Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-15
is Kill A MYSTERY.
THE CELEBRATED CORNISH
MURDER CASE


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dressed to X c. Barnet Esrs received
Al this address. and the mar who raz.-
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street. Tor ln5 renter CT The box caIIAE
so- nal zf1sg Henry G. Barrett lad
died u po&soa Barnet zz5s Ms hone
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performer He possesses azt-zorzsnzrr
E-rs1g-h zz5 carlzr s11 Is extremely
grsesful Il & sid tzz- Sc las mas
teFsa every t-ieE OF he EGr lzontal bay
ina a. has sTsr seen N07f1enr has
st1alssi chemistry il the Boston P0lr-
sechnie, ana supplemented this with a
course IN tie Cooper Union night
school. He passed TWO years a. a COW
boy on TancA Molineux vas en-
pioyed as a chemist BIZ a New York
paint firm. His duties we're not exact
Ing, and ne had as much money AZ he
cared to spend. He was fond Of pleas
ore, but was never dissipated. because
Of his fondness for athletics.
The trouble between Molinenx AMI
Harry S. Cornish began when the lat
Ter vas made Physical director OF the
hnlekerboeker Athletic club. Cornish
makes his living ous Of athletics. He
Is q man Of ability in his OWE line. and
mas better education than most OF
the professional athletes. He has ex-
ecutive ability and an original mind
aorhish and Molineux had some differ
snees about the conduct Of the gvmna-
SUM Cornish paid no attention 10
1iolineux, although the latter was nm
the gymnasium committee. Tie tenn
permanent Of the men made them enc
mics The affair which made Molfneur
leave the Kniekerbocker Athletic club
naS Z ietteF written by Cornish insult
Ing Barto S. Weeks then president of
the New York Athletic club and Moli-
neux's personal friend. Molineux made
the Issue that either he or Cornish
must leave the club Cornish was sus-
tanned. holineux resigned and Joined
the New York Athletic Club MoIiu-
eux's wife then Miss Blanche Cheese
brough seems to have been the causs
OF some eoolness between Moliaaux
and Barnet though if they ever QUAR-
relied over her no facts have come
forth to prove it. On October 27 last
henry c. Barnet received ANONYMOUS
ly through the mail a package sup
posed to contain a headache preDara.
ton. He supposed it a sample sent
By the makers and took some of il
without suspicion. 1t contained Doigon
cyanide Of mercury as was demon
strated By exhuming his body.
Barnet died on November - Tba
attending physician gave diphtherja as |
he Immediate cause Of death There |
vas no talk about it at the time.
eW Gays before his death Barnet re-