Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-20
THE Fate Of hOL|NEUX IN
SUPREME COURTS HANDS.
ARGUMENTS ON THE QUESTION ~
A NEW TRIAL COMPLETED
YESTERDAY.
WILL BE SEVERAL MONTHS
BEFORE THE COURTS Decision n
THE FAMOUS CASE Is
ANNOUNCED.

BUFFALO, ". j., June 19.-The fAtl
OF Richard b. Molineux. convicted Of
murder as the poisoner of Mrs. Hather-
inc J. Adams, in New York. December.
1898. is in the keeping of the seven
judges OF the court of appeals, who for
three days past have been listening to
the arguments for and against a new
trial. Che appeal was finally submit.
ted at 1855 O'Clock this afternoon ano
the decision will not be announced UNI
I'll some months hence. when the court
sits at Albany for the fall term.
The strange crime with its compli-
Gated plot and manifold mystery re-
tains strong hold upon popular inter-
est. The crowd that sought admission
to the court room this morning waa
larger and more determined than ever.
and the bailiffs. had to resort to force
to restrain them. The principal speak
er was former United States Senator
David B. Hill, advocate of the cause OF
the people, who had three hours and
fifteen minutes of his allotted time left
when court opened at 10 o'clock He
spoke until lis, and John G. Milburn,
attorney for Molineux. was heard for
twenty minutes in concise reply.
Mr.. Hill was again forceful and elo-
10 Ia0l or hot
or guilt was the main issue in the case
and warned the court not to heed a plea
that dealt in technically 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 trust and all enjoy freedom.
In dissertation on the law he led the
court down a long line of authorities
and decision. all aimed at sustaining
the use of the Barnet evidence and the
policy OF the lower court toward the ex-
hibits of handwriting at the trial. In
this admirably told story he made FREE
quent reference to the famous Tich-
borne case in England. tracing simi-
larity in the admission of certain writ
ings to prove perjury on the part of the
luckless claimant and In the policy OF
objection and obstruction on the part
of the defense.
In finally summing up Mr.. Hill re-
viewed the points made by him ycstcr-
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 Moipeux as the author OF
the letters. the enemy of Harry Cor
nish and Henry c. Barnet, the COM
FOUNDER OF the rare cyanide OF mercury
used in both crimes and the man who
mailed the fatal potion that killed Mrs.
Adams
Mr. Milburn's reply was largely de-
voted to an answer to personal critis
cism and particularly TO Mr.. Hills al
fusion to the fact that throughout all
his speech he had not once expressed
his personal conviction OF the innocehcc
OF the man for whom he pleaded. Tie
strongest feature of the reply was 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 c. Barnet received poison rested
solely upon the hearsay testimony Ut
DR.. Douglas also that Molineux had
not bought the bottIe-holder and had
not been identified as the man WHO
hired the Koch letter box, without
which 1t was impossible, Mr.. Milburn
said, to fix guilt upon him.
A conspicuous figure during the ar.
guments was Gen. MoIineux. the aged
father Of the prisoner. whose face I'D
OF the strain that the always spirited
and at times bitter review Of the casa
had been to him.
There was no comment at the close
and as attorneys and spectators lefi
their chairs. Chief Judge Parker caileJ
the next case.
Both Mr.. Hill and Mr. Milburn wert
proffered enthusiastic congratulations
for their notable efforts.