Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-22
RUSHING MoLlNEux TRIAL.
Expected That Case Will Go To the
 Jllrv in Record Time

Jury in Record Time. New York, Oct 22.--In the MoIineux trial yesterday Cornish said he first came to New York in January, 1896. He met Mrs Rogers, Mrs Adams daughter, almost immediately after wards. He told of going to board with them Cornish was divorced then and Mrs Rogers was not living with her husband. Until about six weeks ago, Cornish said he lived in the same fiat with Mrs Rogers and her brother. Her husband divorced her after her mothers death and she obtained employment as a stenoera- pher. The witness denied that Mrs Rogers shared her earnings with him and that she had given him $5 out of $1O that she borrowed from a Mrs Link.
 Ibid you write to Mrs Link cancel ling an engagement to meet Mrs Rog- CTS and later call on Mrs Link saving that you had been advised not to show any writingT asked MT Black. "Nothing of the kind occurred" The witness re-told the story of the receipt by him of the poison bottle He thought he was giving Mrs Adams a correct dose of bromo-seltzer when he handed her the glass containing the I poison.
 "Is this your handwritingw counsel asked, submitting folded paper to the witness
 Tt is," Cornish replied, after look ing at it carefully.
 "This is addressed to A. IT. Link" Mir Black said. 'You have changed II voI1p mind oh ho,1f box,sxn. x.xns4A1,
 ssYes. I was mistaken"
 A man named Callahan was called and Cornish was asked if he knew him. He said he did not. but later changed his testimony, saying he did know the man as one who had deliv- cred newspapers at his house. This ended Cornish's examination. Harry King who was present when Cornish received the bottle, and who escaped taking a dose of the poison only because there was no water in the club cooler. was called He cor roborated Cornish's testimony as to the receipt of the package. At this point recess was announced.
 King concluded his evidence soon after the opening of the afternoon ses- sion. telling of the illness of Cornish on the day Mrs Adams died. Howard A. Adams identified the glass from which his mother drank the poison and the spoon used i'll measuring tho dose. The next witness, Henry A. Witherspoon, told of the talk at the Knicxerbocker club as to who had sent the package to Cornish and of Cornish's illness. Nonc of these wit nesses were crosS-exaInined.
 George A. Salmon said he called at the Knickerbocker Athletic club OIL December 24, 1898, and Cornish show cd him the bromo-seltzer bottle and silver holder, and then told him he had jjust received them.
 sslVho was present in Cornish's office when you saw the things? was cx- Governor Blacks only question. 1T saw no one out Cornish"
 Patrick T. Finnman said lie saw Cornish open tho poison package and throw the wrapper iIito a waste paper basket. After Cornish had remarked on the pecyIliarity of anyone sending him package anonymously, Finn
 man picked tine wrapper out of the basket and told Cornish if he kept the wrapper he might srn.c day find the } donor by his handwriting.
 pr Louis A. Coffin, who wng called to the club to attend Cornish, said lie found Cornish suffering from mcrcu- rial poisoning.
 /, John A. Youkum gave the -compo- nent parts of cyanide of mercury; de : tectives testified as to their work in tracing the bottle which contained the poison, and the evidence of Els.o Gray. deceased. who was cashier at :. the Kutnow powder factory. given af the first trial, as to how 2 sample bottle of the powder could be cb- i. tained. was read.
 MT Osborne had no other witnesses in attendance and Justice Lambert was forced to call an adjournment a' I Ia .3O o'clock He warned MT Osborne not to let like condition of affairs oc.
 cur again.
 It was record day. No such spcef lhas ever been made in an importan'
 ,ns1rdet trial in this city. In the iiv' 3llours the court sat 13 witnesses wer' \ examined. not including the readlni
 of the testimony given at the last frla
 hr a. witness who Is now dcnd