Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-10

NEW YORK, February 9.-Assistant
District Attorney Osborne tonight
completed his argument in the trial
of Roland B. Molineux for the murder
of Mrs. Katharine ]. Adams. Recorder
Cot will charge the jury tomorrow
morning, and the twelve men are ex-
pected to take up at once the question
of the guilt or innocence OF the pris-
oner.
On account of the illness OF Juror
Mannheim Brown, despite the immense
cost of this celebrated case. reaching
into the hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars, it is not anticipated that the re-
corder will insist upon severe meas
ures, or require that the jury be
locked up for any considerable length
of time, ever 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 upon Mrs. Molineux, the wife OF
the prisoner. This attack wal some
what unexpected. since Barlow S..
Weeks, the attorney for the prisoner,
had already Characterised the mere In
PRODUCTION of the evidence concerning
the fact that Molineux lived with his
wife before marriage under the as
sumed name of "Mr. Chesebrough,s
as low and mean and yile.,' But Mr..
Osborne elected to pick up the gage
of battle thrown down before him by
the counsel for the defendant. Tho
war was on in an instant to-day when
Battelle, who is associated with Mr..
Weeks in defense of Mollneux, obieSt1
ed to Mr.. osborne's saying thaf CO
Molineux was the sole motive in the
case; that Molineux had been trying
to marry her. and that she had only
consented to marry him suddenly after
Barnett, who had been her devoted adj
mirer. was cold in hiB grave. Mr.. oa-
borne had just finished reading the
note signed Blanche" sent by Miss
C~hesebrough to BaTaett during his last
illness. and whc-sMr. Battelle inter-
posed his objections Mr.. Osborne turn
ed quick as a fash toward Mrs. Moline
eux. There is the woman. There IL
the motivei" he exclaimed In tones
dramatic because OF their fierce inteuq
sity.
Mr.. Battelle, still continuing to OBJ
let upon the grounds that the state
ments had not been supported BY the
evidence, Mr.. osbornes voice again
rang out:
LET the CALLED Jade wheel | do not
blame counsel for objecting. But that
woman is the living. concrete form Of
the motive in the Barnet case, and u ~
~undisputed that the man who sent the
poison to Barnet sent the poison ia
Cornish. / hate to have to speak In
this manner OF this II IL
shameful that Mr.. Weeks brought
these ladies' to this court when he knew
the subject of which ! must speak.
1t is a continuation Of the cowardly
crime. and shows the nature Of the
man who would consent that his wom-
ankind should hear such Words
Gen. Mollneux left bis seat AZ the
conclusion Of this attack. leaned over
the back OF his wife's chair and pat
ted his daughter-in-law reassuringlZz
on the shoulder. MoIineux himse
never moved.
In closing Mr.. Osborne saidi
Remember the FrankensteiaA
member that he was built up with
back bone and muscle. but bis Cree.
ator could not give him q soul The
defendant has no soul or he could mo-
laugh as he has laughed In this court
room under circumstances that must
break the hearts of his father and
mother"