Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-11-08
Evidence All in and Verdict is Expected
on Tuesday.
DEFENSE FURTHER lMPuCATeS CORNISH
Proves BE Wore 0verooat Described by
Pslioemans Wife.
HlsoNER ATTEMPTS TO PROVE AN ALIBl
Witness Says He Was Otherwise Engaged
When Poison Was Mailed.
SHOW CYANIDE OF MERCURY EASY TO BUY
Three Men Testify to Purchasing
FataI Drug without Any DimcuIty
mt All at Retail stores in
New York.

NEW YORK. Nov. The evidence in
the second trial Of Roland r. Moineux
for the murder Of Mrs. Katherine }.
Adams ended today and the court ad-
journed until Monday. when the arguments
OF counsel will be made. A verdict is
looked for on Tuesday.
The sensational turn given TO he testi-
mony for the defense yesterday. when Mrs.
Anna Stephenson. wife Of a Brooklyn po-
liceman. said she thought Cornish was the
man she saw mail the poison package. was
continued today.
Cornish was recalled and asked whether
he had a brown overcoat in 1895
Mrs. Stephenson said the man she
mail the poison package wore
brown overcoat Cornish said today he
had no overcoat at all that winter, and then
Mr.. Black read from the minutes OF the
last trial TO show that Cornish had test-
fed at that time that he had only one over
coat and that it was brown.
The husband of Mrs. Stephenson was
called by Mr.. Black 70 say that he never
saw Cornish before yesterday and therefore
could not have pointed him out to Mrs.
Stephenson. To Mr.. Osborne. Stephenson
said he had not reported his wife's story
to the authorities, because he did not take
any stock in it."
Professor Vulte Of Columbia university
gave evidence to the effect that Molineu1
was in his company from noon until after
dark on the day the poison package was
mailed. The package was mailed during
the afternoon.
Testimony FavOrs Prisoner.
Mrs. Anna c. Stephenson was recalled
when the trial was resumed today.
wanted TO know II II was true, as reported.
that she did not recognize Cornish until he
was pointed out to her in court The wit
ness said it was not true.
Henry c. Lockwood, a postofhee clerk,
testified that he could not say exactly at
what time the package was placed in the
mail. He corroborated Mrs. Stephenson's
statement that it was mailed on the Broad
! way side Of the postofice.
Harry q. Howell. clerk in Hardman's
store, testified that the boy Erhardt. who
said he wrapped up the silver bottle holder.
had made a misstatement. Howell said
Erhardt had never wrapped up any packages
in the store.
William X. olcott, associate counsel for
the defense, was the next witness He tes-
titled that on October 30 he bought cyanide
Of mercury at a drug store in this city. "I.
went into the store and bought two chem
icals," said Mr.. olcott. Then ] asked for
/ some cyanide OF mercury. The clerk asked
/ me what / wanted ii for. ] told him for
/ Photographic experiments, and he asked me
/ II knew II was poison. l said did and
he gave me a small bottle full
! Mr.. Olcott was succeeded on the stand by
/ John Sanderson. a clerk in the law once
/ of counsel for the defense, and he and two
| other employees of the same ONCE gave tes-
timony similar to that Of Mr.. olcott None
of them had much trouble in getting the
poison. H. E. Terry. a reporter. gave tes-
timony to contradict that of Joseph Koch,
who identified Molineux as the man who
hired the letter box from him in September.
/ 1895
Witness was asked 81 Koch went 10 a
newspaper once and offered to identify
Molineux as the man who hired the letter
box IL witness would pay him 1000. Wit
ness said he did.
| The decree OF divorce granted to Mrs
| Rogers was put in evidence TO show that
It was granted after the death Of Mrs.
Adams, and then, by consent OF the prose-
cJtion, Ex-Governor Black submitted a
! table compiled by one Of his clerks 20 show
I that although the written exhibits are
made up of several thousand individual
letters. the prosecution has based its con-
tention that Moiineux wrote them all upon
the similarity found in some seventeen
letters.
That closed the case for the defense and
Mr.. Osborne called Joseph Farrell. the
hitherto missing Newark detective. as his
first witness in rebuttal
Sure He Told the Truth.
Mr.. Farrell. replying TO a question by
Mr.. Osborne. said he was sure the evi-
dence he had given at the hrEt trial was
correct. At that trial he testified that he
met Molineux near a railway station IN
Newark on the afternoon the bottle holder
was bought. Molineux has testified at the
present trial that he could not remember
meeting Farrell that day.
Testifying today. Farrell said his re-
mark TO Molineux was. Hello. Rol," and
that Molineux's reply TO the greeting was
Hello, JOe."
On eross-examinAtion witness said Il was
necessary to 90 eight OF nine blocks out
Of his way TO reach HarrigAn's store in
travelling between the railroad station and
the factory where Molineux was employed
George H. Baker a clerk IN the employ
OF the Newark postofhce, testified that ths
Burns letter, the conceded writing OF
MolineuK, was mailed in Newark within &
half-mile Of Molineux's once. The letter
] was bH Aur luANu-AeoIAAbNA hAaS RaPcAH aul
| the object was TO throw doubt on Moli-
neuxs statement that he could not re.
, member where be wrote IL. but was sure
that he had none Of that paper at the
factory.
Then Mr.. Osborne set about upsettinl
Mrs. Stephenson's Identification Of cornist
and substAntiating the account Cornish has
given Of his whereabouts on the afternoon
OF Friday, December %. when Mrs. Ste
! phenson said she saw him At the post
once.
Lunehed with Cornish.
John Yokum was the FIRST witness Mr.
Osborne called for the purpose He SAID
be met Cornish about noon and thsy
lunched together. About 2:30 they wen
? 10 the once Of James z. Sullivan 70 tall
over athletic matters. Mr.. Sullivan Nai
secretary for the Amateur Athletic union
D Yokum said be remained In the once unit
: $50 O'Clock and that Cornish was thsr'
al the time. He SAID Cornish did no