The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11
MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER
Mrs. s.Rogers's Character Ques- toned by Defense's Counsel.
In His Reply MT. Osborne Devotes Much of His Time to the Testi- mony of the Handwriting
 Experts and Defends
 Harry Cornish.

New York. Nov. 1o.-The fate of Ro- land B. Molineux will be determined to- morrow. When court adjourned this evening Justice Lambert announced that he would allow Assistant District Attor- ney Osborne bat two hours and half more to finish summing up, which means that the court will deliver its charge and the case will go to the jury during the afternoon.
 The court room was crowded to suffo- cation when, at the opening of today's session, former Governor Black rose to sum up for the defense. After general defense of Moiineux whom he declared the prosecution had utterly failed to con- meet in any way with the death of Mrs. Adams. MT. Black passed to scathing denunciation of Harry Cornish to whose guilt and not that of Molineux, he de- clared, every circumstance in the case directly pointed. More than half of MT. Blacks address, which occupied nearly four hours, was devoted to an anafysis of Cornish's conduct and testimony and of the testimony of other witnesses in maner to support his contention that Cornish's actions were not consistent with his innocence of the crime of which Molineux stands accused.
 Mir Osborne based his argument for the prosecution today largely on the tes- timony of the handwriting experts which he said conclusively showed Molineux to have been the writer of the poison pack age address and of the other disputed exhibits.
 Change in Program.
 Contrary to general expectation, the proceedings did not open with the appeal of former Governor Black for n dismissal of the charges against the accused. That was the scheduled program, but for some reason change was made and as the District Attorney, Osborne. called out:
 'Is Mir. Evealt here?"
 A voice replied that he was. and at MT. Osborne's invitation Mir. Evealt came for ward.
 Ex-Governor Black protested that the ease was closed as far as the taking of testimony was concerned and the case >eadv for argument and prosecution had long whispered conference with Justice Lambert as to the admissability of evil lence.
 Evealt did not testify and the summing ap of counsel was begun.
 In opening his address former Governor Frank s. Black said that Molineux was | director in the Knickerbocker Athletic rlub where Cornish was employed. Mo uneux did not like Cornish and he did not like Harpster. He had many friends in the club and perhaps many enemies Cornish wrote what Molineux considered an improper letter ana Mphneux com- planed of 1t.
 Was that any reason for Melineux sending to Cornish a quantity of poison sufficient to kill any man in that club?' asked Mir. Black. Cornish insulted Mol- ipeux and Molneux behaved like gen. tleman regarding the difference of their station and passed on. Is that proof of murder?'
 Nothing else under the sky has been produced here to indicate any motive Moineux could have for wanting to kill l Cornish
 ''The trouble between Cornish and Mol ineux occurred more than year before the poison package appeared. No evil dence has been presented here to show that in all that time MT. Molineux said one upkind word or uttered one unchar- itable thought toward Cornish. All the evidence in this case points away from Molineux and to another man. I shall indicate who. that man Is before l sit down. The case points to that man just as surely as the needle points to the north star"
 In commenting upon the evidence, Mir Black began with that of Miss Emma Miller the clerk at Hartdegen's store, who sold the silver bottle holder. He said he had to criticise the attitude Of the District Attorney toward the witness. He thought 1t was unfair to force Miss Miller to admit that she had been paid $50 for her testimony.
 DO you know why Miss Miller was treated 1a she Was? he asked. ! "Because after she had volunteered to testify and she could only be brought here as volunteer, she declined to perjure herself. She told the truth. Molineux did not buy the bottleholder. the detective Farrell is the only witness who has brought Mohneux anywhere near that bottleholder, and the nearest he brought him was three quarters of mile. And that is the nearest anyone had brought him to the case"
 Mir. Black ridIculed the testimony of Joseph Koch. the Broadway letter-box man who said Molineux rented a letter hox from him and declared it to be the evidence of a man who "peddled his story and his eternal soul'' at the same time.
 Said Hay Was Fraud.
 Former Governor Black took up the
 uestion of writing and declared that the Washington expert, Hay. was "a stupen- dous frauu' when he e9NH ' nf the request" writing made by Mol Ineux contained a characteristic to be sound in his other writing and in the dis n,,ted writing. Then he dwelt at great ion9tb upon alleged suppression of evil Sence by tho district attorneys office and argred that that evidence might point to some one other than Molineux.
 "The prosecution" he said, "has pro- suced here the poison package wrapper, Che envelope and the Burns letter we con- aade to have been written by Molineux, tbe envelope to Harpster and the Barnett letters, but where are the envelops 10 .so Corrish letters? Not one of them hoe heen presented In evidence Why have thov been suppressed? Did they show too much? You may forget to date S.'" ..z Hut JTncIa Sam never for