The evening world. Newspaper, November 1, 1902, Page 10

COC Sea - as ta CDOSQONO EL YOHHGS © Prosecuting Ainelsy Oxsame Osborne, After Twelve]; Minutes More of Pointed Questioning To-|: Day, Suddenly Gives Up His Effort. ; Accused Man Again Took the Stand Prepared for Merciless Crocs-Examination, but It) Was Soon Over. OSBORNE ADMITS HE DID NOT GHT ALL HE SOUGHT| We have shown ning his wife, J ain satistied. that Molineux made different statements conc or Blanche Chesebrough, to the Coroner from what he said here. He has That is all T have to say, He has had wonderful training and preparation. had nearly four year Tt was an advantage he had over me. No, T cannot that T secured all T had exnected.— Ags‘st- ant District- Attorney Osborne at the completion of the Molin: ay cross-examination to- day. in which to prepare for me. Justice Lambert this afternoon adjourned the Molineux trial until | & Wednesday morning, The Justice said he was going home to vote. Taking | 2 of expert testimony on handwriting for the defense will be resumed when the court meets again. The last witness of to-day was Marshal Davis Ewell, a doctor and lec- turer nt the Illinois University. He declared that Molineux did not write _the addre”s on the poison package and that he had not written either the Sornish or Barnet letters. PRISONER'S ORDEAL ENDS QUICKLY. What was without doubt the surprise of the surprising Molincux case war the abandonment of the cross-examination after twelve minutes by Assistant District-Attorney Osborne to-day. To the curiow« crowd that had gathered in the expectation that Mr. ° Osborne, refreshed by sleep and ny examination of his evidence, would | + succeed In breaking down the mask of impenetrability surrounding Moli- nenx, the disappointment was keen. To the friends of the prisoner the sud- der. end of the cross-examination was a sure forerunner of acquittal. As a matter of fact the act of Mr. Osborne was based upon the convic- " He coutd tion on his part that he had been butting against a stone wall * But why? He had him on the} stand all day yesterday! - OSBORNE’S HARD TASK. It is hard for one who was not present to realize che diffleuities of cross- DEFENSE HA Ss WON A BIG VICTORY SAYS BLACK, e DOOD DVIT LDH oPOCHHRDSOOES have kept Molineux on the stand all day. Q Did he pay her attention tn uno | and the summer? In the first place the cross-examinatiog could be con- she yefuge to marry you? examining Molineux. ducted only along lines laid out by Gov, Black in his direct examination, A. In 1897, an os W e skill. , 5 ° Wasr in the spring o! 87 and these lines were lal with rare sk We have won a great vietory, fn the first place, the State J) 9 BRAT 24 In the next place, not even Assistant District-Attorney Osborne, who ‘ ZA aan x : A. No. did not introduce evidence sutlicient to conviet. “But there @) Ditntt Barnetskees up correspond’ has eaten with, slept with and promenaded with the Molineux case for close i tk al i Mol a t i . r Nr atts ietall: who avingr Molineus Be enee with your wife In the summer of ‘onto four years, has knowledge of tt in any way approximating that of was so muel talk about not having pus Molineus himself on rea a e ae | (J the stand that T decided to let him tell his story. About Engaixe At the time you went R ume Molineux himself. ‘Add to this that for nearly four years Molineux has been living in the Principally [wanted to disprove the generale that shadow of this tragedy—most of the time in jail. He hus had it at his bed- Molineux was afraid to take the stand, you give her an engagement rin, fide in the watches of the night: it has haunted him by day. Innocent 0: te ; . s 1 Talia guilty, a man in his position cannot but think of the chances for himself. He has fulfilled expectations entirely He has acqnitted Qu (Where lala) you ‘buy ltrs La. aol Given a man of ordin intelligence. place him on trial for his Ife for himself, even though he had been conviered.