The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-08
Does Adams Lie About Mrs
Stephenson?
STATEMENTS THAT CLASH
Tie Evidence in The MoIineux Trial is all iE-..
Argument Of Counsel will Begin Mon
day---A Verdict is Expected
TutSday.
lBy the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press)
New York, Nov. THE taking of evil
dence in the second trial of Roland B.
Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Rather
inc ]. Adams, was ended today and court
was adjourned until Monday when the
arguments of counsel will be made. A
verdict is looked for on Tuesday
The sensational turn given to the test
imony for the defense, yesterday, when
Mrs. Anna Stephenson. wife of Brook
lyn policeman, said she thought Cornish
was the man she saw mail the poison
package, was continued today. Cornish
was recalled to the stand and was ask
ed whether he had a brown overcoat in
1898. Mrs. Stephenson said the man she
saw mail the poison package wore
brown overcoat. Cornish said today he
had no overcOat at all that winter. and
then Mr.. Black read from the minutes
of the trial to show that Cornish had
testified at that time that he had only
one 0vercoat. and that it was brown.
w. NJ. x. Olcott, one of Molineux's
counsel testified that he had purchased
cyanide of mercury, without difficulty,
at drug store in this city, by saying
that he wanted it for Photographic ex-
periments. Two other witnesses gave
similar testimony. Prof. Vulte. of CO.
lumbia 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 after
noon. H. E. Terry, reporter. gave
testimony to contradict that of Joseph
Koch, who identified Molineux as the
man who hired the letter box from him in
September, 1898. Witness was asked if
Koch went TO a newspaper office and
offered to identify Molineux as the man
who hired the letter box, if witness would
pay him 81 200. Witness said he did,
The decree of divorce granted to Mrs.
Rogers was put in evidence to show that
ii was granted after the death of Mrs.
Adams, and then by consent of the
prosecution Ex-Governor Black sub
mitted 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. That closed the
case for the defense, and Mr.. Osborne
called Joseph Farrell. the hitherto miss
ing Newark detective, as his first wit
ness in rebuttal.
Mr.. Farrell, replying to a question by
Mr.. Osborne. said he was sure the evil
dcnce 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 was bought. Molineux has tesit-
fed at the present trial that he could not
remember meeting Farrell that day.
Geo. III. Baker. a clerk in the employ
of the Newark postoffice, testified that
the Burns letter, the conceded writing
OF Molineux. was mailed at Newark
within a half mile of Molineux's office.
The letter was on the much described
blue paper and the object was to throw
doubt on Molineux's statement that he
could not remember where he wrote it.
out was sure that he had none of that
paper at the factory.
Ihen Mr.. Osborne set about upsetting
Mrs. Stephensons Identification of
cornish and substantiating the account
cornish has given of his whereabouts on
me afternoon of Friday, December 13.
"hen Mrs. Stephenson said she saw him
at the postoffice.
joan fokum was thue first witness Mr.
osborne called. He said he met Cornish
apout noon and they lunched together.
Aoout 2:30 they went to the office OF Jas.
Il. sullivan to talk over athletic matters
Mr. Sullivan was secretary for the Anna,
teur Athletic Union Yokum said no ra-
maincd in the office until 20 and thar
Cornish was there all the time He said
cornish did not wear an overcoat Mrs.
Stephenson's man had on a brown ovcr
coat. He said Mr.. Sullivan's Office was
about three hundred feet from the gen
cral postoffce.
James Mitchell. the hammer -throwo,
and writer Of sporting topics. testified
that nc was at Sullivan's office that do
and saw Cornish there. He believed Cor
nish was there all the afternoon.
Harry s. Cornish denied absolutely tba,
he was at the postoffca when Mr.. Sto-
phenson said she saw him and declared
that he never left sullivan's office from,
the time he went there until after nv,
o'clock
Witness said he did not wear an over
coat on December %. 1898. i'm renIy 10 >
question by Ex-Governor Black. Cornish
said he was positive he did not own one
ut that time. Mr.. Black asked the wit
ness il he cid not own brown ovcrcoat
in the fail and winter of 1898 and the
reply was Il did not Then Mr. Elacn
read to Cornish an abstract from his tes,
timony at the last trial as follows:
During the fall and winter of 1858.
wore the same overcoat | have cot Owe.
there. Indicating chair in the rear of
the courtl 1t is a brown overcost.
did not wear white hat at all last
year.
Cornish said he vas sure il was before