The evening world. Newspaper, October 15, 1901, Page 2

OF ROLAND B. MOLINEUX. of the case of Roland B. Molineux, con- Katherine J. Adams This is the chronol vieted of the murder of Mr Mrs. Katherine Adams died by poison at her home, No. 61 West Eighty sixth eet, Dee. 28 Roland 1 Molineux was arrested, charged with sending the d committed to the Tombs Feb 189 polson, 4 5 ven days, he was found guilty of After a trial lasting fif murder jn the first degree Feb. 10, 1900 He to death by Mecorder Goff and taken to Sing Was senter Hing | 1900 was carried to the Court of Appeals by his counsel, Th June 17. 1901 The Court of Appeals adjourned without rendering a decision t July 10, 1901 t Roland Bo Molineux has spent one year, seven months and + twenty-nine days In death cell at Sing Sing. His trial cost: the county $100,000, and on the appeal 1,680,000 in evidence. submitted words were eet bitte eb ieee beerbt 3 syne the conversation between Barnst and rdly able Dr t ss, which was allowed in ane the first trial. This was certainly the oa uavenr moat glaring of all the errors commit new trinl Seb 2 es Trea Lawye: Weeks Tells of Plane. young “Mr. Molineux will be brought from the sald Mr. Weeks, during Just all make AS soon as possible. We the cation at the earli- mo"ent snali not apply for his release on Poe releasing of a convicted man clinging | hand i tt omething | have never heard | rmitted nit is within the jurisdiction deel Supreme Court to admit him to snonted. | att governor au@) “Regarding a change of venue, [am bot prepared to say anything. Cireum. 4 death house | stances yp the advisability of that “You're lucky, Molineux,’” shouted one | « in grent doubt in my murderer. mind? ant Ww “ = EES riiaetiom treeine we mente Mr, Weeks, “of Mol LN aa pines Incas having to undergo a second “powtesh Thad your chance,” said stil trial ‘The expense of auch a pro- anot ceeding would be cnormous and ft And so It went round the two ToWS |i, in the discretion of the District- D cell tf! all of the eteht o ne BH] of celis untli all of the eteht oF HNC) \tioeney co decide whether the meti had said someth noouraging. Uny would be justified in The Warden quickly the Oo withdrew after recetving a shower of thankful expres-|¢vent of a conviction being donbt- sions from the accused poiscner. ful. mires resume, ie ete eae ‘With the Barnet testimony roled cellmate kept a rapla fire of ques-| ‘ tlonn at ea et cflenr. |@at, f don’t nee what the prosecu- fully. “I hope all you boys will ket | tion bas left to stand on. It woald out of here) he sald. “1 wish T could help you." not surprise me ff, in the ght of >. the Court of Appeals raling, the ! i y geen, is the creation of counsel upon|in several of the States. 1 ‘ fa ch may arise as to them |District-Attorney wonld decide nave fhe Sreument of the appeal, er hav- atroomon As 1s contended f ry the } rn r trial EVENING WORLD laeiatecttelanetoanen ‘en Ing been suggested upon the trial, endant here has evar ! ested, | i e | ! “Fitth—Aa to identity. Parison between disputed st of efense ta that District-Attorney’s office,” sald Axsist- ta Ahother exception y evidenthary In chara ' al court erred in admit wnt District-Attorney ‘Townsend this af- ja that when the ovide Vatucndarda ‘have be upon the trial the tea-) wwitnin two minutes after th ‘I shoul! say that tt will be Fae ee eee ine Perann [nomteoC Walon have fassed lin weruiinys |earanere, InMued cheese, | Heunaement of the Mt |very diffentt to obtain a conviction A whe committed the crime charked ! ad the power of cor | 1 yn must be decided for! ourt of Mol ax on a second trl: Ar indletment it 1s admiantble ated ut ‘ i ‘ of the court below upon ' Hie s bs “What {s there In the evidence of tne ea Mh ‘The law presumes that gna yp thatshecauden a masortty, » alleged Killing of Ex t t habe tls Lp Ae iw called upon to testify of the Court of Appeals has raled ARB) jtdentity, the defendant ae rhe Derson s It is, of course, beyond rie witness knowa hia rights nuninat the nd poof the Dar- ‘ Polson Jam: suming Har- exbINICAS Ube He inay decline to. testify” to anything | 0 net to have been killed by the | isan tend to tnertminate him. i et teatimony, That wna the key- Sfint, the crime has its own separate mo. ilk in “ihe avi te sefendant could have done | 1 NOP t stone of the proseention’s case, “tive, intent and pian. This ts equally (to con son wt 1 ty claim his privilege, | his aged father in Brookly Nhe | enn y true of the crime charge in the | ¢ tian tf todo no he cannot: now | neiaoner at Sine Sine, thr The oase agninat ineux wi ment. ins Ismue claime of defendant's | Stet hHBUATOINGIRIP: made by analogy, Cnt out the “The mere fact that the two crimes ‘error waa committed in| T°". & n Leh t | are parallel ax to the methods an! and summing up of the) Within ss tri peneeccstls nail the stronnest J means employed In their