The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
BARNET LETTERS LEFT OUT.
JUSTICE LAMBERT EXPEDITING
THE MOLINEUN TRIAL.
Cuts Prosecutors Opening short and.
without a Ruling. Bids Him Not Mem
ton the Barnet Evidence for the Press
cnt -TestimOny Begun on Fourth Day.


Justice Lambert made no announcement
Yesterday az the MolnsuN trial Of a ruling
on the admission Of the Barnet letters. but
he called To his bench the prosecutor and
ex-Gov. Black Of the defence, and had "A
talk with them. All they would say abou,
il afterward was that the only question
Immediately before the Justice was whether
or not the prosecutor should mention Barnet
in any way in his opening address and that
the Justice had come TO the conclusion
that it must not be done
The next time that the question will
come before Justice Lambert will be when
the letters are offered The defence be-
lieves that Justice Lambert will exclude
them entirely. Others thought yesterday
that Justice Lambert would admit the
Barnet letters as standards, with the eA-
ception Of the prescription blank which pur-
ports TO contain the description and the
measurements of Molneux. That is about
the only Barnet exhibit Of consequence.
Gen Molineux sat with his son Yesterday,
and Leslie Molncux. brother, was in
court part of the day The prisoners wife
was not there The twelfth juror was OBJ
tanned before noon. He il William +.
days TO get the jury. A. the last trial
II took six weeks.
As result of the conference with Justice
Lambert the prosecutors opening address
was much shorter than il would otherwise
have been. Justice Lambert held him
close Ia the presentation Of what he intended
10 prove and cut him short when be at
tempted to argue any Of his points, lie
cut him short on other matters, too.
want right now, said the prosecutor
early in his speech. ito notify the defence
that there are some witnesses out OF the
State whom l want 10 get, but Who Will
not come for me The defence can get them.
II the Court will permit will say something
about them"
The Court will not permit it," replied
Justice Lambert.
Not now" said the prosecutor. sug-
gestively.
NO, not now. replied the Justice:
The prosecutor went on out lining his
case. He said that on Dec. 81, 1898, a man
bought a bottle holder in Hartdegan :
store in Newark and on the same day hired
at 1920 Broadway o letter box IN the name
of Harry Cornish and sent three letters on
robin 's-egg blue. inter laced crescent paper,
two were To patent medicine men. and the
third to Detroit firm asking for infornla
ton concerning one Harpster who was then
collecting for a Newark brewery. The letter
wanted 10 know whether Harpster had not
been discharged by the Detroit concern
under imputation of dishonesty. The prose-
cutor said that the man who hired the letter
box and wrote the letters was an enemy 10
both Harpster and Cornish and that the
| lives of Harpster and Cornish came to-
gether but once. when they were employed
in the knickerbocker Athletic Club, of
which Molineux had been a member. He
then told of the receipt by Cornish Of the
poison package on Dec. "a at the kmcker-
booker A. C., of Cornish's taking the gift
TO the Adams fat at Eighty.sixth street
and Of his giving Mrs. Adams dose Of the
harmless medicine II was supposed to con.
tain, and of her death. A chemist. an i'm
potent man, man acquainted III Newark
a man who hated Cornish and man who
had the peculiar paper in his Possession,
was the man who wrote the letters and pre-
pared and sent the poison, and Mohheux
was such man.
1 had expected to occupy so much time
in my opening the prosecutor said when
he was through, after one hour and fifteen
minutes Cat the last trial he consumed four
hours, that did not get my witnesses
here to-day"
Il regret that very much. indeed said
Justice Lambert. looking at the clock
which indicated twenty minutes after 3. Il
deeply regret -
there are two here interposed the
prosecutor. who after watching the Just ice
closely Tor a moment. had glanced hastily
around the court room, and I'll start AZ
once.
That is ~,ll said Justice Lambert and
the prosacu, y, called DR. Abram ;. Hitch
cock, the physician who was called in 10
attend Mrs. Kate !. Adams when she was
poisoned by the stun sent as Christmas
present to Cornish. The prosecutor sent
up stairs for the exhibits in the case that
he didn't have in court. Among them was
the silver bottle holder, now furnished black
and the blue bottle that contained the
cyanide of mercury powder that Cornish
gave TO Mrs. Adams. Cornish had taken
some himself After Mrs. Adams died DR.
Hitchcock went To- Cornish's aid. Cornish
said that Mrs. Adams had been poisoned by
taking dose Of the powder, and he offered
to take drink Of the dose left in her glass
DR.. Hitchcock forbid him. Dr. Hitchcock
stuck his moi-'ened finger into the powder
in the bottle. put on his tongue about a
sixth Of a grain, and. Immediately recog.
nizing the flavor Of bitter almonds. blew
our all OF tho powder remaining, but was
50 affected that he nearly died, and was 50
i'll for four days that he could keep nothing
on his stomach He had been told that
Cornish had taken full dose Of this same
powder, but Cornish didn't die and wasn't
seriously sick at anv time
Cornish was called and told Of receiving
the poison package AZ the Knckerbocker
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