The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-11
BLACK SAYS CORNISH Did IT.
Prosecutor D:eads Cornish
Gas: to Jury To-day.
Cornish sits and Laughs a. the Attack on
Him Is Made Far More Evidence
against Him Than Against Melineux,
says NoilneuN's tOnnsel--"l Have
Pound the Prosecution q :isn"--rrsse.
cutor ga,ls Argument Absurd ana
says That u Iuinks Pro, ed Facts.

\ drama,io attack on Harry s Cornish,
which the proseou' lon sftcrwaru skilfully,
parted, was the feature of forme, Governor
Blacks defence 81 Roland B Moineux
Yesterday before tho jury which Is 10 pass
on the case TO-DAY.
Before an audience largely svmpsthetic
with Molir.ouS and very largely antaSo-
ns'ir 70 Cornish. the former Governor
Of Il i state p-sctiHaily accused the we'll
know, athletic Instructor of the murder
Of his hl.swo,aqn. Mrs Adams. m,king
the actual dcfe, c, Of his client subordinate
20 this "hargn.
The speech q Mr. Blaox Occupied four
hour Cordish, the man az whom the
greater par Of /, vas aimed. sat and laughed
az il, wit his agcd mother on one side Of
him ma he father on the Other feature
of Mr. Black speech was that he sddreased
himself on separate points 10 individual
jurors, calling them b. name.
Wh.l II o. me TIN. tGrn Of The prosecutor
10 address rhr fury, he plunged into Q
defer g e Cornish rather than an arraign-
meni OF MolireauY, and when court had
adjourned for The day, he had blrely begun
his case against the prisoner. He u 10
have two and n half hours this morning
TO finish his presnnta' ion, which will bring
the court up to ! O'Clock Immediately
after reces. Justice Lambert will addrees
the Jury and hi charge will not oscupy
more than two hours. ~ that it 10 certain
thai Mnneux's fate will be In the hands
Of she jury by ,oclo"k this afternoon.
Yesterday WAS the most trying day for
MolineuI. and he showed the strain. For
the last wo hours ~ he prosecutor . speech
he mo ced nervousiy in his chair, and hit
fat her and brother repeatedly spoks TO
him
THOUSANDS FoUGHr TO GET IN,
A, no me since the opening Of the second
trial has there been such a mob around
the court room II vii, not comfortably
accomstotiate 200 people. Two Thousand
men ard women tried to get in. Women
fought ms viciously as men to get by ths
police lines: and, as proof ~ their provess.
for every man this, forced his way in at
least three women did
Cornish. fresh and smiling came In With
his aged parents and got seats we'll UP u
front. Later Mrs Hovey, the friend Of
Mrs Rogers and Cornish. came In and
sat down with them. MolineuX looked a
tlifie paler than usual when he came In.
but greeted cheerfully Gen, Mclineux. his
father. and Cecil Molineux, his brother.
The two ministers who have made Q point
Of being with MolineuN as much a. possible
we're both on han d early, but after greeting
the prisoner they re,ired 10 the rear OF the
court room, because there was no moro
room AT his side For the first lime sincs
the second rial began Moineux was with,
out representative OF he cloth at his
elbow
40 MolIoN TO DISMISS
Without any preliminary motions Mr..
Black began by compimenting the Jury
on It's patience, the Justice on his indul-
gence and the prosecutor on his fairnees,
but in q very few minutes he had put the
prosecutor on the gridiron and was bitterly
approaching him for suppressing evidence
that might have tended 10 absolve the de-
PENDANT from all blame in the death Of Mn.
Ada ms, when it was bis plain duty o. man
and the representative Of the people TO
bring /, out, however much il injured the
case against the prisoner. Mr.. Black said
In part
Nr. Black for the Defence.
GyNrrtMrN OF rHrJrRY youhave reached
that supreme and final minute In this case,
when II is your duty as the protectors OF
society 20 decide the Innocence or guilt Of
is the duty Of society 10 defend the innooent.
The courts Kermit TIE Tim, innSSo,n, TO suss ,r
Inn Innocent rSnp' Sa IL IN lie lead Of the man s SR
YOU must acgui' i'm u YOU do no, YOU rob
tho court OF Justice. Of the very thing for
which l. was created o..
WHAT MOTIVE WAp MoLINErNs
starting from this Point YOU must con-
slider the charge that Roland Y Mohnenx
slow Mrs Kat" ! Adams and YOU must qon :
slider as ,h" ,mo'ir" for this dastsrdly crime.
rrp cii ,ens Woiinsas NV nam emser ofths
GsS pG 'G Won. TS' IN n;
y host of friends in that club, snd ycu are
asked to h"lie,c thni into tte midst Of these
friends viii no way Of knowing whom !,
on what ground nro you sskod 10 believe the
Recaus" Mo1euS didn', like Cornish hits
the Voters lt't,r are all that - before you
~ es'ahlj,N tbs dislike \pd ttis is all that
Won lavc - D MOTIVE 'or n il 'ricNtful crime
Between every man on this Jury ana =
hundred other men Their" are greater motives
than ibis for crime In every church. N
crime could be- found than this ono YET on
thl-. and this alone, Won are asked - single
out The one man ana ~ny TINT ~ j. muir
d,rcr There Wa- stealth m thi. crime. but
there j. stealth in every crime OF this char
acier l. j. not Nour duty tn pursue an
imaginary case, hut u l. vour dnty TO pursue
the facts IN this 90 - md follow them 20 their
conclusion In the Gisagr"ements between
cornish and NolirsuN, whose were the bitter
word. What hitter words were ever spoken
save tho-'' -noAru bv tornlsh. gentlemen
no. once has tho testimony revealed TINA
when ht'rr woru was uttered BY Moineuy
agsin,, Cornish !, !, an 'Ae other way. all
the other way
Nnen q man l. tent on murdrrlnr his
| "a tFg a
vrock y irRin because tho object Of his hatred
IL on that train, Mould No,in"uy, TO kill
Cornish, send into u club where any man
might taste II, whore many OF his friends
would be- endangered, poisonous Drug
"MOLi>rt'N NtVEr DID 1T.
Gentlemen, Mo'ineuN never did u, ] ssy