People V. Molineux (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. People v. Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 (1901), was a landmark decision by the Court of Appeals of New York.Roland Burnham Molineux was a chemist and social climber from Brooklyn. He was charged with first degree murder for having caused the death of Katherine J. Adams by poisoning. It was alleged that Molineux had a feud with the director of his local athletic club, Harry Cornish, and had mailed a bottle of Bromo-Seltzer laced with cyanide to Cornish. Katherine Adams was providing lodging to Cornish and came across the bottle. She drank the contents in an attempt to cure a headache and died within minutes, in the presence of Cornish who had been the intended target.