Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-12

"Trying to Guess"
NEW YORK, February 11.-Roland
B. Molineux, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams, was said
to-day by Warden Hagan to have slept
as calmly on Saturday night as he did
on any other night since his incarcera-
ton in the Tombs. beginning nearly a
year ago. The verdict Of the jury, pro-
nounced late Saturday night, the war
den said, did not seem to have in the
least affected Molineux, SO far as his
outward appearance was concerned.
The warden said that Molineux's de-
meanor is in striking contrast with
that OF other prisoners who had been
in his charge, and who had within the
last three years been convicted of MUIR
der in the first degree.
He slept like a child" was the way
the warden put 1t, referring to Molineux
after his return to his cell from the
court room on Saturday night. To-day
hS dl0oC at liz USUAL llOuIt lQQh OACI-
else for one hour in the prison yard,
ate the breakfast supplied by the pris-
on caterer, and read with composurs
the morning Newspapers after which he
attended the usual Sunday services.
The condemned man had but one Wis
itor to-day. The caller was his grief
Sfrialran a v II h1a 20 {hA. .rA@ 10.
not yet given up hope and expects that
the higher courts, which will be APP
pealed to, will free his SON. Gen. Mol
ineux arrived at the prison about $3.50
O'Clock this morning and remained with
the prisoner for about half an hour.
During the day young Molineux re-
manned in his cell in Murderers' Row.
The Molineux jury spent a quiet Sun
day. All Of the members of the jury
refused to answer definite questions az
to what had tr~anspired in the jury
room, but n of them, DESTROYS of inn
parting some information regarding
the final proceedings of the celebrated
case, made the following statement:
IF l were going to write as a re-
porter about it / would probably com
mence by saying the jury was a unit
upon the guilt of the defendant; that
one, two, or perhaps three of them,
however, thought it well to go through
the case, discuss the various phases Of
it, and see if the evidence beyond q
most reasonable doubt would warrant
such a verdict. Understand, this Is all
under the supposition that / am acting
as a reporter and writing about some
thing | am trying to guess about. !
would probably explain the length Of
! time the jury was out, by this: That
| by the time the two or three particu-
larly interested men in reviewing the
case had gone over it with great care,
assisted by careful notes, and the re-
mainder of the jurors made a few COM
ments, nine hours were consumed.
II understand there was much con-
lecture as to why the jury did not go
to lunch after the charge as expected,
and as a reporter, / should attempt to
explain that by saying it was discov-
cred almost Immediately after they
reached the room while discussing
whether to go to lunch or not, that all
were of n mind. and each thought
the whole matter could be finished In
probably an hour at the most, and In
order to get to their homes quickly,
they decided to forego the lunch and
get along on the sandwiches"
Would you write that there hal
been much balloting?" he was asked.
"Well, / don't think l would have
much balloting In my version, proba-
bly, a preliminary and final one after
the discussion"
What would you write about the
jury coming in and asking to see the
exhibits?"
"In the remarks Of one of the argu-
mentative jurors a certain positive
statement was made about a certain
thing, ~whereupon a certain other argu-
mentative juror had declared he was
a trife in error. More argument. A
thing easily settled. Go out and see
/ them. Seen, argument resumed by tri-
umphant juror of argumentative mood.
Arguments and comments concluded.
| Verdict"