New-York tribune., 1899-02-11


you tell me al ySlr S4%s qF qoS asSe
such an idea, haven't you? A-Ies. rbo ,doo
FIRST came to me when ] examined the handwriting
0'd o'"You eY don't believe now that Mollneux wrote
o.EYou now believe Felix Gallagher wrote that
aae[e7S owe if You don't oD believe Moneux wrote
that goes for naueh ana v6T nT nTeen rea
AThey come f0m say aFa bl tgSW n5Y 6ne ne
who could have any reasons. 49,. ,oa, v.r
Q.-What reasons could he have hadE A;uWe1i, - ors
he went further in a quarrel with me than any one
o'NDid no one ever strike you? A.-Never in my
life / never had serious quarrel with any one;
learned from the police that whoeVer prep Prgpa61e ae
o.-Are there any other chemists in your club?
futile Yocum is an intimate friend Of mine
Messrs. Cornish and Osborne had a long
urangle when MIR. Osborne asked what made
him believe a chemist had sent that package
Cornish fenced with the question and talked
obout the label and paper on the bottle At
last he admitted that Mr.. Yocum had tod MN
frcm the formation of the crystals In the glass
that it was evident that the man who com
pounded the mixture was only half a chemist
Did you tell Yocum about those crystals
NO he saw them
Mr. OSBORNE ANGRY.
From the manner in which Cornish answered
questions Mr.. Osborne seemed TO think that ne
was trying to conceal something.
Now. look here. Cornish" he said. ''you came
20 my office this morning and told me was not
treating you fairly. that you were ready TO an
swer all questions and that you desired 10 De
perfectly candid. l told you then ana teh
YOU now do not suspect you Of the crime. and
wish to give you every chance TO tell all you
know Are you perfectly candid?"
Il am treating you candidly; am telling you
all know"
To further questions Mr. Cornish said he knew
nothing Of chemistry. He had taken year
course In Columbia University in physiology
and anatomy He first learned that the poison
used was cyanide of mercury from Captain NC
Clusky Mr. Yocum did not tell him the name OF
the poison.
The testimony Of Mr.. Cornish was interrupted
for moment that City Surveyor G. s. Towlo
might swear to the accuracy of plan ne had
made Of Mrs. Adams's apartments. on the third
floor OF No. 81 West Eighty-sixth-st.
Cornish told Mr.. Osborne that Yocum was his
best friend. and then Mr. Osborne asked him:
do you 10 tell me that your best friend
cared so little for your condition that he did not
tell you what poison you had taken?"
Il don't think he knew"
Ollie was a professional chemist, and could SEQ
by the way those crystals dissolved that "a half.
way" chemist had compounded the mixture, and
yet he was not sufficiently interested 70 see what
the poison was, and he was your best friend. A
] don't think he spoke Of the compounder OF the
poison being "a half t-way" chemist until after the
police had discovered the nature OF the poison.
Q-Ddn't you think the poison was cyanide ot
potassium because you thought Barnet was killed
by that poison?
The witness said he did not know anything
about poisons and had not thought about IT.
What he knew Of the poison he learned from the
newspapers.
Colonel Gardiner came into the courtroom at
this point. and Mr.. Osborne took up the whole
question again of Mr.. Yocun's knowledge OF