The evening world. Newspaper, January 16, 1900, Page 2

THE WORLD: TUESDAY “WAUCHOPE’S PROTEST AGAINST METHUEN. ORDERED TO PERFORM AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. British General Wrote al Letter Before Going | to His Death. LONDON, sentative of the Associated Pregs visit , Sam. 1—Bvidence accumu) iy aaturday's battiefleld this morning fates that Ge, Methven's wo-destanated | and paw large numbers of Boers dead @Agantic Diunder at the battle of Magers-) The Hritish kuns seem to have worked fomtein has lost him the confidence of | Kreat havo: was completeiy fol » g dinemboweled, 1 his head Ms entire force to such an extent that | ciean shot off anda "y if others 5 killed by the same , evident) HE ts declared it te doubtful if the troope | Killed by the same shell, evidently w hard-botled eager lay beside them home Natal Dutchmen were recognized among the dea ‘A number of Hoer todies and car- of horses have been washed down prult, which became a raging would follow him in another attack on the Beers. “Fhe War Ofiice 1s understood to be in ‘poeszasion writton by Gen. eer torrent during a heavy thundet ‘Waushope the night before the battle, The Liritan while ‘igen gaging that would be the ast letter he | fred on by Hoer artillery a them were Alt. Boft-nosed bul Would over write, as he had been Col Sum-dum | cartrite " 4 on wounded prise Ge perform an impossible task, and he | (vt carried the foer dead hed either al or gurrender his! the hill and handed the bodies ov ae Oey thelr comrades at the. bottotn owerd. Over ninety were thus carried off Was-| Am immediate change in the command | fon Hill alone —— pL apberden may, therefore, be expected. SS) THE MILO BORG, Mdewt.Gen. Tucker will succeed Gen. ‘Meihusa. (Continued from First Page) A Geapatch from Liverpool says that | fhe Fost, a reliable paper published inj was the manage, my aci He didn't that hat it declares to be! think It would do, My properties are the 7, ae a rr sal there still, so far as | know | Sato tne tatte The Inter smeine, POVERTY BEGAN TO GRIND. | I went to Morris's agency and paid my these pregnan: lines: | “This is the last letter 1 shall ever) MoONey. but Kot no work, and when I re- — aca = turned home on Jan. % 1 was dead 5 uourly to some photographs of the ex- write. broke, My landlady refused to let me| | Huts hue, Gy ite eee “1 have been ordered to perform an! in if did not pay her for the week due a Hheanaar Uitarranteal Waar aaa impossible task. I went to the pawnbroker, who cave me | demon worwstlinen forest (Nat yee're in 3 more on my watch, and went to a cheap lodging-hovae in Harlom That money kept me until y eo court,” he ld severely “I must com- mand that you be more decorous tn your conduct. 1 shall admit. the photo- ROLAND MOLINE; “1 have vainly remonstrated, but must | | @bey or surrender my sword.” | terday (Continued from First Page) After the battle of Magerafontein, | tn Harlem 1 :hougtt out my plan tot | ebay wes b pulse for the|in the Waldorf, For five days 1 hunted} ae jera ; f “ol oa Posed! miei shot inj Work. trving and hoping to put off the| Have been, 1 don't remember their| Cue then took a recess until 2 evil hour, but it seemed that 1 was| Hames, : é A many places, was found far in advance | ‘1 Tae *'@. Do you remember the Van Demen| Court reconvened at 210 o'ciock and of the corpses of his splendid Highland | When 1 oame downtown yesterday my | case? A. Yes. Mi pee Pe aR picieation oe Beccy oes Brigade, which was cut to pleces by the | landlady relented and gave ine a pair of; Q And you sw ti tain hand- tone «t examination o pe | trousers. These 1 vold for $1 on Seventh! writing was not by a certain man? A. ite Boer fire, only 16 men of the Black avenue, With thirty-five cents | bought | Yee. | In atte of the aun and uninteresting Wateb returning to camp. A mea! and then strolled to the Wal-| Q. And at least three witnesses were | rede ey Merrit Vat, thone | dort. valled who hut seen the man write the | °fowdes Ms was in response to the When he fell he cried out to thone | dort. {cat sctia wHilaa? rumor Chat obtained during the noon re- soldiers following him: | cess thal the afternoon would develop BANK-ROLL TEMPTED HIM he Recorder would not permit the some new sensations, | ame Moti eake, men, don't VIMO) on. 5s gave me girength and « question on the groynd that there was ; me for this.” ame. Ae l eat in ‘uMice, picking my! fo evidence that the witnesses had not Y S He nad in vain opposed the vlan of| teeth, | caw « bie man pay a bill from SWORN falsely, MANY WOMEN PRESENT. ‘There wore a score of women present, many for the first time, and they gased At all that went on with open-mouthod @ fat roll of money, He wore Ye Haver you ever been mistaken in diamonds. 1 concluded to rob him. deur oplulon? A. No, alr He gave iis key in and | noted the number of hie rom. Ip was at. When| TIRESOME DETAILS. {he went Into the cafe and I eaw he was The witnens admitted that he case to settled th 1 wept boldly to the desk | the clty In response to a wm fren and asked for 3 | Wittiam J. Kinsley and tha: che enly 1 wae well dreamed. MY! known writing submitted to him war heart stood still, and | spoke so low that | that of the defendant the clerk asked, “What? He was forced by the big "No, M2" T sald boldly [the defenre to go over alm He gave me the key evidence of yerierday, He 1 went up to the room and looked It! the tiresome details of trlanga: over, The chambermaid was in the hall |the charactertatle K and the | 1 came out, locked the door returned | punctuation the key to the office and ascended to the W this evidence room again. The chambermaid was just | pistrict-Atiorney 0: many Gen, Lord Methuen for the attack om the Boer position. The General, whe ie now @eclared to be insane, told him it was his business to obey orders, and 0 he led his men to certain death. Other officers had aleo protested, and of these Col. Gough, Col. Arthur Paget and Capt. Campbell were ordered home by Methuen In diegrace on the ground of refusing to obey orders. Gem. Wector Macdonaid, Gen. Colville amd Col. Tucker are all mentioned as Ukely to superrede Methuen, who, de- spite the Geniale of his wife, is gen- submitted to the jury ale own photograph of detached words from the conceded and disputed writings, in which the similarities were most strik- ingly exhibited. ttorney of | These the jurymen examined closely Hof bis] Under the jens. | BOSTONOBY RECALLED. Al 20 Audie Bostonoby, manager of jthe Knickerbocker Athletic Club, was | recailed to the stand. Q Mr. Bostonoby, was the Kaicker- | | an you see. e wan being taken ore went ever tof EVENING, JANUAR Was then turned over to the cross-| these circulars? A. We put them im an open envelope with a i-cent stamp. He- sides the circulets we tmclosed a bust- ners card mentioning our private letter box $ Mr. Onborne agsin offered the culars in evidence and Mr, Weeks's ob- Section was overruled. Q. When were these circulars sent? In July, ‘ The ctr Jury One of the ctroulurs stated, “You can hate a business address on Broxdway only # conte a month.” | IDENTIFIES MOLINEUX. @. Did you ever nee thin defend- at A aw none, @ What dater Mr. Weeks: . Did you ever see the originals of exhibits you were just shown? A Yeu, before the May Grand Jury of '®. Q. And by merely glancing at these pieces of paper now you would swear they were in the handwriting of the de- fendant? A. Oh, | examined them about fifteen minutes just before I came into this room. There was an outburst of laughter | sternly hushed. @ Now, have you ever seen the orig: inal of this before? A, I can't swear to tt Q. And you never saw these exhibits, till you got to the ante-room? . No, sir, | guess not, Q. Where were you Franec. 