Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-18
Cornish that the poison had been man.
ufactured by chemists.

Cornish that the poison had been man.
ufactured by chemists.
Witness said he told Cornish that the
precipitate in the glass vas bi-chloride
of mercury, on the morning after Mrs.
Adams death.
by that time" asked Mr.. Osborne,
you had reached the conclusion that
she had died by the act of a %poisoner?"
THAT she died from poison, yes"
Did you suggest the name of Molin-
eux as "a half way chemist who could
have done it?"
Il did not. 1 never knew Mr.. Molin-
eux at all, and had no knowledge of his
chemical requirements"
you said this morning that the
poison must have been sent by an ex-
pert chemist?"
mo. 1t might have been bought. 1
said if it was made it was made by an
expert. Certainly no thorough chem
list would have administered that
poison, knowing the absolute certainty
of the determination of mercury. No
skilled p~oisoner would administer mer-
curry. Lots of alkaloids kill as quickly.
Lots of poisons leave no trace"
John D.. Adams, secretary of the
Knickerbocker Athletic club, was the
next witness. His testimony was con-
fined principally to the relations of Cor
nish and Barnet and Molineux, and af-
fairs among the members of the
K~nickerbocker Club, but in that re-
spect was of little value.
Did the suggestion that Molineux did
this thing come from your witness was
finally asked.
q do not know if Cornish thought of it
or not. l had been studying the fac-simile
of the handwriting published in the news
papers, and when l was clearing out my
desk l came across some scraps of Moli-
neuX's writing. l was struck with the re-
semblance and asked for MolineuX's let
tiers from the lux files. l compared them
with the fac-simile and showed them to
Supt. Gustanoby. of the club. l said to
him, doesn't that look like the fac-sim-
iIe?' AS l reacn his reply, he said this il
too horrible to believe. I nave some let
tiers upstairs I'll show you"
NJ name was mentioned" interrupted
Mr.. Osborne.
NO: after dinner Gustanoby gave me a
package containing two letters from Mol
ineux. The resemblance struck him. l
took the letters home and thought over it
a good deal. l did not wish to believe
that Molineux had done it. In the morn
ing laid the letters before Cornish. He
said he would so to the police.
He was sick and I suggested he let
some one come to him. Tha was done"
Did you base your suggestion of Moli-
neux as to the %poisoner or a fancied re-
sembIance of his handwriting and his
quarrel with Cornish?'
The first suggestion came that way"
You had nothing else in your mind?'
Not then"
Mr.. Adams said he had no reasons to
think that Molineux was jealous of Bar
net; he did not know they had ever quar-
relied.
You never heard that Barnet's rela-
lions with Mrs. Molineux were such as to
excite Molineux's jealousy?'
Mr.. Adams said he never knew Mr.. Bar
net to bring Mrs. Molineux TO dinner on
Thursday or to bring her there on ladies'
day.
TO your knowledge, did Cornish make
any charges against any man in the
( club?'
II remember one man, but don't know
his name. The charge was or such a ma
ture that 1 aid not care to discuss it. The
man was asked TO resign. and he did"
WAS it of a similar character as the
one made against Barnett"
Yes
"You did not believe the charges made
against Barnet?"
Yes, l believe they were true.
"Did the man who resigned know that
Cornish had made the charges?'
4 think not. No investigation was held
and the man was asked to resign, and he
did
At the conclusion of Adams's examina-
ton, the inquest adjourned for the day.