The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1900, Page 1

‘TESTIMONY IN ae MOLINEUX TRIAL TO-DAY. ~ “S _ [Circulation | Books s Open to All,” Wi \- “NEW YORK, ‘TAU PRICE ONE CENT. MERCURY IN BODIES OF MRS. ADAMS AND BARNET. — i lal RSDAY, “JANUARY | A, sa De a i, li seth cat del Lee _ “ Cireniation Books Open to All.” | a | 1900. ~ PRICK ONE CENT. DR. WITTHAUS FOUND DEADLY POISON. METHUEN | Sent Troops to Death--- Soldiers Afraid to Trust | Their Lives with Him. | Gen. Lord Methuen, the British leader at Modder River, is reportedin a special “eable~despatch to be 4 ‘Miafiiac. will be relieved of his command in two weeks and will return to England. mad in the Boer war. The other is Gen. Yule. Methuen has been bombarding the BRITISH GENERAL’S MIND UNBALANCED, | «/ PIAWEXTRA Mercury in Poison Bottle and in the Glass and nd Spoon. “Hey * This is the second General to go) INSANE: “He ordered us.into a butcher eho "—~GEN. WAUCHOPE. JuuA MORRISON To THE EVENING WORLD. MY PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. ——— —__—_. BY JULIA MORRISON. (Aequitted of Murder at Chattancona Vesterday in Tue Minates After the Cane Was Gjven to the Jary.) Government with messages like this: “Darkness after dawn.” from the ranks, or Gen. Colville will succeed him. ) Gen, Wauchope, after protesting . against Methuen’s orders, deliberately j Bought death. ‘ Col. Gough, who also protested at Magersfontein, was put under arrest. All accounts of Magersfontein battle show it to have been a “butchery.” The insane General, to quote Wau- «chope; “ordered us into a butcher shop -and left us there.” Sixteen thousand troops; the flower of the British army, are forced to obey this: maniac General. British war officials deny to-day .that Methuen has been recalled. Gen. Hector Macdonald, who rose! raph to The Rvening World.) ANOOGA, Tenn, Jan, 1 To the Editor of The vening Wort Kindly permit me, through the col- umns of The Evening Worldft to thank lt of my. mannay friends in the case who day telegraphed their cengrat- my trial which Howard & agents and ‘Th are the Condue- “not cars and cheer + thousand te my ne from walle wns on the outcome velled to adjourn court Hewes the grev- “The news, however, comes from re- liable sources and is believed in London. Gen. Buller is fighting a battle at the Tugela River, is the unconfirmed|:* rumor in the London clubs to-day. $$$ '“TAKEN INTO A BUTCHER * .SHOP AND LEFT THERE.” . Jan. UL— A epeetal cable to ane eventually ordered home, When Chicago Tribuve from London says he reaches England he will be retired. thet tdeut.-Gen. Lord Methuen, com-| These fects have been confirmed by the British colyma advancing | ag official of the War Office. ‘Boarder SEVENTY MEN AID FIFTY GIRLS ESCAPE FIERCE FIRE, n en HIMSELF q GSE BY BOLO) ROBBEN, Smith in Cellar and a letter-box because her husband Then Mra May Florence Rogers, Loote ouse. ioe ber otk _ Tien Mrs May Fiennes Kate J. Adams, was called. the Judge was com-| « eared Mrs. Thomas 8 Smith, « Bound Mrs. He knotted another piece about her Traces of “the Poison Were in Barnet’s Brain--Mrs. Rogers’s Testimony. F PROF. WITTHAUS LOOKS LIKE A SEA-LION. Prof. Rudolph A. Witthaus, the expert chemist, told the jury at the Molineux trial to-day that he found cyanide of mercury and Prussian blue in the body of Henry C. Barnet. The expert also found the seme poison in the Kutnow memes sent to Barnet. ° He found cyanide of mercury in the bottle from which Mrs. Adams took 4 dose. Mrs. Florence Eva Rogers, daugh- ter of Mrs. Kate J, Adams, the other victim of cyanife of mercury, unex- 'pectedly took the stand and told a dramatic story of the death of her mother. Mr. Weeks subjected her to ® searching cross-examination, but she stood the ordeal well, Her domestic Ife was gone into thorvughly. Her [diver from her husband, her rela-| tions with Harry Cornish and As-) sistant District-Attorney John F. \MeIntyre were the main subjects of (Mr. Weeks's