The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1900, Page 10

spe THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1908, TR ee RR eee IGH THE FACTS,” SAYS GOFF TO THE JURY: A ‘| ADVISE AND INSTRUCT YOU AS TO THE LAW.” while Dr. Hitchcock was er. At the same time PRISONER CONSOLING HIS WIFE. Drough came to ve with Mex. Beitingyr| that allver bortle-tolder was not the d ch received People's Exhibit M1 Prime.) On the same day (1 wk HAR ! Cornis ov. with envelope bearing the postmark went on his way from ' Paths Senet bs a) Jan, 1. MM, 1s the usual tim Cornish gave Dr, Hit the betue The Recorder read the exhibit let-| York was at Out of which (he bromo-seltzer bad bees “4 der aed (he orlginat I ; ” |ters went to medical companies and wr avs placed tise Klaas ier ef of the ohinw }accurately described the measure- ld get to New York at 3 s ed om apd locked the | @ few minutes’ walk from the Cortians! docr of the glass and ments of the real H. C. Barnet for} street ba § to y averive stato me ut until Jan, endat shouts woul " ¥ a al Detective 7 the same on that day except Friday and ' comparison with those given in the Be ste 0 ay except Fr opel Ce ant eee. t M at Criminal ! famous diagnosis letter. | Mr HEILES’S PART. HIRING LETTER-BOX. 1 In August of me year Mamie Melando first saw paper similar to pec Dies exhibits D, G. band F in the fendant's room in Newark. I presume Without Passion or Prejudice,” He Tells day he would go over to the | J 1. Yooum at 2 Pearl street and make up tt . hem 9 i on Saturday he would Out 4. A. M.. Howard mop Ke yd 2 nites! 014 d Z 66 i ” you will remember tiat refers to. the of the deceawed woman, 7 5 Th the Bammer of the same yogr the 1. Corn nd ina glues Was sore t dant studied singing with Russell * gh ne fee , 1 jng resembling salts. and es on egg blue pa th three | spoon w tin the closet and wer tn the same senson, J nLerlaced crescents was received ut ea away OMeer Cary three er A ith | fulacly in any part of the case you are August, Mrs, Bellinger an attice o now Bros., $13 Broad 4 t “The Evening World herewith not compelled to reject the whole of his | jbrough went away togethe Talents Pleace me a CORNISH ILL IN BED fs a stenographic, verbatim | testimony, You may discard the whole Biss Conse sedan nad 6 gaits to hag freadwas hie Mrs 5 {of ft and any part of it, and you may J, Huxlson testifies that a brnieh | ZOne HL. Remora to) 2h ft of Recorder Goff’s charge | vive credit to any portion of it which came addressed to H. C. Bare i ; iit \ Burner's office ii the Produce the bottle nee, with the colored wrapper three or four inches long and an inch or two wide. And Hudson saw Har yen the package, and it contained @ ner box with some cotton and pink Weston, ish,” and that on the | Dr exhibit Do which has fust| 6 o'clock on to written ¢ i Mr. Yocum saw with crescents was a0 com 4 made by reporters for comments itself to your Lellet val World ; | GUILT OR INNOCENCE. i (his date a bed sick, In Knickerbocker i iy ¢ only issue in of the jury: I will proceed) ‘The true issue and the on| , " eggerege a snd red capsules in one of the boxes. office of Kutnow St Broad r He King also paw . to you this case, to be COv-| this trial | es bes ager ge aaa | In September of the sane year Moll-| ea tantee fame We Broad, 14 aegis ng also war arin mic." hate tne | min Tne tonto ; jneux became engaged to Miss Chese- that a samp malts bi He fe, Patr Finneran alse bear in mind. You have listened | mise the contentions of counsel or allow {peu | Ot ma oe s Ay | | In October of the same year Mamle Sin in the cl ree eBags 4 the case very thoroughly |:hem to enthuse your mind or distract ‘ably’ presented by both the counsel | your attention from that issue whic! the péople and the counsel for the | must be determined by upon th ‘and the Court will not under | evidence and the evidence alone. | ‘circumstances comment on the fects | ‘The indictment found by the Grand Melando testified