New-York tribune., 1899-02-15
vopr DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1a 1899

have seer his writing. but DO not know It wei
o.@Was Adams friendly to Harpster? Al
don, think he cared tor him much o,,,n, Al
think il was a Mr Gensnger. a hotei-kccpSr'
Q.-Wore Genslnger and Adams Irl,nrS g.. ,bat
No far from II. ! have heard GenshnR'r shy "'''
| Adams was a most disreputable man. , ,o,
Q.-Now, Mr. Moneqx am gong 70 Gon5 a." want gyT
some questions personal to yourself ooh W =" g.
You TO think | am trying to releG,t nBo" YES
any way. DID YOU ever smoke OPP GpluH ~ scs what
o'~Not to dream? A-No. just to see what It
like.
Mr.. Molineux said he had visited Chinatown
ten or twelve times with friends to look around
and have n Chinese supper. lie was there
connie of times to see the Chinese Consul about
the sale OF a yacht
Are YOU particular friend OF Chuck Con-
nors?"
Mr. Mollneux said that he had been able 10
do favors TO Connors and that Connors hau
shown him around Chinatown He told no" he
first met Connors at a lottery competition anu
that he visited Connors and looked upon MIN aS
one Of the characters Of the town.
Odd you ever hear Of the Oriental room Conn.,, a
Do you refer to the apartments% on o, 'iI road about
It in the papers, but did not see any t,tH Nh Adams
tai about It. had occasion 70 SCI -, w. class in
about engaging an instructor for 4 DoyS cIsa'
caIsthonics and | took A. c. Burnham OF provh tSo
Iyn with me to call upon him. mat was ~
oiy Have Iy vou w seen Harpster since you Left the
club? A.--Yes: but have never nng Yr,tten en- him
O~Do You know a man named Idddy? -. A. 100 ago'
sir Very well | met him first twelve t,rl about
cySnide Of mercury? A.-Mr Osborne have ne never e;
I don't know anything about IT,. never knew no"
to make and never knew how IL was ~ had
book beside me could make It Ny idea OK Gne'r n
istry is confined almost entirely 10 .I. e
% DID you ever take cyanide Of mercury A.,
II / had / do not imagine woulo De mere - W
CT an told that you know all about the 6or 6oT
b % ara p gT0T wEr1 yo are employed and
that they are close associates OF yours - "'' 50
OF am also told thst you took your WI, e,,t' 70
Newark and introduced her to bartender, 'r% o,,
true? A-Mr Osborn 5. are E, You s n6t f true DSl'
Q-Is II not A fact that after you left the hnek-
erbocker Athlete Club you met c'st It is G true
that | met him the stairs remember mscItss me LIZ
Er Hughes and 9f reTE cnsd MN c % yile name say
ing at the Same @ tiWs ,l I9G o GiG1! I 90 " o' you
Q-Did You strike him? Al did not.
CORNISH ANGRY.
During this part OF the testimony Cornish
moved about on the table where he was sitting
and repeated oath after oath as to Molineux
and his testimony and kept saying to the re-
some questions. Finally Assistant Distrct-At-
torncv Blumenthal came over 10 him. and asked
him 10 suggest questions which might he asked
the witness. Cornish replied that he had no
questions to ask.
fO-Did YOU ever say you were a slave TO the
opium habit and would like 20 break yourself of ~
Q.-Did Won lead Chuck Connors's hall A-No. I
bought box for H. but whgn got tneFe ,,o. some
During the latter part Of the examination Mr.
| rufe qp1in hoe ar7p
declared 20 the reporters that he would like 10
make statement, but when MI Blumentha
came 70 talk with him William T. Howe went
up TO Cornish and told him not 10 say anything
as he was his counsel and would advise him not
to talk. Cornish took this advice.
After Mr.. Molineux had told Coroner Hart that
he had shaved off his mustache last summer he
excused from the stand
X A. c.. WATCHMAN CALLED
Joseph Moore night watchman at the Knlck-
erbocker Athletic Club was called and asked
what he knew Of the death Of Henry c. Barnet.
lie said he went to Mr.. Barnets room during
his final Illness and Mr Barnet told him he
thought he had taken poison. lie asked Barnet
what poison he had taken and Barnet said it
was Kutnows powders Moore put his tongue
TO the powder and he said II tasted like
"mouthful Of pennies" He sent FOR DR.. Phillips
and when the doctor came he told him OF the
poison before going Up 10 Barnets room. and
the doctor tried to find out what the poison was.
1t nearly twenty minutes before the doctor
saw Barnet. Replying to the questions Of the
Assistant District-Attorney. Moore said that it
was general gossip throughout the club that
Barnet believed he had been poisoned. All the
employees In the club knew It.
"Was Cornish an employee
Yes"
Moore said that his first engagement in the
club two and e-half years ago. was made by
Cornish. who then acting manager. He
held the Joint position OF night watchman and
valet. Barnet told him. some days before ne
died, that he had taken poison enough 10 kill
fifty men. hut the witness did not believe him.
because Il was understood that Barnets illness
was diphtheria Replying 10 Juror. Moore said
he did not know where Barnet got the powder.
it was not long after Mrs. Adams's death that
he knew that It was believed the powder came
by mall, and that search had been made FOR
the wrapper at the request Of Dr. Douglass. He
said he told all he knew about the death Of Mr..
Barnet TO reporter just after Mrs. Adams's
death. at the request OF Mr.. Cornish.
That closed MCores testimony. Mr. Osborne
asked Mr.. Weeks 20 have Mrs. Molineux present
this morning, and told Cornish that II he would
bring his friends Mr.. and Mrs Hovey he would
put them on the stand soon as court opened.
Hovey was I'm the Adams apartments when Mrs
Adams died.
Adjournment was taken until 1890 o'clock
this morning.