The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-18
NEW YORK POISON MYSTERY
H4RRT CORNISH 4PPE4RS ANX-
IOUS TO AGAIN TESTIFY.

Requests Private Interview with Coro-
ner Hart and Says: "What Shall Dis
close VIII Help In Solving This Mys-
tery"-M Mrs. MoIineux VIII Certainly
be Called to Witness Stnnd.
New York, Feb. 17.-Without making
very great progress toward the solution
of the mysterious Adams poisoning
case, the coroner's inquest this after
neon adjourned until Monday. The
most important developments connected
with to-day's session were the testimony
of John D. Adams, the secretary Of the
Knickerbocker club, who went upon the
witness stand and told how he happened
to mention Roland B. Molineux in con-
nection with the sending of the bromo-
seltzer to Corish. When Adams was put
upon the stand he said he saw an al
legged fac-simile of handwriting on the
package and was struck with the SINH
larity to some of that Of Molineux.
Shortly after the noon recess to-day
Harry Cornish sent a friend to Coroner
Hart asking for a private conference.
The coroner sent back word that he saw
no need Of private conference and that
Cornish could tell publicly al! he knew
by resuming the witness stand. Cornish
q hi a 1s,,o i4,,
again. What / shall disclose will help
In solving this mystery Cornish said.
His request has been referred to the
district attorney and Mr.. Osborne says
that Cornish will certainly be called
again and be given every opportunity to
talk. He could not tell exactly when
he would call upon him. Regarding a
statement published to-day that Colonel
Gardiner said that he knew the nur-
derer and had already sufficient evil
dence to indict him, Colonel Gardiner
said that he had never made any such
Mr.. Osborne, who had been
quoted to like effect, also said that he
had never said anything of the sort
Mr.. Osborne also said to-day that Mrs.
Roland B. Molineux would certainly be
probably will be on Monday next.
The testimony of Secretary Adams re-
garding the alleged resemblance be-
tween Molineaux's hand writing and
the fac simile on the package as pub
lished In the newspapers, was brought
out as follows: Did the suggestion
that Mollneaux did this thing come
from you,' witness was asked by the
prosecuting attorney. IT don't know If
Cornish thought Of 1T before or not.
had been Supplying the fac smile of the
handwriting published in the newspa-
pers. and when | was clearing out my
desk I came across some scraps of Mo-
lineaux's writing. I was struck with
the resemblance and asked for Moli-
neauX's letters from the club files. I
them with the fac simile
and showed them to Superintendent
Of the club. said to him
Doesn't that look like the fac simile?'
AS | recall his reply, he said 1T is too
horrible to believe have some letters
upstairs I'll show you "No name
was mentioned?" interrupted Mr.. Os-
borne.
a package containing two letters from
The resemblance struck
him. I took the letters home and
thought over it a good deal. l did not
wish to believe that Molineaux had
done it. In the morning / laid the let
ters before Coroner Hart. He said he
would go to the police He was sick,
and I suggested that he let some one
come to him. That was DONE"
Did you connect in your mind the
poison package sent to Cornish and
Barnet's receiving the Kutnow pow
der" was asked. II think I did,
You would not have made any such
assertion on merely fac slmile inscrip- |
ton
"As / said before the same idea had |
occurred to some one else. | remember |
ID the feeling of Molineaux against Cor
lsh and remembered had heard Mel
neaux accuse Cornish of making
charges against him"
"You believe Cornish before believing |
l member Of the club
Il believe Cornish because of indie
pendent knowledge of my own, and for
a newspaper at the inquest,
insisted that Mr.. Osborne should ask I
Adams what his other reasons were
Mr.. Osborne said he was just going to
10 so. But the question was not asked
Ir. Adams told the story, already told,
# MoIineux's resignation. When asked
egarding the Barnet investigation
whether he had as good reasons to be-
ieve Cornish against Hughes as he had
o believe Cornish against Molineux,
witness said he had not. did you base
-our suggestion of Molineux as the
,oisoner on a fancied resemblance of
lis handwriting and his quarrel with
"The first suggestion came that way"
You had nothing else in your mind?"
Not then" Mr.. Adams said he had
10 easons to think that Molineux was
ealous of Barnet; he did not know they
ad ever quarreled. You never heard
hat Barnets relations with Mrs. Moli-
eux were such as to excite Molneux's
ealousy?" Mr. Adams said he never
new Mr.. Barnet to bring Mrs. Moli-
eux to dinner on Thursday or to bring
er there on ladies' day. "To your
did Cornish make any
harges against any man in the club?'
Il remember one man, but 1 don't
now his name. The charge was of