inquiries. Altogether Mrs. Rogers created al favorable impression, although noth-' ing new of importance wis devel- loped by her testimony, Mrs. Rogers is an attractive young woman, and she gave her testimony with little hesitancy after she once became ac- ings Mra. Rogers admitted having hired | She also testified that she had met Of business several times. Once she! Gy customed to her strange surround | We lq Assistant District-Attorney Me Intyre | MRS. ROGERS A WITNESS. \ A Stady of Ketnaw, ke Mr. Weeks,” said Osborne, “Tf vest that you bring thome notes t@ Mre Rogers was dressed entirely In had seen him for several hours at he! i. 4 ang her usually dark face looked Me ars RS: ae p: pws ; ney est Joy my “eart had ovr felt; fF) woman, was bound and ankles, and, drawing her into a coal bin ‘ ral as lanting several tolstha, tnder the shat: |cottte toot tend Cena of Paver | edtlar of teor homme at 50 - left her helpiess. eS Eres 18S DORE EEO male and careworn. Her dress was tally > lore that American Womanhood stand! 404 and Fortieth street a ve The fellow went upataire and ransack- or-made and Mted her tri ry figure per Protected by ihe laws of uF RlOFIOUE] inty afternoon, oy a man who had teen 1 every room in the house. He ap- MRS ROGERS’S STORY. iy About be e, perhape a8 country boarding with her for a aye. parently tovk hie time, for almost ev- . ‘ White satin Ue. tor part oft ‘The sebjiet of Sante. atten nit White Mra, Smith lay as theletey trunk. closet and > in the a fee at Selec ated wae my vecture le “The Other Side of tage (f {| man went through the hous Ce ar tae | ny pal Nhe Tells the Story of Her Mother's” i tet alent By Ji 6 Life.” that wide which Ie kept care‘uily Away all the Jewelry and siverware he| |All the time he was rook te Death and Prot, Wit- sin ose aac hidden from publle view collar. She recovere’ thaws Fi The lecture i serio-coiic, and will ef; the houre, for Mrs Florence Eva Lo: opal oat coe iageaureteg! ah eeeen Mra, Amith that he Intendrd bringing struggling to free bh at the mentees 3 ear the details of ait and confront the ambitious haan’ tee tank and Cis ae the place thle 4 the hall dhor shut wit Adams, was a witness at he lips of the eae uck girl, It will also contain | ¢ ceeniag and silind’ where be covld pat er the robbers depar — ats eyurgaesltg n isc@fices from my own theatrica! experiences, a* well as humorous dia bectics 1 ehall remain in Cda@ttanoe two of hres weeks ere © During the entire ~ months carceration he trial, che peo, overwhelmed me wiih kind iM thy and chivalry, for which the Bouth In noted and which has left an everlasting echo in my heart The ensuing sesson | shall produce one or more’ cidantc on. ashley pays which ones I have not as y Mr. FH. James, my manager, i¢ now ou several succesaful French an oman plays for me. Some of our teres manrias jedaptations are ‘The Paredien,” (or, SR ras ga atleass | ‘|PORTUGUESE OFFICIALS ARREST BOER RECRUITS. LORENZO MARQUES Jan 1 eral Portuguese who « t » doin the ave vy the frontier pajt S30 a pereall fre a fev | ay for an hour, va jfree nerseif. She became so ithat she half funted ring, she made a desperate ¢ managed 10 get the handkerchief | he ella,” sald Mra Smith “ts tt dry? he asked. perteetly ewered the woman ywn and 1 will ehow it to you . 4 the way to the cellar d had t door, He go’ owed Mra, Smith. woman was t nind oer, mouth afd dte werk en nd another biog fimith iid the 5 ind drawing © plece Of) 1. cive her wien he monans | ye from inside of hia vest bound ber] 5u:"snc was uo permuiied We make | arms vebind her back. peak handkeronter! PFe® row of chairs vuatside ia A Magu af ii | those notes? A. 1 aid @ To whom did you give itt wry é WEEKS'S STENOGRAPHER. [tar QWs to free herself p irmiy, «ro dually bisa es uate ailed ie pe : Page t Me a <r ™ ed you tive after that? Me « handkerchiet tate} > — A | alarm was seat « a» ur family commit cousts, my whom dit y A My mother, my ne did you live there? Ay