The Portland daily press., 1900-01-03
Athletic Instructor Again on the
Stand.
A Significant Cross Ex-
animation.
Witness Irritated Somewhat BY
Questions.

New York, January 2-The eighth
week and the 47th day Of the trial Of
Roland b. Molineux, opened with Harry
s. Cornish again on the stand. The
GROSS .sxamination Of Cornish by Attorney
wesks was the feature Of the day. Moli-
nsux, improved In condition as Q result
Of the nd journment on account OF the
New Years holiday watched the witness
with greater interest than he has mani
tested heretofore during the trial.
Mr.. Weeks asked Cornish about the
hour Of his return home from the Bniok-
srbooker Athletic club on the night OF
Dscsm ber "a, 1885,. CORNISH ackpowledged
that he was mistaken In prsvious testi-
mony az to the hour. The witness was
compelled to run q gauntlet Of questions
esarding his relations with the various
mem bers Of the household Of Mrs. Adams.
Cornish testified that he could not re-
member who first told him that Mrs
Rogers, the daughter Of Mrs. Adams,
had separated from her husband. He said
that be went TO Chicago in 1893 and that
his wife obtainsd a divorce from him In
Marob, 1897. Under q severe cross-exami-
nation he admitted that he knew Mrs.
small, that she had dad In 1894, that her
real name was Mrs Patterson, that he
had sent the woman to hospital before
she died and that hs had paid TIE ex-
psnses incurred In connection with her
burial. Cornish apparently irritatsd BY
the searching questions asked BY Mr..
Weeks, retorted '.you ought to know all
about that The physioian told your de-
tectiyes all about It."
Mr.. weeks asked Cornish he had
gone to Chicago to find out about what
the detectives had done Cornish
acknowledged that he had. Cornish was
CLOSELY questioned concerning his visit TO
the otfioe Of MIR. Yocuu. whom Cornish
styled his "best friend" He was asked
a. to the Iouts he took In going from
Yooum's Office mp town on December %.
This line or questioning was sieuifica ut
a. it developed the fact that Cornish
passed the general post office and that BE-
had thus be,n given the opportunity Of
mailing the poison package himself Cor
nish never fiinehsd but acknowledged be-
ing In that Vicinity on the after noon Of
the day before he received the fatal pack
age. Mr.. Weeks next made the witness
sck no Wedge discrepancies concerning the
time Of the receipt Of the bromo seltzsr
also errors In his statements TO the news-
papers as 10 this manner In which he was
morning OF the murder.
Cornish also acknowledged that at one
time be thought Felix ]. Gallagher wrote
the Harpster letter. When INTERCEPTED
regarding certain statements given ont TO
the reporters Cornish said that he had
searched for manifold copies and notes at
the club houss but they had been stolen.
He denied Offering to sell to representa-
tive OF the New York Journai for $1,000
story as to who sent the poison but he
sck no wlsdgsd masting the representative
for the pur pose OF ascsrtaining who first
gave Molineuxs name t. ths Journal.
Mr.. Weeks got the witness co aonowl-
edge that In 1897 be wore white Alpine
hat with q black band. but he denied
wearing q hat OF this character during
1928. Thess uestions were regarded a.
significant chiefly because Of this facs that
a person wearing q hat of this description
IL known to nave rented private letter
box and received letters which have
ngure1 In this case. Cornish tsstib
that the con nsotion between the poison
pack age address and the handwriting OF
Eo,ipeux was first mentioned by John
ID. Adams. He denied purchasing works
on chemistry IN December. 1898.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
again took Cornish In hand and asked
him whether he had ever heard Mr.. Ora
yslhc, the andwritinR expert say that
Cornish could not have written the poiEon
package address. Co nish said that he
could NOT remember. When Cornish said
that the poison box had been tied with
string, Juror Edgar remarked that u
must have besn transported rs open mail
matter.
Mr.. Osborns thanked the juror for the
suggestion aud added that he would en-
deavor TO follow IL up.
Mr.. Weeks started IN today by question
ing Cornish about the testimony he gave
in regard to his return home from the
club on the night Of she s7th Of Deoem-
Der. 1893. Cornish said today shat he re-
| turned home "a little late that night. Mr.
Weeks asked who had suggested this
testimony, since his examination last
weak, and Cornish replied that it was not
| the result of a suggestion, but that his
memory had been refreshed by man