The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-18
Cornish Wants to
Testify Again.
CAN GIVE. LIGHT.
Another Bluff From District
Attorneys Office.


noon adjourned until Monday. The
most important developments connect
ed with today's session were the testI-
monN of John d. Adams. the secretary
OF the Knickerbocker Athletic CYub.
VINO went upon the witness stand and
to'd now he happened to mention Ro-
land b. Molineux in connection with
the sending OF the bromo seltzer to Cor
n!sh and the request OF Cornish to
again go upon the stand
shortly after the noon recess today.
Harry Cornish sent a friend to Coroner
Hart, asking FOR a private conference.
Inc coroner sent back word that
he saw no need of a private conference.
ana that Cornish could tell publicly all
ne KNEW by resumng the witness
stand. Cornish then announced his
readiness to testify again What
! 'shall disclose viii help immeasurably
IN SOWING this mystery he said 1t
| Is very probable he win give his evil
denee on Monday
An announcement, emanated today
from The district attorneys office, to
the erect that the persons who had
murdered Mrs. Adams and Henry q
Ddlhet We're known absolutely. and
tnat the state had sufficient evidence
TO convict them. But this evidence has
H i'9 yet been submitted to the grand
july nor VIII any OF the LAWYERS at
the district attorneys office or col
for this 'Ne iea1'oh
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
toaay said that Mrs Roland b Mo-
4iheuX would certainly be placed upon
the witness stand. This probably will
be on Monday next.
roilceman Sheehan was the first
ediied when the Inquest WAS resumed
fthls morning. His testimony was un-
lihPortant,a and he WAS followed by Pat
l!ch ~ Finnersn, the assistant in
structor of the Kniekerbocrer AtbIetIo
Club. Finneran testified he had knn,y5
cornish III years, that he worked for
cornish in Boston and In Chicago and
mat cornish got him his present place
he and Cornish were intimate friends
witness said he was in his office
Dec. u when Cornish came in with
s sts man ana box Cornish ripped the
stilhB ana wrapper Off the box and
opened It. 1t contained two packages
! Cornish took out one of the PACKAGES
and showed = silver object, saying:
What cSrl this be-"
Witness said it looks like candle
stick.
No" said Cornish, Il guess it is for
matches"
Then Cornish opened the other pack
age and showed a bottle Of bromo
settler. 1t was in a blue wrapeer
sealed at both ends with wax. Mr.
Flncran continued: He took the
wrapper off and threw IL in the waste
paper basket. The bottle fitted the
holder nicely. ] asked him II he had
an idea who sent It, and he said no.
asked him If he didn't recognize the
writing and suggested thar some one
had sent it 20 him in a joke, and he
had better save the wrapper to Identify
the joker He picked up the wrapper
and cut out the address
shortly afterwards George Salmon
came In and then Mr. King He inyft-
/ Cd them to look at his present and Mr..
King made some REMARK about taking
some He went to get a glass. but
there was no water IN the cooler. That
same day | went 10 Boston. ] re-
turned the Wednesday after the death
and heard that Cornish was in Yo-
| kum's room, sick. | was told that he
had taken the stuff thai came IN the
! bromo settler holder, and Il made him
sick. Cornish told me the same story.
! He looked bad. ] went to his room
and asked if there was anything
could do for him. He said the doctors
/ were doing all that was necessary. and
said the stuff in the bottle must have
been strong stuff.
toihIsh Ndh tHen cdlleu ana SAID TO
| the best Of his knowledge and belief
the holdtf shown was the same.
| Finneran's examination was thea
resumed Mr.. Osborne produced a
| bromo setzer bottle, placed il on top
of the holder and showed triumphant
w that the bottle was 80 much larger
than the holder that II could not he
forced in.
You saw 1t fitted in yourself didn't
! your asked Mr.. Osborne
81 did" replied the witness
The bottle and holder were then put
In evidence. Witness was asked what
called his attention to the box in cues
ton, and he replied. Well, Cornish
was walking right nv and ! couldn't
| help seeing IT. The box was about four
| by six inches He was sure that he
said to Cornish that the box had been
sent TO him In a joke. aud that Cornish
agreed With him in this view Of .he
matter
Il understand that you suggested
that the wrapper should be saved in
order that the sender might at some
! time be discovered"
Yes, sir
| Witness said that after the package
was opened, Mr.. King said that
( he felt like taking dose and then
started to do so, but there was no glass
1 at the water cooler.
! Mr.. Osborne asked the witness close
/ ly on this point as Cornish had pre-
viousiy testified that Mr.. King had not
1 taken dose because there was no
1 water in the cooler, lie asked tho
witness, Are you cure that that was
I the reason"
As he asked the question. Mr. De-
borne picked a newspaper clipping
from the table and glanced at It, This
/ witness answered II was either on that
account or because there was no water.
Now what did you ray water for, after
you had testified twice before that II
was because of the absence OF the
glass: did you not change your mind
because you saw me read this clipping
and because you remembered suddenly
that Cornish had testified that Mr..
King had not taken d dose because
there was no water in the cooler"
no sir did not"
John n. Yocun testified that he lived
al the Knicberboclper club, was a pro-
fef8iorSai chemist with a laboratory
containing a Large assortment OF drugs