Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-29

interest is now lent to the trial OF
Roland B. Molineux because of the APP
pearance on the witness stand of Harry
S. Cornish, to whom the poison which
killed Mrs. Adams was sent through
the mails. Cornish was on the stand
late this afternoon and his examina-
ton, which promises to develop many
things not yet made public will probab-
ly continue for several days, with in
terruptions here and there for other
witnesses.
Cornish told to-day of the receipt
by himself of his famous silver holder
and bottle of poison and he reviewed
the story of Mrs. Adams death by the
supposed "bromo settler" which he had
administered to her when she was i'll.
Just as Cornishs testimony was be-
ginning to be interesting the Recorder
adjourned the case until tomorrow.
The handwriting experts gave way
to-day to the physicians. DR.. Phillips,
who attended both H. c. Barnet before
his death and Harry S. Cornish, was
one of the witnesses examined, and
he attributed the illness of Cornish to
Mercurinl Poison
and the death of Barnet to the same
agent. The name Barnet" was not
permitted to be received in the testi-
mony or placed on the records, but a
mythical "a. B." was adopted instead
and all the symptoms exhibited by
Barnet during his illness were describ
ed by DR.. Phillips and accepted as tes-
tim0ny
DR.. Coffin, who also attended these
men during their illness, corroborated
the testimony of DR.. Phillips as far as
related to the symptoms and endorsed
the diagonis by that physician.
Another witness to-day was John
d. Adams, once secretary of the
Knickerbocker A. c.. His testimony
dealt with the relations between Cor
nish and Molineux and with the va
rious quarrels that had occurred at that
club
Mr.. Weeks will probably take up the
cross examination of Adams to-mor-
row before Cornish goes on the stand.
Cornish Testihes
that he was 80 years old. He told of
having only common school educa-
ton during his younger days, then
business schooling, a term or two in
the physical training school at Harvard
and of having studied physical anato-
my at the college of physicians and
surgeons in this city. He stated that
he was connected with the Chicago
Athletic club for two years and the
Western Athletic club for five years.
He was shown several letters, all of
which he identified as having been
written by his own hand. These let
ters were offered in evidence by Mr..
Osborne as standards of comparison.
The letters admitted We're nearly all
pertaining to athletic matters and ad-
dressed to different people
Il show you exhibit "a" (the poison
package address,, Mr.. Cornish, and ask
if you wrote that?" said Mr.. Osborne.
81 did not
did you ever have letter box at
No. 1920 Broadway"
Il did not"
He was shown exhibits F, H, /, B,
and o, the disputed letters signed Bar
net"
Did you write any of them?"
Il did not"
He said that in December, 1898, he
lived at No. 81 West Eighty-sixth
street. Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs Hawords, all related to Cornish by
marriage, lives there also. He had
known them in Hartford, where he for
merly lived.
On the oath Of December, 1898, he
Received "A Package
through the mails. He got it in his
mail box at the Knickerbocker A. c.
and opened it in his Office at that club,
between 10 and II o'clock. He identi-
fed the exhibit "A" as a portion Of the
outside wrapper. When he tore off the
wrapper he said he found small hold
er which he took at the time TO be a
silver toothpic holder. In another part
of the box he found what purported To
be a bottle of bromo settler. He had
previously thrown the wrapper into the
waste basket. He found an envelope
in the box and supposed IL to contain
a card, but there was none. He put
the envelope, the bottle holder and the
bottle, which had revenue stamp on
it, in his desk
Later II. A. King came in and took
the bottle of bromo seltzer and started
TO take some OF it. but did not Others
were in the Office during the day and
saw the bottle. bottle holder and por-