that she saw half «| | dozen sheets of the crescent paper in Dr, \ Al Molineux’s room in the factory, She t the Knicker er At ly @ that day sa took three sheets, leaving three sheets. RECEIVING THE POISON 1 nay Cornish Was suffering a | D f an irrt On the 8a i downtown from 3 untit| Sin that nigh in the facts in | From Oct. 1 to Oct. 5 of the same year “0. Helles visited Molineux at the New York On Dec. 2 Cornish received a pack- « . po any views con-|Jury of this County charged the de hiet ub and had a conversation age—the polxon packase rough the, Baa case or exoreee Be oe er asetes, With enarc foul Harpater.” People's HExmibie 4) mal "On thet day, and alter receiving} hem. r Tit, owen! wo Patric - That remains with you and you alone | der in the fret degree ‘mand ‘That Is the Jacobs letter which was|neren In hte emee Gnd artek J Fin a The first count in the Indic written at the request of the defendant) member what he rhe received Club, handwriting by Helles and signed by rd ant’s y Jes Jacobs | (tT won te bi et Remember thai facobe latter: ft. "I wonder what phi can be 1 advise you and instruct you upon| charges that on the twenty-eighth day i ‘ ‘ entlemen:! On the sa 5 at qules of law which must apply to] of December, 18-1 simply, gentiemen, “Messrs, Pred, Stearns & Co., | if sane Kink » hihi 12 ee par P facts in the case, and upon them | give to you the substance of the Indtet- Detroit, ‘Mich ta Corniah's mx wh xhibit 13, a fac-simile of the pol ‘Gentlemen: We are about to employ | went to John D, Adams, the atified the club, of your former salesmen, Mr. A. J. Harpater tn a very responsible position where it will be necessary for him to handle cash, and as he refers us to you we would consider it a great favor if you will give us what Information you Kn George A, Sal f him and fr and fd Molineux, mblance between jant’s writing ams. He had H “ tion of these| ment and the counts—that on the day 1 —— have just named the defendant, Roland After a very oxbaustive examination |B. Molineux, contriving and intending r ‘WA citizens you were relected «| wilfully and feloniously to administer to eitisfactory to the people and to| Katherine J. Adams, twenty grains defendant; each uni every one Of] weight of a certain deadly polsce catied wes voluntarily chosen by the de-| cyanide of mercury with Intent that she as capable and honest men 0] should take the same, well knowing that if in judgment on the question vf his!the cyanide of mercury was a deadly ‘or innocence. polson: that the same Katherine J trial has been urxusually long and | Adams did take and swallow the sald For nearly three calendar | deadly poison so given and admbilstered without intermission, except 4| by the said Ronald B. Molineux, and by One made necessary by the Hines | mea which she became mortally ‘ene of your number, you have been h mortal sickness she h he said he ad w recelved by mail H athe ’ alaon oack- 0 and 12 on the same A. Give me defen- } 4 Dec. 2h, he #aw a botile-holder "i This is a cut from a a and bottle in) Cornish's roum at the| te f have just referred ours truly, ; OBB & CO." "| Glen, 1 copy of the address on the W hi y On the same day, Dec, 21 Frederick | » kage to porinroente a ay i Stearns & Co, of Detfroit,” Mich. 7; On May 1%—Chas, Jacobs teatified that] celyed Po xnibit 6 Fiime for ex-| M’CLUSKY SEES CORNISH. moon, Jr. teeth hy, Ni en that day he slened People’s Exhibit/ amination, This letter, gentlemen, was just read to you at the request of Mr. . Kk Stearns & ©: | On Dec. 2 the day following, Capt. ' Helles. ntlemen; Mr. A. A, Harpster has! MeClusky and a stenographer pied to me for a position as collector. |#ee Cornish and took his. s i same date Officer WENT TO MOLINEUX. and of whi - die; and that the geesion, and during that time ninety-/did then and there Me; On ch esame date the letter which has als Witnesses have been examined, not] sald Ronald B. Molweux in the manner Just been read toy cy » | confidents ) greatl a und all blu nto account the number of/and form aforesaid and by the means are Co. On f +. 