The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-30
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,ArroxIxrc REPRODUCTION
8 THE POISONING.
-. COG FinalIy Intcrfercs ana
80 he E.Aihition-Litsis Iss'l-
s., q interest IL brought Out
!. &. celebrated MoIineux Case.

B - work. Dec. 2s.--The most inter-
v...,dent today In the trial OF no
s 3 I0lineux, charged with the muir
~. y Tefherine ]. Adams. occurred our
X. rroaa- examination OF Harry COR
~ :. periov s. Weeks, defencant
..'s, ~ v seks asked the witness 10
~ Srcv the stand. sit down at the emo
n n. fsbls occupied by the attorneys
sss ssate. 70 through the performance
1890 4 bottle Of bromo-seltzer, show
g n - Knocked the contents into the
IA q Nv ~ pofired the water from one
a ,rto another, being careful to get
.....,,irsfely the same amount OF water
~. y used in the preparation OF the IA
y, ~. N thu morning of the murder or
1Ssms. Cornish complied with the
/, 1870 ana proceeded to show how mucn
1870 ssr ~ the mixture, also about how
- M. Adams took of the poison. II
vi 81. N until Mr.. Weeks asked the wit
~, !. drgnk the water In this panto-
E2 Z, rsrroduction that the recorder IN
1z.5Sse6 Mr.. Weeks assured cornish
~ ~ water would not hurt him. but
y csuf Tt,, TemshnSrh has gone far enough.
. e1s cu nisfrict Attorney Osborne good
.sssre6iy told the witness TO go aheao ana
s ..1st ~ water and the witness picked up
- e,s ~ With the remark:
StySn will drink It.
~ III point Recorder Gon again lnters
IN ,ssS,vrif ANYTHING OF the sort to take
1sst 4. IN court room. Me- Osborne said
~ vhiIe Cornish aid not like the tao
". sSnr,fed By the attorney for the De-
- M had no objection to drinking the
rilsf II allowed to 40 30 py me s,o to nnr.
III however, the recorder wound not con-
a
~ y n q the most important witnesses for
- ryneecution were on the stand during
~ IN. They were John d.. Adams, ex-
i1efefsry Of the Klickeroocker Atnletic
~ ~ 'x I'M called. The most interesting
sntet n connection with his testimony to-
Ev vas III positive Identification OF the
SasdWriting on the poison package as tnat
z Moline1x The testimony OF Cornisn
s.t.d Largely ts % ernine Of he murs
~ e the Adams nat
SscordSr Goff refused to allow Mr..
wxsifs IA ask any questions as to the
,.sssnt whereabouts Of Mrs. Cornish, the
Siis Of the witness, and why MT. and
m Rogers, the latter the daughter of
I'm Adams, had separated. Few new
fScfs were ELECTED In the attempts to
ifsce ne poison package from the Knick-
aSocker Athletic Club to the Adams fiat.
Il Vas, however, discovered that Cornish
dspoEted the bromo--seltzer bottle In his
m a the club in the presence OF p. 8.
Jpnefan, that he left the key to the desk
IA that II was afterwards found on the
Nor Of the Adams fiat, after the death Of
~, Adams; that Just before the murder
4 NJ necessary for the engineer at the
clu6 to break open the desk for the pur-
~ 81 removing various articles and that
th4 DISK was repaired in a makeshift
hehi0n
Cornish also testified that he was mis-
jaken IN his statements to the news
yop6fs Immediately after the murder as
b the time when he brought the poison
paCkaxe from the club to his room at the
Adams apartments, and that he had re-
fis1hsd hls memory by talking with Mrs.
Rogers concerning the matter.
Adjournment was taken until next Tues