The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-03
Resumed His Place ON h Witness
stand to Answer n Flood of Ques-
tons Put by Lawyer Weeks.
UNDER FIRE SEVERAL HOURS
FORCED To ADMIT DISCREPANCIES
IN FORMER STATEMENTS,
And Also Compelled tn Run a Guant-
let of Queries Regarding His Re-
Iations with Mrs. Adams

Ia VI AhC lAAeA III NOAaA -"
the murder of Mrs. Katharine J. Adams
opened with Harry s.. Cornish again on
the stand. The cross-examination of Cor
nish by Attorney Weeks was the feature
of the days proceedings. Mr.. Weeks COM
menced the REORGANIZATION by inquiring
about the hours of Cornish's return home
from the Knickerbocker Athletic Club on
the night of Dec. "a, 1895. Cornish acknowl-
edged that he was mistaken in previous
testimony as to the hour. The lines OK
cross-questioning were soon shifted, MT
Weeks apparently attempting to show that
Mr.. Cornish, after twenty years OF caring
for athletes. ought TO know the taste OF
bromo-seltZer
The witness was next compelled to run
a gauntlet Of questions regarding his re-
lations with the various members of the
household of Mrs. Aoams. Cornish testified
that he could not remember who first told
him that Mrs. Rogers. the daughter OF
Mrs. Adams. had separated from her hus-
band. Cornish testified hat he went TO
Chicago in 1888. and that his wife obtained
a divorce from him in 1885,. Under severe
cross-examination he admitted that he
knew a Mrs. Small, that she died in 1884,
that her real name was Mrs. Patterson.
tiAaN AC O. cthN NHO OA-@a ~ a @H%N
before she died and that he had paid the
expenses incurred in connection with her
burial. Cornish was apparently i~rritated
by the searching questions asked by the
attorney for the defense, and finally re-
torted:
You ought to know all about that. The
physician told your detectives all about IT,"
Mr.. Weeks paused a moment and then
a cEad Cornish If la had oopa m Ch{ca on To
find out about what the detectives had
done. Cornish hesitated and finally ac-
knowledged going out to Chicago and
making inquiries.
Mr.. Weeks then compelled the witness to
go over the story Of his own illness on the
morning of the death of Mrs. Adams once
again. He was closely questioned concern
ing his visit to the office of Mr.. Yocum.
whom Cornish styled his best friend" He
was asked as TO the route he took in going
from Yocum's Office up town. Dec. %. This
line of questioning was significant, as it
developed the fact that Cornish passed the
general postofice and that he had thus
been given the opportunity OF mailing the
poison package himself. Cornish never
finched. but acknowledged being i'm that
vicinity on the afternoon of the day before
!" a NAC oid VdthdkC.
DISCREPANCIES.
Mr.. Weeks next succeeded i'm making tho
witness acknowledge discrepancies con-
corning the time of the receipt of the bro
mo-seltzer, and also in his statements to
the newspapers as TO the manner in which
he was dressed at the Adams apartments
on the morning of the murder. Cornish
also acknowledged that at one time he
h1,.1 roIs- n ~
ster letter. When Intercepted regarding
certain statements given out to the re-
porters. Cornish said he had searched for
manifold copies and notes at the clubhouse,
but that they had been stolen. He denied
making an appointment with a representa-
tive of the New York Journal and Offering
TO sell for $1,000 a story as TO who sent the
poison. but he acknowledged a meeting for
the purpose of ascertaining who first gave
Molineux's name to the Journal.
Mr.. Weeks succeeded fin getting the wit
ness to acknowledge that in 1897 he wore a
white Alpine hat with a black band. but he
denied wearing a hat of this character
during 1898. These questions were regarded
significant chiefly because OF the fact that
a person wearing a hat Of this description
is known to have rented private letter
boxes and received letters which have fig
ured in this case. Cornish testified that
the connection between the poison package
| address and the handwriting OF Molineux
was first mentioned by John d. 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.. Carvalho.
the handwriting expert. say that Cornish
could not have written the poison package
address. Cornish said he could not remem-
| Der. When Cornish said the poison box
| had been tied with a string Juror Edgar re-
marked that ii must have been transported
| as open matter. Mr.. Osborne thanked the
| Juror for the suggestion. and added that he
I would endeavor to follow 1t UP. Juror Bill
| lings asked the witness whether he had
ever had his desk broken open prior TO the
time that he had it opened forcibly to get
the bottle and bottle holder and remove IL
from the club to the Adams fat, and the
witness replied in the Affirmative.
A BROKERS TESTIMONY.
After the attorneys for the prosecution
| and the defense, Recorder Gon and the
Jurors had questioned Cornish. Harry A
King, a broker on the Consolidated Ex-
change, was called to the stand.
Mr.. King testified that Cornish showed
him the Christmas present, which he
thought had been sent by a friend: that
he went 10 the water cooler, intending 10
take a dose Of bromo-seltzer. hat he
found no water in the cooler and gave up
the attempt. He identified the poison bot
tie and the bottle holder as those he had
seen at that time.
The next witness was Patrick j. Finne-
ran, the assistant Of Cornish at the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club. He sugges-
ted to Cornish. he said. that ii would be
well TO save the wrapper from the waste
basket where Cornish had thrown II. for
the purpose of finding. IL possible. some
clew 10 the identity OF the sender.
Felix j. Gallagher. a former employe OF
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club. now
also a stock broker. testified that he was
friendly with Molineux: that he was dis
charged from the Kniekerbocker Athletic
Club. and that through the influence OF
Molineux he went to the New York Ath-
letic Club. Mr.. Osborne had considerable
difhcuity In getting the witness 10 testify
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