Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-12

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The law places the lurocn !. I, =,
~ ioc,e,on upon you. You are ell..u.sa
- exercise your own 5udgnlenl, ose 20 The
these disputed points. me opi ill.s,,y va,
cxncrt. are not controlling upon ~. he-
are under no legal requlll 4e.lN'N'
l,cye what they told YOU. .,,,,,,,,. for
..you have to take the responsiplll.s - -
,,o,r decision II the peoples case 1 seuId
an he question of Handwriting ~ s n.'tha
Ia dismissed. butIif the contention y uis
,,rnscc,,tion is sustained in other Respects
,.oy, may consider the 11andWrlti,ns. -.
"Did the defendant obtain LII, .ns :. 10.
box from Tiffany & Co., ~. ne a,.,dence
ov;dcnco here that he uid. but e Vlueliee
has been submitted that he had an III g
Cunt there. The most that can pc salu
for that point is that he had the oppoi
tunity 49,, bottle of
bronco He says he did not. lhele !. 40 '.. -
evidence here to contradict It, put II vas
in the box he had the, opportunity - W
tain
tain.
The Bott1c-Ho1der.
Coming 10 the consideration of the bot
t,e-holdcr. in which the poison was sent
Justice Lambert said that MISS Nlller
d
and Huff agreed that Molineux was not
the purchaser.
"T,ut.'' he said. 'it is my duty to tell
YOU that no evidence has been presenteo
to connect this defendant with the hoiaer.
Now the question is, did the defenoant
procure the poison? The Defendant 'olu
YOU he never made the poison. Upon .lie
theory that he did not send the rolsol SUI
package. that is reasonable enough, put
pfh that
send the package then you may take
into consideration the fact of the tacliltE
with which he could have obtained the
poison
Koch Argument Felony.
Justice lambert declared that the agree
ment made by Koch, the letter-boX man.
to sell his story exclusively to receive
his pay when he swore in the actual trla1
to the truth of his story. was 1elon!s
..Another branch of this case to which
I desire to refer is this. The defendant
hatj perfect right to try and point ou'
the man he believes to be guilty OF the
crime of which he stands accused, but ne
is not bound in his own defense TO pre-
sent sufficient evidence to convince you
of that others guilt. He is entitled TO
tn, benefit of any doubt he may arouse.
arouse
IF YOU believe the testimony of Pro
fessor vulte. of Columbia College he
| said, "Molineux could not have mailed
that package. The defense claims that
Cornish was there. Then there is the
testimony Of Mrs. Stephenson. | am not
going to discuss that. If that woman
told the truth. that ends this case ana
| eliminates Molineux. If she saw Cornish
| mail that package. this defendant is not
guilty. 1t is for you to investigate this
| and decide for yourselves.
No REQUESTS for Defendant.
| At the close of the charge, Mr.. Black
said he had no requests to make. The
Assistant District Attorney had several,
W CHI the court said he had already
| told before the jury.
Mr.. Osborne had nothing more to say,
and Justice Lambert asked Ex-Governor
| Black if he had anything to say against
| Mr.. Osborne's proposition that the jury
| take the handwriting exhibits to their
room.
II think Mr. Black said, that that
would be giving undue prominence to the
handwriting testimony
You object. Them queried the court.
! THAT settles it. The jurors cannot have
| the exhibits
The jury retired at sis
| Verdict In 13 Minutes.
In exactly thirteen minutes after the
| jury had retired, word was brought to
the courtroom that a verdict had been
| reached. Court officers shouted for order,
| and a hurry call was sent for Justice
! Lambert. who was not to be found in his
| chambers 1t was 3:cS when the notice
! was received. and 1t was 3:45 when JUS
| tice Lambert took his seat. MolneuX,
who had been brought into court on the
| first notice from the jury-roon. sat calm
| and confident as ever. Barlow S. Weeks.
of his counsel, leaned across the rail and
WHISPERED to him, Its all right lhe
! time tells US that"
I II never doubted it, N1olineux re
| piled.
The old General was far more agitated
| than his son. and it was evident that the
suspense was very hard upon him.
! AS soon as Justice Lambert took his
seat he notified the audience that there
must be no demonstration, and then in
! structed the clerk to put the question &c
the jury.
Verdict Rendered.
Not guilty." said the foreman, in re-
ply to the formal inquiry. and Molineux
| who had been standing to receive the
| verdict. sank back in his chair.
Burst of Applause.
There was burst of applause. but il
| was speedily quelled by the court onlcers
Justice Lambert ordered the court cleared
and told the jurors TO remain in their
seats until it was cleared When, after
| counsel for both sides had congratulated
| ca CHI other and the jury. and had thanked
| the court Justice Lambert ordered the
formal discharge Of MolneuS. a crowd
of at least thousand followed, cheering
General MolineuX and his son. as they
left the courtroom. with Messrs. Olcott
| and Weeks. Former Governor Black. who
! reached the sidewalk some five minutes
later. received an even greater ovation
! than had greeted MolineuX. General Moli-
| neux when asked for an expression OF
/, opinion on the verdict. wrote and signed
for all his reporter friends the follow
| ing:
Poetry from the General.
THE struggle is over. the battle done
And might has lost but right has Won.
| From the Criminal Court building, Molt-
neux went to the city prison IT. max
ing his way to his cell, and thence to the
front entrance. he traversed consider
able portion OF both the old and the new
| prison. and everywhere he went the news
of his acquittal went, too and the pris-
Oners chcered him. He even went through