Great Crowds Mob Courthouse Door; Molineux Happy With Hope of Verdict
Item
- Title
- Great Crowds Mob Courthouse Door; Molineux Happy With Hope of Verdict
- Source
- Evening World
- Date
- 8-Feb-00
- page
- 2
- Identifier
- Image 2 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), February 8, 1900, (Evening Edition) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- Court, suspects
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged murderer
- Gender of alleged victim
- Female alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- Police
- Stage of the Legal System
- Court
- Length of story
- 229 words
- Description
- [...] Reputation Precious - Gentlemen of the jury, do you recognize that a Grand Jury of this county has solemnly charged Roland B. Molineux of the murder of Katherine J. Adams? Do you recognize the fact that he is the son of an eminent father? Do you recognize the fact that to honorable men there are some things more sacred even than life? Do you recognize the fact that there is such a thing as reputation? Do you recognize the fact that to some men in the world reputation is worth more even than life? Do you recognize the fact that in this country there are thousands, aye millions, of people that are willing to sacrifice their lives for what they think is their reputation? And do you recognize the fact, that in spite of that indictment made by the Grand Jury, and in spite of that tremendous case made out by the District-Attorney that no one solitary word has been said by the prisoner's counsel to show that he was not guilty. I assume, Mr. Martin, that this jury would acquit him in five minutes in this case. Mr. Weeks objected to the language of Mr. Osborne and the Court replied that both counsels for the defense have indulge in the practice of going outside of the province. The Court refused to so instruct and Mr. Weeks took an exception. [...]
