The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-21
M0uINEUx'S FATE NOW DEPENDS UPON
ITS DECISION
ARGUMENT ON APPEAL CLOSED
Mr.. Hill Completes His Presentation
OF b . tor the Prosecution and
Is Followed In q short Reply by Mr..
Comment From the Court, Which
fore the October Term.

Buffalo. y Y. Jun 1.-the fate OF
der as the p~oiscner OF Mrs. Katherine
j. Adams at New York in December
1898. is in the keeping OF h seven
judges OF the court OF appeals who, for
three days past. have been listening to
the argument for n against a new
trial. The appeal was finally submit
ted at 1:35 O'Clock this afternoon and
the decision will not be announced I'M
til some months hence when the court
sits at Albany for the fall term.
The strange crime with It's compli-
Gated plot and manifold mystery retains
a strong hold upon popular interest.
The crowd that sought admission to
the court room this morning was larger
andNnore determined tha ever and the
bailffs had to resort TO force to restrain
them.
The principal speaker was former
United States senator David B.. Hill.
advocate of the cause OF the people.
who had three hours and fourteen min
utes of his allotted time left when court
opened at 10 o'clock. He spoke until
lis O'Clock and John G.. Milburn, attor-
ney for Molineux, was heard for twen-
" minutes in a concise reply.
Mr.. Hill was again forceful and elo-
quent. He declared that the question
OF guilt was the main issue IN the case
and warned the court not to heed a plea
that dealt in te~chnicality and urged OBJ
jections to acts and rulings that had
not substantially affected the rights OF
the accused. II the courts were to be
thus swerved from the pathway of duty
he suggested that the murderers might
organize a trust and all enjoy freedom.
In a dissertation of the law he led the
court down a long line OF authorities
and decisions. all aimed at sustaining
the use of the Barnet evidence and the
policy OF the " court toward the
exhibits of handwriting at the trial.
In this admirably told story he made
frequent reference to the famous Itch
borne case in England. tracing a SINH
larity in the admission OF certain writ
ings to prove perjury on the part of the
luckless claimant n in the policy or
objection and obstruction on the part
Of the defense.
In finally summing up Mr.. Hill re-
viewed the points made by him yester-
day and step by step traced out the
main features OF the theory of the peo-
pie. He reviewed the correspondence
with the patent medicine dealers and
proclaimed Mollneux as the author OF
the letters. the enemy of Harry Cornish
and Henry c. Barnet, the compounder
Of the rare cyanide of mercury used in
both crimes and the man who mailed
h fatal portion that killed Mrs.
Adams.
MIR. Milburn's reply was largely de-
voted to an answer to personal cFiti-
cism n particularly to Mr.. Hills al
fusion to the fact that throughout all
his speech he had not once expressed
his personal conviction OF the innocence
OF the man for whom he pleaded. The
strongest feature OF the reply vas the
indication OF three points Of weakness
in the case of the people. He drew at
tention to the fact that the claim that
Henry G. Barnet had received poison
rested solely upon the hearsay testi-
monyo Of DR.. Douglas, although that
Molineux had not bought the bottle
and had not been identified as the man
who hired the Koch letter box without
which IL was impossible. Mr.. Milburn
said. to fix guilt upon him.
A conspicuous figure during the ar
guments was General Molineux, the
aged father Of the prisoner. whose
spirited n at times bitter review Of
the case had been to him.
There was nc m at the close.
and as attorneys and spectators left
their chairs. Chief Judge Parker called
the next case.
Both Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Milburn We're
proffered enthusiastic congratulations
for their notable efforts.