31 Fre “Yours truly ae pm bi was ae ay ee te y, fe r i ye. elved er throught “160 Brow a whiten ql that these witnesses were re-| aforesaid wilfully, felonlously and of his the mails snd on Oo et this exhibe i Dr, “Wont Meclusky and $12 exhibits or instruments! malice of forethought did po! kus a = Dead meni ceenlin : Somecresinteasiti att a answer from lrederioK § hibit 5 for identifieath cube | wilson ad holder. Writing have been admitted in evi-/and murder the same Katherine J. | = 1 gush Charles Jaco é jter, were an. s Exhibit 6 the saine on pe ; i inion, do not have any application to| en 4 nnd ' uae that! nd dleregard of human life, or Mt to the defendant for Mentifloat! newer to | formed an autopsy on Mrs, Adams and for your consideration amd !0-| Adams against the form of the st opinion, de not have any ap “ } sebjedg nd must oo ne pravity and veoh card of human Fy tet keep it for me awhile,” that he hibit 4 and was sent in| took the aled jars containing Mrs. a fn such cases made and provide this couse, and my desire is to have Wer elther Judictousty or mdbel- | while in the commission of felony, but] could not read tl just then, he was|anawer Sxmiity You remember | Adome's orcans to 24 West Fiftyethird L EVIDENCE. against the peace of the peopl ¢ | the reading of the rules Imprinted upon » Whatever verdict they fad | in either of those cases an Intent to take } too buy Shih | those letters, gentlemen street and nluced them in a refrigerator a oe « life ot neces r de ar C. Phittips wee there and the refrigerator was seal State of New York and their dignity your memory in as brief and con be tn erdance with the). life ie not necvssary, though murder (Dr. ‘ F TT | , i kk pon the opening | terms as ible, Mo you will no} fof the « wud with thebr | may pmitted, pickertucker Lie aon Get WI THE VON MOHL LETTER. death remulled peel dame aout | 7 Ht became apparent b be subject to possible confusion of belbef of tts force. There |y one great controlling ques] Dr, Douglas Hed in. Ou the! On Dee, 4 a jetter was recel fe anid or ona ‘eal! THE OTHER COUNTS. : ame day Dr Douglas found that Bar-| the Von Mobt” Remety ped B dle | thix whole case TAKEN TO WITTHAUS. 4 a of Mr. Osborne, counsel for the ¢ et tlon upon which e _ Rddress {deas regarding them ton which hing ct Wes. suffer rom diphen “Prosecution, that the case for the Be) Phe second count charges the killing FOUR PROPOSITIONS. KEY T0 THE CASE. Nov. 4 Dr. Ellison, a ebemiat ja, On| 169 Breadway adilresse! lo nalyeed and also a sample bottle, I hal hibit 0 Pri t Ble out rest on wha: ponwlany|of Mra Adane through « dees oo) WURDER IN THE SECOND. AO yt "*otite| On the came day Weston saw Corsa ¥ circumstantial evidence. It must] meditat to effect the death of to 4 eration) pia ihe indaile «Al nd wend | that « 7 mer: contal st In Yocum's rv later on the { " in such a se, ornish, and then sub- utder tn he sf nd degree hel of an f testimony and in jer * in ol day ard given | day jus wave ec! Borne in mind that, 0 8 Murder tn th aa Ma eon package to Cornish Hei. ABT ok Hy H 4 iaky eave | Detective « ‘Durden of gathering, collating and] stantially repeats the language ho 1] kitting of q human being When come ¥ i neoks jet aid int Péatapemen ol ail Olheed Taam las yanile | Wi csstie abe oxkacd'ih dae wider, wis ruc every detail and circumstance] have read to you from the firet count | ted with a design to ot the Rees. Jan Abel p eat ace Sete | Gna tei 26 iis. (oniglnn rennkia ts (cornish first apoke to Mrs Si cigre lt tea eee a elved, On Dee, 25 Joseph J. 5 Corntanh’ p killed of of angther Roard of eHalth thar Barnet i an assault of| of the pers nt, he dl- at: ober if, with eriminat bit 5S prime for to a solid of proo ts upon tne] The thind elise ch saw People's Exh % mt. Clone’ and. saw Gonna, r d ri hout deliberation or premeditation " : ae Pili 6 olem sek