Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-11
KEEP CORNISH ON The RACK
Insists that He is 0oncealing Nothing in the
Adams Poisoning Case,
DOES NOT BELIEVE MoLNEAUX GUILTY
Denies chat lie Knows Mrs. Molin eaux
or Had Any Difficulty with Her
-Complnins of Treatment by
the District Attorney.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1O.-Two men whose
names have been most intimately connected
with the death OF Mrs. Kate w. Adams
were on the stand today before Coroner
Hart and jury and were put through a
rigid cross examination by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne, who Is conducting
the case. Harry S. Cornish, who gave the
poison 10 Mrs Adams, was the first wit
ness called this morning and at the after
noon session r. b. MolineauN, who had been
named by Cornish on the stand as the man
whom he believed had sent the poisoned
bromo seltzer through the mails, was called.
Cornish was today again somewhat reti-
cent and eQuivocal in his answers to ques-
tions and in one instance at least occa-
stoned a good deal Of surprise. In an in
terview with a number OF newspaper rep
resentatiyes previous to the commencement
OF the examination Cornish, when asked II
he knew Mrs. Molineaux and If she could
have any connection with the case, said he
wished the assistant district attorney would
ask him that question on the stand. "a
man is supposed to perjure himself for a
woman" said Cornish, but i am here to
tell the truth il they ask me such a ques-
ton" This seemed a significant assertion
at the time and Assistant District Attorney
Osborne put those very questions to him
to which Cornish made the following
answer:
Il never saw Mrs. Molneaux to know her
and never saw her when she was Blanche
Cheesebrough.'
He made the statement that he had sus-
pected Molineaux Of having prepared the
POISON, because chemist, friend of his,
had suggested on account Of sediment
having been left on the glass from which
Mrs. Adams drank the bromo settler the
preparation had been put UP by a half
chemist, a man who had some knowledge
OF chemistry but not complete knowledge,
and that as Molineaux knew something Of
chemistry his name naturally suggested it
SELF. This was the reason, Cornish said,
and the fact that he had had quarrel with
Molineaux was another reason.
Gives Way to Molineaux.
Cornish gave way on the stand tempo
rarily to Molineaux. Mr.. Osborne asked the
witness abruptly IL he was innocent OF the
poisoning OF Mrs. Adams,
He replied Il am absolutely innocent" ="
MoIineaux told of his connection with the
Knickerbocker and New York Athletic
cluts and said that he had left the former
club largely because OF his quarrel with
Cornish. He was asked II he had known
Henry c. Barnet and replied that he was a
warm personal friend of that man, a friend
ship that had lasted several years. He
could suggest no motive why anyone should
send poison to Barnet.
Molineaux then described the rooms at
the Knickerbocl7er Athletic club on tn.
second floor, occupied by himself, Barnet,
Cornish and Adams; after which the yacht
ing trip on A. j. Morgan's yacht, which was
recently introduced into the case, came up
for consideration. Molineaux said he had
been on several cruises on this yacht, but
that Barnet had never been with him. He
met Miss Cheesebrough on one OF these
trips being introduced to her by her mar
rled sister.
At this interesting point the hearing was
adjourned until Tuesday morning next.
The first question Assistant District At
torney Osborne asked Mr.. Cornish today was
some what abrupt.
"Will you tell me-" he said, "all your
reasons for supposing Molineaux committed
this crme?'
Cornish answered, as he did yesterday,
that the idea came to him when he examined
the handwriting on the package containing
the bromo seltzer bottle and the poison.
You do not believe now that MolineauS
wrote that address," queried Mr.. Osborne,
mo, don't" replied Mr.. Cornish
shortly.
Cornish also denied that he thought Felix
Gallagher wrote the address. Cornish said
that he had learned from the police that
whoever prepared the bromo seltzer bottle
must have been a chemist. Besides Moli-
neaux there were in the Knickerbocker club
two other chemists. Jokum and Tuttle.
''Jokum," said Cornish, told me that it
was evident that the poison compounder was
only half 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 il away.
Now, look here, Cornish" said the dis
trict attorney, you came TO my Office this
morning and told me / was not treating you
fairly. / told you then and | tell you now
do not suspect you OF the crime, and |
want TO give you every chance you wish to
tell what you know. Are you being per-
fectly candida"
Tells All He Knows.
II am telling you all know" said Cor
nish.
Mr.. Osborne asked Cornish IL he had any
opinion as TO who wrote the address on
IL