The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-18
MOL INEug MAKES
FIGHT FOR LIFE
application for New griak Be
fore Court Of Appeals.
ARGUG ENTs of CoUNsELs
CLAIM z PRISONER DID NOT SEND
PoIs9Sr rTERoUGH MAILS


FpfeI6 - ~ juno The second
plea af III Hfe Of BAaud b. moiirE
cuN elRimtd, .by ace law Cor the mys-
teri1ys nufd4r - mNled poison u
MIS- X, therine b. ADAMS 10 New tTerk,
in Dccembvf 1885 began today ksfora
the court, OF appeals. chief yTdge
Parker ana Associate judges Nanns
BastIett Gray O.Brisn IIaight and
8gerner njtl decide the appeal and he
respe Give arguments are i'm The hands
~ sbecially retained counsel John J.
Mlburn represents t1e defendant and
former United states Senator David 3.
Htl sDealys fer the people
The Eripted record Of the case is the.
largest eteE submitted in the sta5e IN
a crimifial case. and upon its consider
alton durinl the interim between now
and the fan session Of the court rests
the decisio-. Oral arguments submit
ting th btiefs are to be short. and lt
IS anticipated that they VIII be con-
Cluded by tomorrow afternoon
The officers of the court fearing the
annoyance OF a large crowd, Locked the
outer doors Of the supreme court room
and admitted the privileged few by the
the aged father Of II defendant, and
David L. Carvalh0. the handwriting ex-
pert who advised the defense az the
trial, were gtssent.
extension beyond the two hours usually
allotted to an argument was desired
Mr.. MHblirn said he would probably
require four hours. Mr. Hill nodded
his approval and so It was agreed that
each side should have four hours.
Says state Nude No Case.
Mr.. MiIbur3 Begin. his address. for the
defendant with a '5rief statement of the
charge and nature OF tire appeal. fol-
lou ire p he =.
Of the chief personnel in the case. he
slretchad the training Of young MClin-
.el1X as an expert amt and color manu-
fscturer, ard IN turn told Of his con
necton with the Kn{ckerboclSer and
New York Athlctie clubs; his marrIsg &c
to Blanche FheesbrOugb and his rela-
lions with HAIRY Cornish. manager Of
She Knickerbocker Athletic club
Sfr Mflburn PASSED on to the receipt
Of a bottle purportfng TO contain medi-
cine and Mrs. Adams death after TAX
ing al dose Of the supposed medicine.
and contended that the prosecution had
failed to connect the accused with the
sending of The bottle through the
mafls
Mr. Muburn also attacked the evil
de1ce on handwriting. and as to the
-ro's - egg hlde paper with the crest
Of tuterlocIed Crescents. on which
some of the Cornish letters were WriC-
ten. he s3dd Il was in general use, so
that poss asSiCn OF. paper OF this oe-
scription by the accused nd no sig
nifiCamce. The absence OF motive. in
desiring the death sof. Cornish. to whom,
as alleged. the poison was sent, was
CJuf7edted on BIZ Mr. Milburn.
5Ir AEnburn criticised the district at
fo1'nef for bringing into the. case the
name OF Barnett Wbot died in the
KuickerboclSer Athletfe Club rail- and
20 attempting 20 sbowF-fhat BarHgtGs
death and Consists fI1uss were caused
by mercury poisoning. The. LAWYER
also blamed the other side for ne
attack on 1Tr- Molineux 8 char PC ter he
said III had not been proven that Corr
nfst received the alleged poisoning In
his box at the ctJfb,ts the Prosecution,
ne said. had taken 10 a series of
points. a5vaDeed two theories and
sought to connect them and couplete.
case against the defendant ~
Court took "a recess until tom9rroFvf
when Mr. Mibum win conclude hisans
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