The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-07

Partially Identifies Harry
Cornish as the One.
Wife Of Brooklyn Policeman Gives
Sensational Testimony-Prosecu-
ton May Attempt to Prove
She il Insane.

ton in the second trial Of Roland B. Mol
ineux. charged with the murder of Mrs.
Adams. came late today, when Mrs.
Stephenson, the wife of a Brooklyn po-
liceman, was called to the stand by the
defense. and testified positively that Mol
ineux was not the man who mailed the
now famous poison package at the gen.
eral pos.office the evening of December
%, 1898.
Then the witness partly identified Harry
Cornish, who was asked to stand up In
court, as the man who she saw standing
in front of her in the line at the post
office and holding in his hand a package
addressed to "Mr. Harry Cornish. Knick-
erbocker." That was all she saw.
Her Identification of Cornish was not
positive. She said he looked very much
like the man, but hesitated before reply
ing affirmatively when asked II she did
not think he was the man. The witness
accounts of her movements on the even
ing of December %. and her reasons for
not appearing at the first trial were
given in detail.
To Prove Insanity.
The prosecution on cross examination
brought out the facts that Mrs Stephen
sen had suffered from attacks Of nervous
prostration within the last two years, and
had carefully read the details of the for
mer trial. The questions of the Assistant
District Attorney tended to show that an
effort would be made to prove insanity
or delusion under hysteria- 1t is also
probable that an effort viii be made to
prove an alibi for Cornish.
The witness, under questions by the
prosecution said there were three stamps
on the package, and when shown the
wrapper with five stamps on 1t in two
rows. said she might have overlooked
the lower row. Mrs. Stephenson was on
the stand when court adjourned for the
day.
Other witnesses were handwriting ex-
perts who all testified that Molineux did
not write the address on the poison pack
age. A clerk in drug store testified that
he had sold bromo seltzer to Cornish,
also to Mrs. Rogers.
Miss Miller, the clerk in the store where
the bottle holder was purchased, testified
that she sold the holder late in the even
ing. Her evidence was corroborated by
man who was in the store at the time.
The prosecution has held that the holder
was purchased early in the afternoon.
Miss Miller positively swore that the man
who bought the holder was not Molin-
eux.
The trial will be continued tomorrow
morning.
When court opened today in the Molin-
eux trial. David N. Carvalho, the hand
writing expert said he did not believe
Molineux wrote the poison package wrap
per address or any of the disputed writ
ings.
Again Excluded.
Mr.. Osborne, Assistant District Attor-
ney, then made another attempt to get
the Barnett diagnosis blank' in evidence,
but Justice Lambert declined to reverse
his earlier ruling excluding 1t.
When the technical part of the cross
examination of the witness was finished,
counsel asked Carvalho II he mad compar-
ed the disputed writings with the hand
writing of Harry Cornish and Rudolph
Heis, both of whom have been shown
to be interested in the case, Mr.. 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?''
mo- sir.
Mr. Carvalho," said former Governor
Back "you answered a question here as
a psychologist. You were asked whether
you thought man when writing an adj
dress on a poison package would disguise
his writing and you replied yes Let
me ask you another psychological ques-
ton. Do you think man sending a poi
son package to himself would write the
address at all with his own hand?"
Mr.. Osborne objected and the court de-
clined to let witness answer.
Court adjourned for recess after the de-
fense had sworn in it's next witness. Ed
ward s. Charer. assistant paying teller
of the Metropolitan Savings Bank.
Molineux Didn't Write IT.
After the recess, sevsn with ass % testi-
fed that Molneux did not write the poi
son package address. These witnesses
we're Clarence Foote. David W. Torrey,
S. E. Mcdowell and George Duncan
h rdwriting experts from banks, p. d.
Bus hnell. who was chairmane of tn
Knickenbocker Athletic Club honse COM
mittee and had seen Molineux write: Pro-
fessor George Golday, of Princeton Uni
versity. who had correspondence with
Molineux. and Samuel Pittenger, cashier
of the New York Athletic Club.
Louis Jacobson. who worked In a New
York drug store, testified that he fire.
quently saw Cornish and Mrs. Rogers to-
gether He said he had sold Bromo Self
ger to Mrs Rogers. Cornish In his tes-
llInOny SWDTe ne Udu never LdSlSO
Settler and Mrs. Rogers said she had
never bought any of the stuff
The assistant district attorney In cross
examining Jacobson. got the witness to
admit that he could not remember the
names of any other of his customers who
drank bromo settler The defense then
called William L. Lsll, proprietor of a
drug store near the house where Mrs.
Adams died. Cornish testified that when
Mrs. Adams became sick he ran TO Liell
store and Liell gave him aromatic spirits
of ammonia. Liell corroborated that tes-
timony He said Cornish seemed very
much excited, but he did not look sick.
Emma Miller testified she sold the bot
tie holder in which the poison was sent
after the store lamps were lighted. and
b. Huff, a travelling salesman, said he
was in. Hardte gems store at the time. He
said a man brushed by him and asked 20
see a silver bottle holder, but witness did