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

The persons in the suit your intimate
friends and
At this point Justice Lambert interrupted the
cred
Mr.. Osborne turned and said angrily and
ctedy:
4 cannot cross-examine this witness if your
honor interrupts me-
OSBORNE WARNED BY THE COURT
For moment Justice Lambert paused, as if
astonished at the attitude of counsel. Then he
said. curtly:
II shall interrupt you whenever you break the
rules Go ahead
But can't cross-examine this witness if
am interrupted" said Mr. Osborne.
Go ahead again said the justice.
Mr.. Osborne then asked the stenOgrapher to
read the question he had asked, and for which
the justice had cut him short. Then he said, Il
withdraw that question" Turning to Moiineux
you returned from Colorado il you found out
what had become OF this divorce suit?'
Il heard he had got the divorce.
Mr.. Osborne then questioned the witness to
whether he lived at his fathers house. MOlineuX
said that he did. Then Mr. Osborne asked as to
what the prisoner was doing shortly after his
return from Colorado. He said that he was
learning the business Of color making, and told
of the course of instruction he took before he
went 10 a factory manager of the color MAX
ing department. Mr. Osborne asked 10 the
chemicals used i'm making colOrs. and in the re-
ply the prisoner gave a long technical answer
detailing the various chemicals used He said
that Prussian blue. English vermiion and red
cyanide of mercury.
In the course of your experience you fire.
quently made experiments suggested Mr.. Os-
borne
Yes Every color maker does"
You have made some study Of chemistry"
Yes"
TRIES TO TRIP WITNESS
Then were you not inaccurate when you said
you had never heard about cyanide of mer
cury?"
M do holi.. I h.la ard
although of course. / familiar more or less
with the cyanide formula"
o-Cyanide Of mercury is an extremely rare poi
son? Al believe so
Q-As far your knowledge of chemistry goes.
cyanide Of mercury is an exceedingly rare poison?
Q-NYou are YER, fond of athletics? Ayes
, 9IAnd yon like to meet other men who have
Git at Bayonne that you made the &C
quaintance of Joseph Farrell? Ayes; he used TO
Q-Did YOU know Lyddy? Ayes. He was the
hGntTTlgn' champl9n 81 Ne%.Jersey rorrA,
was professional have seen him fight
A.-Only so far as to buy tickets from him.
To other questions Molineux said he kept up
his acquaintance with Farrell when he went to
Newark in 1897, and they are still good friends.
Farrell is the Newark detective who testified
AT the last trial that he MolineuX near
Hartdegen's corner about the time the prosecu-
ton alleges the silver bottle holder was pur-
chased, and the object Of the cross examination
was To show how friendly he and MolineuX were.
ne prosecution mas Deen unaDle to get Farrell
10 come here and testify at this time. Asked
about Mamie Melando, Molineux said she had
access to his room I'm the Newark factory only
when she sent there.
Q.-When you gave up your residence in New
hGk %nere dd you GO to live? A-To the kncker-
Q.Was II. {. barnet among your friends there?
a. les. Al the time ! was there my room was on
doors apart.
NEAR DANGEROUS GROUND
1t looked for moment as if counsel was APP
preaching the dangerous ground from which the
court had warned Him, but Mr.. Osborne did not
pursue the subject after he got Molineux TO say
that he not that Barnets sickness
Was serious until he heard Of his death.
when were you married." he went on, chang
Ing the line of his questions abruptly.
November % 1898"
Was your marriage sudden"
Il had been engaged since September
o.-Now tell us about the Burns letter Where
did you write it? Al can't say.
tisement IN question? At do not Tue 1u'e'
,Q.,Did you cut it from any paper? Al should
o,-Dsvid y; carvaiho is your expert on hand
Bd NOT Io AND Mr. Weeks on ana
anime thousands of pieces of writings and try and
Barnet and Cornish? Al believe Mr. Weeks
in all its phases with Mr. Weeks
FORMER TESTIMONY RECALLED
After recess Mr.. Osborne read from the testi-
mony given by Molineux at the coroner's in
quest into the death of Mrs Adams. showing
that the prisoner had said he had not been able
to think Of any one who would have a common
hatred against both Cornish and Barnet In
answer TO question to whether not
Heiles had shown him an answer to letter
written to Frederick Stearns & Co. Molineux
acknowledged he had
Q-As a matter Of fact when you were discuss
ing this crime with your counsel you tried think
OF some who had equal hostility TO Cornish
and Barnet Al don't know that we did discuss
ODD you not suggest Harpster as being su.h a
man. Al think Harpster's name was mentiSned.
dd ffr S0nsh f 6e no might th be- to able
TO enlghten us as to any enmities there NIGH be
in the club. also wanted him to convince Mr..
Weeks ,s, that had Inc no enemies in the club
Of greatest importance to find such person? A
Q-Do you know Of any enmity Mr. Helles could
know about except the enmty respecting Cornish
ana HSFpsteTEd Al a., don't think OF 2nythi9s
Some time in January. lssS-that is. before the last
n 81 sfs a. that FsI @
ibis s crime Al have not fee 'le commission OF
Q.-Do you know Robert A. Zeller? Al know
0,Dld he visit you in the Tombs in August.
Q-fias ne been in the State since then? A
Odd you formerly make up the payros Of
Hermann Co? A-Hardly ever
TRYING TO DRAG IN MELANDO STORY
Did you ever hear Mamie Melando say"-the
prosecution was about to ask
We object. your honor said Mr.. Black ito
this dragging in the testimony in any such way,
and we ask for a ruling on the point"
Il rule" said Justice Lambert, that the
prosecution has right to refer to Mamie Me-
lando's testimony. either for the purpose of re-
freshing the recollection CO this witness or for
the purpose of laying her testimony before the
jury
Mr.. Osborne got before the jury the gist of
Mamie MelandOs evidence at the last trial by a
ruse. Mamie MelandO testified that Keller sent