New-York tribune., 1899-07-19
SAWS HE RECOGNIZED CORNISH.
1>e1srs r7E KNEW HIS VISITOR THE
MOMENT He SAW HIM.

fWAYNE INSlSLS he NM" ~--~
MOMENT HE SAW HIM.
New-Haven. Conn. July Is (SpeciaD-When wal
ger { swavne read the statement given OUT Uy
Harry Cornish in New-York last night ne was
arg-v and branded II as absolutely false ne
oASs6. .-VbAn two men who said they were de-
+ectives called on me yesterday instantly recos
Yized one OF them as H Cornish, OF HARTFORD lhe
man for whom I put up the poison nllNtute'
SAID 70 McCarerty: Yes. I know you. and Kho"
the man that's with you cid not SPEAK Co'
name for did not think It was prudent to 90 So
NJ urcle William Swayne. stood short distance
avsv looking at Cornish intently. and was salls-
fed that he recognized Cornish. The TWO men
remained quite time and tried 10 make ME ta4N
about the poison but told them that was acuils
by advice Of my lawyer and "ou4o not an -.
soon as they left told my uncle that one OF the
NE, vvas Cornish and also told the servant girI
81 The latter aid not seem to recognize him. IN
less than ten minutes after they left h NJ Seos-
1vick OF New-Haven. friend. called ana loiu
him that Cornish had Just left said nothing 70
CIV one else for thought It best not 10 tax uhu
later The man who told me ne was pe'ec'4Fe
Carev was Cornish. the man for whom mixed
.ba 1o,son 7 am sure OF II. The whole thing is
that the District Attorneys once IN New o'A
sent that man up here 70 try 10 Vholca'e 'ne"
sslve. They have got the wrong man. and they
don't want to be shown UP. But l teI 50u '""'
got the best Of them on that.
~ suavre,s attention vas then called 70 the
statement OF Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre
In the interview Mr. Mcintyre SAID 1hat ne pc
lieved Mr. swayne TO be the man VINO entered Ine
cour,room IN the trial OF Mrs. Alice Livingston
Fleming about four years ago and Wahleu 70 '@Ae
the witness stand and swallow lSo grams OF NOR
-h,a 80 rrova that II could be done without caus-
ing death. -, ~,
'That is a lie from beginning to end saio MT M.
swayue excitedly. You can brand II rlshI mere
as lie never appeared in New-York az 'riai
neuyork 7 was born in Lancaster County Penn
Nv parents were Quakers and am quaker t'
dav received my frst training IN cnemlsuy anu
pharmacy at the Philadelphia CoHeee oi Na-7
racv I was later employed by one OF my az
.tructors in the college chemist In the estao
-. % va.,ard g Jones & Co. After that
es,ablsbAd the pharmaceutical laboratory or henry
x Wannole q Co, and they are using my tornhu-
las ,o-dsv also have worked in the laboratory
of Jobn wveth g. Bro. After left Pmnaeiphla
settled in Hubbsrdston, Mass "here u'1 IA
ing Then I came &c New-HaVen.
81 -, eyer given expert testimony as
chemist? - go
Never on the stand but some twenty years t, ~sO
I was called into the famous Miller case III I'm
cago man thought his wifes reiau'es Asu D
poisoning him. A sample OF the suspec'eu pol0pl pa
was sent me for analysis. and as found II 10 DC
a harmless mixture. the accused parues "eis u'S
charged"
swavne inst aye years ago this summer was
garbage contractor for the city. He preferred
charges against officials OF the Board OF ~heaith- ~
He testified that one official met him on eef "a. sn
date on the street and asked him for orioe. INC
officer produced n number Of witnesses az tne near
ing and they testified that on the day ~ ques III
the physician in ATTENDANCE al me Tim Iae "a @
meeting OF the State Medical Society Inc
were dismissed and both officials were coHpa'''
exonerated By the Board OF Health at tne eIs YI,sr
When The Tribune representative caIIeo Wa,s.i ,al
6wayne was absent returning thirty MINUTES cis
During the interval William Swayne the .s ,,S,' ur'
was asked: 'Dd two detectives can yestsr.saS IA
"One OF them wasn't detective, saIu III. ~ 0ot
man II know him. That was the man trat M -. 80
the poison knew II was he. and so did waiter
lie said so after they had gone -. os berA
Then do you identify the man VINO was hsLe
yesterday as the man VINO got the poison OF MI
SwayneY - I..
"Oh, yes 7 knew him He's the one; saW MN a.
twice here before and ! saw him on the sue0' 80
New-Hayen. ! remember him" .r or,
The servant refused TO give her name nm ~
the one" she said that found that caro- WIN "a, ~,
Cornish. Hartford Conn., on IT, ~ was III ~ ~ ~
house here. Ar. Swayne useo 10 bring nome ''e