The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-20
HILLASSAILSMOLlNEUX
Declares That His Guilt Was Clearly
Established.
CASE SUBMITTED TO COURT.
BailifYs Had to BE Re-enfOrced to
Keep Back the Crowd That
Thronsed to Hear Argu- -
ment For the People.

Buffalo, June 19.-The argument OF
the appeal of Roland B. Molineux, the
convicted poisoner of Mrs. Katherine
]. Adams, was resumed before the
court of appeals. The crowd that clam.
ored for admittance was larger than
on either of the previous days, and the
bailiffs required re-enforcements to
force the more insistent ones back from
the door. 1t took fight to keep them
back.
Mr.. Hill began the day by discussing
the alleged guilt of the defendant. He
declared that to be the most important
issue in the case and reminded the
court that not once in its argument had
the other side avowed the innocence of
the accused. The court was, In re-
viewing the case, to remember that,
after all. the guilt of the accused was
the question and that 1t must obey the
wise statutory requirement to disre-
gard technical things that did not af-
feet the real merits Of the case. He in
sisted that 1t had been proved by over
whelming evidence that Molineux had
written the letters and the address on
the poison package and his guilt clear
~ established.
"Where was the man." he exclaimed,
"who had the opportunity that he had
to poison his enemies?'
The Trips to New York.
Mr., Hill timed MOlineuX's trips to
New York and connected them with
the mailing of the various letters at
the general postoffice. Mr. Hill pic
tured Molineux as sufferer from a
malady which made him melancholy,
reviewed the trouble at the Knicker-
booker Athletic club and depicted Mol
ineux as plotting for revenge. He in
sisted that every circumstance in the
case linked Molineux to the crime and
drew the attention of the court to the
fact that he had hired lawyer and
engaged handwriting expert before
suspicion against him had shaped it.
SELF
Mr.. Hill related the circumstances Of
the writing done by Molineux for Ex-
pert Kinsley and declared that not a
single legal objection could be made to
1t.
"And the writing done by Molineux,"
he said, ''at that time does not resem-
BILE his conceded handwriting. He had
been with Carvallo for month and
was taught to disguise his hand, and
he did disguise 1t. They protest now
that 1t was unfair, but the fact is they
went there prepared for the test and
planned to throw the police off the
track"
Senator, If you eliminated the ex-
pert testimony, how do you connect
this defendant with the crime" asked
Judge Gray.
"By three common law witnesses
who testified to the handwriting" an
swered Hill, land by the facts as they
present themselves. They complete a
chain of circumstantial evidence that
left but one avenue to an honest jury.
We have Molineu1's acknowledged de-
scription Of his malady, and we have
that same description In the Marsdon |
blank. We have all the other direct
and circumstantial evidence that con-
meets the prisoner directly"
In closing, Hill pleaded that the case
was one of Importance to the state,
that the defendant had been fairly |
tried, that no substantial error had
been committed and that no material
fact had been excluded.
Mr.. Milburn replied briefly, and the
case was then formally submitted to
the court.