The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-28


The coroner siienced him and the dis
trict ATTORNEY resumed.
He dwelt upon the fact that Mrs
= Molinoux had sent flowers and letter q
Barnet only nineteen days before ne
marriage and discreditetl the statement o
Aolineux thai he had paid for the flowers
Ut Is clear that Mrs Molincux lovet
Barnet, but knew Moiineux had goo,
prospects and she wanted 10 DO taken oar
OF. Jealousy Is the motive" said Col
Gardiner.
Col Gardiner here took up MoIueux'i
hatred Of Cornish and spoke Of Molineux's
visit so Chinatown and his intimacy witt
persons. Coming down to the hiring o.
the letter boxes. Col. Gardiner said:
iIE one instance the box was rented in
che name Of ii. q. Barnet. You heard
witness on this stand today swear that
he saw Molineux there ten or twenty
times and identified him as hiring the
box in Barnets name. 4 hen there wa,
another letter box hired in the name Of
Harry >. Cornish and letter was re
ceived there from Frederick Stearns OF
Detroit, In answer to one written by
III. S.Cornish,' making inquiries about
| tarpstsr. III ths person who wrote that
letter of inquiry had kuoyn that Cornish
was acquainted with Mrs. Stearns HI
would probably not have selected Corn.
isi1 $ name. Now you have seen witnesses
90 upon this stand as experts in:hand-
writing and heard them testify that the
man who wrote those letters signed Har-
ry Cornish and ii. q. Barnet, wrote the
address ON the package OF poison. Is there
any doubt IN your minds that Roland
b. Molineux did itf
Col Gardiner. then said that the letters
70 his mind had been written by u degen-
crate.
AT Is O'Clock Col. Gardiner conclud
ed his summing up and after brief
fsnNaa
case was given into this hands OF the jury
and the eleven men went out to delioer-
ate.
rhn jury came in with its verdict at s. IS
y m. 1t was as follows:
We ilnd that the said Gather inc j.
! Adams came TO her death on Decem Ter
-. 1s9S in 81 West seth street, by poison
| 10y mercurie cyanide, administered by
Harry =. Cornish 10 whom said poison
had been sent in n bottle of bromo seltzer
ly Roland b. Molineux
Ike coroner Immediately issued war
rant for the arrest of Nolineux and the
1 latter was at once arraigned before him.
through his attorney, Barlow ;. Weeks,
! he demanded an immediate hearing, but
Assistant District Attorney Osborne OBJ
jeCtad. saying 1t was impossible to pro-
coed with the hearing. The hearing was
then set down for Wedn esdsy morning at
! l.tu O'Clock. Molineux was committed
TO tine lombs without bail
After the foreman of the jury had an
/ nOunced the verdict, there was moment
of silence. Molineux paled visibly and
/ his lips quiyered He soon braced up and
smiled AT n whispered word of encourage.
Heai from Mr.. Battle At AIR. Week :
demand the jury was polled.
Inc warrant mad already been prepared
and Coroner Hart handed il to two
detectives Molineux walked around the
tatla to meet them a1d stood before the
corouer's bench He put his hands upon
the edge of the desk but they did not
tremhle and be seemed to have no aIpre.
| hension Of what was to come. The coroner
| asked him the usual questions as to his
name. age residence and If he had %
statement TO make.
Fl am not guilty and l demand al inn
mediate examination, replied Molineux.
lnniphtY" asked the coronery
An examination tonight is impos-
| siuls," said Dis trict Attorney Osborne.
Mr. Osborne explained that the coroner
could in his discretion adjourn the ex-
| animation for forty eight hours and the
coroner set the time for 4. 80 a. m, We'd
| nesday. At that cate Coroner Hart sit
| ting rs magistrate Will personally con-
duct the examination.
1t is almost certain that before noon
Wednesday Molineux will have been in
| dicted by the grand jury. go
AS soon as Coroner Hart had ordered
hold an immediate examination, Mr..
Weeks said
HAS your honor made out warrant
for the arrest of Cornish
Certainly not, " was the reply.
WELL" urged Mr.. Weeks" l under
stand that the jury held both men equal /
ly responsible"
mo Mt all, - said Coroner Hart.
Juror Joseph Early rose ami said:
Il beg your honor's pardon, but that
was what was understood by some of us. "
Juror skunk said: My impression is
not the same as Mr.. Earlys.
Mr. Weeks insisted that rs there was
evidently disagreement among the jury
they should be allowed to retire and try
for unanimous verdict
Mr.. Osborne argued against it, He said
that the jury had given in their verdict
and had been polled. He said the mem
beers of the jury were no longer jurymen
but simply individuals.
Mr.. Weeks Responded that IL was evi
IDENTIFY the Intention of the jury that Cor
nish and Molineux should be held
Coroner Hart ruled that IL was dis
crctionary with him TO interpret the in
tent of the verdict of the cornner's jury
and that he saw no reason for ordering
the arrest of Cornish unless his arrest WAS
requested by the district attorney.
Mr.. Osborne said that he represented
the district attorneys office and that he
did moi ASK to have Cornish arrested.
There was "A wordy squabble between
counsel for some moments. but Coroner
Hart declined 70 recede from the position
he had taken.
A tter the crowd had left the court
room, Molinoux was taken To the Tumbs.
RECIPROCITY WITH NEWFOUND-
LAND.
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movement has haeu set on foot hare for