New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-01

chains repaired.
we're in there later than that time? A-No. sir;
tie holder until it was produced in this case? A
Koch Al Mas f not SIR ,a'''e WIN a ''''' ''''u
22-pd YOU ever sec him prior to December Is.
At No I626 Brosdwsy? Al never was
not &-And you never used letter boxes Al did
DID NOT MAIL POISON.
.Moineux said he was no nearer the postof1ce
than the Cortlandt-st. ferry on December %,
1885
Q.-Dd You mail package at the General Post
oeWhen did you drst see the address on this
so-called poison package? Al saw it first,
Have YOU ever made cyanide of mercury?
Q.-Yon had chemicals in your place in Newark?
Q..Do yon know how 10 make cyanide of mer-
AMe IL bayG heard ,fe tn, the process pretty
QsHHaVen'teyoh heard It described before? A
o. show YOU the Barnet and Cornish letters
and the poison package wrapper. Did you write
his trial was begun
DENIED DISPUTED WRITINGS
Ex-Governor Black took the witness through
The whole list of disputed writings, one at a
time, and secured from him a like declaration
regarding each. Molneux said he had never
seen the letters before or the Photographic re-
productions. He saw tie newspaper cuts.
ODD you ever see that bottle before (show-
ing the poison bottlel A:-Not TO my knowledge
DO you know what il contained? A.-Ony
Q-Do you know this envelope? tIfolding up the
small envelope such as the Tiffany employees test-
cardsD Al do not
Q.were not envelopes like that found in your
deSk2 Al don't know. had n
yelopes in my desk. but they We're longer and
Q--You know the detectives searched your desk
o-They have not produced any Of the envelopes
theyfound In court. have they? Al don't think so.
BURNS LETTER ADMITTED.
Do you b Feeoghze lhS letter: cThe Burns let
do. wrote il. 1t is signed with my name.
Ex-Governor Black read the letter 1t applies
10 DIR. Burns for a certain patent medicine and
says that % cents is inclosed.
o.-Tem the jury why you wrote that letter A
hurt my groin exercising and saw the advertise
know. / can't tell where | wrote the letter
or ho Or % sohs sEs Esn Fes any s
9.-At the eoroner,s INQUEST you testified that
never used such paper? Ayes.
Two Of the disputed writings, letters asking
for patent medicine and signed H Cornish"
written similar paper. and are among
the writings Molineux said he never wrote or
FIRST ACCUSED or THE CRIME.
Replying to Mr.. Black, Molineux said ne first
knew he suspected of the death Of Mrs
Adams on January = 1899, when A reporter
friend told him the police were looking for him
Almost AT the same moment his father General
Molineux. arrived at No. pa West End-ave
where he was boarding with his wife. Mrs
Blanche {. MolineuX. He and his father with
the reporter. went TO Captain McClusky He
gave the police his address and telephone call
ana promised to obey any message sent to him.
Mhen detectives called upon him in Newark he
took them through the factory told them to
make any search they wanted and gave them
al The personal measurements they asked for
o1Dld you write for the detectives? A-That
9-Di ,i, you as matter Of fact write whenever
sistants asked you 10 write? Al did
trict Attorney. and writing backwards and side
ways, as they directed? A.-Yes Sir
Q.-NOw. MolneUK. ! ask you again Do YOU know
anything Of his crime? A.-AbsoiuieIy nothing.
SAYS HE Is INNOCENT.
9;1YoGg are not guilty Of this crime? Al am
With this question and answer before the
jury, Ex-Governor Black announced the close
Of the direct examination.
OSBORNE BEGINS ATTACK.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne began
has crOss-eNamination after q short consultation
with his associates. sitting the table His
tones were so low that the first questions were
barely heard by those near him. Molineux gave
his name and age again. and said that he
started in business in Wall Street at the age of
fifteen. He Acknowledged that when he was
sixteen years old he was correspondent IN a
divorce case.
Q-Ane in consequence Of that suit you went 10
coloradog A.-ApproXimately I went because OF
the suit -
.Q.-YOu went Colorado because Of that suit.
did you nOt2 Al did. ~'
Q--Tben q WAS not approximately? A-No.
GLOW cid you when returned N ON
ColOradO2 A.-COing seventeen -
Q.-And what the result OF that divorce
suitg Al don't know.
Was this matter Of such little importance 10
you that you did not find out what happened 20