4). Were you educated as an expert? A. No. Q When did you leave school? When I war about fifteen Q. How were you able to recognize his writing o quickly? A. Weill, I've seen him write Q Where did you learn to speak Eng- Mh? A. In France T learned to write it, but it was here I learned how to speak ft Mr. Osborne then showed the witness the original of the exhibits and he iden- tiled them as in the handwriting of the accused, 2 COLORED GIRL RECALLED, “Is Mr. Koch here?’ “Oh, at last,” the spectators mur- mured, "The letter-box man at last.” The name was echoed loudly and a small dark man with @ black mustache responded. It was Kock, While awaiting his arrival Minnie Hetts, formerly of Bellinger's flat, was recalled. Hy Mr. Osborne: Q. When this nice-looking man called on Miss Chesebrough did he hand you a card? A. Yes, sit, “What ie the materiality of thie? ed the Court, “I want to prove that Barnet called on Miss Chesebrough,” sald Oshorne. “Well, do jt some other way,” said the Recorder. Q. Did you ever hear any one speak to the man who called? A. No, air. Osborne was pusgied. He raid: “I don't Anow how I'm going to turn on the light." Me handed the witness a photo of Bar- net and asked her if it was a picture of the man who called. ‘ourt would not allow the ques- a lara were Inspected by the | | | ret &. Our place of bani-| born?) =A. In Aheat Dee. 13, eayt A, Me naia) Ye” © if he conlan't delivered at our Heald he contd. te! receive a small | and that he mere-} ty came for Informatt | As Koch said he saw Molineux In hie Place of business the accused recarded the witness lnughingly, He whispered! to his father and chatted vith Mr. Rattle, evidently tn comment. Q. Your place of business was at 160 Hroadway? A. Yes. Q. Then he left? A. You Q. After that dil some one else call? A. Yea, on Dec, 2 Q. Was It the defendant? A. No, tt wax a man as big as Detective MeCaf- ferty Q. What time? A. 5.99 or 6 o'clock. He came to the window and made the same inquiry the defendant had made. Ani— “Stop that, stop that.” said the Re- corder, “This is not relevant.” “Beg your pardon,” paid Osborne. “I'm going to show that this man took ® box under the name of H. Cornish and that the letters sent were written by this defendant.” GAVE CORNISH’S NAME. ‘The witness asked what name the A 4 up, Cornish.” ‘Then—"Is this the Cornish?" “No, This man had a light mustache neatly turned up at the ends.” Q. Did you ever see a man that looked ke this? A. Yes, in the walting-room at ton, the time the May Grand Jury was in ses. GOFF’S DIRE THREAT, = [ain “ fter he Court which has arisen since the beain- ning of the trial occurred at this time. Menara, Weeks and Osborne were ar- suing wher the Recorder lost his tem- pe “You gentlemen are making a farce of this solemn trial, and often | would have ajovinistered a fitting pumishment in the presence of the Jury were it not that I feared it might be prejudicial to the defendant, dut I warn you both now I will not stand it longer, I will pun- ish you both as you deserve; remember that, His face wus very flushed, and his tones firm. Both Mr. Osborne and Mr. Weeks looked angry, and both started to pro- test, but the Recorder would not hear at your place of busin “At the Coroner's trial.” Q. Did you ever see these articles? You, These were the sample of Kutnow powder and a sample of the Von Moni remedy addressed to “H. Cornish, 160 Broadway," and accidentally placed in the wrong box. @. When did you turn these over to Capt. McClusky? A. Jan. 16, 1998. Q And when did you tel Weeks about it? A. The same day. Q. Tel! him ft wasn't Molineuz who hired the box? A. Yea, @. Have « long tale whh him? a. Yes. Q. And when was the Grst time after that you saw the defendant? A, Feb. 17, 1890. Q. Did you tell any one them this war | the man who had bee tn your place of | business? A. Not until I edw him second time | Q. And then did you utell Weeks? A. Yes, and previouus to that Igave him a description of the man. Q. When was that? A. In the first of that month Q. Who cise did you tell of your iden- tifcation? A. To two detectives and a newapaper. . Q. And you also said the man who hired the box was not the defendant? A. A | them. ey” “And I