New-York tribune., 1899-12-29
A RARE POISON

beng the two cases referred 10 earIlei' ii' '
he regarded it as a rare poison. ana the ra'''
of the poson was matter that strangely III
nressed him at the time OF Cornishs iiiie''
Mr. Weeks asked the witness then "ha' 'H".
- ,,.as called in to attend the man "A. b.
meaning Barnet He said II was aoou'
o.clock in the morning He had no knowledge
Of cyanide Of mercury being used TOT heu'N'' INC"
r,rnoses and had made only the most casuai
study OF the as TO whether 'he e'
be found in his two patients were purely tho9e
TO be found in cyanide or ihecuis po''
was then excused -, c,ou
I, d, Coffin who also attended COR
Ill, .os rext called and gave it as his OPINION
.ht' Cornish was suffering from mercuiiai
,oisor He related in corroboratlon the pa
tiort,s svmntoms and the nature or the euo
.,oa taken from the stomach 1t came OUT !"
cross examination that the witness hau "''
s,rd,ad any authorities on the subject OF Hiei
ioi noisonine He said he saw no symptoms
,o,,. Cornish that suggested that he had peeH
drinking.
JOHN D. ADAMS CALLED
John D. Adams. secretary OF the Nii'N
booker Athletic Club and private seoie'"'
! Herbert Ballantine, OF the Ne"arA -
anr, 90 that name followed on the stand. Atter
oN-inC
cerber 2S last year. he proceeded to unioio
the differences between MolineuN anu No'l',''"
which were trivial at the start, but later gre"
bitter In the spring of 1871 their reIa''oi'' s',o
,,,,,ass said became strained in consequence
of trouble over a horizontal bar. Inc
identified the letter known as the Wefers letter
in which Cornish wrote to the FAMOUS ru!ne'
saving that he would not protest TO his TAXING
Athletic CluD games
In that letter there was also this passage:
have IL in for Weeks. though. VIII never ''
up on him until get even.
r,bis ,atter the witness continued came 10
the knowledge of the MolineuXes. 1t was also
shor.r 70 Mr. Weeks with the result that Cor
ris, anologized Mr. MolineuX entered com
nlaint against Cornish and said that any EN-
Move who would write such a letter ought not
10 be retained in the club. MolineuX. IN iacI
made an issue Of the matter. and said tha'
either he or Cornish must leave the CLUB. III
was considered however. at the time the VIII
ness said that Cornish had been punished
enough. inasmuch as he was deprived OF certain
Urivileges Subsequently MoneuX ala resign
The letter Of resignation was put in evidence
Mr. Adams said further that he had heard II
charged that Cornish had said something dero6-
atorv concerning Moneux. These charges aSo
affected Barnet. In his cross examination MT
Weeks elected from the witness the fact that
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club was rented py
the Pequod Association. Of which J. Herbert
Ballantine is practically the owner Referring
TO the trouble about the horizontal bar. the wit
ness said Il came up at the time OF the amateur
circus. Mollneux was In charge OF the prepara-
tions and complained that Cornish would not
carry out his instructions. Moljpeux wanted
horizontal bars Of one make. and Cornish or
another.
Now" asked Mr. Weeks. don't you know
that on that occasion Molineux, who was to
perform on the bars declared that his lie
would be endangered IL the bar broke. and that
therefore he insisted that it should be made
by the people who turned out the safest bar
Don't you know that he expressed his willing
ness TO pay any difference in cost out OF his
own pocket"
He may have"
DO you not know that three bars had broken
previous to that and had endangered life?"
Il do not"
Mr.. Weeks asked to be allowed TO suspend the
| cross-examination Of Adams at this point until
this morning The request granted.
CORNISH BEGINS HIS TESTIMONY.
| Cornish, take the stdnu, MT. OsOoThe OF
| dered. to the surprise Of eve.y one in court al
Vt had not been expected that he would be called
| at this stage Of the case. When he had beer
sworn Cornish said he was hirty-seven years
| old He had received a common school educa
| ton covering twelve years; he was In business
college in Pittsburg for five and half years HI
! had studied anatomy. and for a year and hal
was in the Harvard Physical Training School
| ba olc n
anatomy in the College of Physicians and Sur
| geons in this city. He began his connection
with the Knickerbocker Athletic Club in June
| 1896. Previous TO that he had been connecte
with the Chicago and Boston Athletic clubs
Cornish then identified several letters written b.
himself. which were put In evidence as stand
! ards OF comparison. He examined Exhibit A
the poison address. and denied writing H. as h
| did the letters in the case which have his nam
, signed to them. In December, 1888, he said, II
! lived at No G1 West Eighty -sixth-st. Mrs
| Adams Mrs Rogers and Howard Adams ais
lived there. They were related TO him, he saiC
| by marriage They were second cousins III
said ne had known the Adams family as long a
he could remember, and when he came to th
city he went to live with them
| O-On December g. 1855 did you receive pacl
| age through the mall? Al did
/ Q.-Pease tell us about II. A.-AS near hs ca
| remember / got to the club between 10 and ii ocIoc
| IN the morning / went TO my box and took ol
| my letters. Among them a package i too
| them to my office the third floor opened Il
| package there
| Q.-Is Exhibit part Of the wrapper that vi
| around the package? Alt Is. On taking Off u
outside wrapper / found pale blue box with II
- | Tiffany mark upon it, | opened the box and four
what thought was a silver toothpick holder. The
there some tissue paper In the package, al
after taking this out came upon a bottle Of brou
seltzer 1t was wrapped In paper. tried TO pl
; Il in the silver holder. but 1t would not fit until
had unwound the paper covering that aroui
= II. l supposed that some had sent pre-
| ent, and looked to II there was not n card
l. the sender In the package There was an envelo)
there but no card In IT. l was about 10 throw Il
? box and tho envelope away, when Mr.. FInnera
came in. and after talking about the matter
: suggested that l should keep the address on II