The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-29
POISON STORY RETOLD
HARRY b. CORNISH CALLED TO
THE STAND IN THE TRIAL OF
ROLAND MOLINEUX
INTEREST IN CASE REVIVED


Cornish Again Tells of the Receipt
of the Fatal Poison Package, and
of the Tragedy That Followed,
Resulting In the Death of Mrs.
Administrative Is interrupted
by an Early Adjournment.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-Intense interest
is now lent to the trial Of Roland B.
Monneux because Of the appearance on
the witness stand of Harry B. Cornish, to
whom the poison, which killed Mrs.
Adams, was sent Mr. Cornish was on
the stand at the adjournment of court,
and his examination and cross-examina-
ton will probably continue several days,
with Interruptions here and there for ex-
animation Of other witnesses.
TESTIMONY OF CORNISH
Cornish testified that he was thirty
nine years Of age. He told of having
only a common school education during
his younger days, then a business school
Ing. term or two In the Physical Train
ing school at Harvard, and Of having
studied physical anatomy at the College
Of Physicians and Surgeons in this city.
He stated that he was connected with
the Chicago Athletic club for two years
ard the Western Athletic club for five
years.
He was shown several letters, all OF
which he identified as having been writ
ten by his own hand. These letters were
offered in evidence by Mr.. Osborne for
the purpose of comparison. The letters
were nearly all pertaining to private mat
tiers and addressed to different people.
II show you exhibit A (the poison pack
age address,, Mr. Cornish, and ask if
you wrote that?" said Mr. Osborne
81 did not
Did you ever have a letter box at 1920
Broadway"
IT did not
BARNET LETTERS
He was shown exhibits F, H. I, B and
c, the disputed letters, signed Barnet.
Did you write any of them?'
II did not"
He said, in December, 1888, he lived at
81 West Eighty-sixth street. Mrs Adams,
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs Hawords, all reIat-
ed TO Cornish by marriage, lived there
also. He had known them in Hartford,
where he formerly lived On the 26th of
December, 1858, he received a package
through the mails. He got 1t in his mail
box at the Knickerbocker Athletic club,
and opened it in his Office at that club
between 10 and II o'clock He identified
exhibit A as a portion of the outside
wrapper. When he tore off the wrapper
he said he found a small holder, which
he took at the time to be a silver tooth
pick holder. In another part OF the box
he found what purported to be bottle Of
bromo-seltzer. He had previously thrown
the wrapper into the waste basket. He
found an envelope in the box and sup
posed 1t contained a card, but there was
none. He put the envelope the bottle
holder and the bottle which had a rev
enue stamp on il, in his desk. Later H
a. King came in and took the bottle Of
bromo-seltzer and started to take some
of it, but did not Others were in the
office during the day, and saw the bot
tie, bottle holder and portion of the wrap
per. His desk was open the greater part
of the day, and in the evening Cornish
said he took the bottle, bottleholder and
address home with him. Cornish was
then shown the poison bottle and the
holder, and identified them
Shortly after reaching home that even
ing, he said, Mrs. Adams came in. He
showed the things to her, and they both
commented on the similarity between the
bottleholder and some small toilet
trinkets she had on her dressing case
He said he told Mrs. Adams that he had
no use for the holder and gave it to her
and that he was now positive that she put
1t on her dressing table. He put the sup