The Portland daily press., 1899-02-18

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full poisoner would administer mercury.
Lots OF aikoloids kill as quickly. Lots OF
poisons leave no trace "
but II an innocent man gave the
medicine he would preceive this bottle
with the traces in II wouldn't hes"
Eyes of COURSE"
Cornish never went over with you
the names OF persons who might be open
to suspicion for having sent that bottleP'
HE did afterwards, some two or three
days We did not discuss the case until
after the newspapers talked OF cyanide Of
mercury"
possibly have done this thingf"
II did. He said he could not think any
one
| John ID. Adams, secretary of the
Knickerbocker Athletic club, was the
next witness. He knew Barnet and
Cornish and was partly instrumental in
| bringing Con nish into the club. His rela.
lions with Cornish's friends were friend.
ly. Barnet was not an intimate friend OF
witness. 1t became common talk about
the club that Barnet was Ill. He nrst
learned that Barnet was si,k with nausea
He heard about ten days later that he had
received package Of kutnow powders.
was being improperly treated. Witness
ady ised the calling in of consulting
ply stefan. Witness had not taken any
stock In the poison story. He did not
think he knew anyone in the club hostile
to Cornish. No one now member oil
the club had made any serious complaint
against Cornish. He had heard Barnet
talk of Cornish in u very unfriendly way
WAS Molineux's account of the trouble
between himself and Cornish correct?
And did the letter Cornish wrote about
| Mr.. Weeks cause the tro ubleY
II think his account was correct But
| don't think he and Cornish were every
friendly. Molineux constantly made COM
| plants against Cornish"
| Mr. Adams remem bered that Barnet
complained that Cornish had been rude
| to Molineux.
| Mr.. Adams said that Barnet had COM
I plained to a committee that Cornish had
accusee him of improper relations with u
woman and that Cornish had denied that
| he made any such statement.
O. G. hughes, chairman of the house
committee insisted that Cornish did make
such statement but the com mittee re-
lieved Cornish and MIR. hughes resigned.
"Did the suggestion that Molineux did
this thing come from your" witness was
asked.
| Il don't know II Cornish thought of 1t
before or not. had teen studying the
| fac -simile of the handwriting published
| In the newspapers and when was clear
ing out my desk l came across some
| scraps OF Molineux' WI iting.
| II was struck with the resemblance and
asked for Molineux's letters from the club
1 files | compared them with the fac
| smile aud showed t hem to Superintend
emit Gustanoby of the club. l said to
him: Doesn't that look like the fac
similef' As l recall his reply he said /:
This is too horrible to believe; l have
some letters up stairs Ill show you.
mo name was mentioned" interrupted
! Mr. Osborne.
| "No, alter dinner Gustanoby gave me a
package containing two lstters from
Molineaux. The resemblance struck him
did not wish to believe Molineaux had
done it, In the morning laid the letters
before Cornish"
"Did you connect in your mind the
poison package sent to CoInis and Bar
| nett receiving Kutnow POWDER
| ~ think / did. l remember the feeling
of Molineaux against Cornish and re-
1 mem bered i had heard Molineaux accuse
Cornish of making charges against him. -
| "You believe Cornish before believing a
member of the oluby
~ believe Cornish because of indepeud.
emit knowledge Of my own and for other
reasons.
Ibid you base your suggestion oil
| Molipeux as the poisoner on a fancied re.
senplance of his hand writing andthis
quarrel with Cornish"
1.-The first suggestion came that way"
"You never heard that Bsrnet's rela-
lions with Mrs. Molineux were such as &c
excite Molineux's Jealousy"
| Mr. Adams said he naver knew Mr.
Barnet to bring Mrs. Molineux TO dinner
on Thursday or to bring her there on
| Ladies' day.
40 your knowledge did Cornish make
any charges against any man in the
club"
II remember one man, but don't know
| his name The charge was OF such Il
nature that / did not care 20 discuss 1t.
The man was asked TO resign and be
did"
WAS it of similar character to the
one made against Barnett
Yes"
"You did not believe tho charges made
against Barnett"
"Yes, believe they were true"
| ''Did the man who resigned know that
Cornish had made the chargesg"
II think not"
| hDidn't he resign on account OF charges
made by Cornish?"
"Not that / heard of. The charges
against him were absolutely different
from the others. They were all about
athletes
Witness said he thought Harpster and
| Cornish were very good frisnus at the
| club He had never heard that Howard
Welch when steward of the club had any
trouble with Cornish. Witness never
knew that an einploye naIoed Miss Corri,
gan was Icing paid attention by Barnet
| and that Weloh became jealous.
| An adjournment was here taken until