toon there Ns by ea LO RARRSES 07 meron S nN me day fentification in his place of business. the day And no matter what your opinion may] @ quantity of poison and then fo it is wecessary that you should fon and be ia nial nd Mra Adams oiriook of ic} Sintch was called Into consultation and ‘That is one of the letters whieh he re- ) Be of ite convincing force—of the proba-| substantially the same description, id fearly the at . endl c 1 dle m ite effects, chen he should [found that Barnet had no evidence of din his place and gave to t e Po y crossed Aa went dows, 10 his TE otro cee tnd ont EY ihe) the fourts cipal rere | ft and » 7 an in at « ed on iia lg Be STEEN OA Ue Se Goran 1600 Br jadway firected {0} Giub, John D, Ada came in with the ya pee ee ip ana Cecdaint, with) Vesont. to) Bl) RSet Im the tes rs ay with intent to Killa particu-| ¢ Barfnet died and on the} On Dec. & Cornish played billiards -— fg but proper that the Court should) J. Adams, did give and administer ty) that the defendant direet- | poe yy him and by wilstake day a rtificate was sent with Harry A. King 19 ¢ aatit (Continued on Third Pagel “give expression to that recognition, that | her the dose of polton referred to. be a deliner to Carmiol (heowmh |the bullet strikes ssw killa another per= [10 tie, HoBand of Health by Dr. Doug. tbe fhe preparation and presentation of the] and the fifth count charges that the) cm to BAD, wali k gaubane, when ee what he has no bi wilt, elite tat pane Ts TR ie pti RE econd dearee it is « murder heard : hh ” y be GUILT IS THE SAME. | mane CYANIDE OF MERCURY. sent the package with the delih- | so if 4 man puts poison tutu fruit with fase shows resilts of an enormous] defendant, with the intent to effect the ninin «a de ond, that he dire ly po ed there be a design her mother, frait ty wave @ at to Mee. she died from the effect such potson ther death te me other cans the due to any to to enamel, and can turns upon (hal referen propositions advanced by | Small order | “ iret. he did send] furiug the week of Dec, 12, 186, Mr. | run to Cornish, and second, that! Keech first saw the defendant at his F. BY HUSTLING--- Adams took the poison and died] piace, 16% Broadway, between 9 and 10.9! 1 ’ in the mornin 7 Y prove the first proposit mass of ¢ \ wht be proven proseoutton Na great introduced joseph Farrell saw Mol- ket street, Newark, No J. the factory between 29) B emmount of igbor, persistent jnduatry and! death of Harry 8. Cornish, did give 9 "@ Very high degree of professional skill | and administer the potson. t - GA the part of the public prosecutor In] The sixth count charges that the de- | it wringing pase to your fendant feloniously and with malice th ab ‘ lana tale f yarticulat person], On Nov, 1% the defendant told Arthur] to her and \ ‘otgpelaghd aforethught di4 make an assault upon design to kill be formed, de- ie ANd Premeditaied desinn tos tape ue a aoonente camnity chat | Luis Russell, of Newark, N. J.. that he|the address on the package HEAT OF COUNSEL. Katvarine J Adame aind il give and] Uberated upon and its execution pre-/emuee the death af Cornien tic. and another. person should eat] “On Dees ‘the’ dettndant wrote to — MRS, ADAMS'S DEATH administer to her the pobon meditated, {t ts murder in the frat de-| TRIrd, that Cormiah received the Mut ond die, aguinet whom he haa | Morris Herrman about thegmanufacture 5 , 5 - Contentions of counsel, however, even | 1 minal pleading it i# the prov gree. But if the design be formed with-| package and subsequ Ai dud Wheae Nb doee not: Ials of enamel, ame Gay the firm, ie pest day Meg * \ shi srghliryhy intemperate, were and ate of] oc the pleader to charg Ue offense out deliberation or premelitaton: and | portant ENE, Rd eee Peta tae ptcen | 8, ma eae ES Suche a reece Weel we | Cone Dain in the Be MUMEy tapertant aucctiona to be us. ih different forms, always keeping Ld brgpecnea Pelt out, it ts murder in that fruit is guilty of murder as If he] which