The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-18
ROLAND b. MoLINEux.

OF the charge ana nature of the appeal
and following II with what he called a
sketch of the chief personnel of the
case. He said General MolineuX was Il
brave and distinguished soldier who
never fought more crcdtably than now
for the life of his son. He then sketch
ed the training of young Moincux rs
an expert paint and color manufacture
er and In turn told of his connection
with the Knickerbocker ana New York
Athletic clubs and his marriage to
Blanche Chcsebrough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Molineux, he said, first
lived at the Waldorf Astoria ana then
took house. NIllburn then told who
Harry Cornish was. stating his connec-
ton with athletics, and his relation to
the Adams family, incidentally point
ing out that Cornish had separated
from his wife, and Mrs. Rogers Ind
parted from her husband Cornish he
described as an employee and AIolineuX
as member of the knickerbocker Ath-
letic club. He then related the circum-
stances of the receipt by Cornish of the
bottle holder and bottle of poisoned
promo settler and drew attention TO the
fact that Cornish alone testified that
the package had been delivered by post.
There wns an entire absence of tpsti-
mony from the postal authorities and
club employees as to delivery.
Not Seeking to Place Guilt.
Il am not In presenting this casc,"
said Mr.. Milburn, Seeking TO show
that any onc-AIr. Cornish or any one
elSe-ls guilty of this crime. am
merely stating the facts and the evil
dence rs they exist
He then told the circumstances Of the
removal Of the bottle and holder to the
Adams flat, the illness of Mrs. Adams
and the administration Of the poisoned
preparation. The tragic circumstances
oil the death of Mrs. Adams were then
related and attention drawn to the de-
sire of Cornish for hasty action by the
coroner, Mrs. Rogers anxiety for Sc
crecy and the conferences held by Cor
nish with John L. Mcintyre and T..
YOcum.
nlsli letter box incident and the writing
OF the letters to patent medicine
houses. He pointed out that MoIineux
had not hired the letter box In the
name of Harry Cornish ana that as tho
letter box was hired Mt the very hour
the bottle holder was purchased at
Newark two persons were concerned in
the incidents.
The speaker discredited the teSti-
mony OF Koch, proprietor OF the letter
box place. who, he minated, had an.
preached the defense. He said Koch
had first sold Il story to the newspapers
that 1t was not Molineux who hired the
letter box and then sold a story that
1t was MolineuX, the first for $500 ana
the second for $3.50.
The man who committed this
crime" he said, had two accomplices.
one who went to Newark and pllrchns.
ed the bottle holder and the other the
person who hired the letter box"
Mr.. Milburn called attention to the
fact that after the statement that Mol
ineuX was wanted was published n
man went to the letter box at Koch's
ana got the reply sent by Stearns Il
20. to the inquiry made of them.
THAT man is still unidentified" tc
said.
The Handwriting Exhibits.
Mr.. Milburn drew the attention Of
the court to the handwriting exhibits
III the brief and said that the friends Of
cornish had testified that their slIsni-
cions against Molineux had been arous-
ed by an exemplar Of his writing re-
produced In newspaper. He said this
particular specimen which they had
seen was reproduction from memory
OF the address on the bottle holder and
not Il fac-simile. An artist had seen the
address and drawn II from memory.
by comparing the specimens" Mr..
Milburn said, you will see that the
alleged sample would suggest nothing
to the lay mind"
Mf. Milburn next related the circum-
stlhccs OF the possession by Mollneux
OF several sheets of robins egg blue let.
ter paper bearing crest of interlocked
creSCcnts and the use of this Daper to
write some of the Cornish letters"
He said that this was one of the stron-
gcSt reliances of the prosecution to
connect MolineuX with the crime, but
asserted that the paper in question was
IN general use.
mar motive could Molineux have
had! said Mr.. Milburn. "Why should
DC want to poison Cornish?r