The Portland daily press., 1900-01-03

The question - 10 vhsther or not Cor
nif took bis meals % the knicksrbooksK
Atnietio club or at his apartments nj and
nsar the date of Mrs. Adams' death Was
discussed In detail. II was finally settled
By -tbe witness answering that he took
SOME of them az the club and took the re-
naming meals 1t the spsstmsnts. Cor
nish said he moved to Eighty fourth
ssrsss becauss he was tired Of the club.
He did not know that M. and Mrs.
went 70 Eighty fourth ssrsst.
Cornish said he was married in Hart
ford, Conn.,, In 1855. He went 10 Chicago
on Decoration day, 1893, and mis- wife
Joined him there later. His wife got q
divorces In March In 1897. Answering
questions BY Mr.. Weeks, Cornish said be
had known > Mrs.. Small hut he denied
that be had ever been known as Mr..
Email.
"You know her name was not Mrs.
Smslir'
81 knew she had two namss.'
"What were her two namesf'
tsctivs to Chicago to lind out"
Mr.. Weeks moved to strike out that
answer and Recorder 6of ordered 1t
done Cornish said In answer TO the ques-
ton that her real name was Mrs. Pattsr-
son. Cornish denied that he had known
Mrs.. Smalrs husband. The woman had
q child. Mrs. Smell died In 1894 and
Cornish said he paid for her burial.
After one Of Mr.. Weeks questions Cor
nish replied with irritation. "You ought
10 know all about that. The physician
told your detective all about IT,"
Mr.. Weeks stopped end looked st the
witness fora moment.
than do"
Eyes, the physician told me all about
It,"
"Tnsn you have had occasion to 20 ont
70 Chicago and inquire about these
"Yss, have been out there" he re-
piled.
Going back TO the stage Of adjournment
on Friday last, MIR. Weeks asked Cornish
II Mrs. Adams had had any breakfast on
the morning Of December IS, when abe
took the Supposed hromo ssltzsr. He said
be thought she had taken nothing.
Here Mr.. Weeks had Cornish 60 again
over the story OF his own illness ut ths
fias that morning. He said be stood By
bis Statements that he had not thought MP
20 forty eight hours afterwards that any
attempt had been made TO poison him.
although he might have said to tbs hall
boy when he told him TO 60 for the doctor
that someone was poisoned" He could
not remember DR.. Hitchcock having said
to him; This IL golden opportunity
for you to get evsn." Cornish retold the
story Of his movements and Of the tri p
down town on the day Of the poisoning.
"Whsn you got down town, Mr.. Cor
nish, how lang did you stay In Mr.. No
Intyrs's offiosF' asked Mr.. wseks
The witness replied that he could not
remember the convsrsation with Mr.. Mo
lutyre very we'll out was certain that he
lid not tell witness that hs hsa recstved
word from the coronsr's Office that there
had been suicide In the Tat az u West
S6.h street.
Cornish was then questioned as TO q
visit he made the same day to the offios
OF Mr.. Yocum. He said Yooum gave
him something to relieve his pain. He
denied that he knew what to take him
self,
Mas there any special reason for you
Wseks.
"Nons In PARTICULAR"
How long were you with Yooumf"
f'I don't know"
'Mr. Mcintyre says you were with
Yooum until about four O'clock"
"Mr. Mcintyre Ia mistaken
"What time did you get to the olubS"
"About half past three or four O'Clock.
Mr.. Weeks then brought out q st ste.
ment from Cornish that he had visited
his friend Yocun ON December %, 1.-THE
day after the poison package 10 supposed
W raw uoou nni5ob anu buos 6Atrt
leaving him he had walked UP the east
side Of broadway from Ann street to
Park plscs.
"You passed right by the post of,ioe
thsny'
eyes"
"Did You not frst state you received
the package in the afternoon of December
Q Instead Of the morning of that days"
perhaps 80. ! may have said that"
"Then you were wrong In the state
ment made to the polios that you got the
package on Saturday afternoon"
Il think was"
"Do you remsmbsr tsstifyin ing about
February 10 last your opinion the writing
on the poison pao kage Was not Moli-
neux's?"
al don't think said that don't
think put II that way" reIltsd Cornish
and then he could NOT remember having
made statements to that eject.
Mr.. Weeks asked him II he did not re-
member saying ut one time that he
thought FsliI Gallagher wrote the
"Harpstsr letter."
II will say that / thought 30 ut one
time, but don't think ever told any
body 500 Cornish replied.
when you made newspaper state
ment on January 2, did you NOT read 1t
to the reporters yourselfG'
81 did not, dictated it to my stsnog-
rapher and she made manifold copies
which she gave to the reporters"
"You made no ,orrectionF"
al did not"
referring again to the poison package.
MIR. Weeks asked: "Mns the bottle clean
when you got it!''
"That can't say"
ITO whom did ron show the handwrit.
ing after you had picked the wrapper out
OF the waste basket"
Cornish mentioned Harry King. Mr.
Sololnan and q Mr.. Witnerspoon who had
seen Il, but he could recall no others who
had seen IL then. Cornish said that he
did ncs take the paper out OF his room to
the once to show IL to others
"Mas Mrs. Adams looking at you when
you took . swallow of the poisons" asked
MIR. Weeks.
"No"
$50 no one saw you take its'
mo one."
do you remember early In January Of
making an appointment with a rsprssen-
tative OF the New York Journal and
Offering TO sell sscry. as TO who sent the
poison for SCOOP
"No, you have that wrong. | met this
man with the object OF asoertainins who