The times., 1899-12-30
THE GREAT POISON TRIAL
Harry Cornish Closes His Story of
Mrs. Adams Death.
He shows the Jury In the Molineux
Cnsc How the Bromo-scItzcr Was
Mixed ana DrunI>-.sohn ID. Adams
Relieves in the Guilt Of the De-
fendant-AdjOurncd Until Tuesday.

NEW YORK. Dee. % There was on
sign OF the holiday spirit a the trial +
Roland y. NoIineux today, and that was
tire adjournment OF cogr; at the close OF
the morning session until next TuesIay.
The ctisf incidents OF tie day We e.
John d. Adams accusation against the &c
fence of stealing private l-tters, the ruii- s
Of the judge upon the veracity OF men 0
90 not live with their wives, Mr.. Os5orne's
remarks upon the subject Of total abs .iu-
ence, and the assistant district at orney S
iEtimation ttat Of course, the daferc
knew the size Of the box which carried the
poison to Harry Cornish and Ai,ied MIS-
Adams. To begin at the bsgi- Il ng. John
u. A6ams resumed the stand for the oon-
pletion of his cross examination. Mr
Adams is the private secretary of Mr.. Bsi-
lantine and the secretary of &r. Balla1-
tines club. the KniCkerboekz Athletic
Club It was shown that ne vas the frst
person to direct suspicion 10 Molinedx. he
lock at Molineux ard said:
Il have no doubt what I've. int t1e de-
fenGant wrote exhibit A'-the address n
the poison package.
A Juror created a smile by enqui:t1g
gently: Are you handwriting eXpST.:
Mr Adams answered no, but Mr.. os-
borne sezing the opportunity, brought
out that while that was not the witGcs5
business. he was. indeed, something o. al
expert and hsd spent much time in exam
ming the writings in issue,
Mr.. Weeks showed a letter to Adams
and asked him if he wrote it. Adams said
yes" blazed into anger and informed
the recorder that the letter had been stolen
from his private files. Who stole 1t was
not developed as the recorder would not
20 into the question. Mr.. Weeks calmly
acknowledged possession OF it and had it
put in care of the clerk of the court with
instructions from the recorder that Mr.
Osborne should not get his fingers upon it
Mr. Osborne looked for a moment as if he
meditated forcible charge upon the clerk,
but he refrained.
What purported to be the fac-simile Of
the poison address was published early in
the history of the case. Il was what Is
known as a fake" but bore some re-
sembIance to the original Mr. Weeks, By
showing that this was what Adams COM
pared with Molineux's writing when be
first came TO the conclusion that Molin-
eux was the author of the address, stroye
10 discredit the value of his opinion. AS
usual with the witnesses for the prose-
cution. Mr.. Weeks put Adams very much
upon the defensive. Mr. Weeks gives the
impression in questioning every witness
that he SUSPECTS the witness really is the
guilty person.
Then Harry Cornish was recalled to fin
ish his story begun yesterday. His direct
examination was soon over, and MIR Weeks
arose portentously He made Cornish tell
the story OF his life. When Cornish had
arrived at a period when he was living
in Mrs. Adams fiat, Weeks suddenly
asked: Where was your wife,"
The fierce objection of Osborne was sus-
tanned by the recorder in a speech which
contained the sentiment The word OF
man who is not living with his wife is az
good as any other man s.
Mr.. Weeks tried very hard to intimate
that Cornish was the cause OF the separa-
ton Of Mrs. Florence Rogers from her nus
band He asked the direct question but
the recorder excluded the question, and
finally Mr.. Weeks desisted from that line
OF questioning.
Then Mr.. Weeks enacted little tableau-
He made Cornish show exactly how the
bromo-seltzer had been mixed for Mrs.
Adams to drink. supplying two glasses,
spoon and a bottle. Cornish did it cheer
fully. He indicated by water in glass
how much Mrs Adams drank, remarking:
About so much was left Of which took
a good swallow"
Show us a good-sized swallow said
Mr. Weeks.
"oh. this is going too far, broke in the
recorder.
Wei, I'll do it," said Cornish.
He does not like water, but he'll do 1t, -
said Nj. Osborne.
Then the trial of Roland B. Molineux
for murder was adjourned until Tuesday.