The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-28
PICTURES The TRIAL
JULIAN HAWTHORNE GRAPHIC
ALLY DESCRIBES MoLINEux
Minuteiy Dissects the Physical, Mental
and Moral PeeuIiarities and Idiosyn-
crasies of the Celebrated Defendant
Characteristic and Amusing Snap
Shot Of the Jurors and the BaiIiff.

Julian Hawthorne draws a pen pic
ture of the dramatic personae in the
Molineux trial now in progress in New
York city of which the following is an
excerpt:
| At a first glance, the accused seems
not radically altered since three or
four years ago. But as you study him,
you see gradually revealed another
man than that former one. A layer of
unhealthy fat has been spread over his
face and body, and the blood no longer
| flows strongly in his veins, his move
ments are sluggish, and his bearing
spiritless. His skin has taken on a
greenish pallor; his eyes, which are
dark amidst the pallor. and seem lack
ing in eyelashes, are srestlessy though
their movements are seldom acconpa-
MED by a turn Of the head; they some
times assume a defiant look, but soon
relapse into a sort Of apathy; yet it is
an apathy allied with profound inner
disturbance. He sits for long periods
almost immoyable; but there is still
certain movement behind the irnmobil-
ity; and when his head seems to be
still, you can detect slight vibration
y
seioas. So has he sat in his cell, hour
after hour, day after day, year after
! year, and has rehearsed In his mind all
that has passed in his former career,
and has striven to build up the fore
cast of what was to come. Sometimes
he leans forward on the rail to speak
with his counsel, and you notice the
! slipping contour of his shoulders, his
| hoa TJ,o
I his head on his shoulders, the shortness
of his legs. There is slight malforfna-
| ton in every part of Molineux's body
| and head. He is not a full masculine
| type; neither is he feminine. The
/ frontal development Of his brain is
| rather large; but the head is deficient
| behind; the junction of nose and lip
is faulty; and the upper lip projects
beyond the lower, and the small chin is
set far back, though it is not a retreat
j ing chin. This mouth and chin denote
immense power of self-repression; and,
assuming him to be guilty, they ex-
plain why he adopted the secret meth
Cd OF poisoning instead of holder and
more active one; and why he carried
hate in his heart instead Of avoWing it.
His hands are inharmonious and un--
calmly; too large for the right proper
ton. He could, however, under favor
bic circumstances, make. himself at
tractive and even fascinating; for there
is a great power Of sympathetic feeling
1 or at least bearing in men Of his sort.
lille has tact and intuition. He studies
/ men,, and quickly estimates them UP to
certain point. But Molineux is not
profound. and is liable to make seri-
1 Gus errors when he goes beyond his
depth. He is better at guarding his
own secrets than at penetrating 9TH
ers', and no one will ever be able to
! read his true mind or heart. He lives
apart, and must always do so; he is
impotent to admit any one to real init
macy. And yet he might well be most
1companionab1e man.
Tipstaff Always Beside Him.
/ Close beside him sits always the tip
staff who has him in keeping, and the
contrast between the two is striking.
THE latter is mere large mass of rud-
dy, tranquil, bovine strength His
broad, pink cheeks and prominent blue
Eeyes are incapable Of betraying any
emotion above that Of a bull or dray
horse. A most aniable and excellent
d
mountain, a hand like Nasmyth ham
| mer. an arm like pile-driver, back
like a steam derrick. There he sits,
hour after hour, but 1t is difficult to
conceive Of a greater contrast than that
which exists between his probable
mental processes and those of his pris-
oner.
| Several Of the jury remind one Of
well known personages. At one end
there sits large gentleman who, in
profile, strongly recalls Grover Cleve-
land. He suggests that a planet has ac-
/ cidentally been born in the form of a
man. He chews tobacco quietly, and
has sspittoon all to himself; he is Sc
rious and good natured, and pays strict
attention to the proceedings Near
him is an individual with mustaehe
suspiciously dark and a, massive and
| unyielding type Of countenance. He
chews gum and is the only person of
that persuasion on the jury. though
there is a man with the head of an
original humorist behind him who &C..
casionally chews something; I take it
| to be jujubes. One Of the jurors looks
little like Andrew Lang, the famous
Scotch writer and poet, though he may
be twenty years his junior. There is
| an opinionated man, dignif1ed one,
an orthodox man, a conventional man,
an aggressive and laxative one, and
one in whom the moral convictions are
strong, and who, in case of a disagree
| ment. will feel that there are eleven
| blockheads in the box.
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