New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-09

he knew of the hatred Of this defendant for him
had never said anything to Cornish; he had gone
- tHe men who could control cornish TO Adams
Cornish. Cornish knew Of this but he could not
swear swear to It, because it would have been hearsay
This This is the most remarkable thing about this
fendant of the motive The charges against Roland
tmoIineuX die not come from Cornish FROM hrst
10 last he has never picked out MolineuX as the
man with the motive. There never was man on
the deep blue sea as as was Cornish He had to find
the man who sent that package, or he had to stand
himself. But he did not name Moiineux. because
he could not legally do it.
CORNIsHS HANDWRITING.
M, Mr.. Weeks has chosen to rldleuIe certain por,
or his own handwriting and give 1t TO knsley, to.
Haye got TO answer that question? Was Nc
Gafferty trying to saddle the crime on himself?
who knew his business or did not know It? They
th mar PFacca test was the only way
wanted to know whether Kinsley knew his bust
Cornishs handwriting was not examined. Because
his S1Fp sh used 4e IL and no specimens Of
wGnR Mr. started e out to % Harry
was irrelevant, but the Court admitted it put in
Harry Cornish's writing against Mr.. Weeks's OBJ
put to Harry Cornish? It was: Mr.. Cornish l
o see ny OF OF SaT Was aG dS
ton prompted by Mr.. Carvalho. and asked by Mr..
Carvalho called to the stand? Because he was
convinced that Cornish could not have written the
willing to perjure his soul
Mr.. Osborne continued to attack Mr.. Carvalho
and the motives which induced Mr.. Weeks to
keep the expert off the stand. The reason Mr..
Carvalho was not called, the Assistant District
Attorney contended. was that ne had already
expressed the conviction that Cornish could not
have written the address on the poison package
he
ceeded to condemn the failure of Molineux to
defend himself. He went on:
Molineux was kept silent by his counsel: none Of
his friends. of his business associates in New
behalf Men who knew MolireuXis banGwritin.g
were held in the background Morris Herman. who
handwriting well, never asked identify it in
drs with atg guns eoGd keep To0 Back * T fhe
witnesses who would have come here. If he
Herman knew this Defendants handwriting Yet
you remember that Mt. Weeks would not ask Nor
ris Herman If MqneuX wrote the address on the
poison package. He knew too much He knew that
Morris Herman would have had swear that
this defendant wrote the address
Herman Did the defendant write those etters?,
didn't dare ask Morris Herman that question
knew he was friend of this defendant but gave
Never call witnesses frcn the enemy's camp. Ru-
a9iPh helieS was orou&hT on me staha as an IN
lowed the District-Attorney TO ask him leading
PENDANT that the Court gave this unusual priv
iege. Heiles not asked by Mr.. Weeks If this
defendant wrote those letters. He afraid to.
Heiles keeps five sets of books and his reputation
was a stake. Mr.. Weeks could not afford to ask
him that question, even though Heies
ious to help him.
This defendant, in the face of all the evidence
against him has put in his plea Of not guilty, and
timony against him he expects twelve intelligent
to acQuit him.
Mr.. Weeks has claimed that there evidence
10 show that the poison package was ever re-
ceived through the mail. That not true. 1t
wa here FinQeran q Jaw Cornish
take the package out of Cornishs box. The box
opened in the presence of Finneran- We had
posoffice official, who had been in the employ of
the Postofice Department for eighteen years, who
swore that the package had gone through the mail
Mr.. King, close friend of Cornish swore here
that the day that poison package was received
Cornish offered him a drink of it. Would he have
done that if he had known its character?