Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-10
Last Scenes In
MoHneur Trial.
Immense TRrona Sfosiy Women, Crowded Corridors Of
Csnnnai Court-P Prosecution Recalled Witness EVeal-
Er-Goy. BLACK Takes Up Case for Defense and SHOES
HosO Evidence Ullerl, Fails 10 hplcah Defendant

district attorneys office and argued
that the evidence might point to some
one other than Mollneux.
1.-THE prosecution" he said has pro-
duced here the poison package wrap
pei, the envelope TO the Burns letter
VIC concede TO have been writtn by
XolInux, the envelope to the Harpster
and the Barnett letters, but where are
the envelopes to the Cornish lettersP
Not one of them has been presented In
evidence. Why have they been sup
pressed? Did they show too much?
You may forget TO date your letters
but Uncle Sam never forgets. Did the
Cornish envelopes show too much?
in Molineuxs desk, Newark, was
package OF small envelopes used for
enclosing cards The detectives Of the
district attorneys office found them but
they did not match envelopes that ac-
companled the poisoned package and
so they were suppressed. Was that
10 shield anybody? 1t was crime to
murder Mrs. Adams. but 1t would be
no less crime TO murder this man on
the evidence In this case. You are
asked to believe that no man can get
cyanide Of mercury unless he APP
proaches IL with a mask and In fact
the prosecution asks you to believe
that II can only be got in Newark II
YOU want II you can get II, II any or
you want cyanide Of mercury get II
when you go 10 lunch. Or If you have
lot time, I'll get you enough to poison
every man within the sound OF my
voice and II shall not cost you more
than 81 cents
AS to the Barnett letters Mr.. Black
said:
II don't know and | don't care when
and where they were mailed and Moli-
neux does not know and he doesn't
care"
Counsel analyzed the testimony Of the
handwriting men to show how they dir"
fered and how all had admitted, under
cross examination that there were hun.
dreds of characters In the disputed and
conceded writings that In no way re-
semble each other. Molineux never
wlote that address, | don't know who
did and In my opinion the man VINO
wrote il has not appeared In this case
Coming 10 the connection OF Cornish
with the case, Mr. Black declared that
he was not arguing for the punishment
of anyone, but that he believed II was
his duty TO show the whole case to the
jury as he himself saw 1t.
There was a crime and there was
n motive" he said land the motive
points TO Harry S. Cornish
Mr.. Black recited from the records
the story of Cornish's divorce, his
meeting with Mrs. Rogers, then separ-
ated from her husband, and her late d.
vorcee. .t i-.-f'
Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Rogers mother,
was a good woman, Mr.. Black said. do
you think she looked with complalsance
on the conditions that prevail?
There is motive, the great consuming
motive force for all things, The mo-
tive Cornish had against the life of
Mrs. Adams compared to the motive
Molineux had against the life OF
Cornish was as the volcano OF Mar
Unique to the tapping of waves against
the statue OF Liberty In our own har-
Dor"
Mr.. Black called attention to the evil
dence given that the purchaser of the
bottleholder In which the poison was
sent said he wanted the holder to
match the silver on a ladys toilet Ia
BILE, and frsm that he argued that the
purchaser knew tHt pattern VI ~ o.
Rogers silver. He also reviewed the
testimony OF Koch, the letter box man,
who said the renter OF the private box
wore brown overcoat Cornish de.
MED while on the stand that he had
any oyercoat that winter, but Mr.,
Black read from the last trial to show
that he had one and that II was brown.
Cornish. who was In court, appeared
to be little concerned by Mr.. Blacks
line OF argument. Once or twice when
his name was mentioned he laughed
aloud.
Ex-Gov. Black touched lightly on
the testimony given by Mrs. Stephenson
and argued that extraordinary as II
appeared and fantastic as Mr.. osborne
may call It, everything she said was
within the bounds OF possibility. He re-
minded the jury that II was In reply to
the prosecution and not to any ques-
tions from the defense that Mrs. Steph-
enson partially Identified Cornish as the
man who she saw In the postofiice.
Mr. Black finished summing up. for
the defense in the Molineux trial at
1925 o'clock.