Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-15
MOL|NEAUK ON TIRE STAND.
Casts Some Very Unpleasant ASper-
Sions Upon Cornish.


Discrimination TO ANSWER GER
TAIN QUESTIONS WORSE THAN
THE ANSWERS MIGHT HAVE
BEEN-MOLINEAUX POSITIVELY
DENIES ALL THE ACCUSATIONS
BROUGHT AGAINST HIM-TELLS
OF THE RELATIONS AMONG
HIMSELF, BARNET AND MRS.
CHESBRo BEFORE SHE MAR
RIED MOLINEAUX.
New York, February 14.-Roland B.
M~olineaux was recalled to-day when
the inquest into the death of Mrs. Kate
Adams vas resumed. He was asked to
tell of any dispute he had ever had
with Harry Cornish, Of the Knicker-
booker Athletic club, and in reply said
taat their first diference.of opinion had
arisen in 1896 over improper language
used in the club by a man named
French. Molineaux complained to
Cornish, but got no satisfaction. Mr..
Molineaux said that his next differ
ence with Cornish was in the beginning
of 1897, when he was asked to get up
an amateur circus for April goth. He
was chairman of the circus committee,
and Cornish worked against him in
every way he could.
Witness said that when he first went
to live at the Knickerbocker club, Cor
nish had the run of the house and did
pretty nearly as he wished. Through
the influence of witness, Cornish was
deprived Of the SUPPLEMENTARY of the
club and the use Of his room.
The relations between Barnet and
Cornish were so bad that Barnet wrote
to Cornish because he would not talk
to him.
When witness gave an order for some
new horizontal bars and they were de-
livered, he found that they had come
from a maker other than the one from
whom he had ordered them. The
change in the order had been made by
Cornish. Witness complained of this
to Mr.. Henry Seers and Mr.. Ballan-
tire.
"At the same time" continued wit
ness, 81 showed Mr.. Ballantine a clip
ping from a newspaper containing a
letter which had been written to a
member of the New York Athletic club
rejecting upon its president, Mr.. Bar
tow S. Weeks. Mr.. Ballantine asked
me if | thought it was true Cornish had
written such a letter. | said yes, and
told him l could get the letter, which
/ did, and gave it to him. Mr., Ballan-
tine then suggested that he give a dim
ner to which Mr.. Watson, Mr.. Weeks,
Mr.. Seers, Mr.. Adams and myself were
invited. This dinner was given at the
Union League Club. The letter was
discussed at that time and Mr.. Cornish
was reprimanded, although no charges
~AreiarrAd against him. At that
dinner an apology was extended to Mr..
Weeks on behalf Of Cornish"
Witness (Molineaux) had suggested
to Mr.. Ballantine that Cornish be eth
er reprimanded or dismissed from the
club. Witness was not in a position to
say why Cornish was not dismissed, but
he believed several members of the club
were in league with Cornish and were
receiving money from him.
Mr.. Barnet did not know anything
about Cornish's charges, as they were
OF an ugly character and Mr.. Adams
did not want to have Barnet told.
What was the charger" asked Mr..
Osborne.
Molineaux replied: ut vas a dis
agreeable charge and one which hes
itate in repeating. The evidence was
entirely hearsay, and 1 would rather
not tell WHAT ii was"
Bong pressed for an answer, witness
sah: 4 would rather not tell at this
slime. 1t is toe nasty, although will
tell you in private"
Witness said Malcolm Ford had also
had trouble with Cornish. Ford fin
ally left the club.
Here the examination went into the
relations between John D. Adams, one
of the governors of the Knickerbocker
Club, and a warm friend of Cornish
and two boys employed at the club
named Paul Clorr and VIM. Race.