executia: “ Attorney and that ‘the de iratnicithie Ht against the prisoner falls to GB noe verve to. Wentity the detontins #, fendant “dh that fale and 2) the ner of Mrs. Adams, unica aby dat “ls entitled ‘ GE gure of the Intter crins iin feral The O been at urgentie | Modern newspaper t Iothtnk Mr. Osborne Ca rom Its sim! arity te the form F that we shout he tnelined | exes tle t “Such an Infere atid fouad in detail the many round» z are son of Molineux, neéd ni St tt had beens chisty Mt Toor asedned under these heads AASt NN Huywiors ina besatenenadle the defendant iad killed Harnet and . tonot impossiite to do ose fairly | i accomplishing this Die ki a © bepcdip that no other person could Lave. killed { vy without aw full and} Prom the chamber f the Court of Appeal Mra. Adams, Yut no such evid wag t t twelve thousand Rai i the Judges have upheld hi Riven. ord for that sole pure] Peale. In ! MEU LSI OSCE DOU NGRAg ere) “The evidence tended to show that t! Woeatern | ul e yy the narrow Mefendant had the knowledge «hill 3 (oneview would extend the] Companies were sir of one ve Tuaterlal to protuce “! eyond ll masonatte and usef al wax sent to Corntel mt ME the result reached {108 Work editorial of nn Nothing to Say. wn to he th 1 ry ta aiscuss or] Tir three telephone A measer ed of thin ke ations ratned ae ta the saat Recorder who presided at the et » dtwearder and the Dts Ne er was in his chan ell peeve ‘ bes ne: Court ielowils “ +ihe the first time xin ‘i ie 1 tial ordered . n told of the de- f nf Appeals, he sat 1 to express.” n force Sy lee Werner, f va n te ‘ ‘ inhoud! the ser —— anny von or toon HIS MOTHER ’ Ki [ion OVERJOYED. 5 Burieretiowe nin naz " if ; th | i aris fo! hat none of the v Bee ie rolinea teat wencl nis ia BARTOW S. WEEKS i SE Mer teu eg craigs : competent mar : MERE ty t Notar aolinent atoiiect cy ORSUNING, N.Y. (Qet. 15, Nowa. of Mrs. vate abltelty of the cage atid TELEPHONES NEWS | the decision 0 c Appeals to ae crank a new trial to Rol H. Molineux t * * carried to hls aged mother, Mis. pret Molineux's “Just Molin this afternoon by an i hr uf The ¥ Mr . 18 < World reporter, rweot the new trial {bape exe i She was at her boarding-house tn arnt face! World for hurt street, which, for the first thme u t Mr t ne hen)2 x months sho has lived in Sing 1 | Molineux, the aged Ing. whe did net leave to-day w ottice of man whe Arrange J been made that the ! * Ward wae called up on} months tn n of the decision be sent to her Iuest oertity Ar tit: ening World, | prison se ther boarding-house, and she remain- i " ro moment was] anxiety, now ed at home that she might receive It at ! the Pardon the earllest possible moment, 1 i} tate Detective A was sent dewn to the prison | hat tiice in the forenoon with the message i | Ros * t he mes-}te ber son that nothing had yet been i hnerted e road to her[ueard, At 1 o'clock a telegram came * o take th ht at her teart'« desire was ful-[ from Albany from friend announcing tt c ty. aid the that the deciwion waa reported to be al- ree tour tnatructions Following the ment most certainly for a new trial. i vany of the const on urs ruling statement tho} Shortly after 2 o'clock, when The Even: + . | fe was gene for and in re and ts ase were . World reporter sent up a messap Pier hite | request from Mr. Weeks vyhe eateht decision and ‘tx {18 wes q Joonsented to take the news the for The Mspusal she came downstatrs h oe yell 4 | working in short courts of thia a : Letters Vermlesinte. Voustr veks nent this message: The was transeribed,| "What have you heant? she asked f HH i My A | Appeaie has granted you a new MW operators yas she entered the room, Bhe rat t nw Jirtal Con ions Wes vine standing, but when she was te | Ware hnston entered the death | Uile dd that the new trial was granted she ; ‘ 1 é al lock. Molineux was | ies Qoalmpty: ¢Thts inc £7 You are ferred to byethe stututy is " EH | soate cell gazing nto apace, Aep ley Jaurec’ She stepped to the porch, spoke ing wh Ne pa ihavalick Tor tues Ulericon | Wweelcetanerets rig, {a few words to aman cutting the grass ty prov enuine ti y wr nothe heavily barred door the ni, and he Immediately started torbe auehe provided ther we 1 Jumped to hts feet toward the prison. ; not admiasibie ather rites . | le peered Chron the big tron bare of ‘TL thank you," sald Mrs, Mollneux am io BLAttEN We I H Ment J iik Moor and trhel to road tn the she came back “eremove the restrict it |r fthe Warden ihe news he has. « Gives Her a New Lease of Life. Jaw limit phertson of At come . [lor vowattlng £ WD WHE he was vive Ora ‘5 writing elther with writing ut x iaalreritas convict um very xrateful to every one, eyidence for other purposes ; My pared f f yu AN Dixtrtet- Attorney: “1 one ix so kind, but there ts noth ‘ iparibon: or: with ndierds ex ! th ndemned omen ng Work! ottlce ) way, ie there? ; Sratotehervers Wawel 2 oh He ik