The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-09
TIE COBB POISONING CASE.
TESTIMONY CORROBORdTITE or IVES
LEY BTSHOP"S MARIA TIVE

r.bb,. Mother Telling Of his Fatal IIIaess aud |
nj. Fathers Touching Recital ofhI- Death |
The Cnse for the state Closed. and TestI- |
uony ior the Defence 60 be begun To-Day. |
NORWICH. Conn, Jan. 8.-Thc court room
Vos a little less like sardino box when tho |
c,urt was opened this morning than has been
tho case before since the beginning OF the trial. |
The fact that the impression had gone abroad |
that tho most important testimony is already in
probably had much TO do with the comfortable
condition Of the room at Q o'clock. when tho
court opened. Mrs. Cobb. with a veil down. ns
usual and accompanied by her little daughter
her mother. another female relative. and her
brother was escorted to her seat by Jailer Beck
with.
Mrs Mary Maliu Of Asylum street testified
That She had met Wesley Bishop and Kate NJ
cobb in the latter part Of October or the first OF
November between Hurlburt's store and Ford's
fish market. They we're standing and talking.
II was between and 10 O'Clock at night. Met
them afterward several times. once on Pearl
street and met them often in the daytime.
Mrs John Gates saw Mrs. Cobb standing
under the Gaslight outside lIurlburt's store.
She was alone 1t was on the 18th Of February.
A moment later she saw Bishop unlock the
store aud 40 in. He came out soon and joined
Mrs cobb. This was twenty minutes past 10
o'clock.
Mrs Charles H. Cobb. the aged and enfe eblcd
mother Of Charles II. Cobb. Jr.. next took the
stand She was dressed in deep mourning She
gave her testimony in calm but faint voice.
She said:
charley Goth was my only son He was n year. old
sd va. roi, cG@m3 a., 9 Me O. gl s,
HI. srnr faI hcath Wasuood ic was wear In the army
snd aiter~ati IN the navy lie Ptlrn,a hg'ne IN se,d
~ F.bfutr' one e'cin. De W.. iaNcu violently ~ al
afan, n W. ,',g' I. , an vi ,'' i w. i' my
f Sa' ,es ,,ols B,,t,r. ON satri ht snI "t
hm into a violent ut Of Nuuiuns. lie uuu-ht
Ne mc in his stomach, Int he added ihat
h,d never ''r' wi h'm so 1eor1 h3,e
made no conm'nt Late IN MAY he had another
ucre numb o. fchruar, t,d hu. the rr,scucc OF
No ,h't m.n mSnI3 many S,,t,s nu.", b,.on VA
CONAN, Nat std no'lius. Na later date ka,, .aid
ua people ild better mind iicir own Iurlc.. =, Sic
A,nSi rss IT, a ia, 5ois e2 sr ld w ss
so'sc ash, nun thc r ST. an.. fcl Nils AL. ta"
BE- 900. cred. tut Know ol nothing O., whsh could
had any p,i.on n tgc mouse once in february won't
e kAue hou.e Wesley. team stool 30 itg,t OF ,he
but ka', hulc hoy Whnva. SICK w'utinto u,e Gag.
anl An.mrni later h,ari tc door oien ami shut
ana wcs.,, B.'nop went doNu Tue Na.A. got INTO ni,
~srl sie AN, .,Go.l l',roiu. 1at va, 10 Sne
insured favor u d. Me or about 81 so
terms G As ,se Sem an" . WEI" 5e en goo. e
,iiirs ~ my sons h.ne rn,rrH ilc hou'' l' H' ta
lounec ihcaid step. COME down tlc stair. ti,t h.l
about Bishop At tat unc. by,au.c ia not t',i,l..
POSED to- could MT 81, whether the stens were OF one
CT two persons up starr or whether the seps that
g.sn The stairs were iho'e OF more than Tie person
james +. Wheeler testified that he saw Wesley
Bishou on Tuesday night before Cobu'- death
"a school street Bishop passed. going tuwurd
Washington street lads was with him. One
VI his party said: 90 There goes Bishop and
Mrs. cobb" THIS was about o'clock.
Mrs John Reynolds testified that she was NJ
the house ~ Chas. Cobb Jr., the day after his
death. Wesley W. Bishop was there IN the door
leading from the Kitchen into III. back iali
Kate handed him some library books and hskod
linn II he would Doe kind enough 10 return tho
hooks and inquire how long Charieys ticket
Cro-s-examined-.M rs Reynolds said she was
certain that II WAS Mrs, Cobb and not Mr.. Wat
Mr.. Lazic NJ Fuller. oniy si.t'r Of Chas' il.
Conh. Jr.. said that ON Feb. IL. 1875 shs had
conversation with Kate aud told her that II was
louise at o'clock in the morning whiir her
husband was in Troy She said he was th"re.
lut didn't stay SO lnte as that She said II POGO
- wanted 10 talk about her She would l.ivn
them something totaik about. Newrrc friendly
ne she found pen'il on the boat while she
Wa gone. 81" did not show me- the pen il
.tN hnnd mirror AZ her house. AMI she told
Ir 'Nut II wis "a present
o-tined.
""' re rs ~ H' 'hnf s's'N VS. 'hi' .'N' VT 'i
a. ,r t, .N,D - "' u H..' . D."
r..fi,'. iI,,e ,.n Nr. ,.-.' i' .t.r. Az .i1.e.
iia,r seem Kat, .on,er-u- with B..o villain so ca,i
re- s,c 1.m had ai} 11',n. =, VIZ az, gw tut
shDp W .,n h,h e.. 4, NiUt '.'u ei ~, hi'u1t ENC
,,qn,H,ty '"''ed vain b''h'p apart from ue rest OF
,,
AT NE usuh! morning rr'csS W'st sldN nay
~, N,Mn ny sll' slu' ~ h"'r' anu "rl iiv,n'I'
anu ,ulrIM"Iu 'hl'I''l, NO ,tHg ail HIpa.
. N'l} peasant chNtWih th"ln. Mrs ohh IA sod
h"r Ncl AMI Joined IN the talk with VlNHrlty. Her
ESQ, -park led and "A smile often broke over her
f.a
f,'aries TRACY recauod hv tha dot,ncn TO- .
'.,,.,. ,,,,o ,y,.,, NJ. con-. ,or,,,.,.,,,,- =,
va w ic XXI" MN KIM tnd oS MI HIM ky RI &
al III. Ri,hop and Nf. G. No we're v,r1 int.n.aie
aI a,t, lfcu toeei,r 90 tnr street fuc,rr saw MI.
'0tt ana Nr Bishop together once ~ n card lnrN 900
''' louise NE lall's w,t' - 'n' VIZ 80 i'' Do,
,N 81. .'. ,."r 80 ,,'' ~ ,t'..,, 4, ''.
sIit. 81, Mere n .e t.ri,,. a.. .i,si rAi,,t ~.
te,,uaf5 married couple a 'nu thrcc tclrs i % 10,
w.i.a,r. began 10 come rut ahd ho .h4tel tiein uu
ii- runess VISA subject OF bee an'u- Do. tfi'ni.
-1 "t iilh nc 'u URIC Hu'ul 'l'. }'"i, IT," 'Nat
..,A' .ott iii. In fie lob SINCE ti. t.ia m.,s began
Nr.rf ans ding very lowing between Mis- Cobb and
B..fuf. 4. .l liuthiu. paftcl.lrly otherwise.
" u-t..,.,.. ...r, - 4 e.. Ill ,t.
=. VI WHtNA'I, rr'hIl"u 10y u,l'n Shlu litt
W. rilndiy hour Tor closing Hurihuri's STORE