now wish to say,” continued od the Recorder, “that all this testimony tending to estabilah the visite of a cer- tain man 10 the house of Miss Chese- brough, even if this man be the man whom you intimate it to be, and even if this evidence should tend to establiah the motive in the Barnet case, this ovi- dence in the present case is irrelevant and improper, “It makes no matter what the motive possibly was that may have actuated the death of Barnet. This defendant is on trlal for the murder of Katherine J. Adamn, and testimony other than tend- Celery PAINES Compound | GIVES STRENGTH Mrs. Mary R. Rubright, Hamburg, Pa., Ing t» prove ot dieprove that cannot | Yes. Z f erepary te ade her.” Aigo mesa toe mar vou tout! “Three years ago the doctors said I had Q. In May, 19, you had told Mr. Weeks that his client had been tn your place of business? A . Yer. Q. And you also told the newspaper? “Mr. Osborne,” naid the Recorder, se- verely, “there Is nothing you can say that will influence me to change my ruling.” nervous prostration. I was barely able to stand when I commenced taking Paine’s 5 coming out of the room. 1 went in, tell- | worn Harry Cornish wos aitcing and Athletic Club ever called the erally beileved to be out of his mind, i b send 1 had teft to come I neid a long whispered conversation wiih | Pequod Club Ansociation? A. It wan. nd, in fact, to have been made at the him. They then left the room. A few | The witness identified a number of the (time of the battle, HID UNDER THE BED. nutes later Osborne returaed ant; bills of the Pequod Club in the hand of é _— Bhe did not see me leave, for 1 hid|summoned Hostanoby, tne Knicker.) the defendant and of some jater bills of \ a Mg Beg Bhe legend in pet xee-|bocker Athletic Club manager, from the| the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, FRENCH WHIPS BOERS. waited 0 long under tine ed ftO2h| [room also. They were out for alnost} @. ‘These billla of the Mequod Associs- fell sateen. i had planned when the|an hour eed wer hy se sent uy ro e the; ma a would get ie Weeks bh expert on| address 2! of jeventy-aix street? Sate ae Hoey ClonOK. the gridiron and let him simme Va. They were 2 with Less of Seventy-one Killed ener 1 wag 0 cramped that I felt “Would you say that 19 ina diss} Q. At whose request? A. Mr. Malic I and Weandes. 418 oo Bt IC rch Aha Mae CT the Beat wre Cand cone BEBE Heoreae sauce eee hy for them? A. He ata | RENEBURG, Cape Colony, Monday, | THis led to my discovery tiga Ub at riguest. | Kobe Comeau ii sn written by Horry Coroish at request. | sotineux regarded the witness with a “T wouldn't say that exactiy, replied | look containing little love the witness, Mr. Osborne picked up a champagne Jan. 1\—The Boers this morning a! Gompted to rush a hill heid by a company Of the Yorhshires and New Zealandera,|{he man. He was goot-nitured about| @ Well would you say that it is in al gings, such ax Was Weed In the flat where It. 1 told him my story. He sad, “You'd | tore A ; ; ie Gly Wise repulsed at the point of ble haul Tort have pam 1h tl |foreed Hand? A. It may be forced. Poo line Hetts girl yemontay swore Molinewx $800 IN HIS NIGHTIE. When I crawled cut I was faced by dle sometimes writs two hands, however ANOTHER SUSPECT? was known as Mr. Chesebrough. The Recorder Interrupted Were these bills brought to Mr. Mol- rt pocket intended to rob his clothes, Mr. Bhannon spoke so kindly to me that 1 eried like a baby. I felt like the mean: the bayonet. The Boers had twenty-one Men killed and about fifty wounded if LONDON, Jan. 16—The repulse of the oat of God's creatures, Mr anon | Weeks @ and fondly on the | !neur geil gata i t Boers at Rensburg was by a part of Gen. | Arke! Me Wether T had come to kill | construction of $° mark In the . / oe rests Preach’s command. He menaces a} (yam flail (ha:'I'was caught. ‘Though eiutad writing che mark in eeneraily | SENT WHISKEY TO BLANCHE. a thief In intent, I'm et hat 1 did not | Characteriged by one long straight