The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-11
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did not take it home when he got it.
He waited until he had arranged for
five men to identify 1t in case of need
You are asked TO notice that Cornish
was willing to let his friend King take
ii dose of the stuff. OF course he was
but when he offered ii to King th=
poison was only at the top of the bot
tie and had not permeate the other
stuff below. Cornish got il home just
i'll time. He knew Mrs. Adams was
subject TO headaches and twelve hours
after the bromo reached the fiat, Mrs.
Adams had taken it. She was gone.
There was nothing now to stand in the
way of that unlimited passion which
burns cities and destroys empires"
Mr.. Black argued from the testi-
mony of the chemical experts who an
alyzed the contents of the glass from
which Mrs. Adams drank. that Cornish
lied when he said he drank a good
swallow of the mixture. and quoted
from Prof Witthaus to prove that half
an inch depth of the mixture in the
glass would have killed anyone who
took it,
Cornish never tasted that liquid"
Mr.. Black said.
Mr.. Black declared the case against
Cornish far stronger than the case
against MolneuX.
Every fact in the case" he saik.
points to Cornish, and nothing except
the testimony of the handwriting ex-
perts points to Molineux."
Mr.. Black closed at 3:25 p. m, hav-
ing spoken three hours and fifty-fve
minutes.
Prosecution Argues.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne.
in opening for the prosecution, ridi-
cII1ad the theory Of tha counsel for tba
defense that the death of Mrs. Adams
was the result Of a deliberate design
by Cornish, and argued that it would
be absurd to suppose that Cornish
would go down town to mail a package
to himself.
1T is not disputed by the defense"
Mr.. Osborne said, that the three Cor
nish letters and the poison package
wrapper are in the same handwriting.
Well, look at the corner Gov. Black
has put himself in by trying to show
that Cornish is the criminal. Cornish
must have taken the address from
some parcel, and then have got the
writer to write three letters for him
and sign H. Cornish to them. That
writer would own Cornish, body and
/ soul, and could hand him over TO the
| law for conviction and electrocution.
| Is ii reasonable to suppose anything
! VI the IL NIbN. DldCh > dSSulllf-
| tons are true Cornish, without any
| necessity for doing so. handed over
| to the authorities the only means of
! tracing the crime to him and his as
| sociates, the poison wrapper, the poison
] and the silver holder. Is that a fair
| reasoning?"
Mr.. Osborne contradicted ex-Gov.
| Blacks contention that Cornish was
shamming sick, land read the evidence
1 - a H. ia .s.-I.
| in the Knickerbocker Athletic Club,
who said they found him suffering
| from an irritant poisoning The in
situations that a motive for the muir
/ der of Mrs. Adams could be found in
Cornish's feelings for Mrs. Rogers, the
prosecuting attorney said, were not
worthy of consideration. All the evil
dence he said, showed that Mrs Adams
and Cornish were on the best of terms,
! and he added that there was nothing
against Mrs. Rogers character except
the Instructions of the defendant s
lawyers. Coming to the question of
| motive, Mr.. Osborne went on to show
! that Molineux had attempted to injure
Cornish even after Molineux had left
the club, and cited as evidence of the
enduring nature of Molineux's i'll will
the Scheffler letter written nearly 9
year after his resignation from the
rAtul6tlC AluD ana Nnt
letter about Harpster, Cornish's friend
sent to Stearns & Company.
1--WE find" Mr.. Osborne continued
that Molineux had the motive and w,
find that he had, or could have, tn,
| poison. He was experimenting In tn,
/ manufacture of ships paint, and on
| OF the uses of cyanide of mercury /,
for the manufacture of ship paint"
| Taking up the evidence of the hand.
writing experts, Mr.. Osborne said the
! testimony of David H. Carvalho, tht
expert called by the defense, proved his
contention that Molineux wrote the
| poison package wrapper.
| Mr.. Osborne declared that no mar
| could avoid seeing the likeness be.
| tween the characters in the conceded
! writing of Molineux and the poison
/ package wrapper. He argued that the
/ writer dared not entirely hide his hand
or use printing characters or a type.
| writer for fear of defeating his object
by arousing the suspicion of the recip.
| lent of the package.
| At o'clock Justice Lambert an.
] nounced suspension of the proceed
| 1ngs until tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Osborne said it would take him
/ three hours to finigh his address. but
/ Justice Lambert said he would allow
| him only two and a half hours. THAI
| Will take him to the time for adjourn.
| Ing for lunch and the afternoon SEES
! sion wifi be started with the charge OF
Justice Lambert.
/