The evening times., 1900-02-09
THE MOLlNEUX TRIAL.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
Summing Up the Evidence.

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| Summing Up the Evidence.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The trial o.
Roland B. Molineux was continued thi:
morning before Recorder Goff, with Assist
ant District Attorney Osborne still sum
ming up for the people and asking for The
defendants conviction. Juror Mannheim
Brown, whose sudden illness yesterday pre-
vented an afternoon session of the court
/ was in his place. Mr.. Brown was weak
from his rheumatism and limped painfully
when he entered the court room, but he
told the recorder that he hoped to be able
| to get through with the trial without fur.
ther delay.
Mr.. Osborne took up his argument for
the people where he left off yesterday He
| had been talking for a long time without
| making reference to his opponents re-
source to questions, but he worked his
way back to it and an interesting skir-
mish between him and Mr. Battle ensued
| Dwelling still upon Mr.. Weeks action
in resting his case without difficulty, he
/ asked why Mr.. Weeks spent his time in
making objections that would stretch
from Maine to Texas without once NOV
ing before the court that the case be Civ
en- to the consideration of the jury for
the aequittal of the defendant
THAT motion was made in the Buchanan
case, it was made in the Carlyle Harris
case. it has been made in thousands OF
cases." said Mr.. Osborne
I'VE object" interrupted Mr.. Battle. but
the prosecuting attorney kept on talking.
Mr.. Battle persisted until he caught the
recorders attention.
We ask that the last remarks of the
dicfr off he ri eEaY
the records" said Mr.. Battle. THE gem
tleman is referring to other cases and
would call the courts attention TO the fact
that our reference to the evidence in this
case was not allowed
Recorder Golf overruled the objection,
and Mr.. Osborne. turning, said suavely:
IF my remarks hurt the defendant I will
stop" Mr.. Osborne, however. kept on the
same subject. He eulogiZed the ability of
the counsel for the defence, and spoke of
his disappointed hope that "Mr. Weeks,
one of the greatest criminal lawyers in
the country, would. like Moses of old,
smite the rock in the desert, that the
water of living truth would rush out and
wash away all suspicion from his client
/ wished for that miracle when looked en-
that grim old warrior. and you looked for
II, but the miracle did not come"
Mr.. Osborne then took up the contention
Of the defence over Cornish's assertion
that he had cut the address of the poison
package with scissors.
What difference does IL make" storm
ed he, whether it was cut out by scissors
or buzZ-saw or an ak, or whether he tore
ii out? Mr.. Weeks did not bring out that
the exhibit had been handled by DR.. Hitch
cock. Captain McClusky, and others in this
court and out of it, Did Mr.. Weeks tell
you whether the scissors were duh or
sharp, loose-jointed, or as ragged as a
saw? When Cornish swears before you
that the address was cut out with scis-
sors and you see that its edges are rough,
does not that signify that Cornish is no
smooth witness and does not testify TO
suit circumstances.
This talk about the scissors is utterly
trivial when il has been established in this
court by two reliable witnesses who bad
no motive, that Cornish had received the
package as he testified.
Did you see, in this court, Mr. Weeks
introduce some twenty-five letters writ
ten by John ID. Adams. Then I said to
myself Here is that miracle, now we will
see what he has up his sleeve. Then l
expected to see Carvalho in letters of fire
write across the wall, John d. Adams is
the man who wrote the poison package
address -