New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-24

Finally on the advice or MS own couHSel Oo'-
nish answered the question. saying, Il think
can"
CORNISHS ACCUSATIONS
Mr. Osborne told him to make his statement
I'm his own way Cornish drew his typewriter
memoranda from his pocket and turning in his
chair so as to face the jury began to make his
speech. He did his best in this summing up OF
the case to show that the conflict between his
testimony given In the earlier part Of the IN
quest and that OF other witnesses was only
play on words and nothing more. Continuing
he said:
At first could not think that had any enei ne;
mics VINO had II in for enough 70 want to XII
in the business Ny quarrel WIN AT. Ss~I t I,ttaS
such a sQuabbie, and the statement ana lhe ~.
shown that ! would get even win hes Mgs ryairy yGry
between the Knckerbocker Athletic Club and the
New-York Athletic club on the FrluaS are, III W
Adams's death. the handwriting was SHOWN 20 me,
but not the signature. and II we cou'G Iom "aS S
had before US letter from MoIneIx oonred wrien an"
addressed 70 Friend cornish anu CoInP',vu u,iI !.
with the clipping OF a newspaper any one would
that # came over me Ike fash or intuition anu
I said, That's the man who sent the SUN 10
About January fifty men in the club were say
ing the same thing 10 me. His name was connect
ed with the case on all sides could not think think
of any one on earth who had SHOWN the same
auimosity to me He had He'd about me. and got
Hughes make charges against mbe MI.
Hughes has since told me he was sorry ana couil
not understand how II IS he had been led into the
matter Molineux said | met him on the stars
and called him a vile name. when II was proved
that IT was inposs.b for me 10 have met him:
/ was not in the clubhouse at the time. lie SAID
matter OF fact his resignation on his own private
stationery was written several days oeIore ana
he had carried 1t around in his pocket nave
since learned that the reason he left the Board
NEE ing was because he learned hat he had been
dominated Tor governor OF the New-fork Athletic
him make the statement under oath. lie has car
riad his anmity right along. When | began 70
make inquiries about him, / heard many state
ments. Some Of them We're not true, many. /
hear so Strange stories were told Of his library
works on great crimes book on sexual pr PGosres @
Then there talk % his collection OF pictures.
dne6Sed my my mad Then his own course Of pro-
cedure. When he was first talked about he hired
a lawyer and handwriting expert He has a bad
mind
Cornish said he had heard Of Mollneux telling
stories about Adams and Balantine, and that
be was interested In questions Of degeneracy.
COULD NOT GIVE NAMES
Cornish here raised his voice and in an excit-
cd way told Of a number Of other rumors which
he said had come 10 him In regard 70 Molineux
He could not remember names Of people who
had told him these things. nor could he give Mr.
Osborne any information as to where the names
might be learned In the closing part Of his
address he summed UP all his reasons why he
charged Molineux with the crime. He spoke Of
the several letter boxes rented in the names of
H Cornish" and II. c. Barnet" and then
talked about a letter written by H Cornish" to
a Detroit drug firm asking about man named
Harpster. Cornish continued his remarks thus:
Whoever sent that letter TO stearns & Co must
have known SIR. Harpster and that person IS
ar was a member OF The Knickerbocker Athletic
Club. 1t can suIl further De narrowed down. He
company and there were but one per-
sons in the club who knew this One of them
There is still another thing which appeared Sig
vifh my suspicious There was raft OF persons
called down 10 the Detective Bureau, and Captain
McClusky requested all ot them TO write their
names. They were Harpsier, Yocum, Gallagher.
Mrs Rogers, myself ana many others. All Of us
When il came TO Molneaux's turn TO write his
name he absolutely refused 70 90 50. referring
see and I have worked hard and diligently on this
case 70 endoavOr &c fix the quit where 1t belongs,
separated. The mqn or person who committed the
one act committed the other and there is no
Tae story told on this wltness-sand that Barnet
and had trouble n my room, III ,i9 wnleh Il was
pun I6I IlG W fse 80 such trouble ever occurred
uhqua'Ilie'i.S and g., fscf no trorhle of anv Kid
ever occurred between Us. Moreover. Barnet, 10
my recollection. was never in my room Mr. o.
iook in the Knickerbocker Athletic Club for the
noisoner That person must have known that
farpster worked for r r Stearns & Co. OF De-
troit and he must nave known that knew II also.
Now there are as have said before, but one or TWO
nersous who knew this One was myself and the
otner was MoiineLx. Harpster, II am properly
irforned never told anyhow else about II. and IL
was not known until this case came up. Now. Mr..
osborne / am willing to answer sny questions you
NAV see ht 10 ask me
EXPLAINING DISCREPANCIES.
After Cornish had closed his rather dramatic
hold Of nd
asked a number Of questions. In answer to the
first question. Cornish said that, as far as he
knew no other person than himself In the cluo