New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-10
END OF THE TRIAL TO-DAY
READY FOR RECORDERS CHARGE IN
MOLINEUX CASE
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKES We
HEMENT ATTACK ON DEFENDANT
QUICK VERDICT EXPECTED.

QUICK VERDICT EXPECTED.
Molineux will know his fate to-day. His trial
was prolonged last night for nearly three hours
beyond the usual time of the courts adjourn
nent in order that Assistant District Attorney
Osborne might close his argument for the prose-
cution. All that remains now is for the Re-
corder 20 charge the jury. This he will do this
morning. Owing to the circumstances that next
Monday is a legal holiday and that the jury Is
IN confinement the Recorder decided TO continue
the case to-day so as to obviate the necessity or
isolating the jury until next Tuesday.
Recorder COTS charges are invariably BRIEF,
and the probability is that the case VIII go 10
the Jury about noon If any prophecy can be
drawn from the opinions of most or the people
who have attended the court daily from the
beginning of the trial. the members of the jury
will not be long in making up their minds as 10
the guilt or innocence OF Molineux, consequently
the verdict may be expected early In the az
ternoon What that verdict will be can, Of
course be only a matter of conjecture, but the
prediction freely made in court last night
after Mr. Osborne had closed his address that
the jury would acquit.
Mr. OSBORNES SUMMING UP.
Mr. Osborne'e summing up for the prosecu-
tion was marked throughout the day with I'M
usually vehement language. He pictured Moh-
neux poisoner and monster. fiend with
out soul or feeling, and threatened the jury that
81 1t permitted him to go free it would be giving
TO MoIineux the tact permission of society to
go forth and poison other people as he had poi
soned Barnet and Mrs. Adams. The fact that
in the eyes Of the law Molineux is presumed
TO be innocent man did not restrain the vio-
lence of Mr.. osborne's speech. Without In any
way mincing his words he described Mrs. Molf-
neux as the concrete motive for the killing Of
Barnet and maintained with many sensational
expressions that 1t not until after Barnets
death that she consented to marry Molneux
He attacked also the character of Mrs. Moi-
neux and in an effort to justify his action in
this respect he cried dramatically, God knows
I didn't want to bring this womans name into
this case, but in duty bound TO do so!
had to show motive for the murder of Barnet.
and she furnishes 1T. 1t is Mr.. Weeks who
should be ashamed for bringing her into court
at this time
wEEKS'S FAILURE TO CALL WITNESSES.
Mr.. Osborne began his address by dwelling
again on the condemning inference TO be drawn
from the decision of Mr. Weeks to offer no wit
nesses for the defence When man was charged
with a grave crime and had IT In his power to
call witnesses. yet failed 10 do so, the law in
ferred, Mr.. Osborne said that he guilty.
''You must remember" the Assistant District
with poor man. He was capable of securing
aid, and his father. General MOlineux, wealthy
mar. had every opportunity to secure help. He
could have hired experts 20 contradict our testi-
mony, if he could have found them. He could
have called bankers 10 testify respecting Moli-
neuxs handwriting. but he called AS
matter Of fact, the vivid magnetism Of Mr..
Weeks could conceive of no living witness who
would have been Of service to this defence.
Tf7sla sk,Fe IA az
wait until you hea" the Defence Mr.. Weeks has
something IN reserve. But knew he had moth
ing in reserve l had hoped from my very
soul that miracle, substantially, might be per-
formed IN this case. that Mr.. Weeks might ap-
pear as a second Moses and smite the rock with
his staff for the truth TO gush forth. 1 hoped
that Mr. Carvalho might be able TO write boldly,
in letters OF fire, vivid as the writing
on the wall. 'Molineux is Innocent 1 hoped
that a miracle might intervene. and from be-
yond a shadow Of doubt that the finger of guilt
might be turned away from the Of this
heroic old sodier'-pointing to General Moli-
neux-"but it is not to be- This defendant is
aided by Barlow Weeks, a great criminal law
yer, once known the hammer of the District
Attorneys office; George Gordon Battle. another
great criminal lawyer, and by David N. Car
valho, great expert in handwriting, but they
could not work miracles.
sMANIFEsTLY AN EVIDENCE OF GUILT"
Did you not see the act in the court that was
rnanifestly an evidence Of guilt? Did you see
Mr.. Weeks put in twenty-five specimens of John
B. Adams's handwriting? I said to myself then.
Now Mr.. Weeks is going to show his hand.
He is going to show that not Molineux, but John
B. Adams wrote the poison address, That
could have been the only purpose Of admitting
Adams's handwriting. Mr.. Weeks even present
ed papers in evidence that had been taken from
Mr.. Adamss private files.
IT say 1t is awful thing thus to assan Mr.
Adamss character. But the insinuation was
made when the writing was admitted Why
did MI. Weeks do it? He did it because his
defence at the time that John B. Adams
wrote the package address. And I know It. Mr.
Weeks had serious purpose when he had those
letters admitted, but he had TO abandon the
Adams theory when Cornish in answer to this
question: did Mr.. Carvalho say to you ST have
seen enough of your handwriting, Mr.. Cornish
10 convince me that you did write the adj
dress?"' replied No The answer, coming un-
expected as it did, Offset the whole defence"
HE REFUTES INsINUATIONs.
Proceeding to refute of the insinuations
which the defence had made regarding Cornish
Mr.. Osborne ridiculed the idea that Cornish
could have had any knowledge that the bromo
settler contained poison. Else. why did he in
wife King. his best friend. to take a dose on
the morning that he received the package
through the malls? Although MI Weeks
pointed the finger Of accusation at Cornish he
knew, Mr.. Osborne insisted, that his own client
was the guilty On the question Of motive
Mr. Osborne said:
There is no motive in this case EXCEPT the MOTIVE
of one man. Mr.. Weeks has tried for more than a
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