The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-14

met Cornish nrst at the club In 1890
He bad never been counsel counsel for Cornish
Adams and Mrs. Rogers. and he knew Mrs.
Rogcrs's husband. who had called at hia Office
fairs A. aeu result Of his interview With Mr.
RSseT he q adns %Ssn Il. He
lived %attNSi West Eishty.sfth street but ' he
had called on her three times when she lived
street Get On the day Of the murder Cornish
called at his Office between 2 and 3 In the
and wni SyS ca All Th SnS With
returned from his lunch that day he found a
note on hs desk informing him that Mrs:
h HIN 70 call at The Coroners once He did coil
and failed to find any record OF any one Of the
Of F ESsms eG Rf Vent 2a to h Ee
Coroner's ONCE AGAIN and found TINT an under
tt9ker had reported the death Of Mrs. Adams.
at the club that night. but the appointment was
not kept. He went to TIE ma; whore he net
Fred Hovey. eT S Was tbere about halt an hour.
Then he went away and he came back in hfteen
minutes or hall nm hour.meeting Dr.. Weston.tho
stairs. He remained this time three-duarters
e. an hour He to9k nothing .n.6 aE wy RON the
OF questions about a meeting with Officer
nish, that nIsht, hut Mr., Mcln,yre d,,d not
twice. since the murder he had seen Cornish
talked with him about tho case Whenever they
had met. lie had seen him within tho past
month and within the past week and had talked
Then. 10 everybody surprise, Mr.. Weeks
said that no was through. He added. as Mr.
present. fianythlne Develops later on in tho
case, YOU will be here. Mr.. Mcintyre. win you
sSsn aSk ,1 ~ mHt c Toud ana
BARSEr's BROTHER IDENTIFIES MS WRITING.
Mr. Osborne handed to the EXPERT o letter, at
haHdWE,ing Of, Harry Cornish. Mr.. KInslcy
q. show yon this letter and ask you IL II 10
in the handwriting OF Cornish.
Mr.. Weeks objected TO an expert testifyinR
"a to tho handwriting Of a man who was in
court because expert testimony was not tho
with specimens q hts handwriting, The Re.
eorder said fnslly that h. was, satisfied that
testify about Sir CornIshs handwriting. Sir.
Cornish being present.
PisrSEHtdEg he "sGi-'opT; Mr. 9ssorne d tried
Mr. Osborne had obtainei i from the Lincoln
Next Mr. Osborne handed IN the Barnet letter.
which bal been brought to court by Mr.. Holt,
interrupted once more to enable him to put
witness on the stand to testify as 10 the genuine
pcs' OF the Barnet letter III. Recorder Ie.
him 40 II, and Mr.. Osborne put the brother OF
the late II, {. Barnet on the stand, His pane IL
Edmunt II. Barnet He Identified the letter
positively as having been written by his
examination md Mr. KinSley went back on the
stand. He testified that in the Barnet letter
there was none Of the breaks between letters
shown in the handwriting Of the disputed lot
tiers. Then he compared the writing with the
writing Of the address on tho poison package
and declared that the characteristics were en-
tirey different
TWO pfspurED WRITINGS COMPARED.
AZ this point the Recorder reversed ruling
that no had made time and time again IN tho
case and directed or rathcr permitted a COM
parison of two disputed handwritings Mr.
Oshorne asked Mr. Kinsey Ia compare the
address on the poison package with Exhibit
f" which Is Ii request fora sample OF salts and
which IL signed :" II. Cornish" Mr.. Rinsley
pointed out similarity after similarity. Tho
comparison was not completed when the Court
adjourned for the day