New-York tribune., 1902-11-11


against the Statue OF Liberty in our own har-
bor. Mr.. Osborne tells you Mrs. Adams was n
devoted mother. Yes she was devoted mother.
devoted to the interests of her daughter, into
whose life this man. spotted and covered with
the slime Of immortality. had crept. There's your
motive"
Ex- Governor Black said he not acting for
the conviction of Cornish. but that he felt con
strained u speak what was in his mind Con-
tinuing, he said:
saw in that d 'Rs HeMnrk gq sore AZ Miller
and Hun told you so-that he wanted the holder
table. Within seventy-two hours that holder was
on Mrs. Rogerss toilet table. Who knew the PAT L
tern OF her toilet silver" Cornish VINO went 10
Newark frequently? Cornish told you he and his
BaliantIne. Did Cornish have a Van Dyke beard
on December u? don't know. 1t Is no business
nam the psttern ST % of % Mr RogerSs s Silver @ Does
tnat make no suggestion to your mind? CONSIDER
box man who said Molineux talked TO him about
hiring box said that the man who hired it looked
like Cornish except that his mustache was trimmed
differently. Koch said the letter was fetched by
uniform who waited in the hall of the hathouse
Koch said the man who looked like Cornish had
brown overcoat Cornish in his haste TO get rid
all until confronted with the testimony he
s9og 9n terinSr S Sc1n9 eoTT s0 failed
Mr. Black touched lightly on the testimony
traordinary as it appeared and fantastic Mr..
Osborne might call it, everything she said was
within the bounds of possibility. He reminded
the jury that IT was in reply 10 the prosecution
and not to any questions from the defence that
Mrs. Stephenson partly identified Cornish as the
man she in the Postoffice
Counsel referred with considerable emphasis
10 the differences in the testimony given by
Cornish at the present and preceding trials, and
read TO the jury his statement at the last trial
that he was at the Postofice about 40 on De
cember %, changed in the present trial to $50
O'Clock Then he spoke again of cyanide of mer-
curry. saying:
r6e Sd onf nf 2te Mes t Who % has
that he has made cyanide of mercury was John
Cornish run soon as Mrs. Adams dead? To
MS friend fokum But need not talk more OF the the
poison, as you know that could have been bought
anywhere and 10y any one Let US go TO the nat
dirty little bottle home there. but when did he
take it? He did not take il home when he got it, He
identify it in case CT need; You are asked to TO,
uee that Cornish was willing to let his friend
but when he offered it to King the poison i WAS mot not
the poison only at the top of the bottle. and
had not permeated the other stun below.
seeT this 5 one eas s In all IL The my
pages of testimony taken here there is no word
TO Mrs. Adams the stuff that was in the bottle
when Cornish nTSt received II. 1ou can get
around that It is fact as impenetrabe as IS
inch steel Why did Cornish take that bromo
home Mrs Rogers asked him for it. he said Why
did he take the bromo home? He never used
anxious TO get it home that he broke open
his desk to get it he got II home Jpst m Ine hs
twelve hours after the bromo reached the fiat Mrs
nothing now to stand in the way Of that unlimited
passion which burns cities and destroys empires
did not suffer from headaches? Why should Cor
nsh take it to Mrs & Adams 1 %h0 e9 be sbe rad
the stun was bitter that it was all right How did
he never had used il?
BLACK SAYS CORNISH LIED.
Mr.. Black argued from the testimony of the
chemical experts who analyzed the contents of
the glass from which Mrs. Adams drank that
Cornish lied when he said he drank good
swallow" Of the mixture, and quoted from Pro-
fossor witthaus to prove that half an inch
depth Of the mixture in the glass would have
killed any one who took it.
Cornish never tasted that liquid" Mr.. Black
said. DIR Hitchcock told you he put his finger
to it and tasted it, and 1t made him sick for
three days"
In low, solemn voice Mr. Black quoted the
statement DR.. Potter attributed to Mrs. Rogers,
Don't say anything about this, Harry; you
know the reason why
counsel Did Cornish look sick? DR.. Potter,
the first doctor there. told YOU he did not DR..
Hitchcock told you he looked sick What did
DR. Hitchcock do for him? He gave him half
an apple Cornish wants you to believe he took
"a good sized swallow of the mixture and was
able to run about all day. DIR. Hitchcock took
sixth Of a grain of the poison and he had TO
go 10 bed. But Cornish did not go to bed until
late I'm the morning, after he had consulted his
friend, the chemist Yocum."
Referring 10 Cornish's visit to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney John F Mcintyre, Ex-Governor
Black said
1T is wise criminal who knows how 10
choose good lawyer and no wiser criminal was
ever known than he who retained the head Of
tho District Attorneys office 10 defend him
| against a crime Of which he had not been ac-
| cused-'
EN-Goyernor Black Was still speaking at .
=. m~ when the court ordered recess for an
hour. He had started to talk at 1890 "A. m.
/ After recess the crowd was even greater than
At the morning session, and men and women
| fought FOR an opportunity to present their
| claims 10 the doorkeepers. Some of the officers
on guard were new. and did not recognize the
jurors. 1t not until Clerk Penny himself
went 30 the door that Messrs. Loveless and
| Mottelay, of the jury. permitted to pass
the guard Notwithstanding all the precau-
| tons the room was indecently crowded, and
those standing outnumbered those for whom
chairs could be found, Many Of the women who
found good seats at the early session declined to
| take any chances in "A redistribution and
| munched sandwiches i'm the courtroom during
| the recess.
Ex-Governor Black resumed his address as
| soon silence was obtained. Justice Lambert
| took no notice OF the crowd Of ISLANDERS which
! was dense
Mr.. Black began by repeating his opinion OF