Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-12

Closing Scenes In Celebrated New
York Murder Case.
JUDGES CHARGE TO JURY,
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
declares His Conviction That
the Evidence Has Proved
the Prisoners Guilt,

| New York, Nov. 1.-THE Jury hal
acquitted Roland R. Molineux of tn,
charge of numbering Mrs. Katherine
Adams by poison.
In charging the jury Justice Lam
bert declared they were not bound Il
acquit or find verdict of murder ii
the first degree. After defining the de
grees. the justice said:
| III you find he Is not guilty of muir
der In the first degree, then you may
I II the evidence warrants. find him
guilty Of either Of the other degrees
which I mention.
THE defendant Is presumed to be
innocent until the evidence establishes
his guilt beyond q reasonable doubt.
The burden never shifts. 1t is the
burden Of the people to prove his guilt
beyond reasonable doubt.
1T IL not free from difficulties to i'm
part to jury the legal definition of a
reasonable doubt.
1T is claimed the defendant wrote
the address on the poison package, and
unless that is established the defend
ant cannot be convicted of any crime.
SO that is the essential thing for you to
determine.
1T Is not claimed that the defendant
was seen to write it. He denies it.
But the people are required to establish
the fact that he wrote that poison pack
age address"
The Judge then continued by review
ing the evidence presented for and
against the accused man.
Lawyer Oshorne's Address.
In his closing address Assistant Dis.
'trict Attorney Osborne declared that
the evidence all pointed to Molineux
and not to Cornish, as had been assert
cd by former Governor Black in his
anal plea for the prisoner. 1t was ap-
parent from Mr.. Osborne's address
that he intended to rest his case chief
ly on the testimony of the handwriting
experts. He declared that Mr.. Black
had been mistaken when he told the
Jury that experts testified that the
handwriting on the poison package and
the Barnet and Cornish letters was not
disguised. 1t was all disguised, he
said, and the experts so testified. The
disguise began with the Cornish let
tsrs, 1t was better with the Barnett
letters and became almost perfect in
the poison package. And in all three
writings. Mr.. Osborne claimed, could
be found every essential characteristic
ef Molineux's writing.
Mr.. Osborne declared that one Of the
nine places where the egg blue cres-
cent paper could be bought was the
store Of Blum & Co., in Newark, and
that iolineux's employers had an &C.
count there. Mr.. Black interrupted
Mr.. Osborne, and the latter asked:
do you deny it?' Mr.. Black said he
did not, and the prosecutor continued:
Another thing is that Molineux was
'eeking a medicinal remedy. This man,
writing under the name Of Cornish, sent
| letter to Stearns & Co. inquiring |
lbout Harpster. Harpster, as I under
'tand it. kept $50 that Stearns said be-
onged to them. Now. there were only
our persons who knew Harpster was
Employed there-Cornish, Heiles, Gal
a CHER and the man who had the blue
B. Molineux.
what were Molineux's relations with
cornish and Harpster? Let us call
Gallagher. He said, Il know that Mol
neux did not like Harpster.' The let
er was written in December, 1898.
Ieiles went to the Knickerbocker club
o sell beef. Molineux said he would
i've him the contract for the club If
Ieiles would buy some paint which he
vas interested in in Newark. They got
D talking, and Molineux showed what
yas brooding in his mind. He showed
Is enmity to Cornish Harpster came
p, and they remarked that he was a
irty, low fellow, like Cornish. Then
aey decided to write the lett. \,
"Can you ask man to have more
ltense hatred for another person than
, try to deprive him Of his position
hen it would not do you any good?
Molinerix did that to Harpster, what
,ould he do to COrnish?" Il
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