Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-10

He could not remember who told him,
but it might have been John d. Adams.
And it was JOAN d. Adams who sug-
gested that the handwriting on the
wrapper was Molineauxis," asked one
of the jurors.
Cornish did not reply, and Mr.. Os-
borne said:
Adams was your strong man in the
club, wasn't he?"
You are one of those men who does
not where his pull is" said Mr.. Os-
borne.
Mr.. Adams was only one of the
board Of governors in the club" re-
piled Cornish.
You attention was not called to the
Barnet case until after the Adams
case?"
No" replied Mr. Cornish
Mr.. Cornish said that he never had any
personal quarrel with any member of the
knickerbocker A. C, but twice charges
had been preferred against him. He was
accused, he said, of saying things about
two members of the club to a third men,
Der. The charges We're made by G. c.
Hughes, and the names of the two men,
bers involved in the quarrel were Roland
B. Molineaux and H. G. Barnet. That
was two years ago and the witness could
not remember further details
Mr.. Cornish was asked if ne was accused
of saying that member of the Knicker-
booker A c. was in the habit of sending
women TO a disorderly house kept by a
Mrs. Stern. in Forty-seventh street He
said he had heard it said. He knew there
was such a place and such a woman He
had visited the house once He denied
again and again that there was any truth
in the charges preferred against HIM He
said he understood that at a conference
held after a dinner at the Union League
Club Mr.. Molineaux had declared that he
would leave the Knickerbocker A. c. I'M
less he (Cornish) was discharged from
its employ.
Mr.. OSborne's cross examination was
merciless and Mr.. Cornish got mixed up
in his dates. First he said he knew moth
ing of the informal charges against him
made by Molineaux until December Is. and
then he said he knew of Molineaux' 5
statement just after the Union League
Club dinner
Mr. Cornish fully explaided that he did
not consider Mr.. Molineaux's statement
could be called charges. He said that
either Mr.. Ballitine Mr.. Sears or MIR.
Adams told him of Molineauxs statement.
Did you have any idea VINO sent that
box?" asked Mr.. Osborne suddenly.
Il have no idea; l was in no position to
know"
Did you not tell Captain McCluskey,' -
al -
1t came over me in an instant when l
thought of Molineaux-that's just the fell
low who sent the box to me-? "
Cornish replied that that must have
been his impression when he made the
statement to McCluskey.
He could not think of any other man
on earth with whom he had had any kind
of d quarrel that could leave d feeling of
VindicUveness.
Witness had never haG quarrel with
Molineaux in his life.
Then the only point you had against
Molineaux," said Mr.. Osborne, were that
he demanded your discharge from the
Knickerbocker A. c. and that Mr.. Adams
suggested that this handwriting was like
| that published in the newspapers"
THAT is true"
Well before you made the charge
Il did not make any charge"
Don't you think it was a charge when
you told the chief OF detectives Of New
York that the only man in the world VINO
could have done it was Molineaux?
mo, 1 made no charge. Anything I
said to McCluskey was made as d sugges-
| ton to aid him in his work.
At THIS point Coroner Hart adjourned the
| inquiry until tomorrow. The examina-
ton of Cornish viii then be continued.
1t was said after the adjournment that
| lit was not at all sure that either Mr. or
Mrs. Mohneaux would be called to testify.
After the adjournment District Attorney
| Gardner expressed dissatisfaction OF Cor
nishs evasion of questions and said:
THE fact that Cornish gave Mrs. Ad-
| ans the poison is in evidence, and it be-
hooves him to clear his own skirts I'm
der the law his admission OF giving the
| poison makes it possible to secure his in
dictment for murder Whether or not this
win be done remains. Of course, at the
discretion of this office"