The sun., 1899-12-05
He aimplv held n

! find a glarng one like q house or
fire on hlll, On the contrary. the motive was
| burning, slow and continuous fire-a man
ally and nd for along ions ii tine. " They had brought
Ed Of S oans SnG and pa msh nsHe yho
writing possessed the characteristics Of thi.
handEwrng WI The inry would als9 be satisfied ~
long smouldeting hatred for, Cornish, that he
was color maker, aud could have had the
1lnrtigans store was and could have got the
silver bottle holder there III me Jury was was
% Society would o be s liable % To- S other such nc crimes crimes
Still. there was other proof.
JURY ALLOWED TO HEAR OF BAnNEr's DEATH
As | said before" continued the prosecut.
ing attorney. there are only three cases OF
poisoning, by cyanide Of mercury on record
Cornish had attended % one other case, &C. 'f That
was the case OF young man who died under
suspicious circqmstancos at tho Knickerbocker
Here Mr.. Weeks OBJECTED to the introduction
Of Batne,s IS name fig objected T. any refer;
ss justice 20 wams gSst sSprsme Court sns had s
reference TO Barnet's death had been improp-
corder said that II was too early in the case to
make make any[nlng on that, inasmueh as BsTnet's
foretell what the evidence would be. The
Court assumed that the District Attorney was
ans N crsnSs ssnss which he to
i .pn The 9ssafS@ 80 said SS'SS ,SS MMj%
Kecorder said no. Mr.. Weeks then said that
he desired to raise The question Immediately
to refer to the death OF Barnet In the course OF
the trial. Tho Recorder said he could not pass
06orne TO ssy that be was really
doing Mr.. Weeks, client favor, for the reason
that i MolinsuS did not a. f. that part OF the
Why. what does he care ?" continued Os-
toned his name. have ~ But here is another
name IN this case suggesting grave thoughts
Mr. Osborne was referring TO Barnet without
tended him also attended Cornish and recos-
niHed the came !seymEtons in each case. Who
KncGsrSSckor Athletic Club no sI also so i%e rse
ceiyed hls poison by mail In his case the
poWds You soS the was sms hand M ia q
these cases, he samo poison. the same method.
dipwSr apw w91,d, 01,o, a, m1n or get hold Of this
the whole thing; At once, the detectives
began began an an d, inye@s,ieation @ to ind out. They
he patent I'M meIcne People So lee OUT %
a.! their letters, A girl looked over hundreds
81 thousands Of letters FOR some one who wrote
SS nscL inc nnadw,i,ng nan h Hn .hs he Cornish Poison
ped another. stitch, The girl found q letter
which said; Please send me a sample"
marked Lawyer wsess' "This SiHIs had Tsferchee
10 ,t an9stheI on crime and i In n? way connected
The Recorder thereupon remarked: Sup
pose Mr.. Weeks, the evidence OF another crime
Vas vas essen essential /, 70 prove this crime. wouldn't
Then The two crimes should be connected"
The Recorder said that the case at bar was
n TrumstAntinl RI
refused "a rule In advance regarding the
:c9omp.eteney Of certain evidence Not un:
court rule. il would be msniiest%iy % Unfair 'ao 10
the nrosecution 10 rule In advance. In a case OF
this Kind which was made up OF details In great
number.
THREE.CREscESr PAPER POINTS TO NEWARK.
II am not hurting any one" remarked Mr..
Osborne. II am not mentioning the name OF
any one, lam merely describing the poisoner.
hen n Sea aTSs or m w os ss
md somebody who has hatred for Barnet But
to 60 back This patent medicine, letter re.
Rarry cqFnss @ wa. da;sd fas Bsa S' i5sRsa iRs.
laced This PAPER E ESpt tss hy Scrtsn rasr
asra.'me2s s,drss stores Sew Ho5t and BY tTo
We must hnd man NV who ' had had This t sort OF oi
paper in his possession, Az once the detectives
went to i02O Broadyay. They found man
Cornish: That man was not Cornish.
At that Letter box; two ipportant letters
from Won Moh h Co. in Cincinnati. From
these firms the detectives obtained the original
who had signed himself II. Cornish. Won Mohi
Co. Is concern that advertises remedy to
sb0a s Gw eH Wc
5e Suffering from ths, dsesse He mus, mus, i i've ::
In Nan RI md Epnu HON al "A %
He must know that Harry Cornish, got
Club, T lie must 3 Ens0'Ss Enos wSsfe Hsn's!,c 10 sss
s9iS5 fSsS Hs mus: mus.
rare man aitosether M You won't nnS many HSFy .,
them combining all these peculiar character
tstics. All ot these letters bore handwriting
ike that on the poison package.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HARPsTEE LETTER.
The letterto Stearns Co was about man
named Harp ster. Some one wrote letter 10
Stearns 4 Co. making inquiries about Harp
nish and iarpster were. Intimate friends
There was no reason why Cornish should
write to make INQUIRIES about Harp,ter. Here
This etter 10 Stearns was an inquiry about
the character Of IlarEs,er. who had been
had been discharged by stsarns. owing 10
some some misunderstanding about 50. What
he bSSns II sSGh aSt do to
vent Harps'er from getting another place n
used by one who dslkcd Hnrpster. Now YOU
see the light coming in2 Here was a motive
Tor that strange letter. Here was a man writ
inRto Stearns Il Go. and falsely stating that
iiarpster had applied for n place as collector.
And Harpstcr at that time. strangely enough,
was n collector for u brewery. Where Al
Newark. y. j. Let us look ior man who
knew 81 Harpster and had enmity against
him. Where will wa look for him? TO that
common ground where Cornish and Barnet
Inet-the Knickerbocker Athletic Club-and
IIarpster was COrnshs friend. We must find
Il man who had n reason 10 dislike Harpstsr
and we must look IN the club for him The
man knew that Cornish got his mail there.
THE SAME MAN WROTE THE BARNET AND CORNISH
LETTERS
"A man who writes TO n patent m edicIne firm
gets circulars from many other firms In the
same line. The firms began 70 get letters
signed - IN what namcI Use your own minds
now. We have been told the man took the
name of Cornish ana that cyanide OF mercury
was put into a apatentmedlcne powder after tha
powder had passed through one OF these letter
boxes, and sent to Barnet. Need tell you that
many OF the new letters were subscribed
II, G.. Barnett They asked the patent remedy
people to send their answers or samples to
letter boxes. They requested that they be sent
10 place In Forty-sccond street, kept by q
man named Hickman. We will produce the
letters written TO this address inIrepy to letters
sRned ii. e. Barnet. On May 20. 1893. some
QUO took letter box there In tho name OF II.
{: Barnet. That person wrote to any number
OF medicine companies and strangely enough