The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-07
MOL|NEUX SEES
 CLEAM OF HOPE Woman Tesiiflss He Did N0t
 Mail Poison SENSATIONAL TURN IN CASE 
Mrs. Stephenson States Upon Exam InatIon She Thinks Harry Cornish Put the Poisoned Package
 In the Postofflce.

New York. November 6.-The greatest sensation in the second trial of Roland B. Molineux, charged with the murder of Mrs. Adams, came late today when Mrs. Hanna Stephenson, the wife of a Brook lyn policeman, was called to the stand by the defense and testified positively that Molineux was not the man who mailed the now famous poison package at the general postofhce on the evening of De- comber 2S, 1898. Then the witness partly Identified Harry Cornish. who was asked to stand up in court as the man who she saw standing in front of her in the line ct the postoffice and holding n>his hand a package addressed to. Mir. Harry Cor nish, Knickerbocker.'
 Was all that she saw. Her identifca- tion of Cornish was not positive. She said he looked very much like the man. but hesitated before replying affirmative ly when asked if she did not think he was the man. The witness accounts of her movements on the evening of Decem- Der 23 and her reasons for not appearing at the first trial were given in detail. The prosecution on cross-examination brought out the fact that Mrs. stephen 'on had suffered from attacks of nervous Nstration within the last two years. had carefully read the details of the
 trial. The questions of the as-
 district attorney tended to show
 effort would be made to prove
 delusion under hysteria. It
 Nable that an effort will be
 e an alibi for Cornish.
 mps on the Package.
 under questions by the
 there were three stamps
 and when shown the
 ve stamps on it. in two
 lusS have overlooked the
 Stephenson was on the
 adjourned for the day.
 were handwriting ex-
 stihed that Molneux did
 ress on the poison pack
 n a drug store testified
 Id promo seltzer to Cor
 frs. Rogers
 the clerk in the store where
 der was purchased testified
 d the holder late in the even
 evidence ~as corroborated by
 10 was in lne store at the time.
 Secutior has held that the holder
 Archased early in the afternoon.
 Miller positively sWore that the g;who bought the holder was not 0l4leux.
 4 Mrs. Mona Stephenson, of Brooklyn, the eagerly awaited witness who says she saw the poison package mailed by a man not Molineux was called late in the af- ternoon. Men and women stood on their seats to see her, but order was quickly restored in the court room.
 Mrs. Stephenson's Story. Replying to a question as to what she did Friday, December 23, 1893, Mrs Stephenson said she went to the main postoffice to mail a package, and got in line with other persons. A man in front of her with a package aroused her curl osity, because he seemed very nervous and she saw the name ''Cornish" and the words ''KnickerboclKer Club on the package. She said the man left the post office 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 postofice. Mrs Stephen son said she attended the coroners in- quest and saw Molineux. She was sure that he was not the man and told her husband she ought to make known her knowledge. He persuaded her there was no occasion for her to mix up in the mat ter.
 When the trial was on she went to offer her testimony but was shut off by the decision of the lawyers to offer no de- fense.
 'Is that the man you saw with the package in the postoffice ?' asked Ex- Governor Black. as Molineux stood up. ..It Is not" said Mrs. Stephenson, with added emphasis
 Do you think you could recognize the man who mailed the package? ?' asked MT. Osborne. in opening his cross-examina- ton.
 "I think I can"
 DO you say Cornish is that man?' q 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.
 'Is that the man?" MT. Osborne asked again.
 Tt looks very much like him." Mrs Stephenson replied.
 But Is it?''
 "To the best of my recollection it Is. Recognized Him at First Trial. Mrs. Stephenson said it was at the first trial that she first recognized Cornish as the man who mailed the package. She testified that there was three stamps on the package and the wrapper was put ptiDTO nCi. IL Alelu iiNC SedmPo Oii II and witness said she probably had only noticed but three of them. which were in a straight line at the top and had over looked the two lower ones.
 Replying to questions by the assistant district attorney. witness said she had been III 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 she could not, having left hel reading glasses at home. She denied that her sanity ever was questioned. Snt said she had asked for divine instruction as to what to do in this case, and haC prayed.
 Court adjourned at this point until to- morrow.