Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
FATE OF M0L|NEUX,
1T WILL APPARENTLY BE DETER
MINED ONCE FOR ALL BY THE
JURY THIS EVENING.
GOV. BLACKS SUMMING UP.
Defendant Not Shown to Be Connect
ed With the Crime.
DENUNCIATIoN OF CARNIsH.
TO His Guilt, and Not That of Mo1i-
neux, Says the Ex-Governor, Every
circumstances in the Case Direct
~ Points-Assistant District At
torney Osborne to Finish His Ad-
dress This Morning.
by Vance Thompson.


NEW YORK, November 10-(Special.)-
Never has such crowd beat at the doors
of the court room as that which thronged
halls and doorways and corridors OF the
Criminal Courts building to-day. So early
as $50 O'Clock there were hundreds of
curious and excited men and women.
who were kept i'll order only by the
strenuous efforts OF a score of police
men. at o'clock the first floor of the
big building looked like a football field.
courtroom however, was full from wall
to wall The favored few hundred had
been slipped in through the private door.
Friends of the lawyers, friends OF the
district attorney, friends of long pul''
politicians, girls in red and blue and
black-these were the choice folk who
We're to see the end of the fight made by
Roland B. Molineux for his life and good
name. And without a thousand strong
mob. noisy, sweaty, disappointed We're
driven to and fro By the police and herd
cd out into the street.
On the tick Of 10, Justice Lambert took
his place and the great trial went on.
Mclineux entered, pale and confident. He
took his fathers hand and smiled into
the old. proud face of the man who has
been more than a father to him. Then
for a few moments there was a pause,
while the good judge studied certain un-
known papers.
"Thc Country Lawyer
Ex-Governor Black. with his hair new
trimmed into an approach to city fashion,
sprawled long and lank in his chair, wait
ing.
And moment by moment the women per-
colated in-they seemed to get in by every
window and door. They squatted on the
floor; they hung to the acknowledges;
they swarmcd in behind the jury box.
they sat on the steps OF the witness stand.
And they were wives OF lawyers in the
case, wives of jurors, it is said. and wives
of omnpotent politicians. The air of the
court room was foul, foul with perfumes
from sashing girls and 700 others who
We're breathing it In and out
We waited ten minutes-fifteen minutes
twenty minutes; nothing.
Justice Lambert and Mr.. Black and the
assistant district attorney were whispering
together at the bench. What were they
saying? What new development in the
case did all this triangular whispering
foretell. Osborne came down to tell US
that it amounted to nothing at all
I'VE were simply Strengthening out the
record'' he said. lightly.
1t was nearly 10:30-the usual hour
when roll call for the jury was made:
and the good judge said: Now let us
have silence. Those who cannot keep
still will be requested to leave court.
Slowly the great county lawyer rose;
one hand on the table. one behind his
back. He paid the usual compliments to
the judge for his fairness and recOg
nized neatly Mr.. Osborne's "eager zeal"
Then, after thanking the jury for their
patience and attention in this marvel
lous case he began his strong pleading
for his unhappy client.
Augmented by hundreds the clamorous
mob that overran the Criminal Courts
building this morning appeared again this
afternoon. In their determination to reach
the courtroom about the half-sweltering
mob developed emotional insanity.
The Police Were Ratified.
So harassed were the policemen that
they lost their heads-not that they be-
came in any way brutal. but they forgot
to distinguish between who should and
should not obtain entrance to the court
room. Women grabbed the guards and
shreked at them. Many women wept
Men fought like men fight at the evening
rush at the entrance to Brooklyn bridge
Even jurors were compelled to fight for
admittance.
When Judge Lambert took his seat on
the bench in the afternoon the scene In
the courtroom was more like the pre-
liminary surroundings of a dog fight than
anything else. Men and women were
snarling at each other for seats.
When some semb!ance of order, follow
ing the entrance of Molineux, had been
obtained Governor Black. palpably hoarse
from his effort of the morning, resumed
his speech in a apologize way.
Mr.. Osborne began his summing up at
$3.50 o'clock.
shifting like lightning, came into the
through a line CT women. who
put out their hands as if to touch him
Their comments were audible to him as
he passed along, but he gave no sign.
Wrigging his way through a crowd
inside the railing the prisoner caught the
eye of his father, who had been stand
ing for All hour with his elbows on the
partition about the space reserved for
counsel. gazing quizzically at the irnpa-
tient, uncomfortable crowd a quick
handclasp few soft spoke n words and
father and son sat down together for the
final act in the drama of law in which
they have been chief actors since October
9Th.
Ex-Goycrnor Blnck,s Address.
In opening his address to-day. ex-
Governor Black said that Moiineux was
a director of the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club, where Cornish was employed. Moli-
neux did not like Cornish, and he did not
like Harpster. He had many friends II
the club, and perhaps many enemies.
Cornish wrote what A1olineux considered
an improper letter and Molineux COM
planned of It, Was that any reason for
Molineux's sending to Cornish quantity
OF poison sufficient to kill any man In the
club?' asked Mr.. Black.
"Cornish insulted h1olineux and Moli-
neux behaved like gentleman, regard
ing the difference of their stations, an,'
passed on. Is that proof of, murder
Nothing else under the sky has been pro-
duced here to Indicate any motive Moli-
neux could have had for wanting to kill
Cornish.
..The trouble between Cornish and Mol,-
neux occurred more than year before
the poison package appeared. No evi-
dence has been presented here to show
that In all that time Mr.. Molineux said
one unkind word. or uttered one un-
charitable thought toward Cornish. All
the evidence In this case points away
from Alnllpeux. and to another man. !
shall indicate who that man IS before
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