Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-10
POINTS TO ANOTHER
Black Declares Molineux In
nocent Of Murder.
CORNISH IS INDICATED
COUNSEL BEGIN ARGUMENTS IN
FAMOUS TRIAL.
Women Crowd Court Room and Pris-
oner Has Difficulty in Find
ing Chair.
CORNISH Is INDICATED

branch of the supreme court opened today
upon the closing scenes in the second trial
of Roland B. Molineux for the murder OF
katherine J. Adams on December 2S 1898
An hour before the official time of open
ing the court crowd of more than a
thousand men and women thronged the
corridors of the criminal court building
and clamored for admission. A special
squad of policemen was on duty to rein
force the court squad, and the visitors were
formed into lines four deep and compelled
to show their cards of admission.
Two-Thirds Women.
At least 70 per cent were women, and
most of them had cards from the jurors or
from the lawyers in the case or from at
a consequence, before $50 every seat was
occupied, the reporters tables were over
whelmed, chairs blocked the aisles and in
passageway from the Justices chamber to
the bench were about twenty women.
When Molineux was brought in no chair
could be found fHr him. His father Cen
eral MolneuX, gave up his place to the de-
fendant and a reporter shared his chair
with General Melineux.
Didn't Ask for Dismissal of Charges.
Contrary to general expectation, the pro-
former Governor Black for dismissal of
the charges against the accused. That was
the scheduled program, but for some rea-
son or other a change was made and AS
sistant District Attorney Osborne called
out:
rs Mr.. Eveal here?'
voice replied that he was and at Mr.
Osborne's invitation Mr.. Eveal walked to
the witness chair
Ex-Governor Black protested that the
case was closed as far as the taking of tes-
timony was concerned, and the counsel for
the defense and prosecution had long
whispered conference with Justice Lambert
as the admissibility of the testimony.
Eveal did not testify, andsthes summing up
of counsel was begun
Black Opens HIS Address.
In opening his address, former Gov. Frank
S. Black said that Molineux was director
of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, where
Cornish was employed Molineux did not
like Cornish, and he did not like Harpster.
He had many friends in the club, and per-
haps many enemies. Cornish wrote what
MolineuX considered an improper letter, and
Molineux complained Of it,
Was that any reason for MoEineux send
Ing to Cornish a quantity of poison, suf1-
cient to kill any man in that club?" asked
Mr.. Black.
Cornish insulted Molineux, and Molineux
behaved like gentleman, regarding the
difference of their stat ion, and passed on
Is that proof Of murder? Nothing else
under the sky has been produced here to
indicate any motive Molneux could have
for wanting to kill Cornish.
Points to Another Man, Black Says.
The trouble between Cornish and Moli-
neux occurred more than year before the
poison package appeared. No evidence has
been presented here to show that in all that
time Molineux said one unkind word or
uttered one uncharitable thought toward
Cornish. All the evidence in this case points
away from Molineux and to another man.
shall indicate who that man Is before
sit down. The case points to that man just
as surely as the needle points to the north
STAR
In commenting upon the evidence Mr.
Back began with that of Miss Emma Mil
Ter, the clerk at Hartdegan's store, who
sold the silver bottle holder. He said he
had to criticise the attitude of the district
attorney toward that witness. He thought
NIT that she had been paid $50 for her
testimony
Declined to Perjure Herself.
do you know why Miss Miller was treat
ed as she was?" he asked. TT was be-
cause after she had volunteered to testify
and she could only be brought here as
She told the truth. Molineux did not buy
the bottle holder
The detective, Farrell, Is the only wit
ness who has brought Molineux anywhere
near that bottle holder and the nearest
he brought him was three-quarters of a
mile And that is the nearest any one
had brought him to the case"
Called Washingtonian a Fraud.
Mr.. Black ridiculed the testimony of Jos.
X nch tha Il
said Molineux rented letter box from him
and declared 1t TO be the evidence OF g man
who "peddled his story and his eternal
sour' at the same tine
The former governor lookup the question
of writing, and declared that the Washing
ton expert, Hayss3was "a stupendous
fraud when he he@testthed that none of the
request writing nede by Molinenx con-
tained a characteristic to be found in his
other writing and in the disputed writing.
Then he dweit at great length upon the
alleged suppression of evidence by the dis
trict attorneys office, and argrted that that
evidence might point to some one other
than MolineuX.
Envelopes Were Suppressed.
THE prosecutions" he said, 'tasproduced
here the poison package wrapper, the en-
velope to the Burns letter we concsde to
have been written by Melinenx, the en-
'>-SRS ~ ehO AAdAp potST AHA tiiC tDfth hSS ~
ters, but where are the envelopes to the
Cornish letters? Not one Of them has been
presented in evidence. Why have they
been suppressed? Did they show too much?
You may forget to date your letters, but
Uncle Sam never forgets. Did the Cornish
envelopes show too much?
In Molineuxs desk. in Newark was a
package Of small envelopes used for incios-
ing cards. The detectives OF the district at
torney's office found them, but they did not
match the envelopes that accompanied the
poison package, and $50. they were sup
Poison Easy TO Get.
Was that to shield anybody? II was a
crime to murder Mrs ADAMS" he con-
tinued, hut IL would be no less crime to
murder this man upon the evidence in this
case.
You are asked to believe that no man
can get cyanide OF mercury unless he ap-
proaches 1t with a mask: and. in fact, the
prosecution asks ven to beffeve that 1t can
only be got in Newark.
II you want It you can get IT, If any of
you want cyanide Of mercury, get 1t when
you go to lunch. Or, if you haven't time,
I'll get you enough to poison every man