The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-02-17
.MOukEUx IS FOUND
GUILTY or MURDER
Jury in Famous New York Poisoning
Case Returns It's YER
dict.
WILL BE SENTENCED FRIDAY
After Seven Hours. aud a IIalf De.
liberation tho Jury says
Murder in the First,
llcsrce.'

New York, Feb. l3.-.After deliber-
ating seven and a half hours the jury
returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree against Roland II. Mol
ineux, charged with the murder of
Mrs. katharine j. Adams by poison on
December rs, 1898.
Barlow $. Weeks, counsel for the de-
Tense, made the usual motion, and Re-
corder Golf adjourned court until
February l6, when he said he would
hear the motion and sentence the de-
PENDANT.
From the time the jury went out ut
3:15 p. M, the crowd in the court
Don watched the door through which
they had left the court in ailent@ex4
pectancy. Sas o. ssS
The jury came i'll shortly AFTER
O'Clock to ask for exhibits OF hand,
writing, and again ut 1890 they came
in for instructions. Fifteen minutes
laterethey again entered, aud this time
it was apparent they had reached an
agreement. The court officers shout
ed for silence. Doors were locked and
the gray haired clerk of the court
took his seat below the recorders
bench. General Molineux sat straight
in his chair, a CLASSY look in his eyes,
and his hands folded on the table in
front of him, trembling a little in
spite of himself. Then there was a
hush, the jurors walked to their
chairs, and as soon as they had taken
their seats a deputy sheriff brought
MolineuX from the prison.
There was no sign of apprehension
on the young mans face. His step was
light and springy. and he smiled as if
he had not a care in the world. Then
he sat down and whispered to Weeks,
who was showing signs OF nervous
ness. A moment later the recorder
entered.
The names of the jury. were read,
and the clerk asked: 'Gentlemen of
the jury, hare you agreed upon a ver-
dictw
I'VE have replied the foreman.
1.-THE jurors will please rise. The de-
PENDANT will rise"
what is your verdict??"
1--WE find the defendant guilty of
murder in the first degree"
AS the words were spoken the bell
in the fire house near by struck IL
o'clock. 1t sounded like the tolling of
a church bell for the dead. Molineux
hardly moved. His neck stiffened a
little, and he Strengthened his back.
General MolineuX reached his hand to
his sons shoulder and pressed it hard.
MolineuN put his own hand on his
fathers shoulder and stood without
further movement while his counsel
asked that the jury be polled. Each
juror agreed with the verdict rendered
by the foreman. The recorder then
announced he would hear the motion
and sentence the prisoner on Friday
next.
MolineuX shook hands with his
father and his brother Leslie, and
started to follow the deputy sheriff to
prison. AS he left his seat General
Molineux said to him, in tones loud
enough to be heard by all: keep up
your nerve" and the prisoner replied
with a smile, YES; don't be afraid"
MolineuX's mother and his wife, un-
able to bear the strain of long waiting
for the verdict, had left the court.
room soo after the jury went out.
The recorder granted General Moli-
nenx permission to visit his son.
Foreman Martin stated that the jury
had agreed among themselves to abso-
lutely refrain from the discussion OF
any of the proceedings in the jury
room.
A tremendous crowd waited about
the building, and when Molineux was
brought out by the deputy sheriff
somebody called for three cheers for
Molinenx," and a remarkable denon-
stration. with great cheering. followed
Many wome were in the crowd and
took part in the demonstration. 1t
seemed to please Molineux, for lie
smiled and bowed again and again.
There were calls of Cornish" also,
but the cheers for Molineux over
topped these cries.
Regarding the verdict Assistant At
torney Osborne said:
II am confident that the verdict will
stand. Upon the presentation Of the
case as furnished by the police depart
ment. there could not have been any
other verdict
Barlow S. Weeks, MolineuX's conn-
sci, would say nothing about the YER
lict.
Harry Cornish said: 81 do not see
how any twelve men could hear the ev-
tdence given and render any other YER
iict. l cannot say anything else about
The verdict. and Furthermore will not"
The announcement of the verdict of
guilty was received in the uptown dis
tricts and about the clubs apparently
with great surprise. Many of the club
men seemed TO be staggered by the an
l~ouncement, and it was the main topic
If discussion for the night.
In opening his charge Recorder Golf
:old the jury that the rules of law are
% shape their judgments. He said he
would not comment OF the facts Of the
.ase. The presumption of innocence,
he said, remains with the defendant
Until his guilt is proven beyond a rea-
sonable doubt. "You may tind.' he
said, "a verdict of murder in the first
TO CONTINUE MooDY's WORK.
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