New-York tribune., 1900-01-03

Mr.. Weeks compelled the witness to admit, also,
that he was wrong when he told the police the
bottle was In Mrs. Rogers's room. 1t was on the
dresser In his room. he said yesterday. Asked IL
on February 10 last he had not said that the ad-
dress on the poison package was not in Molineuxs s
handwriting. Cornish replied that he did not think
he put 1t In that way. Thereupon Mr.. Weeks read
the testimony taken at the inquest, in which Cor
nish reported expressing the opinion that
the address not written by Molineux. The
witness admitted also that he had once remarked
to the District Attorney that he thought Felix Cal
lagher had written the 'Har~ster" letter which
was signed with Cornsh's name.
Odd you say to Major Gardiner that you had
writing In the club of Felix Gallagher. and that !.
corresponded exactly? Al think made such
statement
o-when made your statement to the tn me news Ts-
porters yourself? Al did not. 1 dictated 1t to
my stenographer and she made manifold copies
QEYou made no corrections? Al did not.
copies and i notes at the club once but they had
been stolen. ] could not find them ,.o,- ,,.st
to get out the bottle and holder and take them
o%Many times? A~Yes: three four times.
Q.-Was the bottle clean when you got II! A
o-To whom did you show the handwriting after
you & bad picked i up out Of ths aIomon saW It
Finneran saw it. also
to THAI thai. H0 s''' 60" - a N''
Cornish said that he did not take the paper out
of his room to the office show it TO others
When Mr.. Weeks asked him II he put the bottle
and holder in his dress suit and the paper
in his pocket the occasion when he took the
article home, Cornish ssid that he couldn't re-
member
Q.-You remember DR. Hitchcock testifyng that
you told him that the paper was in the desk? A
didn't tell him that. ,..,-,- .-.,,,,
to that? A.-No. don't remember his saying that
Q-Who was in the dining when Mrs
Adams took the drink which you prepared for her
0s099 d you last se he eass day
out of which she drank the draught? A-That
Q-Was the spoon in the glass? Al don't
Q-Was Mrs Adams looking at you when you
took swallow of the remains In the glass? A
$50 that saw you take 1t? A.-No one.
you remember 2 early in NeR
York paper and Offering TO sell story as to who
sent the poison for $1,000? A.-No You have that
Q-I have It wrong? A.Yes. I met this man man
with the object OF ascertaining who first gave
Molineux's name to the paper you refer to- ~,
Q-Do you swear that you didn't ask sl0po or or
offer to sell him a story for that sum? Al VIII
O%Where did you meet him? Am a
taurant in Franklin-st.
After the witness had testified that he wore
dark brown overcoat and alpine hat in the fall
of 1885, defendants exhibits IA and Is were handed
him. and he asked if he knew in whose hano-
writing they He said he thought they were
written by Detective McCaferty. Finally the wit
ness told Mr. Weeks that he had not mentioned
Molineux's name in connection with the case until
Mr.. Adams pointed out to him the similarity be-
tween the defendants handwriting and the fac-
simie it purported to be. of the address, which
was reproduced in a newspaper He denied IN
quiry in December about certain books relating to
chemistry.
This closed the examination of Cornish.
Mr. Osborne unwilling to proceed with the re-
direct examination. ard asked that he be sowed 10
call the witness at some future time The Re
corder would not permit this. whereupon Mr.. Os-
borne confined himself to asking few pt<functory
questions.
JURORS TAXI 4 HAND.
Jurors Foster Billings and Crene undertook
short examination OF their own They asked
Cornish to explain how the package was fastened.
if by string or whether 1t was sealed When
Cornish said the box had been. as he remembered.
only tied with a string. Juror Edgar said: wen.
then Il must have been transported as open man
matter?"
Yes" said Mr. Osborne. land will endeavor TO
follow up your suggestion and call a witness to
throw light about this
Recorder Goff was told by Cornish that he was
postive he was at the club on the night OF
December % till 1O:3e o'clock. In accordance with
his habit he looked his mail box and found moth
ing in it for him.
Counsel for the defence then wanted to know the
condition of the poison package when the witness
III. Cornish
gummed In any way, the paper opening at once as
soon as he cut the string The paper was not old
paper as he remembered. and there was nothing
about 1t to attract his notice make him wonder
about Tiffany box inside. The color of the ink was
about the same as now. Mr.. Osborne asked about
the seal of the bottle. Cornish thought that IL
had never been broken. To Mr.. Weeks Cornish
said he didn't examine the bottle with care. but
was sure the seal had not been disturbed after he
put the bottle in his desk.
Won ble 70 tat positiyely that he cork
was in the same condition when took the bottle
from the box on December 2s as it was when you
took it out of the box on December "a? Alt is
Don't You know that the parafine could have
the paraftine replaced also? Al don't think it
tt it. The break in the parafine would have been
noticeable"
Harry A. King, a member OF the Consolidated
Stock Exchange was then called and repeated the
story OF how Cornish showed him the bromo self
ger bottle and that he about to take dose of
its contents. but unable to do so inasmuch as
there water in the cooler. The bottle
and the silver holder he identified being the
same as he saw In Cornsh's office on that occa-
sion.
Patrick j. Finneran. employe OF the Kncker-
booker Athletic Club. corroborated Cornish's evil
dence regarding the receipt by mail and opening
of the package containing the bottle and holder.
The two exhibits identified by the witness
FELIX ]. GALLAGHER CALLED.
Felix J. Gallagher then took the stand He said
that at one time he an employe of the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club, but discharged and
then obtained a situation at the New-York At
letic Club through the influence of Moneux He
told Mr. Osborne he had both Heiles and
Harpster at the New-York Athletic Club. Mr.
Osborne sought to obtain from the witness the
date of Q certain occasion when he and Molineux
had conversation about Harpster, but Gallagher
could not be induced TO recall the date
Although he was called witness for the