The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-09
MOLINEUX DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Declares Himself Prosecuted and Asks
the Public to Suspend Judgment

Declares Himself Prosecuted and Asks
the Public to Suspend Judgment.
New York, July S.-Messrs. Weeks
Battle and Marshall counsel for Roland
Il. Molinenx tonight gave out state
lnent made by Mr.. Molineux. After re-
ferring to his refusal heretofore to make
statement in his own behalf and alleg-
Ing that he has been placed in a false
position by the public prosecutor, Mr.
Molineux says:
During all this time / placed myself
at the advice of my counsel. and purstl-
ant to my own wishes. under the direc-
ton of the police, allowed myself to be
weighed and measured and permitted
my rooms and laboratory to be inspected
by the police of this county. In every
way possible l assisted the police in their
investigation of the supposed crime.
The attitude of the district attorney
i'll the prosecution of the case against
me was shown by his attacking the char
actcr of my life in his address to the
jury before the coroner. This attack
was wholly unjustitiable and without
foundation whatsoever. l cannot COM
ment upon this action of the district
attorney. No words can express my
feelings in regard to it. 1t will be re-
membered that | was married on the
twenty ninth day of November. 1896,
and that the alleged crime with which
| am charged was committed on the
twenty-eight day of December of that
year: the district attorney has seen fit
to charge me with this alleged crime.
and to make aspersions upon the charac-
ter of my life; it cannot be believed that
within one month after a happy mar
riage such a tiendish design would have
entered my mind or could have been
carried out by me.
Furthermore. the district attorney
has intimated that l am responsible for
best and most devoted friends. There
is not shadow of testimony to connect
me with the death of this person, nor
with that of Mrs. Adams nor with any
other crime. The evidence which has
been adduced before the Coroner and
before two grand juries, only goes to
show that as an officer of the Knicker
booker Athletic Club l disagreed with
Mr. Cornish as to his method of conduct
ing the athletic affairs of the club.
There is not word of evidence, nor
can there be such evidence that at any
time the feeling between Mr.. Barnet and
myself was not that of the warmest
friendship
In conclusion. Mr. Molineux says:
Il have absolute confidence that these
charges will be ultimately dismissed,
but / do not desire that the public shall
remain in the dark as to the evidence
against me. and | wish to show by this
statement that | have been for some
reason unknown to me bitterly perse-
cuted. my business ruined. my family
rendered i'll, and the character of my
wife, which is dearer to ME than life,
aspersed. only ask for fair play and
for IN impartial disposition of the
charges against me-
ITO this end ! have stood the hard
ships of Imprisonment since February of
this year. / have made no statement,
and have submitted without protest to
the charges against me and my wife. l
now ask that the public reserve their
Judgment upon me until a careful ex-
animation can be made of the evidence
and until it can appear upon what fiimsy
testimony | have been subjected to this
humiliation