The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-12
STUDY OF MOIINEUX.
Clement Srott's Impressions oi th"
Convicted Murderer.
BY CLEMENT SCOTT.

BY CLEMENT SCOTT.
REF' EIIC SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. il-W1at had Roland y.
Mo!iucux t. do with the criminal classes =
What was the raint in his blood: What
was tho curious freak of nature. what was
the marked spot Of lcgen'racy. what WIS
the peculiar twist Of his brain that turned
ii wclI-breG. educated. athletic gentleman
into thu ranks Oi the great Folsoaer Of MS
Iurv-
Yes f, l. true. We cannot get away from
f. Twelve m-r, a. honest as 'Ncr sat in
jury box. have U-cIaTrG on their oath,
after IH, ieug hi"st and most patient -A-
animation that can be- mentioned IN record
OI tint, lh..r nothing StH4p-u hlm ~ re
moving an "H.mE or rival from his path.
The moral sens. "As obviously dead II II
ever existed.
Here j. a study for criminolocists Be
| mold man with every Possible influence
surrounding him that ought 10 have him On
Il pedestal Tar 6Joy" the criminal Glasses.
II IL patent and clear 10 every one who sat
IA the court on the first Jay ana the last
that Roland y. Molineux was man 10 in
SIire affection.
Father and Son.
His brave anu gallant father evidently
iou.iZcd hlm. though. - far any "n.
could 1u.Er hy appearances, he Vas OF \
distinctly different type from the Sa8-eyti
old gentleman. His expression. ms uOS.,
h, chin. his complexion, ms forehead. the
shap" oI MS head. al differed from those
Of ms ten .lec-f-ar1.I old father. All his
mind seemed concentrated ana WRAPPED Lp
IN tlls EruHE man. accused Of crafty
dcIbrrat" system Of Wholesale poisoning.
which. n undiscovered, might have par
an Z't society.
iits mother bclmed OF him lovingly. his
vii. kissed him repeatedly ami hold his
hand. ms brothers W-Te loyalty attached to
nm. - lar for thu family.
Nor did Tins curious study Of humanity
fail in friends Never did two men fig ht
more deNUtedly ami yalIaHtiy for a ComrIde
than Mr- Weeks. his club cJmpau Mon, and
Nh. Battle. Oh" ot tae rising JUrlsts of this
city. I watched 81 all very closely as I'm
fact. ! was bound ;o do. and never At any
aim" did the relations appear to be those
"f defendant and counsel From first 10
last. IN All their meetings all their greet
luSS. all th"ir iarrwcllS. It s"emed to me,
whether relatives "r advisers To- be the
most completely united family party had
ever kuOHH- And Vet, the young man whom
/ SAW emerge from jh- InmL> on the FIRST
day OF :av trial with fixed. SlsreDtyp.A
~Tli." uH MS C"uNf'ud-rn, and rg-euter tho
T0mb~ again un Saturday night Virtuall,
c"na"mn't 70 death, wearing precisely tho
$ m" fix smile. only more forced and uu-
natural '-nd agr'rtIat"u. appeared to me
TIA" most careless and HECOnCtrued OF all
the actors in this pOrteHtuuS drama OF Uf,
and death.
Every one in the court WAS neryoi,-I,. m.
TT-h"D>lvc-eVrrE "n- save the defendant
fiIS family suffered aZouirI His counsel
and friends clearly exhibited their painful
ANXIETY. \ kir.rr or H. Yre sympa thrtic
lua1" never sat uu the beach ;han Recorder
C"ff. Worried from zine to time by the
constant cahais 81 counsel. ne protected the
defendant fI.m rUe md Of the trial to rho
other with Tn, Wa ieStIr shield of .hr law.
and ia his mastery charg. to the Jury al
th. Close uI IN" case. when every Juror
IN the box was mutually anxious To ascrr-
tain his opinion In order to mold MS OWE
not one word rr syllable GrpuIcd from thu
it'c"r'i.r~ lTs that conveyed "a scintill4-
IOD ol an idea Of What WaS in his mind
Man " it'll Two Lives
Roland T. MpifY-.X Steu.~ tu he g, nray,
with w" HN'5 constantly juIring against
one aAp u'r. Cool and evil ia hIm ar. eyer
Al cl-,or.. ! could perceive n in his face
i'm ii- dftituas-i1 lis whole GeIn.aDur
said ai tA" beginning of the trial that h..
Was a man ~ a mask, and have no
reason 2" HlihurIW MY Irs. impression! II
WIS not his real face that We saw AS b.
sat there day after day. controlling his
features with such an extraordinary force
II Nll.. tie was not really laughing. or sulIi-
,lE 20" SIrdIuE 0r over for a moment indIf-
t'r,nt ,o tn" situation. He was acting. for.
believe rn". under that mask Was concealed
his other nature.
At the door Of the court I found a lady
hyS:oriC.I and ia tears. Sphblug and lean
ing on her cumEauiou's shoulder. and, when
comfort was offered her. she could only
say. between her SChS: H bore hirnSel Z
Well He did not finch. He accep,e! his
condemnation like mani
This Is in q sense unreasonable; but.
after al. il l. human ratUr" This weep
ing lady could not AT that moment think
muiHtrci Sh" only thought Of the man
who had behaved like a well pluC ked
one and all she could murmur was: 1t ;
a shame. a shame, a shame"
had scarcely left the court before the
whole building runc with cheers-Iou1. lus-
ty cheers. Some We're for the General and
indirectly for the son. who was placed in
this awful position. Some were for the Jury
that had condemned him.
What ,ln extraordinary thing is human
nature!