The sun., 1899-02-10

chn say " tnbt u was some tlne hlter mTf
o,"N6w. wien did you. first get tho potiol
that you wore nirected @ e Barnet wasy A-Oi
to mo that hts case was like niue,
9lhGn did yIgi 20 to police OF oiiic"r ,S d to tel tel
lice officer. detective came To my room. ant
think may have told him something abou
O. Now. Mr. Cornish. want you to tell me
ms nearly as possible, without mentioning an}
names, Is thi anything In relations will
anybody that would suggest motive for ar
attempt to poison youY Al cant think OF
V.-You thoroughly rcalzo. / suppose. Mr.
Cornish. that YOU are under oath Al do
y And ] take IT. i9r Granted that you lar nrt
o.IWeIu. I've asked you in a most general
way about what motive anybody could have
had to send you poison. This gives you the
greatest latitude, and would very much like
never had personal quarrel with any one in
my NE, but have had charges preferred
U.-How many times Advice. On one
OCCASION; l can't remGmbe Der the date. mem
her nf the club said had made statements
about two other members OF tho club, In
references 10 That he made charges to the House
Q.-Who was that person2 A-C G. Hughes,
Q;-Where il he now Al don't know
upderStand he Is at the Murray Hi Hotel
whom you were accused OF gistatomcnts :
A,-Mr Monsux and lIr Barnet,
were dismissed was summoned before the
committee. told them tho statements were not
true and that was all there was OF it..
.Q.-Was Mr.. Hughes there? Al don't
O,--Now. Cornish do you mean TO say that
you were not even confronted by your accuser.
or did YOU have such pull that It wasn't neces-
know that had any pull
=; And Hughes was a member, Of the club
aud the Chairman OF the House Committee
o.I3And you give us to understand that the
booker Athletic Club as against that Of a mem.
ber and AN officer? A.-Ail l know is that said
the charges were not true. and that's all l
heard about it,
,Q~Who were thc, members Of the House
c9mwwitttesf Al don't kn9w d,roo.or =, cha
club for three years and don't know who the
members OF tho House Committee were Al
Bushnell and Chandos Fulton were on that
committee.
-Q.-J, Herbert BaIlantine. President of the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club? A,-;No. not the
but head Of Ii" V cornorHto9 Selma the Siub.
Q.-Now. about those charges just what
were they? A,uHqghes in the the interest Of ~ NIr
neuy rented houses which he owned in Newark
for improper purposes. For Mr.. Bqrnet; he
OF immoral practices with women. :,
S%Tg n SS f2nsG tSSt of hs
Q.,Whats the number OF her house; Al
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mentioned A-Oh. i believe l have.
3.fou never were at her honse? Al
were ever preferred against YOU in a formal
manner? Al heard that AoIineux had made
some sort Of charges against me at a dinner
given nj the Onion ltcague Club
+, Mcr Eo9d deal Of giestioning i was
IIsaFas cluT at %RHSf Ho,YineaE HSyt9Y%' ., &.
&sfES n5 & MIX Es" sa S"rS s Mnso%
and Allen Of I'll" Knickorhuckcr Athletic Club
d %ErS rr9SeT! A. that Hsr h9Te%S WoiS- read
athlete. in which he discussed certain athletic
matters, said that Mr.. Weeks had been guilty.
Tor Weeks and that he cornish ,purposod
70 get even M@in@nx IIoG expressed the onin
not be allowed to. Us" such ian-
euage about an officer of another club, and he
discharged from the KnickerbocIer. Athletic
Club he tMolineuX) would resign from that
GTS nr u hs9 5T9gTh t & hS m rTss
included n charge based upon the letter Cor
nish had written to. Wefers. These letters were
read and then Cornish was asked:
neilx To- resign from the KnickerLockcr Ath-
,s,g Club II Eor were not dischorEed' Al
Odd Hughes resign? A.-No.
officer OF the CLUB. had preferred against an en-
ployee were not only not entertained but after
n he word Of the employee was taken Us against
the House Committee.
.Q.-Who We're the officers OF the Piuua Asso-
citation? A,-Bailantine. Adams. Sears. Coler
Q,-Theu Ballartine is the Piqua Association
and tn" Knirk"rpock"r Athletic Club: NO
o. Ever had any idea who sent you that bot
tie! A.-No. Ill III no position to have any
Q.--Now let me refer to your statement TO
Cart McClusky, on Jan. >. Reading. ~
when ] thought Of AIolincux. .nid: That,
lusL thr fellow who sent IN" that bottle
ton Al made no accusation. wanted to
Q.-Now did you undrrstand my question?
want to know whW made YOU think M0incuN
sent you that bottle A;-Be"aus" he was the
only person | could think 0f who had any kind
Q.-Was that an A.-No. that vas. not all.
nave SO, som letters ,Wrttem by M"linsnX to
10 hc "A fac-simile of the writn: on the package
which was, sent 10 me. remembered The
writing with the fac-simile whrn / saw in the
paper. could see a strong s"mblance be-
over, that th" alleged tac-smil" was not the
facsimile of the writing on the package sent to
C-But why did you need to compare the
writing OF the letters hat YOU speak OF with
the package You had seen III" original, II
you couldn't remember the writing why didn't
YOU get that nortion Of the wrapp"r which ynn
that oi your letters Al didn't know where
the original was.
tQ.--Didu't yOu know that The police or some
otlic? official must have IT. Al did not.
p.,Then your charge against lIolin"ux was
largely due to tho comparison which you made
between facsimile Of ,hr writing on The
packagp. which was not q fac-simile NJ all, with
the writing in letters which Molncux sent to
you? Alt was. But ] didn't mean that as
an. accusation. | simply meant that AS an
opinion.
Q-Doyou really know what an accusation
itE Al think do.
Q.-And when you made that statement to
Capt. McCllsky on Jan. , you didn't think you
were king an accusation against anybody?
Al did not.
QDi1n't somebody first suggest TO YOU
that Molineux sent the bottle? Al believe
some on" did.
Q-Who was that person? A-John D.
;huams Secretary Of the Knickerbocker Ath-
letc Club. He showed me some letters which
he said had been written by Molincux and
asked me il didn't think tho handwriting was
very much like that on the package sent to me-
/ certainly noticed u similarity.
= Then when you spw tho letters which
Adams, showed to you. i suddenly flashed
through YOUR mind thar MOlineuN must be the
CHAP who tried 10 poison you A.-Ycs
Citizen YOU never thought Of MOlIneux un-
I i some body else suggested him TO YOU? Al
think not.
I,,I M. Il. loo, 90 WI