New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21


| O-What did he say? Ale Simply s"'u'
| wonder how she knew ! was H.
Miss Rates did not know from whom the
| flowers came one bunch was received Two
hours after Barnet died. II was Accompanies
! by note and Mr.. Holt "A rlehd OF pa
| oyenod and read IT, II came from a elrl IN
| Brooklyn Miss Bates could not reme"''' '"e
| rame ~ the girl. ..t.,r %,
| No 5O2 Coumbus-ave. from whom Mrs. Rogers
| rented the private lctter-box under the name
| Of Miss Adde's N. was the next wltn' 81 lie
said that Miss Anna V. Adde'S rented le,Ie--
box from him for three years prior 10 I0 "',
She received great many letters. whicn were
| regularly collected. Through a friend or ms ne
learned that Miss Addeson's name was in real
fly Mrs Rogers. Mrs. Rogers was lndlsnan.
when she discovered that her identity was
known and withdrew her patronage from Mt
Al The suggestion Of Mr. Howe he said that
this bappcncd on AprH H. 1897. He also sald
that n number ~ the letters addressed ~ h''
here the winged foot Of the Knickcrbocker Atm
letic club. lie said that Mrs Adams frequent
ly called for The mail.
Mr. Weeks asked the witness II he know Mrs
Adams as Mrs Addison. or how he knew she
was Miss Addeson's mother. and he answered
that he presumed II was on account OF heI
actions and that she had called several times
with Mrs. Rogers
This lei 10 numerous questions. I'm which the
witness became greatly confused and hnally
admitted that he was not surprised when MIS-;
Rogers's identity was revealed because he had
followed her 10 her fiat and learned VINO she
was through the hallboy. This was hrought OUT
when the witness said that he had delivered
n telegram to Miss Addison. He was asked
how he found Miss Addison when no such per
son that lived at that fat?
Odd YOU ever have any business relations
with Mr Cornish? Al served newspapers 70 an
for about two months
9 Did ,yon eysrI denver 2n!y package or mes
Q,-.Who paid You for, he papers you delivered
Co of I've " house
Brown. ! think
Witness said 10 his knowledge he had never
seen Cornish He was excused, and ordered 70
appear to-day with his books. which show en-
tries Of business relations with either Cornish
or Mrs Rogers
Eighty-siXth-st.. next took the stand. lie con-
frned the testimony Of Mr.. Murdoch TO the
identity Of Mrs. Rogers and Miss Addison.
MRS. ROGERS on THE STAND.
Mrs Florence B. Rogers. the daughter Of Mrs.
Adams. was the next witness called TO the stand
Mrs. Rogers accompanied by Harry Cornish
| and Mrs. Hovey, entered the courtroom from one
Of the private Offices OF the District-Attorney.
Mrs. Hovey accompanied her to the witness
ssnd, and sat beside her while she giving
her testimony. Cornish took q seat just under
the CorOner's bench, close TO the witness stand,
where he could watch Mrs Rogers. lie showed
extreme nervousness while she was on the stand
Mrs Rogers, who Is a small. well formed
woman with dark hair and large, dark eyes,
was dressed in deep mourning. Her testimony
was, as rule, given In such a 10" voice tIAt
| Il was almost impossible for the jurors 10 hear
her. At times she raised her voice. This was
especially true when she talked about Or Pot
ter and his testimony and she showed that she
had considerable determination She was not
| subjected to a examination yesterday, but
was allowed TO tell her story in her own way.
She will go the stand again to-day ana il
all the questions are asked her which nave Deeh
suggested by the previous testimony her eN
animation promises to be interesting. In giving
her testimony Mrs. Rogers said:
My mother told me she had violent headache
and asked me IL there anything in the mousse
ling and then recalled the fact that Mr., Cornish
Ind brought nome a bottle Of bromo-seltzer the
day before She asked what # was Ike, and
told her ] had never taken any. -,
She said she would try il, and knocked az Mr.
Cornishs door and asked him FOR the DoI 49,
! could not 7 called Mr. Cornish and asked him
10 open it. lie did so ana my inVther 'ooN '"e
She went 10 the bathroom aud became very SICK
went TO her and she tried speak % me and fell
] could not lift her up. she was qutt ue'p
her: then we called Mr. Hovey. and they BON ON
lifted her from the noor ana carilou ' i N.Y. vas ya
before the doctor came. and we told him an we
An that time was beside my mother chatting her
hands. The doctor asked me ioI W.T., IVA
some cloths that ] hung the radiator to heat.
At this point Mrs. Rogers broke down and
cried softly She complained OF the heat ana
a window was opened. Then she recovered
herself and continued her story
DIT Hitchcock told me my mother was very very tx
but he did not tell mo ttlc Wa uSii .t,od I,r
was sick then in the bathroom ana SsKe dnc i
gave me a tablet about as hig as ulHe' ana '''u
mo 10 tell Mr. Cornish to s%"Iq" so1 hin, y he
DIT Potter arrived Just men, dshSN IA "a 10
could 10 anything for my mother. re saIn 80, - Sa
and he old nothing tn i1s OF obirr ana perhaps
that accounts for what he tesuhed 10 NE "a
conrt J. don't remember all that was SAID ana
done. Dr. Hitchcock SEM me ou' u '"' ''V''
sef I'D me- uarticuiar attention to what DIT Hitch
cock said 10 Mr. Cornish, until heard MN Fay 'lo
vo,Td teu The Dstrict-Attorney, and l think both
doctors said that would not be nfcessaIy' Pen
After that was taken out OF me room r,o,ntor
ME kept coming 10 the house don IeheiilDeI
T6o hey were until saw Poiiesm can. one s
questioned everybody In the house, ana asneu i9I
tSl To thotight a cold-blooded murder had been
saIu ne Win the Intention Of killing Mr. Cor
~, Who took a statement OF my mothers age
"a told me she had been poisoned.
Mrs. Rogers told OF the receipt Of the holder
"a noison bottle by Cornish as told by Cornish
g.. bfr II was on Sunday when Cornish spoke
~ e. They had been talking Of Christmas pres
crte and Cornish said he had received one. and
6scrihad Il Next morning she asked him why
lie did not bring It to the house ana ne orousnt
n ND that night She saw the handWrtng on
the wrapper ana said II looked TO her Ike
v,onans handwriting disguised.
II was tust before o'clock when Mrs Rogers
got go far in her statement, and Mr. Osborne
/ said he would leave the cross examination until
to-day The Coroner then declared an adjourn
nent until 1890 o'clock to-day
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