—Former Gov. |» | eighty-eight days, ete him an in aight biter arene detail of the ant against | Black, Counsel for Molineux, after the cross-exam- | & Sow auswer my question, A. Wen him and then give him two years to think it over—assuming that he is . A Saat fcan answer it better ff you do not try guiity, Nothing but softening of the brain can prevent htm from putting ination to-day. to drag tt outot wp ‘an impregnable front against a evcss-examiner when he comes out. | eee — ; @& im ryit drag It out Given Roland B. Molineux, assuming that he is innocent, as must be as- ton: ta th neh wi an “Ime, A.D baught i m Richard Mons fumed under similar PB ecaetaa ca and what was the use of Mr, Osborne | antes tor eee AACHEN cotU opi, where Iolani Hy Molineux I81OR) Cec NoMoloHnin erost-examining him | There was this difference The peastre-loving are good-natured, smil-| ie Peee : i LION BECOMES A LAMB. ing. care-free, The mod Chat struggled in the corridors of the Criminal ee E 5 nots death, evidence relating to whic Court Building outside the doors of Part 1. allen, ill-tempered, tn | It was plain yesterday that Mr Osborne knew that he was unabie to had been ruled out by the Court of Ap- wholesome looking, eceming or seeking to be: some welght of the misery | wring from Molineux a single admission that would help the ease of the | pente, | © “prosecution. The witness was so suave, 50 good-natured, so apparently surrounding the Adame tiugedy. {or apinkelanssous Aimy 19sec ental Monet Willing to heip that the usually fierce Osborne was compelled by force of! The women were a weird Jol. They Vetrayed a persistency, an Un-| rey efroumstances to become as grntle az a lamb. But he kept battering away, | Llushing disposition to get through the door, whether It be epen or closed, | When did you become engaged to ttering away, for he Ix too cod 4 general to give up even a forlorn hope, thal dismayed tha policemen on duty che Chesebrough? A, Nov. 18, 1808 ‘There is ¢ difference of opinion as to what the result of his work was A New York policeman has nv equal in handling a crowd of men. but) QO. Now, str. Molineux, tf you care to Lawyers familiar with juries and the that Molineux was too Such a collection of feminine faces aid voices and figures as stormed thos? | oy, yout tui bill showing that ferank, too obliging: that it !s tmpossibie that twalve men of widely different | guarding the Molineux triel woutl strike terror into the hearts Of eVOH | oi auene Mtiew Cheaebrough an ene ‘temperaments be brought to believe that a man who has been once | Wleade of Cardiff giants. Bagement ring oy Barnet’s death, tell convicted of a crime could make such x free and clear xplanation untess he Onter giards of bluccoats kept the crowd from the doors and allowed je to ie ‘A. On Christmas, 1 jury “had figured it all out. ft to sift in so slowly that the room was only fairly well filled when the | sav M Cheseby hoa miay It was on this feeling, these lawyers assert, that Mr. Osborne and Mr, ‘rial becan ‘Then the police vigilance relaxed and the curious poured a ae prod to Mooi on egaae Jerome cepended as they went over the case point by point with the smil- through the liner and stormed the entrance. Prom Inside the rdom the | ary iid that she would ike a i Pil ing defendant. e m the vorridor sounded like that prodvced by the stage mob in| re with: the migpalh: ring Fa regular engager Bought Atter barn ent ring. Ux Death, 1 he Only Way When Mr. Osborne collapsed yesterday evening he was not at the end No audience ever waited more breathlessly for the rising of a curtain of his case by any means. But he had been so buffeted all day that he! In the last hour he had been working (than did this audience for the arrivat of Molineux. upon in one way or another, It became apparent to Mr. Osborne that if he kept up the cross-examination for ten hours longer he could get no further than he got yesterday. ‘When the Assistant Cleverly Parries Thrust. taut tang ution did} have this bill for the engagement ywing that it was bought aft MOLINEUX BRACED HIMSELF. Molineux noticed this changed attitude on the pact of his tormentor ed himself to meet it, But it was not necessary for him to brace District-Attorney came into court this morning *4 b ‘every person in the 100m with the exception of those in his confidence be- |") to an exceedingly great extent, He was so well grounded in his own ssteath? A. don't know waetn-| Uleved that he would take up most of the day in a merciless flaying of ©8¢ that he knew that hard moments could come to him only in spots, ais aa ao rm | the defendant. and this was one of the spots, aieations then? A. No. That Nea Wet The court had allowed him more leeway yesterday afternoon than at any | The sensation of the day arrived tweive minutes after the cross-eXx- |} my ordinar: A zage- There