The sun., 1902-11-09
RUMORS IN MOLINEUX CASE.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY UNABLE TO
FIND ANY BASIS FOR THEN.
More Tlnan One Man Has Dccn suspected
Heretofore Of the Murder at Mrs.
Adam, - Many Applications for PASSES
TO the Court Room, on Monday.

Within the last two days District Attorney
Jerome has been making inquiry iAto some
particularly ugly stories that have been
told since the day when Mrs. Kate j. Adams
was poisoned four years ago.
These stories have been toll with such
somblance Of authority that many persons
who have been very conversaut with the
case against MoineuX have doubted ms
liz, among them being two members OF
Mr. JeromeS staf
During the present trial these rumors
and 4 o les have been revived again and they
became 80 strong that sun report went 20
District Attorney jerome ami a-k"d hlm II
he had heard Of them and If he had investi-
gated them
Il have heard of them and have tried 10
run hem down." replied Mr.. jerome; but
have never been able TO learn ono thlh8
| corrohorative Of them, nor TO hnd any one
who l. supposed 10 be in posi- Ion 10 say
| lust low much truth ere Is in them.
THE man YOU want j. in your Office now,
! replied The SIN reporter. who toId the
| mans name Mr.. jerome sent for hin
| and told him what had Lcen said.
| 1T Is true that | know about these
| Stories" admitted the man. "aHd IT II true
| tha, have not contradiCted them. 90
! know, however, TINT my elcnc" mas 'u
| many people to believe that they are tue,
but the reason that ] laN" not spoh"h lel "i e
Is that no one in authority has ever a~''d
me to make "A statement about thelh. Some
OF them | know are false.
Il n $50 know that the District Attorneys
Office AZ the time Of the inNt Stiganon ~ tht
Adams death SUSPECTED another man, VINO
came near being arrested, ana II was not
until the evidence pointed 20 strongly
| against Molineux that the Assistant Dis
tIict Attorney who is prosecuting TINS case
was finally induced to cease hls ell oits 10
| arrest the other man ana 10 turn Ms AZ IL
| ton to Molineux.
! -rn-re hl, also been in circulation for
three year, story that certain photo
glaph j. looked up In the SAFE oi lows
paper and that il depicts ccrta IN person. IN
the NJ ,lineux case H. a ,ompromi-i !tul-
ton. | know that this photograph /, lot
where it is said to be and know that VIII
thousands Of dollars in my pocket | spent
weeks In trying to g't su'h phoI' & all',
| found the womul who was Salu 10 nave
| taken II and she declared that she uli not
know the least thing about II. vas
more Interested in obtaining that lhoto-
graph and in G, n'irming those runor- man
any one else in town and after weeks oi
search | was compelled to believe that
thy were not tril" and that ih'ie never
had been such "A photograph.
Il have Investigated III number oi
directions along this line, said Mr.. Jerome
-aud have never been able 10 ind the l"as
circumstance tending to corroborate th" %
ugly stories. l | had, this case would not
: h vc been tried in my Office until had run
tn m down"
Opinion in the pist ict Alto ney's of'tc'
IL wide die gent "a to hrtlcI mn ca o
"a cas- has been aIe OFT against No ihel'
on his sec nd ial All Of the ID st let Az
) torneys sta ae conversant, of course
With tie nate ial T. I od' c,d in eNiCeno
q upon the fo mer trial and most OF tLen
ae pejudiced against Molineux. SOM
) Of them, hov ever. are { anK to say tina
, thew do not think his guilt has been proved
] this ti're,
Application. for admission to Monday
9 sessi N Of the trial were move numerous
= YESTERDAY in the Dist let Attorneys of'ic
r and at TIE Offices Of MolineuN's counse
/, than they lave been at any time durinl
1 the ial The applicants a'c anxious 4
= learn how far Justice Lamt olt will allo'
, the prosecution to so In summing up II
: case 1hcv erect to hear to-morro'
= a fairly concise eyposition Of the ov'tenc
for and against MolineuX, and as this
the first time that "A defence has been IN
terpo.ed by his lav yes there IL grca
curiosity To listen to what thcv will haV
u to sav about the prosecutions case an
methods.
n The prosecutor expects to occupy thrc
:, hours in summing up.