The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-30
,,sop to Mr., Adams and her subsequent

the poison TO Mrs. ADAMS and her subeeduent
drug store a He said that alter his return 70
the house, Dr.; Hitchcock arrived and wen, az e
waS 70 70 Dr. ' PSstes ocs After Ate Dr. Potter
caused M Mrs au ADAMS Illness and he shoWed
the, doctors the bottle, the bottle holder
AND ' 9as sqr':s q 'ni SS SsSR %
had to haze IL Dr. n,c a ,o
that DIR. Hitchcock had also tasted some OF the
poison. His recollection OF II was. he said;
having a metallic taste. After the doctors had
suRgested that he should notify the Coroner.
Cornish asked the doctor how long 1t would be
Mrs Adams's body was lying on the the sofa in the
dining room. and Il was unpleasant to hayeit In
that room , where Pc had to be- Dr. Hitch,
Mcintyre. the Assistant District Attorney, was
he Appealed to, Mr.. Mcintyre. Mcintyre
couldn't get the Coroner to come earlier. Or.
speak to Mcintyre. and so when Cornish went
GROUND to the undertaksr's to soc about caring
Attorneys office on the telephone. but found
that Mr. Mcintyre was out, He went back to
On the way the swallow Of poison. that he had
TAKEN tx began to affect him. and he had e Leave
then Ss went 3 The SisS 9, his friend 3SouS
ONCE Of his cousin. and TO each he reported the
hap mi Of the day He vent out with 70.
the club about 8 O'clock, and got hall way az
across Park row toward the Madison avenu.
Snrs when he with path and
named name Horn" ' Cornish said he was so seS
that he STAYED there an hour. Then he pulled
and for Dr. p He DID
quick enough and he sent Town stairs and got
came to the club with astenographer and Cor.
nish told his story to him. He was sick until
coRSIsH's Y1Rsr SUSPICION OF MoLINEuI.
On Friday John D. Adams came into the
room with newspaper picture OF the address
IoIineaSs letter.: Until that ,nomens Cor:
nish said. he had not suspected Molineux. He
lie said that LOOK The letters an and tps az
conclusion which lie Instantly Communicated
to ne Cart: MeCi9sky by teleph2ne. o,, a.
Il believe that Ia ALL Cornish"
Mr.. Weeks started right In on the cross
aa M.S Ssass S HE s h' GsS sss
Weeks il;s,i ssked him: We're you married man
II was." said Cornish,
Where was your wife then1" asked Mr..
~ object 70 any question OF tina. kind" re-
piled Mr.; Osborne; "whether the witness was
living with his wife or not is nobody's busi-
no" said the Recorder. mo. at all. II he
wasn't, Il was not an act OF moral turpitYde.
Very well. said Mr.. Weeks. we except"
@ Where was Mira Rogers living In 1901 A,
.. Vas Rogers then living with Mrs Roesrsr
Mr.. Osborne was jumping up and down again
with objections and the RECORDER again said he
will you hear the deiencef" asked Mr..
aNs. will no. hear You on this point" said
IN, dsisaee wanted TO show he the queer fam;
order sS'S create the impressicn that perRnps in
these family relations there might in some
mit,ed. The Reeorder said; II viii not hear
yySSn. Mr: Weeks. 1t does not seem to me that
we except to your Honor's ruling" said Mr.
u reply to the next QUESTION: cornish said
with It. consisted OF Mrs: adams, Mrs: Rogers;
Hazard AssTs and E2u9SS w0man named
O. Was Mr. Rogers there when you we're
there A. know nothing about Mr.. Rogers
q Did you see Mr.. Rogers tbereI 4. No.
g Pid You ever see zee him at 10 West Eighty
These questions were all ask ed and answered
so quickly that Mr.. Osborn did not get the
opportunity 10 nave tntul rulel out
=. Did YOU or did you not know that Mrs.
Rogers and her husband were separatedr A.
This time Mr.. Osborne got In his objection
and the Recorder said no sustained It. empha-
DO you or do you not know II you yourself
We're not in any sense the cause OF the sepaEa.
ton between Mira Rogers and her husbandr"
tainsd Mr.. Osborne's objection to this. and the
question was not answered;
Mr.. Weeks dropped that line then and took
n the I,OiROn nackagp Itself, Cornish rnIental
20 him the stoTy 81 s b1ecSBs at b the KEN
the exhibits marked for Identification In the
case box and asked him u II was about that
about that size.
OSBORNE BATS WEEKS.
District Attorney Osborne turned sneerlngly
to the counsel for the defence aud said: Mr..
Ssf Sas yG9S Oi O@ s Gs
Iisht axe OF The e8S see tS' g1 ia are pretty
In the face. saying to the Recor icr: "May il
please the Court. the defence takes exception
ney and requests that the Court reprimand the
District Attorney for his grossly improper ob;
he told Mr. Osborne that he had no business to
say such things: that he should maintain his
'' Cornish ' went zen on In reply to Mr.. weeks's
question and described how the box was
wrapped how he opened it, hoy the silver boz
I
how he came to take II home. In the course
| OF this Cornish described humorously his only
previous experience OF bromo settler, when he
got a dose OF Il and It effervesced In his nose
This was on Thanksgiving Day: 1898, He said
been brom9 seltzer or had ever taken any
| on Sunday and did not find it until after the
death Of Mrs. Adams, lp the meantime he had
| pred it open once himself. 1t was when he
| pred II open that he took the poison out and
| brought II home. Mr., Weeks asked Cornish
| many questions about how he was dressed
| when he talked with Mrs. Rogers and Mrs.
| Adams that n ght and about how he was dressed
| in the morning when the poison was taken,
| evidently being under the impression that
| Cornish was not fully dressed. Cornish in
| sisted that he was on both occasions.
| Cornish, in a statement made lust after tho
| death 81 Mrs. Adams. stated that he had given
| the bottle holder and the bottle to Mrs. Rogers
| tho night that he took them home. He swore on
his direct examination that no kept the bottle
and gave only the bottle holder to Mrs. Rogers.
The statement that he made In January was
| read to him. Cornish sad that he was mis-
| taken then; that he was positive that the
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