The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-08
CORNISH CAUGHT
 IN NICE TRAP COnhadicfs His Previous TeSti- mOnyAbOut Brown OVercOat MORE HOPE FOR MOLINEUX
All the Evidence Now Tn and Arau- ments Will Begin Monday-Mrs. Stephenson's Testimony May
 Save the Prisoner.

New York November 7.-The taking of evidence in the second trial of Roland B. Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Kath- erine j. Adams was ended today and court adjourned until Monday, when the arguments of counsel will be made. A verdict is looked for on Tuesday. The sensational turn given to the testimony for the defense yesterday when Mrs. Anna Stephenson. wife of a Brooklyn po- liceman, said she thought Cornish was the man she saw mail the poison pack age, was continued today. Cornish was recalled to the stand and was asked whether he had a brown overcoat in 1898. Mrs. Stephenson said the man she saw mail the poison package wore a brown overcoat.
 Cornish said today he had no overcoat at all that winter and then MT. Black read from the minutes of the last trial to show that Cornish had testified at that time he had only one overcoat, and that 1t was brown. The husband of Mrs. Stephenson was called by MT. Black to 7 terday and, therefore, could not have pointed him out to Mrs. Stephenson. To MT. Osborne, Stephenson said he had not reported his wife's story to the authori- ties, because he did not take any stock in it." w. K. Olcott, one of Molineux's counsel testified that be had purchased cynanide of mercury without difficulty at a drug store in this city, by saying that he wanted it for photographic expe- riments. Professor Vulte of Columbia university gave evidence to the effect that Molineux was in his company from noon until after dark on the day the poison package was mailed. The package was mailed during the afternoon MT. Osborne set about upsetting Mrs. Stephenson's Identification of Cornish and substantial ing the account Cornish has given of his whereabouts on the afternoon of Friday, December B. when Mrs. Stephenson said she saw him at the postoffice
 Witness for Cornish.
 John Yoacum was the first witness Mir Osborne called for the purpose. He said he met Cornish about noon and they lunched together. About 2:30 they went to the office of James E. Sullivan to talk over athletic matters. MT. Sullivan was secretary of the Amateur Athletic union Yoacun said he remained in the office until 4:50 o'clock and that Cornish was there all the time. He said Cornish did not wear an overcoat. Mrs. Stephenson's man had on an overcoat He said MT. the general office
 James Mitchell, the hammer thrower and writer of sporting topics, testified that he was at Sullivan's office that day and saw Cornish there More than a dozen persons were in the office. Some of them went in and out during the af- ternoon, but he believed Cornish was there all the time MT, Sullivan, the next witness, remembered that Cornish was in Lis office on the day in question, but was too busy to know how long any of his visitors remained.
 Harry s. Cornish was the next witness to answer MT. Osborne's call. He denied absolutely that he was at the postoffice when Mrs. Stephenson said she saw him, and declared that he never left Sullivan's office from the time he went there until after o'clock. He denied that he ever drank bromo-seltzer with Mrs. Rogers at drug store at Sixty-sixth street and Park avenue. as was testified to yester- day by Louis Jacobson, a clerk in the store Witness said he did not wear an overcoat on December 23 1898, in reply to a question by former Governor Black. Cornish said he was positive he did not own one at that time.
 About the Brown overcoat.
 MT Black asked witness if he did not own a brown overcoat in the fall and winter of 1899, and the reply was:
 'I did not.
 Then MT. Black read to Cornish an ab- stract from his testimony at the last trial as follows:
 During the fall and winter of 1898 wore the same overcoat l have got over there Indicating a chair in the rear of the courD, 1t is a brown overcoat did net wear a white hat at all last year
 Cornish said he did not say at the first trial that he believed he saw man named Nelson and MT. Sullivan on De- cember 23, 1898.
 MT. Weeks read the records of the last trial to show that Cornish testified then that he thought Sullivan and Nelson were at the Park Place office.
 Cornish said he was sure 1t was before 3 o'clock when he reached Sullivan's of fice When MT. Black referred to the minutes of the last trial he found that Cornish then placed the hour of his visit at Sulliyars office at before clock lion. said he was sitting near Mrs. Stephenson in court yesterday ana sa" two men indicate Cornish to her as soon as Cornish entered the courtroom and she said, ''lS IL! Ile VitutSo "ioS o'.'N' "A man with gray air said to Mrs. Stephenson: That's Cornish, and she replied, "Is it?'"
 Mir Osborne announced the prosecution rested. and former Governor Black calleu Mrs. Stephenson in surrebuttal. Mrs. Stephenson denied to MT Osborne that any such occurrence as Adams described had taken place. The former governof called her husband MT. Stephenson said he never saw Cornish before, and could not have pointed him out. He said he heard more than two years ago all his wife had testified. Answering the assis- tant district attorney, Stephenson said he had not reported the information to the authorities, but he did not take any stock in it" He said he reported 1t to the doctor. Neither side mad anythiii~ further to present and Justice Lambert dismissed them until Monday
 smiIax industay in conecuh.
 Montgomery, November 7.-(Special)--