New-York tribune., 1899-07-09
MOLTNEUX FOR HIMSELF.
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sions upon the character of my wife; ~ can
not be believed that within one month atter
happy marriage such hendlsn desish 0ou.u
have entered my mind or could nave oeeh car
ried out by me. =, -, "a
Furthermore the District Attorney in ms au-
dress to the Coroner's jury and in MS supse
Quent conduct Of the prosecution aeains. ,h it's
hes intimated that / am responslDle loI ths
death OF another person. one or my pes. anu
most devoted friends There is not snau0" S ~ "a
testimony to connect me with the oea'h vi III. u,tS
person nor with that OF Mrs Adams, nor win
any other crime. The evidence when mas peeh
adduced before the Coroner ana before ~ m
Grand Juries only goes TO show that as an oiiI I
Ger of the Knckerbocker Athletic CluDel us
agreed with Mr. Cornish as to his method OF
conducting the athletic affairs or the cruz. inee
is not a word of evidence. nor can mere pe sun SUN
evidence that at any time the feelng DetWeeh
MIR Barnet and myself was not that or the
warmest friendship - =.
! am induced 10 write this ietter because q.
the fact that before the Grand Jury am not
allowed to appear by counsel, ana II were 10
be called before that body l should be supJect
TO cross-examinaton by the District Attorney.
and should not be allowed to state the entire
facts surrounding the charge made against me-
Under such circumstances l should feel that
my interests were not properly protected ana
/ wish therefore, 10 make this pubic statement
in order that the public may be Informed as 10
my position.
ILLEGAL HANDWRITING TESTIMONY
The evidence against me consists wholly In the
testimony Of the expert witnesses as to hand
writing The conclusions of these experts are
drawn through comparison of handWrltlnGs
which have been held by the Supreme Court 10
be Illegal and incompetent testimony. Upon the
testimony of these experts l was indicted on
the first Of March. 1899 and that indictment
was set aside by Judge Williams, OF the supreme
Court as having been found upon illegal ana IN
competent testimony and when the charges
were again submitted to the Grand Jury OF TINS
county they were dismissed. and 1t is said IN
the public press that the charges were unah-
mously dismissed.
Nv sole desire in making this statement Is 10
inform the public to the true facts in my
case and l have no desire to bias the opinion
of any one in regard to the charges against me.
] have absolute confidence that these charges
will be ultimately dismissed but do not de-
sire that the public shall remain in the dark
as TO the evidence against me. and l wish TO
show by this statement that l have been Tor
some reason unknown TO me. bitterly persecut-
ed my business ruined. my family rendered ILL.,
and the character of my Wife which Is dearer
to me than life, aspersed | only ask for falr
play and for an impartial disposition of the
charges against me.
To this end l have stood the hardships or I'M
prisonment since February Of this year. l have
made no statement and have submitted without
protest 10 the charges against me and against
my wife. | ask that the pubic reserve
their judgment upon me until a careful exam
ination can be made of the evidence. and until
It can appear upon what timsy testimony L
have been subjected to this humiliation.
ROLAND MOLINEUX.