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from his notebook Coroner Hart asked:
How sick did Cornish appear to yol
when you took his statement in hi
roomg'
] He did not appear so very sick. No
so much SO as not 10 be able TO talk vel
and eonnectedly. He did not appear I,
be suffering pain. His mind appeared L
be perfectly clear"
| j. Herbert Ballantine. Of Newark. y. ].
one Of the Governors Of the Knickerboek
| er Athletic Glib. testified that he hat
never heard Of any trouble between Moll
neux and Barnet. Neither had he hear,
| that Molineux and Cornish had ever ha,
any trouble except what he had reas
since this case arose. Witness said h,
knew c. c. Hughes, Chairman OF th'
house committee.
do you recollect the charges made By
him against Cornish and Molineux, af
fectlng their moral character"
Il remember that indIstinctly."
do you know. or can you suggest the
rame of any Ierson who could possibly
be an enemy Of Cornish?'
II know nothing of Mr.. Cornish's so
cial relations"
Barnet's Nurse.
Miss Ada Bates, the nurse who was
first called to attend Barnet in his sick
ress, was examined. Barnet. she said
never spoke 10 her about poison. He
told her he had taken a powder. which
disagreed with him. DR.. Douglass told
her later that there must be something
wrong with the powder, and asked her
to find the box. After the analysis, DR..
Douglass told her that the powder contain
ed mercury. Witness was asked if she re-
mtmbered having heard a conversation
between a number Of members of the club
about Mr.. Barnet's death. She replied:
81 heard somebody say he had heard
that Barnet said in the dining-room that
he had been poisoned. / did not hear Mr..
Barnet say so.''
Witnes said Dr. Douglass told her Bar
net had taken mercury She said flowers
had been sent 10 Barnet on four occa-
sions. The note written by Mrs. MOlineux.
then Miss Cheseborough, was shown to
witness, and she said IL was received with
q bouquet of flowers. Barnet said: Il
wonder how she knew | was sick" Miss
Bates did not know from whom the other
flowers came. She had never heard any
rumors in the club about Barnets not
having received proper medical treatment.
David Murdock, . bookseller ard sta
toner. from whom AIrs. Rogers, the
daughter of Mrs. Adams, rented private
letter box under the name Of Miss Ad-
deson." testified that Anna V. Adde-
son" rented a letter box from him for
three years prior 10 1897.
Mrs. Rogers Pseudonym.
She received a great many letters. which
were regularly collected. Through a
friend Of his, Dr. Vedder, he subsequently
learned that Miss Addeson's name was
really Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Rogers became
indignant when she discovered that her
identity was known, and withdrew her
patronage from Mr.. Murdock. This hap
pened on April IS, 1897. While she had
called at the store once or twice since
that time. there was no business relation
between them.
He said that a number of the letters
to her bore the winged foot of
the New York Athletic Club. Mrs. Adams
called for the mail Being ask
ed if he knew Mrs. Adams as Mrs. Ad-
deson, or how he knew she was Miss Ad-
deson's mother witness answered that
ne presumed it was on account of her
actions, and that she had called several
times with Mrs. Rogers. He admitted
that he was not surprised when Mrs.
Rogers identity was revealed. because he
had followed her to her flat and learned
who she was through the hall-boy- He
had delivered a telegram to Miss Adde-
SON. at the Adams fat.
Witness said he had served Cornish with 1
a newspaper at los West Eighty-fourth
street for about TWO months. He had
never delivered any packages or message
for Mr.. Cornish. He thought that a Miss
Brown, who lived in the house, paid for
the paper delivered to Cornish. Witness
had never seen Cornish.
Mrs. Rogers Called to Testify.
Mrs. Florence B. Rogers. daughter of
Mrs Adams, was called to the stand
She was accompanied by her friend Mrs
Hovey, who sat behind her while she was
giving her testimony. and famed her
with a palm leaf fan. Mrs. Rogers eyes
we're swollen as if from weeping Assist
ant District Attorney Osborne invited her
% tell all the circumstances of Eer moth
RS death, and she told almost the same
story that Cornish and Hovey had told of
he occurrence of the morning of De- /
,ember 2S
MY mother told me-" she said, "sne |
lad a violent headache, and asked me /
there was anything in the house she |
'ould take. / told her l did not know Of /
and then recalled the fact that |
lr. Cornish had brought home a bottle 4
If bromo-seltzer the day before. She
sked me what it was like, and I told /
Ter had never taken any. She said she |
would try it,
81 knocked at Mr.. Cornishs door and
-sked him for the bottle. / tried to open
he bottle to give 1t to her myself, but |
ould not. l called Mr.. Cornish and
sked him to open it. He did so and nv
mother took the dose. 1t was heaping
easpoonful.
''She went to the bathroom and be-
anne very sick. l heard her trying to
all out, but she could not. ! went to her
nd she tried to speak to me and fell.
could not lift her up. She was
uite helpless. l called Mr.. Cornish
nd he was not able to move her.
hen We called Mr.. Hovey, and they
9th lifted her from the floor and car
led her into the dining-room.
Broke Town mi Cried.
81 don't remember how long it was be-
ore the doctor came, and we told him
II we knew. All this time / was beside
ly mother, chatting her hands The doc
Dr. asked me for water; think it was
arm water. 1 got a hot-water bottle
nd some cloths that l hung on the radi-
tor 10 heat"
AT this point Mrs. Rogers broke down
nd cried softly. She complained Of the
I, and a drink Of water was given to
er. Then she recovered herself and con-
nued her story.
DIR. Hitchcock told me my mother was ,
cry III, but he did not tell me she was
wing. Cornish was sick then in the bath
1om, and l asked DR.. Hitchcock to do
,mething for him. The doctor gave me
tablet az big as a dime and told ma 10
III Cornish 20 swallow it, u
''Dr. Potter arrived Just then. He said
iere was nothing he could do. I don't I
.member thai he said anything else. :
ont remember all that was said and
me Dr. Hitchcock sent me out OF the |
'om several times for different things :
Il paid no particular attention 10 wha- ,
?. hitchcock said 10 Cornish until
ard him say the Coroner must be noti-
u. Cornish said he would tell the mis-
ict Attorney and i think both doctors
I'd that would not be necessary. After =
~ was taken out OF the room. .f,7opie I
,pt coming 10 the house, / don't renaem s
II who they We're until l saw a police 4
an. one came 10 my room. 4
Mel tyre Talked Il Murder. 4
Then Mr.. Mcintyre assistant District