New-York tribune., 1899-02-15
MOLJNEUX TESTIFIES AGAIN.
suEIIs OF DIFFERENCES WITH COR
NIsH AT THE X. A. c.

N1sH AT THE X. A. c.
GAYS HE NEVER WAS JEALOUS OF BARNET
ATTENTIONS TO HIS WIFE BEFORE his
N,RR1AGE-ruE BLANCHE LETTER
IN EvIDENCE-MRs. MoLlNECN
MAY BE CALLED TO-DAY.
holland r Molineux was the chief witness at
~. third davis hearing in the Adams poisoning
rasa Yesterday. He was placed on the stand as
,.oon as the Coroner's inquest opened, ana was
mn, through long series OF questions, some ol
s1rhich were material and others. as far as APP
-nearances go. had no relation 10 the case a.
sssue one of the noteworthy incidents OF 'he
,openine Of the hearing was the sudden ch"'ee
made by Assistant Distrct-Attorney osborne "S
40 accepting suggestions from other attorneys
who NAV be interested in the case AS soon as
che Coroner had called the inquest TO oroeI MI
Osborne leaned across the counsel tapie anu "u
dressed William r. Howe. who Is IN 'he 0o"'
representing newspaper which is threa'en'u
with libel suit by Mr Molineux for aocuS''s
him OF having knowledge Of the poisoning oI
Mrs. Adams. Speaking to Mr.. Howe. Mr. Os-
borne said: ,
Are there any questions you would like TO
xuggest them. as ! depend on you to ala me
Nv Howe repled that he might suggest some
x,restiors in the course Of the examination OF
Mr. Mollneux.
THE little conversation caused some comment
rn tho mar, ~ those in the room. owing to the
fac, that M the Friday hearing Mr. OSBORNE r.
fused 10 allow Barlow :. Weeks counsel TOT
Ar Mclnenx. TO say anything. and threatened
him with arrest for contempt Of court II ne IN
rerfcrcd in any way in the case
JURORS WANT No DELAY.
There was another little buzz of excitement
,rhen several OF the jurors protested against the
delay in the cas-, This came when Mr.. Osborne
wanted the hearing adjourned al $50 p. m. un-
I'll 1890 A. m to-day. The jurors declared that
,.ntireIv 100 much time was being wasted in the
case. and that the sessions should begin earlier
IN tho day and continue later in the afternoon
-rr Osborne replied 10 this by saying that ne
mus. have time 10 prepare his case. and couid
mot have longer sessions. lie said that he had
only recently come into the case and mad TO
rrenaro his testimony day ny day. This was
rather surprise TO those who had relied on
the nstrict-Attornoy's statement that he had
The case well in hand and knew who had sent
The POISON
The actual taking Of Mr.. Moneux's testimony
did not begin until nearly - o'clock yesterday
morning although 1890 a. m was the hour TO
which the inquest adjourned. His testimony
might ,yen be described as NJ the negative sort
80 far as throwing any light on the poisoning OF
Mrs. Adams is concerned. He told Of his nu-
r1erous differences with Harry Cornish while
,nen,her Of the Knckorbocker Athletic Club, as
well as Of his relations with Henry C. Barnet
THE Blanche" letter. which was sent to Barnet
the Monday before he died. also brought IN
evidence and read 70 the jury by Mr.. Molineux
-yho explained that he knew that his wife who
,yas then Miss Blanche Chesebrough, had writ
ten the letter.
Al the close of Mr. Molineux's testimony Mr..
lOshorne called Joseph Moore. the night watch
IMAM at the KnickerboCker Athletic club who
testified 10 statements made by Barnet as TO
taking poison.
During both sessions yesterday Harry CORNISH
was an attentive listener. He sat on corner
Of one OF the reporters tables. and at thnes
showed extreme nervousness. while at others
ne expressed his comments on the testimony IN
rather profane language.
Coroner Hart presided at the inquest IN
quiet way. leaving Assistant Dstrict-Attorney
osborne TO conduct the work OF the court
MOLINEUX RECALLED.
When Molineux took the stand his examina-
zion. begun last week. was reopened as follows:
n State what your relations were with Cornish
fhinl; had direct reIauons; ny, W.
10 the Athletic Committee. oelongeu 10 wv iio'''
o"bid YOU ever have quarrel with him? A
" nae Tsn as far as YOU can remember. what words
xou had A-Our first difference was. ap0ut sOiIe OH
of the athletic merabere early IN 1895 ihat va va
rrench used dirty and disgusting langu2ge- com
plsined to C2TheS dd eSorntsb doq AIie referred
f-he Athletic Committee. which had charge OF 'he
DIV oNvas It Cornish's duty to exclude all such
men A-No: think not. He was IN charge Of
ithe men. and not Of the house
Mr.. Molineux could not remember anything
elee about French except that he was an ath-
,etic member Of the club. To further questions
Mr. Molneux said that his next difference with
Cornish was in the beginning OF 1891, when he
,fNolineux) vas asked TO get up an amateur cir
Gus for April % He was in charge. and Cor
nIsh worked against him in every way he could.
As he understood IT, Cornish was instructed 10
l-rcport TO him. He did not obey orders
Asked as 10 certain details he said Cornish
left the work to others. and 1t was not done.
He asked him for certain property, and Cor
n,sh came TO his room and threw some papers
, on his bed. saying that that was all the prop
rerty he had
oD,d YOU resent that behavior Al com
plained OF the dsrespect shown. was the chaf-
man OF the Circus COMMITTEE
COMPLAINED OF CORNISH.
o-How did you express what was your resent
-nent TO him or to others A-More 10 others thal
70 him complained TO Mr. Adams MI BAL
PECULIAR P0IS0kS.