New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
MOLINEUX is CHEERFUL.
SHOWS NERVOUSNESS IN PRISON ONLY
WIEN AWAITING HIS MOTHER.
NOTICE OF APPEAL. WHICH ACTS AS A STAY
SERVED ON wARHEN-FAM1LY WILL
GO TO SING SING.

GO TO SING SING.
Eoland B. Nolineux awoke from his first
nights sleep il his little cell in the condemned
mems quarters at Sing Sing Prison at $50 yes
terday morning buoyant and cheerful. His keep
ers were surprised that a man who had just
raised through so many dramatic incidents
could display such courage. They consider Mol
ineux the coolest MAJ ever sent to Sing Sing
Prison under sentence Of death. He was the last
Of the nine condemned men to awake. The 9TH
ers were all dressed and waiting for their break
fast TO be brought in by the convict walters be-
fore he got up. DR.. Kennedy, who is under SEN
terlee of death for the murder of Dolly Reynolds
in a New-York hotel, is always in happy mood
and he was whistling a popular air while Mol
ineux was taking his sponge bath and preparing
for his breakfast. Kennedy's cell is nearest that
of MoIineux and the newcomer shouted out:
Good morning. friend: you seem happy
The doctor said he was not particularly happy.
but that he saw of complaining. The two
carried on a conversation for some time about
commonplace matters. and finally Molineux
asked Kennedy If the prison fare was salts
factory 10 him. The latter answered that it was
all that could be desired.
The condemned men allowed to receive
delicacies from friends sent to the prison for
them. These are first thoroughly inspected by
the prison authorities. 1t is understood that
most of Moline1x's food viii be supplied by his
family
PRISONER HAD LITTLE APPETITE.
Molineux had little appetite for breakfast.
He ate sparingly or eggs potatoes. coffee and
rolls These were served on a tray placed on a
table in his cell while Keeper Hubbell. who is
Molineux's particular guard. stood over him and
watched every move. Every meal that the con-
demned man eats will be taken under the watch
fui eve OF some guard. This Molineux does not
particularly fancy. but he is polite and friendly
with his guards
After breakfast Molineux asked for pencil
and notepaper. saying that he had several let
tiers he wanted write. He spent his entire
morning at this. These letters were handed to
the prison chaplain, the Rev. Mr.. Sanderson.
who read them to see that the condemned man
did not write anything contrary to the prison
rules They were found 10 be all right, and
were mailed at noon. The longest letter was TO
his wife and another long was to his senior
counsel Mr.. Weeks.
In the morning the condemned had
short talk with Mr.. Connaughton, the principal
keeper and also DR. Irvine, the prison physi-
clan who asked him about his health, and took
his pulse. The doctor says that the condemned
man is to all appearances in excellent health
and has come out of the ordeal Of his trial. con-
yiction and sentence in a remarkably strong
bother him for medical treatment. as, he said.
he never was in better health.
PROMPT WORK BY COUNSEL.
In the forenoon Warden Johnson was served
with a notice of appeal in Molineux's case
through q messenger from the Dissatisfaction
news Office in New-York This unusually
prornpt work 1t is usually several weeks before
st IS done. This procedure acts stay. This
news was taken to Molneux. He simply thanked
the warden for the information and expressed
pleasure at the promptness displayed by his
counsel.
At noon Warden Johnson received a telephone
message from Brooklyn saying that Mrs. Moli-
reux the condemned mans mother, would be
at the prison in the afternoon to see her son.
Warden johnson sent word to the condemned
man. fearing that If Molineux did not know in
advance that his mother to him in the
death house for the first time he would
break down. II was then 1870 o'clock and
from that time until his mother was ushered to
his cell door the only moments during the
day night that the condemned man showed
the least signs Of uneasiness. He was anxious
TO have his mother come, but the horrifying
surroundings Of eight men awaiting death in
company with her son and the door to the death
house where the electric chair is and the fatal
shock is administered were things he told his
guards that he wished his mother might forego
seeing. II was a decidedly dreary day in the
prison on account Of a heavy snowstorm.
MRS. MOl%lNEOAS VISIT.
After Mrs Moneux. accompanied by her
Leslie, who at the prison Friday with his
Father. aIighted from hack she presented her
self to Warden johnson. The Warden sympa-
sthized with her and said that he would be happy
sfo grant her request to see her son. The con-
iden1ned mans mother composed, as she
walked through the marble doorways, but while
the heavy iron doors were pushed aside and the
Warden keepers turned the heavy locks with
The huge brass keys she realized that her son
was indeed a prisoner, and was being vigilantly
guarded.
The touch of the warden OH the main door
leading to the condemned mems compartment
was the signal that Mrs. Molineux had ar
rived. The keepers, before they opened the
door. put screens in front of the cells of the
eight other men awaiting their fate. She was
escorted to her sons cell. MolineUX greeted her
cordially. She thrust her hand through the iron
grating Of his cell. and he held it in his for
several minutes. According to the prison rules
these condemned men cannot leave their cells
when visitors are admitted to see them, and
Keeper Hubbell stood at the cell door beside Mrs
MoiineuX during her talk with her son.
URGED HER NOT TO LOSE HOPE.
They spent two hours together They talked
about the verdict and the proceedings that are
10 follow in the effort to a new trial.
MoIineux spoke bravely to his mother, urging
her not 10 lose hope, and telling her that he
WAS perfectly satisfied that everything would
come out all right in the end Molineux was
particularly anxious about his wife and sent a
loving message to her Mrs. Moneux LET her
con IN better spirits than the officers ext.sated
ana TOOK train 10 New-York CITY BEFORE
ledflng she learned all the rules from Warden
johnson in regard to furnishing supplies and
beoding for her son, and seemed pleased with
fne rules ~
arithmetic and spent some time studying f.
Az the request Of the Molineux family Warden