s
color house in Newark. He said Molin-
eux had use of the laboratory
Ibid you write this letter." asked
Mr.. Osborne, showing witness paper
and envelope.
II did. wrote and signed it and
mailed it at Mr.. Molineux's request. My
initials appear under his name"
The letter was offered in evidence
after Mr.. Osborne had explained that
1t was the letter Koch received asking
for the magazine studio and to
which he replied by enclosing his cir
cular, giving among other things the
terms for private letter boxes.
Ex-Gov Black objected to the admis-
sion of the letter and Justice Lambert
reserved his decision.
William ]. Kinsley, the handwriting
expert, identified some of Molineux's
writing and then declared that the So
called Harpster letter written to Fred
erick Stearns e. Co., in Detroit, was
written by the same hand
Mr.. Osborne offered the letter in evil
dence and ex-Gov Black objected on
the grounds that 1t is incompetent UNI
der the ruling of the court of appeals
and that it tends to connect and accuse
the defendant of crime other than
that for which he is on trial.
Justice Lambert overruled the obtec-
ton and the letter was read to the
jury.
Kinsley testified that in his opinion
Molineux wrote that letter and also
three others, giving the address 1920
Broadway, signed III. Cornish" and
asking for samples OF patent medicines.
All were admitted in evidence despite
the objection of counsel
Among the letters identified by Kins-
ley were several of the so-called Barnet
letters. Justice Lambert admitted
them as standard of handwriting.
Rudolph Heiles testified that at the
request of Molineux he wrote to Fred
erick Stearns & Co, of Detroit, asking
about Harpster.
did Molineux say to you, Harpster
is the same low down vile kind as Cor
nish'?"
Eyes, sir''
The trial will be resumed tomorrow
morning