The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-07
A DEADLY FINGER
POINTS At CORNISH
Was it he who Mailed the
Deadly Package?
THIS WITNESS THINKS so
TITO WI IVEOO VIIININO -
Mrs. Stephenson is not Absolutely Certain and
the Defence May Attempt 10 Prove
Her Insane or an Abb for
Cornish.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Nov. 6.-The greatest SEN
sation in the second trial of Roland b.
Molineux, charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Adams, came late today when Mrs
Hannah Stephenson, the wife of
Brooklyn policeman, was called to the
stand by the defense and testified posi-
lively that Molineux was not the man
who mailed the now famous poison pack
age at the general postoffice on the
evening of December 23, 1898. Then the
witness partially identified Harry Corn
ish, who was asked to stand up in court,
as the man whom she saw standing in
front of her in the line at the postohlce,
and holding in his hand a package ad-
dressed to Mr.. Harry Cornish, Knickcr-
booker" That was all she saw. Her
identification of Cornish was not posi-
tive. She said he looked very much like
the man, but hesitated before replying
affirmatively when asked if she did not
think he was the man. The witness
account of her movements on the even
ing of December %, and her reason for
| not appearing at the first trial. were
given in detail.
The prosecution on cross examination,
brought out the fact that Mrs. Stephen
son had suffered from attacks of nervous
prostration within the last two years,
and had carefully read the details of the
| former trial. The questions of the as
sistant district attorney tended to show
| that an effort would be made to prove
| insanity or delusion under hysteria. 1t
| also is said that an effort will be made
| to prove an aIibi for Cornish. Mrs.
Stephenson was on the stand when court
| adjourned until tomorrow.
When 1t opened today David n. Car,
valho. the handwriting expert, who was
| on the stand when adjournment was
taken last night resumed his place in
| the witness chair He said he did not
believe that Molneux wrote the poison
package wrapper or any of the disputed
writings and then, in great detail, he
| explained to the jury his reasons for
| his opinions.
AS soon as the direct examination of
| Carvalho was accepted, Mr.. Osborne, as
sistant district attorney. made another
| attempt to get the Barnet diagnosis
blank in evidence but Justice Lambert
| declined to reverse his earlier ruling
| excluding it.
The so-called diagnosis blank gives
| the measurements and other data of a
| man suffering from a trouble that patent
| medicine venders, to whom the blank
was addressed, guaranteed to cure.
When the technical part of the cross
examination of the witness was finished
counsel asked Carvalho if he had COM
pared the disputed writings with the
handwriting Of Harry S. Cornish and
| Rudolph Heiles both of whom have been
shown to be interested in the case
| Carvalho said he had.
Did Cornish write the address on the
poison wrapper?" Mr.. Osborne asked.
HE did not, replied the expert with
out hesitation.
Did Heiles write it?''
"No, sir"
MIR. Carvalbo,' said Ex-Governor
Black, ''you answered question here as
psychologist. You we're asked whether
you thought man when writing an ad-
dress on poison package would dis
guise his writing and you replied Yes
Let me ask you another psychological
question. Do you think a man sending
poison package to himself would write
the address at all in his own hand?"
MIR. Osborne objected and the court de-
clined to let the witness answer.
After the recess seven witnesses testi-
fed that MolincuX did not write the
poison package address These witnesses
were Clarence Foote. David w. Torrey,
Samuel Il. Mcdowell and George Dun
can, handwriting experts from Danks;
f. ID. Bushnell, who was chairman of
| the Knicl1crbocker Athletic Club House
Committee, and had seen MolineuX
write; Prof George Golday, of Prince
ton University who had correspondence
with MolineuX, and Samuel Pittinger.
cashier of the New York Athletic Club
Louis jacobson, who worked in New
York drug store. testified that he knew
Cornish and Mrs. Rogers Well and that
he frequently saw them together He
said he had sold bromo- settler to Mrs
| ROBBERS. Cornish, in his testimony, sWore
he never had tasted bromo-seltzer and
| Mrs. Rogers said she never had bought
| any of the stuff
The Assistant District Attorney in
| cross examining Jacobson. got the Wit
| ness to admit that be could not remem-
| bcr the names of any others of his Gus
| toners who drank bromo- -seltzer. The
| defense then called William J. LielI, pro-
| prietor of drug store near the house
| where Mrs Adams had died. Carnsh
| testified that when Mrs. Adams became
| sick he ran to 'Iicll's store and Licll
| gave him aromatic spirits Of ammonia.
| Liell corroborated that testimony. he
said Cornish seemed very much excited
| but that he did not look sick.
| Emma Miller testified she sold the
bottle holder in which the poison was
! sent after the store lamps were lighted