New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-11

Addresses TO the jury in the Molineux trial
occupied all of yesterdays sessions of the Grim
inal Branch of the Supreme Court. yet the sum
ming up for the prosecution not finished
when Justice Lambert ordered adjournment
at p. m. In all probability Justice Lambert
will deliver his charge and give the case 10 the
jury early this afternoon. Before night Roland
B. Molineux may hear the verdict.
Ex-Governor Frank S Black. of Molineux's
counsel. talked to the jury about four hours
His arguments for the defence were delivered
with all the force and eloquence of which he is
master He held the attention of the jury close
ly from the beginning to the end Of his long
address He did not content himself with ef-
forts to convince the jury that 1t could not have
been Molineux who sent to Harry s Cornish. at
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, on December
% 1898 the poison that killed Mrs. Katherine
J. Adams at her home FIVE days later He de-
clared that there was stronger proof against
Cornish than against Molineux. He argued from
the evidence presented in the trial that Cornish
had motive for the murder OF Mrs Adams.
while Molineux had no adequate motive for
sending poison to Cornish.
Mr. Blacks arraignment of Cornish OF a
character TO make deep impression on every
body within the sound of his voice. He wove
into 1t the testimony pointing to Cornish as one
poisoning of Mrs. Adams. and he made the
startling point that in all the testimony for
the prosecution there was not word TO show
thai the supposed bottle of bromO seltzer which
was sent 10 Cornish at the club in a silver
holder contained poison when it reached the
club. There nothing to show that the
poison was not mixed with the powder after
Cornish received the bottle. he declared. Cor
nish heard himself arraigned by the counsel for
the defence. He sat much Of the time with a
scowl on mis- face. watching Mr. Black with half
closed eyes.
The testimony OF the handwriting experts
called by the prosecution was analysed by Mr..
Black in merciless fashion He declared that
ne would not hang dog on such evidence. He
said Molineux did not know and did not care
who wrote the Cornish" letters which the ex-
perts declared had been written by the same
hand that the address on the poison
package. Why he asked. had the prosecution
failed to produce the envelopes Of the letters?
Did the envelopes show that the letters had
been mailed near the place where Cornish had
been living with the daughter OF Mrs Adams?
Assistant District Attorney Osborne who
talked 10 the jury for nearly three hours in the
afternoon. and will continue his arguments this
morning. devoted a good part of his address 10
defending Cornish He tried to show that in
arraignng Cornish the defence had sought to
prove too much. Then he went over the testi-
mony for the prosecution. seeking to show that
It proved MoIineux's guilt He was interrupted
by Justice Lambert when he asked the jury TO
accept some testimony which had not been pre-
sented He will have the advantage Of finishing
his argument after period of rest and time
for thought.
When the arguments were being presented to
the jury information reached the city of the
death of Henry F. Rogers. who was the di-
vorced husband of Mrs. Adams's daughter The
divorce was obtained after Cornish went to live
with Mrs Rogers. Mr.. Rogers died In Buffalo.
where he was living at the time of Mrs. Adamss