Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-23

He Attacks Colonel Churcb's Meth
DDS In MoIiueux Case.
(New York Press-Ast)


(New York Press-Zst)
Assistant District-Attornoy Osborne Bit
terly attacked Colonel William c. Church
In an interview yesterday Colonel Church
was foreman OF the May grand jury
which refused TO find an indictment for
murder against Roland Is. Mollneux. Mr..
Osborne has expressed his belief here
tofore that the grand jury dli not intend
TO find an indictment, even before he
presented one Of his .hirty-tnree wit
nesses bfore Il.
Then Mr.. Osborne iilcd an affidavit
criticising the conduct Of the May grand
jury, and this was one OF the papers be-
fore Justice FuTsman on the motion for
a resubmissiQr OF the case, which the
Justice granted on Monday. Colonel
Church filed an affidavit in Justice Furs-
mans court, replying TO some OF NJ.
Osbornes criticisms, defending his own
course and that of his fellow members OF
the May grand jury.
REMARKABLE STATEMENTS.
This was an almost unprecedented ac-
ton on the part OF a grand jury foreman,
and Colonel Church took occasion TO say
that he regretted the necessity for ft
But the statements and criticisms mace
Yesterday by Mr.. Osborne are even more
remarkable. He was asked II he would
continue his efforts 10 get the MolineuK
case before q grand jury If the July grand
| Jury should fail to find an Indictment.
Mir. Osborne said:
"If | can get an honest and unbiased
grand Jury | shall be perfectly satisfied
with its finding. But II L get grand
! jury that IS stood up and fNed by the
| friends OF the defendant, l shall submit
the case again and again until l ma
! grand jury that is not fixed. The case
will not again be presented 10 a grand
| jury where there are any churches. am
| not afraid Of chapel. but l am Of
| church.
"He admits. in the first place. in his
| affidavit. which he filed in the Supreme
| Court. that he was a friend OF General
! MolineuX.
secondly, he admits that he received
! a brief from an outside party containing
q statement Of facts and sworn TO, but
| a statement Of facts TO the effect that
| Cornish and Mrs Rogers were responsi-
! BILE for the crime of the murder OF Mrs.
Adams.
HIS ALLEGED ADMISSIONS.
Thirdly he admits he did not show
this document to other members Of the
! grand jury or TO the Court
| "Fourthly, he admits he received let
ter from an outside party, letter con-
corning the case, which he did not turn
over 10 the Court.
Filthy, he admits the grand jury
walked into court and asked the Judge II
the grand jury might take up the case
against some other person-other than the
person mentioned in Justice Williams
| order and the person mentioned in the
case presented to the District-Attorney.
I'm conclusion, the questions asked by
/ nj NH ab IN u
minutes Of the grand jury now on file In
the Court Of Special Sessions. show con-
| clusively that Cornish and Mrs. Rogers
were the other persons referred to in the
! questions propounded by the foreman OF
the grand jury to the court
REFUSED TO OBEY CHURCH.
Continuing. Mr.. Osborne referred to
Colonel Church's statement in his aifida-
Wit that every witness was examined IN
| the presence Of the Assistant District Al
torney. Mr.. Osborne said that IL was not
Colonel Church's fault that this was So
because Colonel Church had ordered him
out Of the grand-jury room, and he re-
fused to go.
In his affidavit filed last week in the
/ Supreme Court. Criminal Branch, ana
only made public yesterday MIR. OSBORNE
swore that Colonel Church, when he en-
] tered the SIdIu-JhlN lN'i++f 'i''N "a
Of papers in his hand to which he refer
red frequently when questioning Witness
es. Colonel Church told him the papers
were left in his Office by some person
whom he had never seen.
| Mr.. Osborne then sent for Patrick ).
: Tansey. who admitted he had left in Col
onel Church's Office q brief tending 10
| show that Cornish and Mrs. Rogers
might have been the prisoners.
Continuing, Mr.. Osborne's aihdavlt SAYS
the grand jury had fully decided before
! a witness had been examined that Cor
nish was guilty of the crime, and Colonei
! Cburch's statements 10 him showed IT,
WAS ADVISED BY COUNSEL
Gas another instance of the bias on the
mart of the foreman Of the grand jury and
of the grand jury. continues the aihdaYt'
"a witness was introduced 10 show that
the defendant had refused to write when
requested. Thereupon the said foreman
remarked In the presence OF the whole
| Grand Jury that he did not see what that
| had 10 do with the case. as MolineuX had
doubtless refused to write on the advice
| Of counsel
! "Thereupon. the deponent said TO Mt
Church. said foreman, that he did not
/ think he should comment on and hclittle
the evidence of the people rs it was being
offered. and thereupon the said Church
acknowledged the propriety of the oepo-
nent's admoniton."