New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-12
no DEFENCE WAS NEEDED.
JURORS WOULD HAVE ACQUITTED
WHEN THE PROSECUTIONS
CASE WAS CLOSED.

Edward L. Young, foreman OF the jury, at hts
home last night said:
When Justice Lambert charged the jury he
told us that If the evidence so convinced us We
could find Molineux guilty of murder in the first
degree murder In the second degree and the diff
ferent degrees of manslaughter. or find him not
guilty. As soon were in the jury room We
concluded that We would eliminate every crime
hut that Of murder in the FIRST degree, and il
would be either guilty not guilty -Four min
utes after we had reached the jury room we took
blind ballot I passed the hat myself, and
there were twelve Not guilty votes in the hat.
That settled it, for every man was Of the same
mind"
What part of the defence made the greatest
impression on the jury?" he was asked.
An care to say is that Molineux was not
proven guilty"
Benjamin !. Smelling. who Juror No. 4,
said last night AZ his home
There was nothing in the evidence 70 connect
Molineux with the murder OF Mrs Adams. The
prosecution failed to make any case against
Molineux whatever. and we did the only thing
we could-scquit him. Not one man on the Jury
believed that he wrote the address on the poi
son package
]. Noah II Slice. Juror No. Il. said:
1t was case where twelve men were Of one
mind. And the prosecution made no case
against Molineux, that is why acquitted him
SO quickly We could not have done otherwise.
'One Of the jurors. I will not say which, put
this question in the jury room after the ballot
had been taken and 1t was known how all
stood How many here would have acquitted
Molineux at the end Of the prosecutions case?'
Eleven men raised their hands. and then looked
in surprise at the twelfth man. he had not
understood the question. and remarked: What
sou voting now. gentlemen Inc ques-
ton repeated 10 him, and he Immediately
raised his hand high in the air and called out
enthusiastically. Here, too
In spite Of all that, think that the defence
made very excellent move when il placed MOL
ineuE himself on the stand II We were On,
WINGED Of his innocence after the prosecution mad
failed make out case. We were more so al
ter the defendant himself had testified he an
s1vered every question without hesitation and IN
gentlemanly way. The impression ne maze
could not have been more favorable
John J. Redner, No. II on the MolneuX pahei'
said last night; :.
PENDANT with the cyanide of mercury, or VIII
the purchase of the silver holder II the pTose
cution had fixed these upon the defendant our
decision would have been different
The handwriting experts about baialiSeu,
There we're four on each side. If n man sald 10
me That horse is black, and another saip;
That horse IL white and l were pima, WOuIu
have doubt. And the defendant gets the
we we're convinced OF the innocence Of the
defendant without his attempting 10 prove the
fact"
Charles NJ. O'Connor Juror No. 6. was seen
sixteentb-sf He expressed himself as delighted
al the manner in which the verdict had oeeh
rendered saying il had been quickly and agree
30 Won think the evidence conclusively
proved that MoIneux was innocent?" he was
asked
Not at ali. not at AL was the reply. i be-
heve il TO be a good Scotch verdict"
DO Won believe MolineuX was guilty. was
asked
Won rnsv quote me as saying" he replied
that ! did not feel that the evidence furnisneo
vas sufficient TO warrant taking man NE
REGARDING the expert testimony, MI OConhoi
declared he did not think II amounted 10 mucn
The only sane remark made by single one
~ the handwriting experts was that made 10y
Mr. Carvalbo when he said. No man can dc
better that he knows how, he declared
Referring 10 counsel in the case, Mr. oCon-
nor had this TO say: osborne Is lIle Aiils -
Osborne this community would not last any
lime NV only regre, is that I had 10 disagree
with him"
Frank Harrison Gould. Juror No >. AZ hi
home al No 2s6 West one hundred and-twenty
nnth-st made eulogistic remarks about couE
sci in the case. told a story OF the sIheIe pal
lot similar 10 that told by the other jurors an'
Then said:
After / had been in the jury box two o
three DAVIS and had observed the prisoner; IN
thought came into my mind tnat II @ouio nae
been a terrible thing TO condemn that younl
man 10 death. ] then mace UP my in,Ho ma q,
such thing were possible ~oulu ny -
70 DO 50, bat would give him every Po"0i" W
Mr. Gould also told this story: -,
When I went into the jury DOS IN na a
chosen next after me said, when ne tooh ms y seo
AZ mn side .TVell TN be damned; here ! haN
81 opinion and they won't let me Ten II. ~
felt relieved 20 think that Wa H. Ter soroe
man who had gone into the jury O"N 49,
William s Harfng. Juror No j.. at MS nome ms
10 West One-hundred- and-t"eieie'''-' So 49,
aWh., ~. man, into the Jury room j SAID Z