ax| 8. Weeks bur} : im thankfl with all my heert. It le ofpdecaa td aS rat seid Dea t | gate te view the verflet as it 4 me a new leane of life, as well as 2 clase of disputed writings whien | | NoWaa on] the telegraph wires Bias uclther icon onlarsed’ nor testrin Pitseot Aousera I letra coke Nea Uuy Li the General know yet, do you Bee eT Ne admigaibiliiy, of. sich F otha ain | plage, and: ite inmates grasp) primed. He She moved toward the door mr iynea depends upon’ other + Harner eT eY eal of] hin Gaver, as straw and chon turned with the charmingly or the ; acdrnaliatis ' king estul monotony over a Week pas vening World as mi e © Wapireanectingcompariaon us Q i : ith RUGtnakawaricn | SAE Ri eer RSE RAR Tae eerotiad eee uedeni are sh sesso endeared Tf a dinpuicd handwrithog ix it! fowbtch was Was o The Evening World offers me” he said, | ‘You will forgive me," she sald, “but Melther n fact in ren fave ve tan C “of reading this decision ss] 1 cannot discuss the matter excepting : (Ate slba al A REI arpa ta Mutinewss” began Mev dahnetan into print, At is un unuaual courteay. [Ao way that T belleve now my son wil ae eading the dec . sheet by sheet, | go. free. Meiners Iiiisale nor. 1 A tf {, Warden’ gasped the prisoner, | ne made running comments as the tole-| “t hardly reative Ht at all, You must dinape le ment be exchuded. nit |b HAGEL NEB is tvembling, sti | eats ony passed through his hands, | excuse mo now while 1 go to him. T 4 a0 and Cornish! let _} 8ave a iowasuge for you,” continued | “Everything Tread showa that the] haven't seen him to-day ren eam the auicatlon: ui Teave ny act bla tine ” nitiel al ruling of the Court bears out all our] She left the room and in a few minutes h upon the teatimuny. wht Molineux sighed deeply, his eyes} contentions in the barring out of the] hurried down on foot, In her black gown , is herein, wild mo Bulde the} Uinzed, hls Angers clutched tae fron] Barnet evidence. 1 notice that the en-| ang hat and brown vell, to the prison. | bly (rll court in” the dinposttion gt the} bars, tire Court concours In the striking out aire, Molineux was ‘not, as she had Arist) | THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1901, Sood Od 8. hoped, the first to take the good news to her son. Word was recelved at the prison as soon as the decision was reachel. Good news travels as fast us| Ul, even to the Sing Sing death-house. Ono of the keepers wns allowed to tell | the prisoner, and he had the messa, almost half an hour before his moth reache the prison, re Without a Tremor. “He did not say much,” said W Johnson, “He ts a gritty fellow, he has never shown a trace of nervous- ness these three days he's been waiting. You might have thought he'd be uneasy, but he's not the one to show it if he was." According to the keeper who told Moll- Ux his good news he sald simply: I knew it; 1 knew It.” t Then he turned and walked back Into cell without another werd. He's got a hold on himself Uke te men," «aid the Keeper. “All the while he was waiting for the news thia mo Ing he sat quietly in his cell, only now and then walking a step or two fro his chalr to the deor, Ms hands Dein him and hia head down, He exhibited no nervousness and ate 4 hearty break- fast. “But he ait one thing.” sald one of the attendants. ‘Somebody ought to laugh at him, for when the man took away his breakfast things this morning Mr. Molineux called er him: ‘tmvod- night. ——.— “IT IS JUST WHAT | EXPECTED.” Gen. Molineux sat in his private oMce on the second floor of the Devoe Paint Works, corner of Pt mouth and Gold streets, Brooklyn, when the news came that a new trial had been granted his son, ‘The {nformation was drought him by a reporter for The Evening World. He was deeply affected. With rears In ain eyes he said: “It In Just what I expected. “My boy will yet be free. There is nothing more I can say, except to thank ‘The Evening World for this ,ood new. Gen, Molineux’s son Cecil, who {a em- ployed In the Devoe works, was also told of the granting of a new tril to| his brother Roland. | Could Searcely Melleve It. “Are you sure the news Is correc! ho axked as he stopped tn his work, “It haw just Deen recelved from Al- bany,"" he was told, “Then hurrah!" he shouted, throwing his hat up to the celling. “We have been under suspense #0 long Uhat we can hard! express our feelings. “This In what we have been confident- ly expecting for xo long. Lam glad for my fMither’s and mother's sake that the suapense ta at an end.” Gen, Molinetx at once communicated the good news to his son's wife, Mrs, Blanche Chesebrough Molineux, and was overjoyed. He sald that stopping with ‘friends In this clty, and that she would leave with him on an y morning train for Sing Bing, re, together with the aged mother, would share the prisoner's happl- ra —— FIDELITY RUN CONTINUED. 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