line ag strong force of burghers tignt at Coles-| rucceed. | wouldn't hrough the same s’ part of it placed far above] “| put this witness on the stand,’ Berg. Rensburg is below that town. ckpirience again for all the gold In the Inary allgnavent said Mr, Osborne. “to show that these A deepatch from Bierkstroom, dated feports that Gen. Gatacre's & demonstration beyond fm the direction of Stormberg. belief that the Boe @ intended to Moltene. burghers were not righted, and British remained at Molteno._ Arri- from Btormberg estimate thai there 420 Boers at that place. koods Were sent to the flat, 21 Weet Beventy-fifth street, by Mr. Molineux @ certain Indy Ilved there.” Weeks objected to the admission of the bills and was sustained. “Weill, then.” said Osborne, “did you send one bottie of Antediluvian whis- hey “Don't enumerate the articles," said the Reconter. “Well, did he know the details of these oun billet” ‘es, the bills were made out in detall and each item was rendered on the face of the bitl.”" “I nerve notice on Mr. Weeks now,” said Mr. Osborne grandtioquently brink to this court the bills rendered Mr. Molincux September, November, October, I, by the Pequod Association and the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. “Now, dit Mr. Molineux direct you to send the articles mentioned in (hese bills to Dl West Seventy-ffth street? Mr, Weeks objected and was sustained. “Tell what he said,” commanded the Recorder. “Me. Molimeas told me,” cata the witnees, “te ered him the various eten mentioned tm the bille te Mies Blawebe Chesebreagh, at 981 Went Seventy-Otth stress.” Mr. Osborne then again pichell up the Ien't that.” asked Weeks keenly, “the kind of dotlar mark made by a for- ner" Mr Hostonoby, who was sitting In the back part of the room making a pert picture of an Italian count, showed signs of distress. Harry Cornish grins ned at him fraternally Not that I know « nes. “Ate you ready else now?” eneered Osborne, Q. What ts your chief reason for be- Neving that Exhibit A is in a disguised hand? A. The slant Q. How much dependence do you heart) ciace on that? A. Well, if the hand. | Mr. O'Leary was a lawyer at &@ Cedar| writing of this defendant could be , Jan, M—All Engiand ts in| Street. and quite 4 prominent member! swung back thirty-two degrees there of the Democratic Club. He leaves a widow and four children, | would be no need at all for perte to Poin’ out the potnts of similarity i Mr LAWYER DIES IN SALOON, William J. O'Leary, forty-four years ol, of 3 West Fifty-tifth atreet, died sudienly in Relsenwebers saloon, at Fifty-elghth street and Eighth avenue, this morning. He breakfasted at the place about 10 lock and later was found sitting in a side room apparently asteep, The pro- prietor tried to rouse him. An ambu- lance was called from Roosevelt Hospi- tal, and the surgeon pronoun: dead. The cauee was tive" yt neat failure. 5 J "amid the wi to accuse some one pdb lbh SHOT DOWN FRIEND, Q. Yes, but is that not also true of ith other handwritings? A. There still re- main certain unconscious characteristics COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 16—Capt. J, vr, | At have not been changed ad Murphy, cashier of the Third National Q. What, for instance? A. The stems Berk, instantly killed Teller p, T,|°% the capitals Schutze to-day and chen committed gu'-| 2 De you mean to aay that the writer cle. ‘Was not conscious of his capital steme?t The murter and suicide occurres while) >. Me may have been, but the habit he tank was filled with customers and | Wes oe treme for him to break ab- Capt, Murphy had one of the Mr. Weeks concluded his cross-exem: ination shortly before 1 o'clock and Mr. ent prominent business men of the! Ostorne took up the redirect expuslan. of par- DEAD MEN SILENT. | *iy the econter: Celery Compound. After taking half a ‘Dead men," reterted Osberne,| Q. What was done when this mysteri- werae se (Nee amd premont nolovs man came? A. He hired « wx tor bottle [ was able to