Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-10

New York, Nov. 10.-The criminal
branch Of the supreme court opened
today on the closing scenes of the sec
ond trial of Roland Mollneux for the
murder of Katherine j. Adams on Dec.
rs, 1898.
An hour before the official time for
opening the court more than a thou
sand men and women thronged the cor
ridors of the criminal building and
clamored for admission. a special
squad OF policemen was on du-
~ to reinforce the court squad
and the visitors were formed into
lines four deep and compelled to show
their cards Of admission.
At least 70 per cent were women and
most of them had cards from the jur-
ors or from the lawyers In the case or
from attaches OF the district attorneys
office. As consequence before $3.50
every seat was occupied, the reporters
tables were overwhelmed. and chairs
blocked the ases
Contrary TO general expectation. the
proceedings did not open with the APP
peal Of ex-Gov. Black for dismissal OF
the charges against the accused but
First Asst. Dist. ATTY. Osborne called
Mr.. Eyeal 10 the witness chair.
Ex-Gov Black protested that the case
was closed as far as the taking of testi-
mony was concerned. and the counsel
for tae defense and prosecution had
long whispered conference with Justice
Lambert as to the admissibility Of the
testimony.
Eveal did not testify and the sum
ming up Of counsel was begun.
In opening his address former Gov
Frank S. Black said Molneux was
director Of the Knlckerbocker Athletic
club where Cornish was employed
Mollneux did not like Cornish and he
did not like Harpster be had many
friends In the club and perhaps many
enemies. Cornish wrote what Molineux
considered an improper letter, and
MolineuX complained of 1t.
"Was that any reason for Molineux
sending to Cornish quantity of poison
sufficient 10 kin any man In that olubY'
asked Mr., Black. Cornish insulted
Moineux and Molineux behaved like
gentleman, regarding the difference OF
their station, and passed on Is that
proof Of murder? Nothing else under
The sky has been produced here to lndi-
cnte any motive MOlineux could have
for wanting to kill Cornish,
II "The trouble between Cornish and
MolneuX occurred more than a year
before the poison package appeared. No
evidence has been presented here 70
show that In all that time Mr.. Molineux
had said an unkihd word or uttered one
uncharitabe thought toward Cornish.
An the evidence in this case points
away from Molineux and towards an
other man. | shall Indicate who that
man is before | Sit down. The case
points 10 that man just as surely as the
needle points to the north STAR
In commenting upon the evidence Mr.
Rack began with that OF Miss Emma
Miller. the clerk at Hart Degan's store,
who sold the silver bottle holder he
said ne had to critlcise the attitude
OF the district attorney toward inst
witness. He thought 1t was unfair to
force Miss Miller TO admit that she
had been paid $3.50 for her testimony,
DO you know why Miss Miller was
treated as she was?" he asked. III
was because after she had volunteered
70 testify and she could only be brought
here as a volunteer she declined to
pcriure herself. She told the truth.
Moiineux did not buy the bottleholder
1.-THE detective. Farrell. is the only
witness who has brought Molineux
anywhere near that botteholder. and
tie nearest he brought him was three
quarters Of mile. And that is the
nearest any one had brought him to
the case"
Ex-Gov Black ridlculed the test-
mony OF Joseph Koch, the Broadway
letter-box man, who said Molineux
rented a letter box from him and de-
clared II to be the evidence OF a man
who "peddled his story and his eternal
acul at the same time" The governor
took up the question of writing. and
declared that the Washington expert,
Hay, was "a stupendous fraud" when
he testified that none Of the request
writing made by Molineux contained
characteristic to be found In his other
writing and In the disputed writing
Then he dwclt at length upon the al
legged suppression of evidence by the