thelr saleaman Aiea oo the >| SOREN ie east i)- Ea" i i tant questions to be ese | the second degree. ‘ st at the factor: orris rt Hitcheosk caller home ind the main question, and (hes e Ae thy Gai) AnD be dy acta " P ettained and determina’ ty you. and | sunte in the tactmens “4ld | DESIGNED IN SECRET ee alaatiahe Mr Anche RA Mh ge et | Stomach and Distress Of the necessity of affordipg to the) oi Le condensed into the charge which . and around that controling. question, Sthine starteriously. She bad After Eati tion full and fair Opportunity |) Arse read to you-that Is, thit this] A Person who has a fixed purpose to Ae eae seahue wis tans tines Sa tharksblie enior “4 Acker: r ing. 5 Af it could its charge that, by | jenn, ith Hice uforetbought, |ComMmIt a crime generally conceals jt ce! he evidence, all the . o ane He nave her, and cunning, which have made | 4.4 es ae saminiet «+ to Katharine | 1% the accomplishment of his purpose he ie Pieri oe che Carinae of] your a itt injection and used artical 4 49 conts and 2s cents, Druggists election almost impossible, a murder!) Adams a dose of cyanide of mercury, | ™¥> Y dete, reveal the hk collateral facts or incidents which may | factory of Morris Herrman @& Co., . In about an hour, Mra. | on aetseioeensvete Had been committed; and ty secure tO] Witch he knew to be a deadly. pol workings of his mind from the incept n that question or radiate fark, No Jo? [ woula I! ) the defendant every fair and reasonable | qng the other principal fe jot be? he sign to the final act of tts a Opportunity to meet that charge Indictment Is that he, with Intent to kill | CMPLenmens, ; si : | MC contest, inch by inch—whteh the de- | yrry $ Cornish, did give and admin- ul sa a mney ‘’ agora eral eanse. Tenae has done—and to show the Weak- | jor this dose of polson to Mra. Adams, | OF Dremedita jesign he Court ef! 6 fase four propreiti Resses, If they existed, in the « Appenis to quoted a8 Ga authority WEI) oe netlataction by the prosecution before you; and to be must be obeyed, and tt isa law whien!)? ¥8 pcocepshre ey Bure at your hands, without passion or | HOMICIDE DEFINED. f* binding upon courts and juries. The| P& ” are mena » Aout. you nee, Prejudice or distraction of thought, of | 1 will invite your attention to the | se of the People against’ Conroy, | the first degree against this defend. {9nd direct evidence 1 fair and impartial trial upon the] very clear and concise definition given | Quote from the opinion of Judge John- eat BAGG ther he Tot proven to your Arhether either of ete M. On Dec, 1) Emma Miller sa 1 the silver bottle-holder to a we store of Hartdegan & Co, Newark, Merits of the case by the statute. Homtch as defined ‘al . on | Satlefaction and beyond a reasonablel which you alone J., and the man to whom se sold by the Jaw. I the killing of one human | If there pr Lipset pentane’ Wake: Gah) ate tS habiee A Ver ot re proceed ius ~ RULES OF EVIDENCE, | eine vy Tic'at’ prometoneot"srmtmn® | to form's, denn to take if nnd n{20U0t you are to. 1 vse Peete Tether Upon ne you about clroumatantial evidence, put that ign into execution by sion of another—the act, procurement nission of another, Homicide is er murder, manslaughter, excuse- or justifiable hom From (he evidence in pinion that the act Chere has been so much sald about it stroying iife, there is sufficient vre-] BOFE'S HYPOTHETICAL QUES: | (iit it Is necessary yuu should have a meditation to constitute murder, ty lear pre standing as to |matter whether the design 1 formed TION. the rules of aw which govern it, A at the instant of atriking the fatal a creat deal has been heard by you, Weeks blow or whether It was contemplated] Here it Is quite natural Bo Be Me a ZT invite your close atiention to thase) aie ke Comal months. It ts enough that the ask the question, which 1 will put into] y weeks. THles, so that in your consultation you ntion precede the act, although that] form for you in order that my Inetruc-/ 