The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-11

the yachting trip on A. J. Morgan's
yacht Viator, which was recently intro
duced into the case, came up for consid-
tration- Molineux said that he had been
on several cruises on this yacht, but
that Barnet had never been with him.
He met Miss Chesebrough on one of
these trips, being introduced to her by
her married sister.
At this interesting point the hearing
was adjourned until Tuesday morning
next. a a
trict Attorney Osborne asked Cornish
today was somewhat abrupt:
VIII you tell me-" he said, ''alI your
reasons for supposing Molineux COM
Cornish answered as he did yesterday
that the Idea came to him when he ex-
amined the handwriting on the package
containing the breruo settler bottle
and the poison.
You don't believe now that Molineux
wrote that address, queried Mr.. Os-
borne.
mo, don't" replied Cornish shortly
Cornish also denied that he thought
Felix Gallagher wrote the address.
Cornish said that he had learned from
the police that who ever prepared the
promo seltzer bottle must have been a
chemist Besides MoIineux there were
in the Knickerbocker club two chemists
Jokum and Tuttle.
''Jokum,' said Cornish, told me that
1t was evident that the poison COM
FOUNDER was only half a chemist"
The question, how did Jokum see
the poison brought out the fact that
Jokum was quite intimate with the
Adams family and had examined the
poison before the police took it away
Now, look here, Cornish said the
assistant district attorney you came
to my office this morning and told me
that L was not treating you fairly I
told you then and I tell you now that
I do not suspect you of the crime and
I wish to give you every chance to tell
all you know. Are you being perfectly
candid?'
Il am telling you all I know" said
Mr.. Osborne asked Cornish IL he had
any opinion as to who wrote the ad-
dress on the poison package. Cornish
said he had not.
Didn't you tell Colonel Gardner that
you thought Felix Gallagher wrote that
address? ' asked Osborne
4 told him the experts said the let
ters were written by the man who ad-
dressed the poison package and 1 felt
sure Gallagher had written the let
ters.''
And you think he wrote the address
on the package?"
mo. I think there is a resemblance
in the writing. L can not say who wrote
that address The experts said the
hand writing was the same"
Cornish produced what purported to
be fac simile of the address on the
poison package, which he compared for
the benefit of the Jury with a letter
written by Gallagher.
In answer to a question from Coroner
Hart as to whether he had any diff
Guilty with Mrs MoIineux, Cornish said /:
Il never saw Mrs. Molineux before
or since her marriage. 1 would not
know her if she stood before me-
An effort apparently to throw doubt
upon this statement of the witness was
made when two reporters were asked
TO stand up and Osborne asked Cornish
if he had not said to them previous to
the inquest that he had wished to be
questioned regarding his relations with
Mrs MOIineux.
Cornish denied this and said that after
searching for a man with a common
motive against him and against Barnet
his mind closed upon the name of Molin-
euX when it was suggested.
Roland P. MOlineux sat in the court
room by the side of his father, General
Molineux- He had strolled in late
smoking cigar and showing every evil
dence of compIacency.