The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-18
JURY NOT MAKING
MUCH PROGRESS
Another Days Hearing of Adams
Poison Case.
A STARTLING RUM0R OUT
That the District Attorneys Know Who
Murdered Mrs. Adams and That
They Have Sufficient Evidence
to Convict Them.
A STARTLING RUM0R OUT

very great progress toward the solution OF
the mysterious Adams poisoning case, the
coroner's inquest this afternoon adjourned
over until Monday. The most important
DEVELOPMENTS connected with today's ses-
sion were the testimony of John d. Adams,
the secretary of the Knickerbocker Ath-
stand and told how he happened to mention
stand AMI ted how happened to mention
Roland B. Molineaux in connection with
the sending of the bromo settler to Cor
nish; the request of Cornish to again go
on the stand, and the statement of DR..
Hitchcock that if he were again put upon
the stand he could clear up the mystery of
the two glasses.
Shortly after the noon recess today,
Harry Cornish sent friend to Coroner
Hart asking for private conference. The
coroner sent word that he saw no need of
private conference and that he could tell
publicly all he knew by resuming the wit
ness stand. Cornish announced his immed-
late readiness to testify again.
What l shall disclose will help immeas-
urably in solving this mystery" he said.
1t is very probable that he will give his
evidence on Monday.
A report emanated today from the dis
persons who had murdered Mrs. Adams
and Henry c. Barnet were known and that
the state had sufficient evidence to convict
them This evidence has not yet been SUBJ
mitted to the grand jury, nor will any of
the lawyers at the district attorneys office
or Colonel Gardiner himself explain the de-
lay. Assistant District Attorney Osborne
today said that Mrs. Roland b. Molineaux
would certainly be placed upon the witness
stand.
Cornish Had Two Packages
Patrick +. Finneran, the assistant IN
structor of the Knickerbocker Athletic
club, was on the witness stand today. He
testified that he was in Cornish's office en-
December "a, when Cornish came in with
the mail and a box. Cornish ripped the
string and wrapper off the box and opened
it. 1t contained two packages.
Cornish took out one of the packages
and showed a silver object, saying What
can this be? Witness said ut looks
like a candle stick"
NO., said Cornish 'I guess it is for
matches" Then Cornish opened the other
packages and showed bottle of bromo
settler. 1t was in a blue wrapper, sealed
at both ends with wax.
Mr.. Finneran continued: HE took the
wrapper off and threw it in the waste
basket. / asked him if he had any idea
who sent it, and he said no. I suggested
that some one had sent it to him in a joke,
and that 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. Cornish showed his
present and Mr.. King made some remark
about taking some of the bromo settler,
but there was no glass at the water cooler.
That same day I went to Boston. 1 re-
turned the day after the death of Mrs.
nd Ion hat Cornish In
Yocum's room sick. I went to the room
and Cornish said the stuff. In the bottle
must have been pretty strong stuff; Mrs.
Adams had died almost Immediately, but
he hoped to pull through. He looked very
bad"
Finneran was sure the bottle was reg
ular bromo settler bottle.
Mr. Osborne submitted the holder and
Ffnneran said 1t looked like the one that
he. saw Cornish have.
Harry S. Cornish was called and said to
the best of his knowledge it was the same
holder. Mr.. Osborne then produced
bromo settler bottle, placed it on top of the
holder and showed it to Finneran. who
said he identified 1t as a bromo settler bot
tie Then Mr.. Osborne showed that the
bottle was so much larger than the holder
that 1t could not be forced into it.
"You saw it fitted In yourself, did you
not?' asked Mr. Osborne.
81 did," replied the witness.
The bottle and holder were then put in
evidence. Witness was sure that he said
to Cornish that the box had been sent to
him probably as joke, and that Cornish
agreed with him in this view of the mat
ter.
why Didn't King Take 1t
Mr. Osborne questioned witness very
closely as to why Mr.. King had not taken
a dose of the drug when the package was
sboxvn him nv Cornish.
Are you sure" asked Mr.. Osborne, that
the reason was that there was no glass at
the water cooler?"
ut was either on that account or be-
cause there was no water"
Undertaken Thomas Brown testified that
he went to the Adams apartment in re-
sponse to call He found DR.. Hitchcock
and Cornish eating apples. He did not see
Cornish vomiting.
John FL. Yocum testified that he lived at
the Knickerbocker club; was professional
chemist and was an intimate friend of Cor
nish Witness said he did not know that
he had ever seen cyanide of mercury. 1t
was so rare that 1t was chemical Curl
osity 1t could be only made by an ex-
pert AS far as he knew 1t was not used
in the arts. Cornish was not frequent
visitor to witness laboratory and never
talked with him on the subject of chem
istry.
John D. Adams, secretary Of the Knicker-
booker club, was the next witness. His
testimony was confined principally TO the
relations of Cornish and Barnet and Mo-
lineaux and affairs among the members or
the Knickerbocker club, but in that respect
was of little value.
Ibid the suggestion that Molineaux did
this thing come from your witness was
finally asked
II do not know if Cornish thought of 1t
or not / had been studying the fac smile
of the handwriting published in the news
papers and when 1 was cleaning out my
desk / came across some scraps of Molin-
eaux's writing. was struck with the re-
semblance and asked for Molineaux's let
tiers from the club files. I compared them
with the fac smile and showed them to
Superintendent Gustanoby of the club. I
said to him: Does not that look like the
fac simileT AS l recall the reply, he said:
This is too horrible to believe. have
some letters upstairs I'll show you"
mo name was mentioned?" interrupted
Mr.. Osborne.
mo, sir. After dinner Mr.. Gustanoby
gave me a package containing two letters
IOIs, ,. 1nr STR talr