Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-11
Roland B. Molineux, on Trial
for Murder of Mrs. Adams,
Soon to Know Fate.
COURT WILL CHARGE TODAY.
Black, Attorney for Ae-
eused, Talked to the jury for Al
most Four Hours-says Cornish Is
the Guilty Man.

| New York, Nov. 1.-THE fate Of Ro-
Hand B. Molineux will be determined
today. When court adjourned yester-
day evening Justice Lambert an
nounced that he would allow Assist
ant District Attorney Osborne but
two hours and half more to finish
summing up, which means that the
court will deliver its charge and the
case will 60 to the jury during this
afternoon.
The court room was crowded TO
suffocation when at the opening OF
Yesterdays session former Governor
Black rose to sum up for the defense.
After a general defense Of Molineux,
whom, he declared, the prosecution
had utterly failed to connect in any
way with the death of Mrs. Adams,
Mr.. Black passed to a scathing de-
nunciation of Harry Cornish, to whose
guilt, and not that OF Molineux, he
declared every circumstance in the
case directly pointed More than
half Of Mr.. Blacks address, which oc-
cupied nearly four hours, was deVote1
to an analysis OF Cornish's conduct
and testimony and Of the testimony
of other witnesses in manner to
support his contention that Cornish's
factions were not consistent with his
Innocence of the crime Of which
Molineux stands accused.
Mr.. Osborne based his argument
for the prosecution yesterday largely
on the testimony Of the handwriting
experts, which, he said, conclusiVely
showed Molineux to have been the
writer of the poison package address
and Of the other disputed exhibits.
Mr.. Black closed at 1925, having
tspoken hours and IS minutes.
Assistant District Attorney o.
borne, in opening for the prosecution,
ridiculed the theory Of the counsel
for the defense that the death, OF Mrs.
Adams was the result OF deliberate
design by Cornish, and argued that
it would be absurd to suppose that
Cornish would go down to mail "a
package to himself.
Mr.. Osborne touched on Governor
Blacks charge that the prosecution
had suppressed the evidence OF the
envelopes found in Molineux's desk.
Referring to the statement made by
Mr.. Black that Cornish did not attend
the funeral of Mrs. Adams, and dare
not face the dead woman, Mr.. Os-
borne read from the minutes to show
that Cornish visited the fiat before
Mrs. Adams body was removed and
that Ex-Governor Black had refused
10 let him tell on the witness stand
why he was absent from the funeral.
Then counsel contradicted ex-Gov-
ernor Blacks contention that Cornish
was shamming sick, and read the evil
dence of the doctors who attended
Cornish in the Knickerbocker Ath-
letic club, who said they found him
suffering from an irritant poison.
The insinuation that motive for
the murder of Mrs. Adams could be
found in Cornishs feelings for Mrs.
Rogers, the prosecuting attorney said
was not worthy of consideration. All
the evidence he said, showed that
Mrs. Adams and Cornish were on the
best of terms, and he added that
there was nothing against Mrs.
Rodgers character, except the insin-
uations of the defendants lawyer.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Black
traced Cornish's actions after Mrs.
Adams death.
Ex-Governor Black declared the
case against Cornish far stronger
than the case against Molineux.
As to the purchase Of the bottle
holder Mr. Osborne said that Mol
ineux was daily in Newark and knew
the Hartdegen store we'll, where he
had a friend. Arnold. Why, then, he
asked, did not the defense call Arnold,
who had refused to come here for
the prosecution.
Taking up the evidence of the
handwriting experts, Mr. Osborne
said the testimony Of David H. Car
valho, the expert called by the de-
tense, proved his contention that
Molineux wrote the poison package
wrapper. Carvalho said the wrapper
address was not disguised sufficiently
to hide the characteristics OF the nat
ural hand of the writer
Mr.. Osborne declared that no man
could avoid seeing the likeness be-
tween the characters in the conceded
writing OF Molineux and the poison
package wrapper. He argued that the
writer dared not entirely hide his
hand or use printing characters or
7 typewriter for fear Of defeating his
object by arousing the suspicion OF
the recipient of the package.
At s o'clock Justice Lambert an
nounced a suspension of the proceed
ings until this morning