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Killer at the Knickerbocker Part I: Roland Molineux & the Great Poison Mystery
The Great Poison Mystery began in 1898 after two people were killed by poison sent to them by mail. The packages were eventually traced back to the ritzy Knickerbocker Athletic Club, and its secretary, the son of a Civil War hero.
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“How the Molineux Rule Permits Certain Witnesses in the Harvey Weinstein Trial.” NPR.
Jonakait, Randolph N., “People v. Molineux and Other Crime Evidence: One Hundred Years and Counting.” New York Law School. 2002.
Pejsa, Jane. The Molineux Affair (Minneapolis: Kenwood Publishing, 1983).
People v Molineux (Court of Appeals of New York October 15, 1901).
Schechter, Harold. The Devil’s Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial that Ushered in the Twentieth Century (New York: Ballantine Books, 2007).
“The Lost Manhattan Athletic Club–Madison Avenue and 45th Street.” Daytonian in Manhattan. 2 November, 2015. https://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-lost-manhattan-athletic-club.html
Newspapers:
The Evening World (New York)
The New York Journal and Advertiser
The New York Times
The New York Tribune
The New York World
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