Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-11
MAKES OUT DAMAGING CASE AGAINST HIN
Connects Him with Suspicious Circumstances
Used Against Prisoner
CLEVER CRIMINALS GET CLEVER LAWYERS
Oleverest Obtain District Attorney to
Defend Them Free.
OSBORNE LAUGHS At THE DENUsCIATloS
Says Cornish Gave Up All Evidence
which Could Convict Him IL
Guilty and Otherwise Placed
His Life In Danger.

His Life In Danger.
NEW YORK. Nov lO.-The fate OF Ro-
land B. Molineux will be determined to-
morrow II tie case goes to the jury in the
afternoon, as at present seems certain.
The court was crowded to sutfocstion
when at the opening Of today's session Mr.
Black rose to sum up for the defense
After a brief defense Of Molineux he
quickly passed to a scathing denunciation
of Harry Cornish, TO whose guilt and not
to that Of Molineux, he declared. every
point in the case pointed.
More than half OF Mr.. Blacks address,
which occupied nearly four hours. was
devoted TO an attempt to show that Cor
nishs actions we're not consistent with his
innocence Of the crime.
MIR. Osborne based his argument for the
prosecution largely on the testimony OF
the handwriting experts. which. he said.
eonelusively showed MolineuX TO have been
the writer OF the poison package address
and Of the other disputed exhibits.
An hour before the oEhcial time Of open
ing the court a crowd Of more than 1000
thronged the corridors of the criminal
building and clamored for admission. A
special squad OF policemen was on duty and
the visitors we're formed into lines four
deep and compelled TO show their cards OF
admission.
At least 70 per cent were women and
most Of them had cards from the jurors or
from the lawyers in the case. or from at
taches Of the district attorneys ofice. As
a consequence before $3.50 every seat was
occupied, the reporters tables were over
Nhelmed. chairs blocked the sisles and in
the passageway between the Justice :
c1amber and the bench were about twenty
women.
Contrary to general expectations, the pro-
ceedings did not open with the appeal Of
Ex-Governor Black for a dismissal Of the
charges against the accused. That was the
scheduled program but for some reason or
other a change was made and Assistant
district Attorney Osborne called out: us
Mr.. EveaI here?" A voice replied that he
,.as and at Mr.. osborne's invitation Mr..
Eveal walked to the witness chair.
Further Testimony l. Excluded.
Ex-Goveruor Black protested that the
case was ciossd a. far as the taking Of
testimony was concerned. and the counsel
Tor the defense and prosecution had long
whispered conference with Justice Lambert
as to the individuality Of the testimony
Egeal did not testify and the summing ur
Of counsel was begun.
''It was a crime to murder Mrs. Adams, "
declared Mr. Black. for the defense
but IL would be no less a crime
to murder this man upon the evidence
in this case. You are asked to believe that
no man can get cyanide OF mercury unless
he approaches IL with a mask. and. in fact
the prosecution asks you to believe that II
can only be got in Newark. II you want II
you can get It. II any of you want cyanide
of mercury, get it when you go 10 lunch
OR, IL you have not time, I'll get you enough
20 poison every man within the sound o.
my voice and IL shall not cost you morS
than 35 cents"
Coming 10 the connection Of Cornish will
the case. Mr. Black declared that he wal
not arguing for the punishment Of anyone
but he felt II his duty to present the who'll
case TO the Jury as he himself saw it.
There was a crime and there was a mo
tive he said. and the motive points Il
Harry S. Cornish"
Mr.. Black recited from the records tn
story OF Cornish's divorce. his meeting will
Mrs Rogers. then separated from her hus
band. and her late divorce.
Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Rogers mother, was
good woman. Mr.. Black said. do yo'
think she looked with eomplaisance on tn
conditions that prevailed.
There is motive the great consuming
motive for crime in all things. The motiv
Cornish had against the lift OF Mrs. Adam
compared 20 the motive Molineux ha,
against the life OF Cornish was as the vol
cano OF Martinique to the tapping Of wave
against the statue OF liberty in our owi
haFbor."
Mr., Black called attention to the evi
denee given that the purchaser Of the bot
tie holder in which the poison was sen
said he wanted the holder to match tn
silver on a woman's toilet table and tror
that he argued that the purchaser kne'
tSe pattern Of Mrs. Rogers silver. II
also reviewed the testimony Of Koch, tn
letter box man, who said the renter OF tn
private box wore a brown overcoat.
Cornish denied while on the stand tina
he had any overeoat that winter. but Nj
Black read from the last trial 10 snow tina
he had one and that II was brown.
Testimony OF Mrs. Stephenson.
Cornish. who was in court, appeared I
be little concerned by Mr.. Blacks line {
argument Once or twice when his nam
was mentioned he laughed aloud
Ex-Governor Black touched lightly o
the testimony given by Mrs Stephenso
uuu argued khaL eAtraoFuluArg as IL az
peared. and fantastic as Mr.. Osborne ma
call Il. everything she said was within u
bounds Of possibility. He reminded n
jury that Il wss in reply 20 the proseeu
ton and not 20 any questions from n
defense. that Mrs. Stephenson PARTIAL
identified Cornish as the man whom st
saw in the pOstofiee.
Proceeding. Mr.. Black said: Cornish too
that dirty little bottle. home. but when d
he take it,
He did not take Il home when he got
He waited until he had arranged for a,
men TO identify IL In case Of need YC
are asked 10 notice that Cornish was vii
ing 10 let his friend King take a dose
the stun. OF course, he Was, but when l
offered IL 70 King the poison was not in a
bromo bottle.
Prof Witthaus told YOU the poison vi
only at the top OF the bottle snd had n
permeated the other stun below. Co
nish got IL home just In time. He kne
Mrs Adams Was subject 10 headaches AZ
twelve hours after the bromo reached a
fcontinued an second Pazsl