The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-02
THE MOL|NEUX TRIAL
THE DEFENDANT SOON FINISHES
HIS TESTIMONY.
STILL IN GOOD SPIRITS.
ANSWERS EVERY QUESTION
PROMPTLY AND CHEERFULLY.

The Question of an Engagement
Ring Bought for Miss ChesebOr-
Ough Was One That Consumes
Time-The Faithful Old Father OF
the Prisoner There, Usual. to
Cheer and Sustain Him-Handwrit-
ing EvI'crts still Give Testimony.
New York, Nov. 1.-The cross-exan-
ination of Roland B. Molineux by As
siStant District Attorney Osborne,
which was resumed at the opening of
court to-day, was finished within few
minutes after it's resumption. Mr.. Os-
bornes first question to-day was, Did
not Mr.. Barnett pay your wife atten-
tion?"
mot at ALL" was the reply.
did you not so testify at the In
quest?"
Molneux's reply to this was that
Barnett had paid attention to Miss
Cheseborough in the spring and au-
tumn of 1898 before she became Mrs.
Molineux.
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 prose-
cutor's sa abstraction, he said smilngly:
II can tell you better than you can
drag it out of me-
81 don't wish to drag 1t out of you"
said Mr.. Osborne.
Molneux then said he bought an en-
gagement ring on Nov. Is, 1898. Yester-
day he testified that he and Miss
Cheseboro became engaged in Sep
tember, 1898.
AT Christmas, 1897, he gave her a
''mizpah' ring and when he became
engaged in September, 1898, 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 engage
ment and forthcoming marriage as a
romance and said also that 1t was
sudden, was then identified and admit t.
ted in evidence
Mr.. Osborne ceased his examination
rather abruptly after several questions
as to the prisoners connection with
various medical associations. AS Mo-
| lineux resumed his seat behind his
lawyers, Rev. Lindsay Parker Of
Brooklyn shook hands with him, and
!
affectonately on the shoulder and
said, Good boy"
| Mr.. Black called Max Gumpel, q
handwriting expert, as his first wit
| ness after Molineux.
Mr.. Gumpel told of his qualifications
as an expert. He said he had studied
| handwriting more than thirty years
and had testified in many important
| cases, among others the Riegand-
| 11ea Gha will co. IA
the Sarah Althea Hill controversy in
California. and the Rice will case in
| New York. He declared that the con-
ceded and disputed writings were not
written by the same hand. Mr.. Gum
| pei said it was his belief that the adj
dress on the poison package was in the
natural hand of the writer and that
its cramped appearance was due to its
| having been written after the package
was made up.
| On croSs-examination Mr.. Gumpel
said he would expect the sender of a
| poison package to disguise his hand
writing. He knew of no case in
which a person had sent poison to any
one without trying to conceal his iden-
tity, Mr.. Osborne got the witness to
| say that the "u'' and &c" in Club
written by Molineux had many char
acteristics in common 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 shadings in the &C" of the
word in "club" in the~conceded writ
| ings.
DR.. David Ewell, a handwriting ex-
pert was the next witness. He said
he had made an examination of the
conceded and disputed writings and
was convinced they had not been don e
by the same hand,
DR.. Ewe1l was still on the stand
when court was adjourned until We'd
nesday next.