The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-08
Taking of Evidence Concluded Yes
terday and the Jury Dismissed
Until Monday.
VERDICT PROBABLE TUESDAY
MRS. ANNA STEPHENSON'S TESTI-
MONY DENIED BY CORNISH,
Who Later Was shown to Have Con-
Trial-Other Testimony.


NEW YORK, Nov. THE taking of evil
dence In the second trial of r. b. Molineux,
for the murder of Mrs Katherine j.
Adams, was ended to-day and court was
adjourned until Monday, when the argu-
ments of counsel will be made. A verdict
is looked for on Tuesday.
The sensational turn given to. the testi-
mony for the defense yesterday, when Mrs.
Anna Stephenson, wife of a Brooklyn po-
liceman. said she thought Cornish was the
man she saw with the poison package, was
continued to-day. Cornish was recalled to
the stand and asked whether he had a
brown overcoat in 1898. Mrs. Stephenson
said the man she saw mail the poison pack
age wore a brown overcoat. Cornish said
to-day he had no overcoat at all that win
ter, and then Mr.. Black read from the
minutes of the last trial to show that Cor
nish had testified at that time that he had
only one overcoat and that 1T was brown.
The husband of Mrs. Stephenson was
called by Mr.. Black to say that he never
saw Cornish before yesterday, and, there
fore, could not have pointed him out to
Mrs. Stephenson. To Mrs. Osborne Ste
story to the authorities because he didn't
take any stock in it,
VIM X Olcott. one of Molineux's coun-
SELL testified that he had purchased cyanide
of mercury, without difficulty, at a drug
store in this city, by saying he wanted it
for Photographic experiments. Professor
White of Columbia University, gave evil
dence 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 after
noon.
II. c. Lockwood, a postoffice clerk, testi-
fed that he could not say exactly at what
time tin the package was glazed In the mail.
ment that ii was mailed on the Broadway
side of the postoffice.
Harry E. Howell, a clerk in Hartegans
store testified that the boy Erhardt, who
said he wrapped up the silver bottle hold
er, had made misstatement. Howell said
Erhardt had never wrapped up any pack
ages in the store.
III. Z. Terry, a reporter, gave testimony
to contradict that of Joseph Koch, who
identified Molneux as the man who hired
the letter box from him in September, 1898.
Witness was asked If Koch went to
newspaper office and offered to identify
Molineux as the man who hired the let
ter box If witness would pay him $1,000.
Witness said he did.
The decree of divorce granted to Mrs
Rogers was put in evidence to show that it
was granted after the death of Mrs. Adams,
and then by consent of the prosecution ex-
Governor Black submitted a table compiled
by one of his clerks to show that, although
the written exhibits are made up of several
thousand individual letters, the prosecution
has based its contention that Molineux
wrote them all upon the similarity found
in some seventeen letters.
A DETECTIVES STORY.
That closed the case for the defense and
Mr.. Osborne called Joseph Farrell, the
hitherto missing Newark detective, as his
first witness in rebuttal. Mr.. Farrell. re-
plying to a question by Mr.. Orborne, said
he was sure the evidence he had given at
the first trial was correct. At that trial
he testified that he met Molineux near a
railway station in Newark on the afternoon
the bottle-holder bought. Molineux
has testified at the present trial that he
could not remember meeting Farrell that
day. Testifying to-day Farrell said his re-
mark to Molineux was Hello, Rol," and
that Molineux's reply to the greeting was
Hello, joe" On cross-examination wit
ness said ii was necessary to go eight or
gans store in travelling between the sta
ton and the factory where Molineux was
employed
George H. Baker, a clerk in the employ
Burns letter, the conceded writing of Molin-
eux, was mailed in Newark within a half
mile of Molineuxs office; the letter was on
the much-described blue paper, and the OBJ
ject was to throw doubt on Moneux' s
statement that he could not remember
where he wrote 1T, but was sure that he
had none of that paper at the factory.
Then Mr.. Osborne set about upsetting
Mrs. Stephenson's Identification of Cornish
and substantiating the account Cornish has
given of his whereabouts on the afternoon
of
said she saw him at the postoffice. John
Yokum was the first witness Mr.. Osborne
called for the purpose. He said he met
Cornish about noon and they lunched to-
gether. At about 2:30 they went to the
office of James L. Sullivan to talk over
athletic matters. Mr.. Sullivan was secre-
| tary for the Amateur Athletic Union Yo-
KUN said he remained in the office until
4:9O o'clock and that Cornish was there ali
the time. He said Cornish did not wear an
overcoat. Mrs. Stephenson's man had on
brown overcoat. He said Mr.. Sullivan
Office was about three hundred feet from
| the general office.
James Mitchell, the hammer-thrower, and
a writer of sporting topics, testified that
he was at SulIivans 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 afternoon, but
he believed Cornish was there all the
time.
Mr. Sullivan, the next witness, remem-
bered that Cornish was in his office on
to know how long any of his visitors re-
manned.
Harry s. Cornish was the next to an
swer Mr.. Osborne's call. He gave his tes-
| timony as outlined above.
Howard Adams, called by the prosecution.
| said he was sitting near Mrs. Stephenson
| in court yesterday and saw two men indi-
1 cate Cornish to her soon as Cornish
| entered the courtroom, and she said: SIS
it." Witness also said: "A man with gray
| hair also said to Mrs Stephenson. That s
| Cornish" and she said, rs It? Where?'
| Mr. Osborne announced that the prosecu-
| ton rested and Ex-Governor Black called
Mrs Stephenson in sur-rebuttal Mrs
| Stephenson denied to Mr.. Osborne that
| any such occurraance as Adams described
| had taken place. The Ex-Governor called
| her husband, and he also said Adams was
wrong. Mr.. 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 An.
| swering the assistant district attorney, Mr.
| Stephenson said he had not reported the
| information to the authorities, but "diC
not take any stock in it," He said he re.
| ported IL to the doctor.
| Neither side had anything further to pre-
| sent and Justice Lambert dismissed the
| Jury until Monday.