Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-13
NOuNEAUX SENSATION
NEW WITNESS IN
The FAMOUS CASE
WOMAN SAYS CORNISH. MAILED
POISON PAcKAeE-THE SEC.
oND TRIAL is NEAR
CLOSE.

New York, Nov. 6.-The greatest sem
sation in the second trial OF Roland b.
charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Adams. came late today. when
Mrs. Hannah Stephenson, the wife of a
Brooklyn policeman, was called to the
stand by the defense and testified posi-
lively that Molineux was not the man
who mailed the now famous package at
the general postoflice on the evening of
December 20. 1898. Then the witness
partially identified Harry Cornish, who
was asked to stand up in court. as the
man whom she saw standing in front
Of her in the line at the postofiice and
holding in his hand a package address
ed to MIR. Harry Cornish, Knicker-
booker Club" That was all she saw.
Her identification Of Cornish was not
positive. She said he looked very much
like the man, but hesitated before re-
plying afiirmatively when asked II she
did not think he was the man. The
witness account of her movements
on the evening of December 90 and her
ltuEblS lbl llbl appear lIlB dl Nut III 81
trial were given in detail.
The prosecution on cross-examina-
ton brought out the fact that Mrs.
Stephenson had suffered from attacks
OF nervous prostration within the last
two years. and had carefully read the
details Of the former trial. The ques-
tons of the Assistant District Attor-
ney tended to show that an effort
would be made to prove insanity OF
delusion under hysteria. 1t is also
probable that an effort will be made
to prove an alibi for Cornish.
Miss Miller. the clerk in the store
where the bottle holder was purchased
testified that she sold the holder late
in the evening. Her evidence was cor
roborated by man who was in the
store at the time. The prosecution has
held that the holder was purchase
early in the afternoon. Miss Miller
positively swOre that the man who
bought the holder was not MolineuX
The trial will be continued tomorrow
morning.
Prof. Herman G. Nulte OF Columbil
I University. testified that Molineux wa
IN his company from noon until aftel
shutdown on December %, 1898. It wa
on the afternoon Of that day that tn,
poison package was mailed.
Henry c. Lockwood, postofiiCe clerl
testified that he could not say exactly
at what time the package was placed ir
the mail. He Corroborated Mrs. Ste
phenson's statement that ii was mailed
on the Broadway side of the post
Office.
Harry Z. Howell a clerk in Hardt
edgen's store. testified that the boy
Erhardt who said he wrapped up tn,
silver bottleholder. had made a mis-
statement. Howell said Erhardt hat
never wrapped up any packages in thu
store.
William X. Olcott of counsel for tn,
defense, testified that on October 30 h,
bought cyanide OF mercury at drul
store in this city.
81 went into the store and bough
two chemicals" said Olcott. Then
asked for some cyanide of mercury
The clerk asked me what | wanted 4
for. told him for Photographic ex
periments and he asked me If knew +
was poison. said did and he CAV,
me a small bottleful."
John Sanderson, a clerk in the Law
Office of counsel for the defense ant
two other employees Of the same Office
gave testimony similar to that of Mr.
Olcott. None of them had much trou
bl. in getting the poison.
II. +. Terry. reporter. gave testi
mony to contradict that of JOSEPH
Koch, who identified Molineux as tn
man who hired the letter box from hin
in September, 1898. Witness was ask
ed II Koch went to a newspaper ofic
and offered TO identify Molineux as tn
man who hired the letter box If wit
ness would pay him $1,000. Witnes
said he did.
The decree of divorce granted to Mr.
Rogers was put In evidence to sho'
that it was granted after the death G
Mrs. Adams and then by consent of tn
prosecution Ex-Governor Black sub
mitted a table compiled by one of hi
clerks to show that although the writ
ten exhibits are made up of sewers
thousand individual letters, the prose
cution has based its contention tina
Molineux wrote them all upon the sim
jlarity found in some seventeen letters
That closed the case for the defens
and Mr.. Osborne called Joseph Ferret
the hitherto missing Newark detective
as his first witness in rebuttal.
The prosecution in the Molineu
trial rested its case at 1855.
) After the close of the prosecution
case the trial was adjourned unit
Monday when the arguments of cour
sci will be made.
: ANSWER FOR FRAUD.