The Portland daily press., 1900-02-08

ins Of the Recorder and had talked about
the case, making the statement hat "he
would not hang dog on such tssti-
mony."
Msssrs. Weeks and Battle. counsel for
Molinsux, stated they did not think there
was 9 particle Of truth In the alleged
oonversation. The Recorder made no
mention of the matter at the opsning OF
the eo5rt. The prisoners wife and
mother were In court today.
When Mr.. Weeks discontinued his ad-
dress at adjou rnment he was speaking OF
the letter boz agency kept by Joseph
Koch. He resumed at that point today.
Mr.. Weeks again referred TO the inoredi-
bility Of Mr.. Kooh's testimony, and
called attention 10 several so-oailed
inaccuracies.
He then spoke Of the famous Burns
letter, the one admitted BY the defense
and written on Robins-seg blue. tri-
crescent paper. There IL no ooncsslmsnt
about that" he said. at IL written
ON half sheet Of paper. and 10 enclosed
In Q white envelope It WINS signed BY
whomf Roland Mol,neux. That's his
signature beyond doubt"
snow In regard to the defendants tes-
timony before the ooroner's inquest. You
must remember that this defendant was
the real one. without any council because
he was there as witness and q witness
IL not perInittsd counsel. Mr.. Osborne
examined him. Now you nave seen
enough Of Mr.. OsSorne's examining
qualities mere 90 that you know about
how much information he would leave In
the possession of witness that he wants
to get out OF that witness. He said he
did not recall having that paper before.
Was 10 stranger He was not shown the
Burns letter but just . half sheet Of
blank paper. Vas 1t strange he should
not bs able to recall It
"Anothsr thing" continued MIR.
Weeks, 81 notice the date Of this letter.
1t was mailed the third day of June. II
the defendant 10 the man who rented the
letter box In she West 4end street on the
9Th Of May In the name Of another man
why should he write for remedies under
his own name and his own business ad-
dress on the first day Of Junsf Why
should he do this If he had the right to
use the letter box at 2o7 West 42ud street,
He did not have the right He knew
nothing Of IL. And yet. Mr.. Hickman
identified this defendant a. the man who
rented the letter box on May 81. MI,
Weeks then at some length attacked the
business integrity OF Mr.. Hickman.
Mr.. Weeks took up the different exhib-
Its of the Barnet series alleged to have
been written BY Molineux and spoke Of
their contents. In none Of these. ne con-
tended was there anything asked for that
could In any possible manner connect
the defendant with the death Of Barnet.
Then Mr.. Weeks referred TO exhibit "I'
the diagnosis blank in which 1t Ii alleged
the defendant described himself and
began a careful analysis Of It. He said
that man who was the superintendent
of large factory would not state that
hs was oierk, No proof had been pre-
sented that he WAS contemplating matri
m ony In June of 1928.
Are you melancholy" the blanks
asked aud an affirmative reply was given.
"Hers IL q man," continued Mr.. -aHeeks
who since February IS, 1899, has not
drawn a free Ersath. He has sat here
before you every day during this long
trial. Has he appeared to You to Be
melancholy Has he not shown the
greatest of oheerfulnessf'
"Ths district attorney" said Mr..
Weeks, "in his opening statement said he
would show you man whose face was
paled and sallow FROM sexual perversion.
Has he done itf No. Was not the grief
Of this old father enough, was rot the
burden borne by this defendants mother
and young wife enough, without having
the testimony Of oolored waiting maid
from boarding house introduced TO help
the prosecution blot the home Of this
familyf"
Molinsux's wife here commenced to cry
softly. Molineux placed his hand reas-
suringly on her shoulder as II to comfor:
her.
Mr.. Weeks continued In q soathing
axraignmsnt of the district attorney for
introd ueins evidences that Molinsux and
MIb8 OuooeoDoHOu8h tAv0u az AscAA booAo-
Ing house. "Why didn't you deny itf"
asked District Attorney Osborne. 'Be.
cause 1t wasn's necessary fsroeiy re-
tortsd Mr.. Weeks, turning angrily to-
wards Mr.. Osborne. at was not neces-
sary. Even the court ordered 1t struck
out yesterday and told the jury to disrs-
gard Rachael Green's testimony. Because
kksw the 90 urt wsuld do that. Because
knew 1t had no bearing on the case.
How dared yen introduce 10. 1t was an
Infamous thing to do. II was not only
false busIt Was vile as ~sih.'''a>
This ended an episode that caused con
sidsrahl excitement In the room. Mr..
Weeks then turned to consideration Of
the handwriting on exhibit "A" the
poison package address. This he d welt
upon for "a some thine, and finally said.
referring to David N. Carvalho, "Thsre
IL man, ~ expsrh who was In this case
for the police who gave them all the
kuoWlsdQe he had. q man who IL above