The Portland daily press., 1900-02-10

wien { ese thorsa ,ds Ct Mtli 'e7x's
friends tai s, testi Ell, I district at
rsey ask tie o1rrt TO Is iss ire
@, are. But he isa't innocent AID not
ore nan In America " Ill i. ear { Mt be
did net adfress that poison acsa7e."
Counsel REFERRED to tie are ale by
witnesses a;airst Mrs Mcli e1x. wien
Miss larc g Ci eset rough. Mad feclarei
rat Mr. Meess TAI net called wit esses
to refute these car es teca~ Sc Re c1uld
net "Wny did he net call AIRS fallin-
ser,"te shouted al s,oUli tave liFed
to ia-e seen tire see In tais curt when
/ crs IS ei amirei Ter But vas net
callei. You know why"
AT the aftt raoon session District At
tcrney Osbcrne rssum ed his sum ming up
by reiding the Dear Sadie" Shtfii
letter q az evidenc, that Molineux's mar
rlsge was suddenly determined upon.
The Letter written by Miss Chessirough
to Barrett on November 7th, thr,e weeks
before her marriage to Molineux. and
appearing on the ocraDtr's inqreIt min
utes, next engaged Mr.. Osberne's atten-
tion. "Barnes knew Miss Chesebrough
aud knew No'ineux," continued counsel,
"and knew they w,r, living together a.
Mrs. Bsllis's, and did not call. You can
give thas letter no other construction
than as showing the won ans desire for
closer relationship with Ea-net.
Logic and common sense" he contiu.
red, suggested motive for the defen-
dant's hatred tor Rarnet. Defendant him.
self fad admitted al hatred for Cornish.
Mr.. Osborne told OF Captain McClusky's
Investigation with Kutnow powder pso-
pie, aud showed to the jury Exhibit q,
firm ON the crescent-crested sheet Of "a
per, and declared thai Carvalho. the
taud writing expert. TAI told TIRE police
Find the man who used that crescent
crested PAPER, and you will have found
the murderer"
NOW fay," faid Mr.. Osborne, when
you find IT an who uses thai PAPER to
be the only nau In the world with mo-
tive of hatred a a'nst Farnet a nd Cornish
you must see that that man is the guilty
person. Molineux Is tie MAJ"
Mr.. Osborne declared trat the letter
showing the dissass from which the writ
er suffered proved beyond cavil his i'm
moral nature.
"This young nan, the defendant"
counsel went on, left the ra'ernai roof
and lived around at clubs. Think OF the
sexual excssses, think OF the sexual de-
p,avity, think of the nights OF excess
that compelled this splendid athlete to
write a letter pleading impotencs. Why
did not counsel put witness ON the stand
10 sto w his good moral charaetsrf He
could ros Go IL.
The same brain that conceived the
idea of writing to Harpster's old employ
ers In n name rot his owD," MIR. Osto;ne
argued. Conceived the idea of using
Barnet's MANS and Cornish's name In
writing 10 ratent medicine firms" The
theory OF the FRO 'scutioI was that Moli-
neux po,tonsa Bsrret first, te,aufe re
was an inn e din ent to his mr. rriage, then
re tired 10 rem ose Cornish, and he was
preparing TO treat Hsrps er In the same
way.
Mr.. Oslo said that all stud'es OF
cr!miro'oyy taught that Iolfor ers did
not need great N olives, and be told OF
ore man, wto when asked why he had
posored beautiful gir,. replied: Didn't
you notice how thick her snkleI wereT'
1.-The motive 10 controlling. Who is
the man who found Barrett an imredi-
ment?" MIR. Ost orne continued. who
ta'ei Cornish? Who hated Horps' err
Who utei blue tre1ent-crestei paper?
Who was at out to re MARI o !, and who
comp'a'rei OF imI o:ency? Foes not the
name suggest ike.f9 The only man In
all the world who 6oeJ fit that descrlp-
ton.
Mr.. Osto rne quoted from Kinsley's tes-
timony that he had agreed with Csrvslho
that one hand wrote the Cornish and Bar.
net letters, and the address on the
poison package.
Mir. Osborne compared the different let
tiers sert to patsnt medicine firms with
tbs hitter admitted to have been written
by Mollneux, and declared that fate had
int rvened to expose the prisoner. He
showed that the lett rs wers alike In
form and punctuation, and declared that
handwriting exp ts had ssii tho writ
ings were also alike. Aft r announcing
that be would ask the court to charge
the jury that no reasonable doubt could
exist II they were convinced to an extsnt
that would satisfy them in Their ordinary
business relations, Mr.. Osborne e1t red
into defense of the science of the hand
writing expsrtn
All the experts united In this case.
and the conclusion they have reached is
tnre. Lock at the defendant Consider
his characteristics, his weak nesses, He
writes please" and greatly oblige."
ne laughs In open court as we describe
the death agon,es of his friend Barnet;
he laughs at the dying struggles of Mrs.
Adams. The defendant has no soul, or
he could not laugh under the circum-
stances that at the bsst must break the
hearts Of his father and his mother.
"Gentlemen, II you refuse to convict