The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1900, Page 9

, ’ MOLINEUX _EXTRA _PRICE ONE CENT, MLNEGT Molineux IS GUILTY! The verdict of the jury is that he is + THE MAN who sent the poison pack- age to Harry Cornish. The verdict was unexpected, The betting in the court-room for days had been that the accused would be ac- quitted, At the worst, it was said by those who have followed the case that there would only be a disagreemen of _ the jury,and thus Molineux wouldescape. It was a day of intense excitement in Recorder Goff's court. Every one present seemed to realize the importance of the events transpiring about them ex- cept Molineux himself. He was the coolest man in the room. Never was there an actor in such a trying position. The illness of Juror Brown had given the lawyers and the Court a great deal of uneasjness. But he was all right when Court opened. All the prin- ‘cipals in the drama were present, There was much criticism, of Mr. Osborne's attack upon Mrs. Molineux. Now that it is all over, it is as well tp say that Mr. Osborne’s speech was far from effective. He was not impressive. He did not marshal his facts well. But he was followed with close.at- tention by the jury, the prisoner, his family and counsel and bythe fascinated audience that filled the court-room as he hammered and battered, thundered and >stormed at the arguments presented in the only defense of the accused man's _champions---Weeks's summing up ad- Che Sy: “ Cireulation Books Open to to All.” | NEW YORK, SATURDAY, Like a calm after a storm were the placid; cold, impassive and incisive phrases of Recorder Goff in his charge to the jury. Low-vot@d ahd unruffled he sat in his sombre silken robe of office, and with no trace of any emotion save a sense of high responsibility in his position, he weighed, portioned and parcelled out his measure of legal instruction and defini- tion of the duties and province of the jury, delivering his final charge with the impressive solemnity of a high priest at the shrine of Justice. Every word was drunk in with the keenest attention, and the tension was scarcely slackened when’ the jury filed out in charge of a guard to begin its deliberations. It is hard to exaggerate the interest and excitement in the court when the jury retired to deliberate and when they returned with their verdict. The bet- ting was even that the verdict would be “Not Guilty.” Hour after hour fhe accused man had sat with unflinching courage fac- ing his peers who were to decide his fate. It was a scene not soon to be for- gotten. At one side was his wife, all expectancy and hopeful. Close to him was his mother. Her face indicated nothing. She was stoical. At her side, like some old shepherd of the hills pro- tecting his ewe lamb, sat Gen. Molineux, gray-haired, a hero of the war and ahero in civil life. In later editions of The Evening World fuller details will be given of the scenes in the court aad Molineux’s fur- Mae FEBRU ARY 10, 1900, [« ‘ Circulation Books ( Open to All.’ (2 i ae lc s This picture is from a photograph taken of Molineux shortly before his arrest. It is ec.) considered by his family his best likeness, BOUBBOLP COBO ae, wa OY eV Oy. : Wi