The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-30
HOW CORNISH MIXED THE DOSE
Demonstration With sthe BrOmO-Selt-
ger Bottle In Court.

New York, Dec 29-The most interest
ing point today in the trial of Roland %.
Molineux, charged with the murder OF
Katherine ]. Adams, occurred during the
cross examina ton of Harry Cornish by
Barstow S. Weeks. defendants counsel.
Mr.. Weeks asked the witness to step from
the stand, sit down at the end of the
table occupied by the attorneys for the
state, go through the performance Of
opening the bottle of bromo-seltzer, show
how he knocked the contents into the
glass. how he poured the water from one
glass into another, being careful to get
the same amount OF water that he used
in the fatal dose, on the murder Of Mrs.
Adams. Cornish complied with the re-
quest and proceeded to demonstrate about
how much he drank of the mixture, also
about how much Mrs. Adams took Of the
poison.
It was when Weeks asked witness to
drink the water in this pantomimic repro
duction of the scene that the recorder in
terfered. Mr.. Weeks assured Cornish that
the water would not hurt him, but the
court remarked, This dumb show has
gone far enough Assistant District At
torney Osborne good naturally told the
witness to go ahead and drink the water,
and the witness picked up the glass with
the remark: "Wel, I will drink it." At
this point Recorder Golf again interfered,
with the statement that he would not
permit anything of the sort to take place
in the court room. Mi Osborne said that
while Cornish did not like the tactics of
the attorney for defendant, he had no OBJ
lection to drinking the water If allowed
to do so by the court. This, however, the
recorder would not consent TO.
Two of the most important witnesses
for the prosecution were on the stand
during the day. They were John D. Ad-
Athletic club, and Cornish Mr. Adams
was the first witness called. The most
interesting point in connection with the (
case today was his identification of the
handwriting on the poison package as
that of MolieuX.
The testimony of Cornish consisted /
largely Of details Of scenes Of the morn |
ing of the murder at the Adams fat.
Recorder Goff refused TO allow Mr.. !
Weeks to ask any questions as to the +
present whereabouts Of Mrs. Cornish, the 4
wife OF the witness, and why Mr.. and /
Mrs. Rogers, the latter the daughter Of .
Mrs Adams, had separated.
Few new facts were elected in the at
tempts 20 trace the poison package from
the Knickerbocker club TO the Adams
fat IL was shown. however that Cor
nish deposited the bromo-seltzer bottle in
his desk al the club, in the presence Of
P $. Finneran; that he lost his KEY
10 the desk, and that it was afterward
found Oh the floor Of the Adams fat.
after the death Of Mrs Adams: that lust
before the murder il was necessary for
the engineer at the club TO break ooen
the DISK for the purpose Of getting out
articles. and that tire desk was repaired
N makeShift fashion. Cornish also tes-
tilted thai he was mistaken in his state
nents 10 the newspapers Immediately
after the murder, as to the time when he
brought the poison package from the cIyb
% his room at the Adams apartments.
and that he had refreshed his memory
oy talking with Mrs. Rogers concerning
he matter
Adjournment was taken until next Tues
lay.