was, (Showing let- hibit A.) A, Tt ds. ad the letter: : I'm to be married when Mr. Osborne, after fixing In the minds of the jury time since the trial began. Osborne had succeeded in getting in Indirectly, amination began, the Melando and Farrell evidence, and the expectation was that he could that Molineux did not buy an eng: ment ring until eight days after the ueath of Barnet, announced that he was through, A sigh of disappointment ran around the courtroou ginger and savage appearance were to go to naught! ter marked © Mr. Oxb y Dear So Mr, Osborne's Yhe morbid Astonishment was one imutes, It was an unp! y face when he gave Molineux Up after twelve it twelve minutes for Molineux, but he did uew pear to mind ft. He knew what was coming after Mr. Molineux got {mourned. SN AYEC 10) Sues through witii“ide Barnei-Chesebrongh end of the case, but it failed to ar-| Molineux, calm as a spring morning, withal he had been practically Oe RotaNDo! accused of putting A man out of the way, that he might marry a woman,| Q’ you were married on Tuesday. A . tripped down the steps from the witness stand, made his way (hrough the] ye. id ee There was no trace of relief in the face of Molineux when he was al-|crowds around the reporters’ tables and sat down at the rail by the side] *C" Dlievounhwitecrecal sr red to step down from the witness chair, It might be that he was dis-|o¢ his father. our ics i - Ke many pres- ginted, but his face is hard to read. ———-—++ ‘ re EY SRL Se |) When asked what he thought of the showing he had made on the stand he Ordeal En ads. x MOLINEUX AGAIN FACES FST cea at ORE MRA eally, I am so filled with satisfaction and belief that | am almost fi ee | I cannot ak. And, besides, | am not allowed to talk. You must | PROSECUTOR OSBORNE counsel, | Assistant District-Attorney Osborno | SULENT CROWD AGAIN. | reumed his cross-examination of Moil | Osborne, t as far as the hand- writing is concerned, If the Court de- a or If the jury or Mr. Black desires the defendant's handwriting, the ution is willing. We have plenty.” Black said no. The Court said no, ‘The jury said no. Mr, Osborne sald he would like to ask our wife attention that vould pay to a lady before she was mar- ried? A. He pald such attention as a gentleman would pay to a lady. a gendeman | pros: je ploasure-loving populace clamors to gain admission to the last | neux at 10.31 o'clock. of a theatrical success, so did the morbid-minded swarm and| q@. Mr. Molineux, di Mr, Barnet pay ; tig yeh eeeaae ai ue. WOMEN AT THE MOLINEUX “TRIAL DISPLAY INTENSE INTEREST Na Rep v jing and 1 of them hay eR Q. Did vrite the addr the A. He did Mr_diumpel then went into at } tempt_o: Mr, And you bought that engagement | ' mn i Kae Q » wanted time to think and consult ‘Barnet'aidenth?’ ALY. blindly. The firet question asked by the prosecutor stilled the hum in court and | Wie ih nen aeeare area on on i 5 » of the prosecutor was suppressed; tal t r hand? 4 ‘ NE GAVE IT UP. rivetea the attention of all, The voice o! | Barta fort ane? WHY OSBORNE GAVE IT UP. there was a note of confidence, ‘There was more of (ae oll Osborne in nt | re asked: ho, pi wily Doubtless he went over his evidence very carefully last night. ‘The evi-|yolce and attitude; the chin protruded in the Osborne way; the slant) Testian ensusement Fig thus s ‘dence against Molineux is so closely interwoven, each point is so dependent ||jds of the eyes were close together; there was a half leer on the visage Of /455 «here was no ordinary engagement upon some other point, that most all of the testimony had been touched |the prosecutor. gr and’ ye oN ante diitional questions as to color making. | re unimportant, and Molineux xeused. NOT MOLINEUX’S HAND, | SAYS WRITING aaa When Molineux left the stand the ne of Handwriting xpert € ryalho , y the defense, He was not! om, Messengers were sent for} rvatho could not be foun. umpel, a handwriting expert, the defense. said he had studied ha thirty. years and ho uted witness in the Fair will case} 1, and In the Kennedy and s here in New York. in the Barnet and ¢ ers and that on the polson p: similar.’ he sald. ‘Ho examined hundreds. th; was ing for undisy In Californ Pat ok ap im sure he dl aralysis of the handwr Contradiots Stat experts Tyr wad Osborn said tne apparent dite n writing on to all the the poison packit other writings ty the write a dell to disguls rate ate his hand was la the o apd that jts cramped due to its having been written after the packuge was made i), ustice Lambert permitted Mr, Gum peal iustrate on the blackboard, With a view of shawing for the des fenge that Molineux could not have togulsed his handwriting so. curefull as to make such a ¢ i shown between the in poison packs clmens that Moineux edt to the District-At jeve that the Ant It in found a Thay a murder. tria he the person wrote in his natural Df ail cases, would you not pect the writer ‘of an address on Polson. package to disgutse the charac: teristics of Ms handwriting? A. 1 pup- pose so. Q. Didn't you say the word “club” non f the fendant?) A. etn Some Admiaaions. “y below the “u''? A A. and the above br c” below the e "ul and the ‘tb ” Phat means nothing to ow take the defendant's hand gt: "t ° the "I" and the “b" above the "Un? A. ithe witness got badly mixed because of his nervousness, He became angry at Mr, Osborne, and in language with @ strong German accent threatened to leave the stand. Second Expert for Molineux, Marshall Davis Ewell, who said he was a doctor of medicine, a doctor of laws and lecturer, in the Ullnols University, was the next witness. He backed pert Gumpel in the assertion that Moll. eux did not write the address on the poison package. He also sald that the defendant had not. written the Cornish ‘or Barnet letters, ‘Justice Lambert announced to the jury ‘hae he wishes to ge home ity aa He adjourned seoendne eid IN THE DEFENDANT AS HE TELLS HIS STORY ON THE STAND. MOLINEUX'S “WIFE CONFIDENT eee Fo She Is Certain Husband Will Be Cleared of Murder Charge on Present Trial Before Justice Lambert. TELLS OF HER HOPE. Sharing old Gen, Molineux’s elation over the defendant's showing on the witness stand was the prisoner's wl | Blanche Chesebrough Molineux, She {was it changed woman to-day from the nervous, oppres: creature who has told the newspaper meri within the past Week of the suffering she endured through her husband's unwillingness to nave her at his side In the court room during the trlal land was so eager to tell nie y on the witness stand during t first trial,’ she sal? to-day. "I am de= Ughted that the opportunity was given him. He spoke like a man, know him felt that if he could speak out in court as he had to us that he would be cleared, “I know how bitterly he was disap. polnted because his attorneys thought it best that he should not go on the stand during the first trial, but he | made no complaint. He felt that his | counsel were doing what In their estt- mation was best. But think how hard It was to remain silent during all these year “I know it would have been a bitter disappointment to him had the triad closed without his being permitted te testify, and yet so patient has he DecOme during his interminable period of amis- fortune that he would have found no fault. But his wish prevaiied, and I am fad, He can tell so much’ that will help to prove his innocence and refute the charges and insinuations that have been ma “The reports say he was an excellent witness, and that the severest, cross- examination of Mr. Osborne did_ not confuse him in the least. Of course it didn't, | What tas one to fear when! he or she is telling the trut n he br Ale, has absolutely nothing ‘to cone: al? It Is only those who wish to de- ive and mislead who collapse or con- tradict under questioning. They could hurl questions at Mr, Mol neux ir day ang the replies would not be contrad! simpy because he has no aim ve to tell all he knows and to dell 1E truthfully. Surely. his testimony. of to- day, foliowing, as it did, the endless put pointless testimony of the prosecu- dion, cannot hely but cquit: him, Iked in a manner which must have J an honest heart and a desir al everything in his knowledg feel absolutely confident that few days It will be all over and thae he will, be restored to. freedom, ‘The evidence presented should be sufficient to vindicate him in the eyes of every, $ frlends needed no proof.” To-Morrow’s Sunday World, | MAGNIFICEN ge NEW YORK. Special 12-Page Superbly Illustrated in Extra Magazine. Colors and Half-Tone. MARVELS OF THE WONDER CIT TRANSFORMA MAKING IT THE An Airship Glimpse of Upper New York. Y OF THE WORLD. TION THAT IS CITY BEAUTIFUL. |BEAUTY AND RICHNESS OF ITS HOMES. Future of the World’s Most Spectacular City. Society Back in Town. Skilful. 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