The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-28
Women Flock to Hear Her
 Story of the Murder
DAUGHTER OF DEAD WOMAN
She Identified the Glass From Which Her Mother and Cornish Drank the Supposed Promo Seltzer.
 Handwriting Up Again.

New York, October 27.-NIrs. Florence Rogers, daughter of Mrs Katherine J. Adams. of whose murder Roland B. Molineux is accused, was the most con- spicuous witness on the stand at the trial } today. Her appearance attracted an un- usual crowd of women, who followed the } examination of the witness with the keen est attention. Mrs. Rogers was subject ed to a close examination regarding her relations with Harry Cornish, but little that was significant was elicited in this line of inquiry. Mrs. Rogers related the circumstances of her mothers death im- mediately after taking the poison and identified the glass in which the fatal draught was administered and from which. she said, she afterwards saw Cor nish drink
 The greater part of the session was de- voted to the examination of handwriting experts. who testified to specimens of the admitted handwriting of Molineux with the address on the poison package and that of the disputed letters.
 It was remarked in court after the ad- journment that the case for the prosecu- tion would close tomorrow, in which event the case may go to the jury by the end of the week.
 Handwriting Expert.
 When the court adjourned on Friday. John F. Tyrrell, the Milwaukee expert, was telling the jury why he believed Molineux wrote all the disputed writings, including the addresses on the poison package wrapper. Assistant District At torney Osborne recalled him to the stand as soon as the court opened He took up his testimony where he left off when in terrupted by the adjournment, and told the jury where he had found the '.Nolin- eux characteristics" in the disputed writ ings.
 District Attorney Jerome sat with the counsel for the state and now and then prompted MT. Osborne.
 MT. Tyrrell laid particular stress upon similarity he found in the disputed writ ings and in the writings known to have been made by Molineux before there was any suspicion of him as being concerned in the death of Mrs Adams The peculiarities manifest in those writings and the disputed writ ings he said were lacking in the request writings Molneux made for the district attorney after he indirectly accused of the murder. District Attorney Je- rome asked the court again to permit witness to illustrate his meaning on the blackboard
 T see no occasion for it, otherwise would allow 1t" ruled the court
 Mir. Jerome insisted that time would be saved and involved points made clear if MT. Tyrrell was permitted to use his board, and the court granted the applica- tion
 Uses Blackboard.
 MT. Tyrrell copied the first syllable of the word 'Knickerbockeri from the pol son package address and compared with 1t the "c k on the word tickets ap- bearing in a letter Molineux wrote to Cornish about an athletic entertainment in 1897. The expert made like comparisons with the K" in book appearing in one of the Barnet letters. and sent in a business letter written by Molineux and with letters in the word west and street. appearing in another Barnet letter and on the address west s4th street" on an envelope Molineux wrote to a MT. Sheffler.
 Justice Lambert said he thought the jury had been showed enough and the ex- pert relinquished his blackboard. I At MT. Osborne's request the expert proceeded to point out the peculiarities in handwriting about which he had testified.
  writing an exact science?" Ex-Governor Black asked in opening his cross-exami- nation.
 Tn some instances, yes, In some, mo-"
 '1t Is based upon theory of presenta- bility, is it not?"
 "Yes. I suppose so.
 "Did you ever know of any other exact science based on probability"
 No"
 Were Not Fac Smiles.
 In answer to Mir Black, witness said there were other capital ITS" and Ms in the conceded writings of Molineux be- sides those he had testified as resembling similar letters in disputed writings The Illustrations made on the blackboard were not fac simles of the writings | copied.
 Mrs. Rogers, daughter of the dead ] woman, was next called and to Mir Os- borne's questions told of going to the theatre with her mother on the night of December 27, of her mothers headache | in the morning and of her appeal to Cor nish for draught of his promo seltzer. She told of giving the poisoned drink to Mrs Adams and of her almost immedi- | ate collapse.
 Rogers said her relationship to Cornish is by marriage and not by blood. She | said she had known Cornish nearly all l her life; that the fact of the separation l from her husband, occurring couple | of months after Cornish came to New | York was only a coincidence. Mrs. Rogers denied absolutely that her moth | CT never hired letter box from Daniel | Callahan who said last week that she | did, and declared that she and her moth- CT had no secrets from each other. Mrs. | Rogers said she had a private letter box | once under an assumed name. l Counsel were arguing whether Mrs. | Rogers should or should not be asked to ] identify Cornish's handwriting when an | adjournment was taken until o'clock. After recess Mrs. Rogers said her moth- | CT asked for the bromo-seltzer. The bot | tie and holder had been the subject of some talk the previous evening The