7 fendant would not if committed by hi s bee J Here the Recorder reviewed the evi- ie PSY refer to them and be guided WON] Or within. the staratars tetwieen | follows immediately | ede tions will be made more clear * Question 10 which thvy properly It ts therefore incumbent upon you, uming tha the fefendant cent the | dence of the quarrels between Cornish tlemen, to carefully weigh and con-| poison to ( eh with the Intent + all the facts purtounding the fr] kil him, there is no evidence that he| G0 Mollneus, and the clroumetances cumstances, the time ample, adopting a | intended given to Mre. Adams | Of their troubles in the Knickerbocker Before Geaiing with the particulars of the case 1 will instruct you on the Seneral rules which you mu: ob: and by which you must be guided tn Your consideration uf the evidence. Aud hat you wilt Mi Kher of mans! 4 degree of of excusable or jus Ufiable homicide ‘The jwarned cou - : in his argument plan method used and judge there- | for the purp aking her J veda Athletic Club, aid, and if he of the from whether there wi a deliberate or | then can he i id rt i e i death of re, Adame, whom i » noW as he expressed on | nd Premeditated design to kill, A forcible : MRS. MOLINEUX unless apectally requeated and flexible design is supplied by sup-| intend to kill, while the man whom ne . MOLINEUX NAMED. . - " na the 008 ee oni did intend to k tvirw ? In the Pall of 1887. Molineux presented ee se, Eh ame part of the y ore << and Tee ew Aan ay noages ‘cha note of Blanche Chesebrough at |, Letters are coming fro all over and every o f you gi t v Beventy-fith sireer (rom the} the country saying that the writers 1 lefendant, and written by the defend- is a most Important one In this ca er That if the defendan adapts It to the form or sub- stance which is deceptive and admin ses It to be administered an tn October of the same year the * fendam. Molineux, sais to John Dp. he would have sent the potson to kill by an dames that Cornish cr Ae ee And Tio lewe the club, ¢ aree to be charged, 1 ts murder TheTe ry may find to arem a ae ms Aration the precautions againat detec and as a re im the @ret aenrer or nothi 2 conviclag aiesned ae MaaabaEs setae wr oe AT MRS. BELL’S, The Court—! shail confine myself to into design to ki. mn See ot capo 4 | fapdam is responsible for her death the} in the club pre- ae Of he had wrtgthelly amma the dt t. 1b It tw tewtl- seers terme thas thy shanti at ait THE LAW ON THE CRIME. general terms tha: thy selection of de fendant’s 1 of any particular de jury tw satisfied thar murder has poison to her and nded to Wilt ber, gree of murder to be charged to you {a Ween committed by the defendant, and itemakes no difference whether Cor- not binding upon thr Court or jury, *!hin ity power to de\ermine which of nish be fiving or not. The intents of the j is guilty of, If, after | case ate sufficient to constitime the MURDER IN THE FIRST. | . ration of the evidence, | erime. (ilee ten hey ace satisfied that he commi:ted| The test, gentlemen, is the criminal . been Murder in the fire: degree, with which | murde the first degtwe they shontd } intent at the time the act Is dope. And rh house. this defendant it churged, te (he Killing 45 oe + Oy thelr werdiet, if that intent was to destrvy the life of @ human being wher commitied (rom) Bat if they have a reasonable | of & human being by a particular means, @ deliberate and premeditated design that degree | 8h! that means afterward caused the effect the death of (ht person killed o the beneGt of |O°8'h Of another person than the one of another, Intended, murder ix committed the T do not intended victim had ded or adopted | i F if ty ie i of : & F te é Ht f oi I ! i ] i Hi H if ‘The design to effect the death of some aay. know they have the}. is essential. There are other pro Oates ad o verdict of guilty im Of the flauite which I have not Te San iit’ a tescce degree thes Oho Pelafing yo killing by aste of de- Fi eF i : #