The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-10
WILL GO TO JURY TO-DAY
MOLINEUx CASE JURY TO BE
CHARGED THIS MORNING.
Sensational Attack by the Assistant
District Attorney on the Wife
of the Defendant.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Assistant District
Attorney Osborne tonight completed his
argument in the trial of Roland B. Moli
neux for the murder of Mrs. Katharine J.
Adams. Recorder Golf will charge the
jury tomorrow morning. and the twelve
men are expected to take up at once the
question of the guilt or the innocence Of
the prisoner. Whether a verdict will be
reached tomorrow will. of course. depend
on the ability of the jurymen to agree. On
account of the illness of Juror Mannheim
Brown, despite the immense cost of this
case, reaching. as 1t does. into the hum
dreds of thousands of dollars, it is not an
ticipated the recorder will insist on severe
measures, require that the jury be
locked up for any considerable length of
time. even though they should fail to reach
an agreement.
Undoubtedly the most dramatic event of
the day was the attack which Assistant
District Attorney Osborne made on Mrs.
Molineux, the wife of the prisoner. This
attack was somewhat unexpected. since
Barlow s. Weeks, the attorney for the
prisoner, had already characterized the
mere introduction of the evidence concern
wife before marriage under the assumed
name of Mr.. Chesebrough'' as 'low and
mean and vile.' But Mr.. Osborne elected
to pick up the gauge of battle thrown down
before him by the counsel for the defend
ant. The war was on in an instant to-day
when Mr.. Battle, who is associated with
Mr.. Weeks in the defense of Molineux, OBJ
jected to Mr.. Osborne saying that Mrs.
Mclineux the sole motive in the case.
that Molineux had been trying to marry
her, and that she had only consented 10
marry him suddenly. after Barnet. who
had been a devoted admirer, was cold in
his grave.
Mr. Osborne had just finished reading the
note signed Blanche" sent by Miss Cheese
brough to Barnet during his last illness.
when Mr.. Battle interposed his objections.
Mr.. Osborne turned quick as flash toward
Mrs. Molineux.
There is the woman. There is the mo-
tive" he exclaimed in tones dramatic be-
cause of their fierce intensity
Mr.. Battle, still continuing to object.
the grounds that the statements had not
been supported by the evidence. Mr.. Os-
bornes voice again rang out: Let the
CALLED jade vince; / do not blame counsel
for Directing. But that woman is the liv-
ing, concrete form Of the motive in the
Barnet case, and it is undisputed tAat the
man who sent the poison to Barnet sent
the poison to Cornish. / hate to have TO
speak in this manner of this woman. 1t is
shameful that Mr.. Weeks brought these
women to this court when he knew the
subject of which 1 must speak It's con-
tinuation of the cowardly crime, and shows
the nature of the man who would consent
that his womenkind should hear such
words"
General Molineux left his seat at the
close of this attack. leaned over the back
OF his wife's chair, and patted his daugh-
ter-in-law reassuringly the shoulder.
Molineux himself never moved.
In closing Mr.. Osborne said: "Remem-
Der the Frankenstein; remember that he
was built up with backbone and muscle
but his Creator could not give him SOUL
The defendant has no soul. or he could not
laugh as he has laughed In this courtroom
under circumstances that must break the
hearts of his father and mother"