The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-06
WAS ON THE STAND.
Roland B. MoIineux Testifies in His
Own Behalf
CONCEDED AND DISPUTED WRITING
Experts Disagree as to Sender OF
the Poison Package-The Testi-
mony.

New York, Special.-The cross-exam-
ination of Roland B. Molineux by As
sistart District Attorney Osborne,
which was resumed at the opening of
court Saturday, was finished within a
few minutes after resumption. Mr.. o.
borne's first question was: Did not
Mr.. Barnet pay your wife attention."
Not at ALL" was the reply.
Did you not so testify at the iE-
quest?"
Molineux's reply to this was that
Barnet had paid attention to Miss
Chesborough in the spring and autumn
of 1898 before she became Mrs. Moli-
neuX.
The defendant was in the best Of
humor. When Mr.. Osborne asked him
if he gave his wife an engagement ring
at the time of his engagement, and his
answer was not to the prosecutors sat
isfaction, he said smilingly: 81 can tell
you better than you can drag it out Of
me-"
Il don't wish to drag it out of you"
Molineux then said he bought an en-
gagement ring on November IS, 1898.
Yesterday he testified that he and Miss
Chesborough became engaged in Sep
TENDER. 1898. At Christmas, 1898. he
gave her a "mizpah" ring and when he
became engaged in September, 1893, he
! wished to buy her an engagement ring,
but did not do so until November. A
letter to Miss Sadie Shelter, in which
| Molineux spoke Of his engagement n
forthcoming marriage as a romance,
and said also that it was sudden, fas
then identified and admitted in evil
! dence. Mr.. Osborne ceased his exatni-
nation rather abruptly after several
questions as 10 the prisoners nne
ton with various medical associations.
AS Molineux resumed his seat, behind
his lawyers, Rev. Lindsay Parker, OF
Brooklyn, shook hands with him, and
his father, General M%olineux, patt"d
him af~ectionately on the shoulder anil
said, Good boy"
Mr.. Black called Max Gunpel. a
handwriting expert, as his first witness
after Molineux. Mr.. Gumpel told OF hia
experience as an expert. He said he had
studied handwriting more than 80
years and had testified in many impor-
tant cases, among others the RiegaEa-
| Becker forgery; the Sharon will case,
the Sarah Althoa Hill controversy n
| California, and the Rice will case in
New York. He declared that the con
coded and disputed writings were not
written b ythe same hand. Mr.. Gumpel
said 1t was his belief that the address
on the poison package was in the nat
ural hand of the writer and that its
cramped appearance was due to its
having been written after the package
was made up. On cross-eXaminatior,
Mr.. Gumpel said he would expect the
sender of a poison package to disguise
his handwriting. Il know Of no case IN
which a person had sent poison to any
che without trying 20 conceal his iden-
tity." Mr.. Osborne got the witness to
say that the III" and &c" in club
written by Molineux, had many char
acteristics in cormcn with the address
on the poison package wrapper. He
| found also shading in the top OF the
letter &C" in Cornish, on the wrapper
and like shading in the "c' OF the WORD
club in various of the conceded writ
ings. DR.. David Ewell, handwriting tx
pert. was the next witness. He said he
had made careful studies Of disguised
and conceded writings and was con-
vinced they had not been done - the
same hand. DR.. EweIl was still on the
stand when court was adjourned until
Wednesday next.