Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-18
MoLINEAUX AGAIN |
ANOTHER TESTIMONY TREND IN
ADAMS POISONING CASE.
CLUBS SECRETARY ON STAND
REC0UNTs HOW SUSPICION WAS
FIRST INCITED.

| Another Witness Tells of the Receipt
! by Harry Cornish Of the Fatal
Bottle of Bromo-seltser
and of His Subse-
quent Illness.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE afternoon
yesterday at the inquest into the death by
poison of Mrs. Kate. ]. Adams was taken
up with the evidence given by Assistant
District Attorney Mcintyre. several police
men who were connected in one way or
another with the case. and George A. Sal
mon, athletic director at Cutler shoot.
Harry s. Cornish's statement that the
idea that crime had been committed had
not occurred to him until two or three
days after the death of Mrs. Adams was
contradicted by Mr.. Mcintyre. as it had
Previously been contradicted by Drs.
Hitchcock and Potter.
Mr.. Salmon testified that Cornish had
shown him at the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club the box containing the bottle Of
poison, saying: See what nice Christ
mas present some one has sent me-"
1t to me-" said Salmon, and don't know
why he did,
The witness also said that the enmity
existing between Cornish and Barnet was
common talk among members Of the club.
Patrick F. Finneran, the assistant in
structor of the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club. was on the witness stand to-day.
He testified that he was in Cornish's Office
on December "a, when Cornish came in
with the mail and a box. Cornish ripped
the string and wrapper OF the box, and
opened it. 1t contained two packages, one
Of which Cornish took out and showed q
silver object, saying:
What can this be?' 81
Where He Received Brono-seItser.
Witness said: 1T looks like a candle
stick"
NO." said Cornish, .I guess it is for
matches" r
Then Cornish opened the other package
and showed bottle Of bromo-seltzer. It
was in a blue wrapper, sealed at both ends
with wax. .e-
Mr.. F1nneran continued: HE took the
wrapper of and threw 1t I'M the wastepaper
basket. I asked him IL he had an idea who
sent 1t, and he said, NO. suggested that
someone had sent it to him in a joke and
that he had better save the wrapper to
identify the Joker. He then picked up the
wrapper and cut out the address.
Shortly afterwards George Salmon came
in and then Mr.. King. Cornish. showed his
present. and Mr.. King made some remark
about taking some of the bromo-seltzer. but
there was no glass at the water cooler.
turned m the day after the death Of Mrs.
Adams, and heard that Cornish was in
ans ssd ak The sta fS the the
must have been pretty strong stuff; Mrs.
Adams died almost Immediately, but I hope
Finneran was sure the bottle Was regu-
lar bromo-seltzer bottle.
Mr.. Osborne submitted the holder and
Harry 8. Cornish was called and said to
the best OF his knowledge and belief 1t was
the same holder.
The Bottle Is Identified.
Mr.. Osborne then produced bromo-seltz-
er bottle. placed 1t on top Of the holder and
showed it to Finneran, who said he identi-
fed 1t as bromo-seltZer bottle. Then Mr..
Osborne showed that the bottle was SO
much larger, than the holder that it could
not ba forced into 1t.
"You saw 1t fitted in yourself, didn't
you?" asked Mr.. Osborne.
IT did," replied the witness.
The bottle and holder were then put n
so the beea
agreed W with him in this view Of the matter.
MT. Osborne questioned the WltneSS very
closely as to why Mr. King had not taken q
dose Of the drug when the package was
shown him by Cornish.
Are you sure" asked Mr.. Osborne, that
the water cooler?"
''It was either on that account or because
there was no water.
Cornish Was Eating an Apple.
Undertaken Thomas B. Browne testified
that when he went to the Adams apartment
In response TO a call. he found DR.. Hitch
cock and Cornish eating apples. He did
not see Cornish vomiting.
John M. Yocum testified that he lived at
the Knickerbocker Club. was a professional
of Cornish. Witness said he did not know
that he had ever seen cyanide Of mercury.
1t was SO rare that 1t was q chemical
pert. As far as he knew it was not used
in the arts. Cornish was not frequent
visitor to witness laboratory and never
talked with him on the subject OF chem
Yocum said he recollected the time of
Barnet's death. and that the cause had
Was 1t not common talk about the club
that Barnet had received Kutnow's pow
No. I did not know it until this case
Did you ever have any talk with Cor
nish 4 about the chemicals at any time?"
NO not before the death of Mrs. Adams.
Since then L talked to him only once, when
he brought me something to analyze con-
cerning his own physical condition. No
poison was ever discussed between u.s."
MRS. Rogers Showed the Poison.
Witness did not recollect having talked
to Cornish about Molineaux in the case. He
had not suggested to Cornish that the
poison had been manufactured by chem.
lists.
Witness continued: "I went to the Adams
fat the night of Mrs. Adams death. Mrs
Rogers brought me a glass, in which there
and said Mrs. Adams drank from II. Inside
Of the glass was white crystal. looked
at 1t and smelt II but could not detect any
odor. Ny sense of smell Is not acute. 1t
Mrs. Rogers my suspicious and she asked
me: How could that get into bromo selt-
zer?' I said that such things were not
made In the same factory and that the
contents Of that bottle must have been put
up. somewhere else." .:
to be turned over to the police and she said
she thought so. too.
Did you see Cornish that night?''
Yes, he was In my room at the club. He
came to see me about o'clock in the after
noon in the laboratory. He looked so drawn
and played out that asked him what was
the matter. =
:" Mrs. Adams is Dead said he. I have
here some of that bromo seltzer.'
Cornish Was Very Ill.
What bromo seltzer? asked. What
I got in that bottle he answered. I took
him around to a saloon and gave him
drink Of milk, eggs and whisky mixed,
which he Immediately vomited up. I then
gave him the key to my room and on my
return there at o'clock that evening
found him lying. upon the bed with two