Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-23
THE MOLiNEUX TRIAL.
Thirteen Witnesses Heard in Five
Hours, a Record for New York.

New York. Oct. -. Harry Cornish
was recalled to the witness stand. Tues
day, in the MolineuX trial. He said
there We're on indication that the
BrOmO Settler bottle had been lamp
cred with when he first received it. He
Identified the bottle, cork and wrap
per and they We're admitted as evil
dence.
Cornish said that after Dr. Hitch
cock left the Adams apartment he had
telephOned to Assistant District At
torney Mcintyre. Mr.. Mcintyre was
out and he went down town to consult
his cousin, Louis Cornish. He was
taken ill on the way and had to leave
the train. The same thing occurred
again when he attempted to resum,
his journey.
He said he knew A. j. Harpster. He
had never written to Detroit to inquire
as to Harpster's antecedents. Mr..
Osborne handed the witness Il letter
signed Harry S. Cornish" in which
inquiries We're made concerning
Harpster. Cornish said the letter was
not written by him. Mr.. Osborne then
produced two letters asking for GER
tain patent medicines and signed
Harry S. Cornish and Cornish said
that these as well as the Harpster let
ter We're in Molineux's writing.
Counsel for the defence objected that
the letter was not material and Jus
tice Lambert ruled that Mr.. Osborne
might not introduce that letter until
he had proved 1t competent.
Mr.. Osborne presented to the wit
ness number of letters and papers,
describing them by the exhibit num-
bers they bore on the last trial. Cor
nish said he wrote none of them. The
defence objected to each as it was
offered
Justice Lambert ruled that Mr.. Os-
borne was within his rights. but that
the letters must not be described to the
jury nor admitted as evidence until the
assistant district attorney had proved
them competent.
who wrote that?" Mr.. Osborne
asked as he looked at each paper, and
Cornish replied: "Molineux."
On cross-examination Cornish said
he had known a Mrs. Small in Boston
and that she went West to Chicago
after he went there. He visited her in
Chicago and when she died he helped
" nay luIeTdl eApciiScS. Ilc lot
know whether his wife had named Mrs
Small in her suit for divorce.
Cornish retold the story OF the re-
ceipt BY him of the poison bottle. He
thought he was giving Mrs. Adams
correct dose Of bromo settler when he
handed her the glass containing the
poison. Harry King. who was present
when Cornish received the bottle. cor
Cornish's testimony as to the
receipt of the package. King also told
of the illness of Cornish on the day
Mrs. Adams died.
Howard A. Adams identified the glass
from which his mother drank the pol
son and the spoon used in measuring
the dose.
Several witnesses cOrrObOrated Cor
nish's testimony regarding the receipt
Of the bromo seltzer bottle.
DIR. Louis A. Coffin, who was called
to the club to attend Cornish, said he
found Cornish suffering from mercu-
rial poisoning.
II was record breaking day. No /,
such speed has ever been made in an |
important murder trial in New York
i'ity. In the five hours the court sat /
q Witnesses We're examined, not in- |
,luding the reading of the testimony |
,iven at the last trial by a witness |
Who is now dead.