The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-07
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chairman of the Knickerbocker Athlet-
ie club house committee, and had seen
Molineux write; Professor George Col
day, of Princeton university, who had
correspondence with Molineux, and
Samuel Pittinger, cashier Of the New
York Athletic club.
Louis Jacobson, who worked in
New York drug store, testified that he
knew Cornish and Mrs Rogers well,
and that he frequently saw them to-
gether. He said he had sold bromo
settler to Mrs. Rogers. Cornish in his
testimony swore that he had never
tasted bromo settler, and Mrs, Rogers
said she had never bought any of the
stuff
The assistant district attorney, in his
| cross-examination of Jacobson, got the
witness to admit that he could not re-
| member the names of any others of his
customers who drank bromo settler.
The defense then called William J.
Liell, proprietor of drug store near
the house where Mrs Adams died.
Cornish testified that when Mrs. Ad-
| ans became sick he ran to Liell's store
and Liel gave him aromatic spirits of
ammonia. Liell corroborated that tes-
| timony.
"Iow did Cornish look?' Mr.. Black
asked
He was very much excited" replied
| the witness.
did he seem sick?'
mo, sir; only excited"
Emma Miller testified that she sold
| the bottle holder in which the poison
was seen after the store lamps were
| lighted and Barton Huff, travelling
salesman. said he was in Hartdegan's
store at the time. He said that a man
brushed by him and asked to see a sill
yer bottle holder. but witness did not
see him buy it. He described the man,
his description tallying with that of
Miss Miller.
. Mrs. Anna c.. Stephenson Of Brook
Ign, the eagerly awaited witness who
says she saw the poison package mailed
by man not Molineux, was called late
in the afternoon. Men and women
stood on their seats to see her but order
was quickly restored in the court
room.
Replying to a question as to what
1 she did Friday, December 20, 1898, Mrs.
| Stephenson said she went to the main
postoffice in New York to mail pack
age and got in line with other persons.
| A man in front of her with q package
! aroused her curiosity because he SEEM
| ed very nervous and she saw the name
| Cornish" and the words "Knieker-
booker Club" on the package. She said
the man left the postoffice and she did
not know where he went after that.
| The poison package wrapper was
shown to the witness and she said the
address looked like the one she saw in
the postoffice. Mrs. Stephenson said
she attended the coroner's inquest and
saw Molineux. She was sure he was
not the man and told her husband she
ought to make known her knowledge.
He persuaded her that there was no &C.
casion for her to mix up in the mat
| tee.
| When the trial came Off she went to
offer her testimony but was shut off
by the decision Of the lawyers to offer
no defense. Then after Molineux's con-
viction she sent word Of the evidence
4
| els that the man you saw with the
package in the postoffice?" asked ex-
Governor Black as Molineux stood up.
ut is not" said Mrs. Stephenson
with added. emphasis.
| DO you think you could recognize
the man who mailed the package?"
asked Mr.. Osborne in opening his cross
examination.
| II think I could"
| do you say Cornish is that man."
| 81 say he looks like him."
| Cornish stood up at the invitation Of
the assistant district attorney and he
and the witness regarded each other
| steadily.
SIS that the MANI" Mr Osborne said,
ut looks very much like him." Mrs,
Stephenson replied.
But is it?"
ITO the best of my recollection it is. "
Mrs. Stephenson said it was at the
| first trial that she first recognized Cor
nish as the man who mailed the pack
age. She testified that there were three
stamps on the package and the wrap
per was put before her. 1t had five
stamps on it and witness said she prob
| ably had noticed three Of them which
were in a tsraight line at the top and
had overlooked the two lower ones.
| Replying to questions by the assistant
district attorney witness said she had
been i'll with nervous prostration and
that she had read all the newspaper
stories of the death of Mrs. Adams
| Witness was asked to read the wrap
per but said she could not, having left
her reading glasses at home She de-
MED that her sanity ever was ques-
toned. She said she had asked for di-
vine instruction as to what to do in
this case and had prayed.
| On redirect examination she said she
prayed every day for divine guidance.
| Court adjourned at this point until to-
morrow.
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