walk about, and after Finally Mr, Osborne tried « new tack by handing her a card and ashing if the name was the same as that of the man who called. “Can she read?’ asked Weeks quickly, “Yes,” sald Minnte. Q. Was it the same name? hoie No. 16 to him, ONE LETTER RECEIVED. Juror Foster: Q. War any letters received? A. One, 1 think. Hy the Recorder: using three bottles I felt better than I ever did. I could do more work, and working was a pleasure instead of a burden, as so many suffering women find it. &. Yea. Q look at this photogrash. Is ft Pahess was the name on thnt letter? of the ? A. 1 don't know, .H, i ;, ; i! isthagte me ps Plbsidee bs ‘esha Q. Was that letter ever called for? A. “y have since used Paine’s Celery Com- It wasn't there when I looked for it. Q. Do you know how Jong tt might have stayed there without your seeing it? A. Twelve days, Q. When was this? a. January, ‘%. Q. The letter from Van Mohe & Co., received Dec. 4-—how long did that re- main? A. Till Jan. 1, when J happened to find tt Q. When you found the package? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did that come with the letter? A Ike that? A. Yeo. _ LETTER-BOX MAN KOCH. Joseph J. Koch, the tetter-box man, was then called and there was @ quic! ening of Interest manifested, He {s a stout man of about forty years, with a red face, giasen, a red mustache and banged hair. He was nervous when he took the stand. By Mr. Osborne: © What's your pound for neuralgia and sick headache UR and always found instant relief.” Paine’s Celery Compound keeps the blood pure, the body nourished, the nerves strong, duriness? A, Adver- tising manager at 1% Broadway, The day fohlowing. | na were you manager of The Budio in! Q Now letters could disappear with: LONG-LOST SON HANGED. 7 Brooklyn Annuseme rt ? A. tees. out your knowing what became of them? — CLERMONT A 7 Tie, Q, At that address? A. Yes. A. Thi 5 aly Knew of Him Mr. Osborne called for the letter in 2 a om Pneeeetee SKATING RINK, Q. When did this other—this Sern let- rive? A. i think Jan. 2. hat letter in evidence?” “A copy of It," said Osborne, Q. Now, all the mail received was that circular from Van Mohl, the Kutnow letter, the package of salts and the Stern letter? A. That was all. the Day fefore Hie \ —— NiwiRsION Be CLEVELAND, 0, Jan. 6-—Wihn Patterson was hanged to-day in Pitts- burs. Pa. for the murder of Alice van) ie Horn, while his heart-oroken mother, ty rye waTTeN OF THE GENERAL AMTON: who had not ceen him in mine years sweat of John V. Hehaefer Company q notice ta” pat ing by 4 window in a house p> Public auction om LBA HOCKEY TO-NIONT. which Molineux wrote for a sample copy of that publication. The witness identified the letter and the enve-ope in which the letter :ame. Q. When did you get it? A. Jan. & aa Q. What did you do in reply Ho this BRO! letter? A. Put @ memorandum on the) By Mr, Weeks: Q. You fay you think of the hanging ,,, Pog : letter tat the paper was sent. the jetter from Stern was recsived Jan. sa. Nalter: wetioner, on @. Weil, did you recollect sendisg the | #1, 4, Yes, bate E Sith cteet, in the city @ ietauah of Manhattan, od MANIBERY, stoeh “wich "was algae t> ty 2ACON Mt Dated New York Jan ce er ee THOMAS GILLERAN, lutety. lutely. paper? A. No, air. Journed F Q Well, docs the memorandum ¢n that letter show what was done? A. Yue. By the Recorder: Q. When was this memorandum put on the letter? A. Om the day of ite re- coipt. Q@ What does that memonndum show? A. That that paper was mailed the writer. yon te employed ai 333 pany. 5 alee, Mate last night New street, thie city, fang the bel and sald: sod have Shee for Mos. Maris ce it this dire bt 3058 form information Q. Did you ever see a glass like thie? 1 did. A. At the Knickerbocker we Impowetble tt Cornish wrote the disputed exhibits and how certain it was that Molineux did Liha he was teen dane, te Q. Where? known field 10 Wert cover in colare * © over Go ° ing 6 P. M. Wednesday for City and vicinity: Party . . eee s