The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-11

ed the fiat, Mrs. Adams had taken IT,
She was gone. There was nothing now
70 stand in the way of that unlimited
passion which burns cities, destroys en-
pires.
Mr.. Black argued from the testimony
Of the chemical experts who analyzed the
contents of the glass from which Mrs
Adams drank that Cornish, lied when
he said he drank good swallow Of
the mixture and quoted from Prof. Wit
Aus to prove that half an irch depth
of the mixture in the glass would have
killed any one who took it.
A Wise Criminal
Cornish never tasted that liquid" Mr..
black said.
Referring to Cornish's visit to Assistant
District Attorney John F. Mcintyre. ex-
Governor Black said: 1T is a wise Grim
inal who knows how to choose good
lawyers, and no wiser criminal was ever
known. who retained the head OF the
district attorneys Office to defend him
against crime of which he had rot
been accused"
Mr.. Black was stin speaking when the
recess for luncheon was announced. He
said that it would take hkn about an
hour to finish.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Black
traced Cornish's actions after Mrs
Adams death.
cornish's Actions.
Were his actions those OF an honest
man." he asked.
why did he not go home and help
ldrs. Rogers in her trouble No. he
wanted to pose. He showed himself 10
his chemist friend Yokum, and then
went to bed in Yokum's room at the
club. Then he called in five friends to
tell them how sick he was. What else
did he doe He stayed away from the
Adams fat until after the funeral. He
never dared to face that dead woman"
Ex-Governo- Black declared the case
against Cornish FAR stronger than the
case against Molineux.
Every fact in the case" ne ssid
points 10 Cornish and nothing exceet
the testimony Of the handwriting ex-
perts points to Molineux."
Mr.. Black closed al 3:e5.
District Attorney.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne in
opening for the prosecution ri6ieulcd he
theory of the counsel for the defense
that the death Of Mrs. Adams vas the
result Of a deliberate design by Cornish
and argued that IL would be absurd to
suppose that Cornish would SO down
town TO mail package 70 himself
Corners Governor Black.
It is now disputed b. the defense.
Mr.. Osborne went on. that the three
Cornish letters and the poison package
wrapping rarer are in the same hand
writing. Vel. look al the corner Cow
ernor Black has put hirsez in Try
ing 70 shoa that Cornish is the criminal
Cor.ish must have taken the address
f-om some parcel and tsen have got The
writer 70 write these letters for hin and
sikned II Cornish 70 thcn- That writer
would owr Cornish hodv ard soul and
could hand him o*er % the lav for
conviction and electrocuroz. Is e -@1-
sonabie II SUPPOSE anything q the sort
II Governor BLACKS assumptions are
true. went On ~ CFhorne. Cornish
wirhart any necessity for doing -. hand
n over n the authorities the a-lY rsars
af tracing the crime - hl-, sni - es-
secis tes-tha r-iz-7 wTspoeT - poison
ana ,he SILVER holder IS that fa.- rea-
seuluEs~
No Letters svpprasses.
1fr C'sher1e t9lrht,t " Coz eucEs /
charge th8t ths r-ose- aea h-s suppress
fd she egt1eace n ~ envelope. found /
p tas desk ~ sroiiaeux
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personally and Itsek ii II 2 7,ek-sos-