The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1900, Page 2

ATIC SCENE IN RECORDER'S COURT WHEN” WEEKS POINTED TO CORNISH AS THE MAN! FT WORDS AND | “VIEWS OF MOLINEUX'S WIFE AS one SAT LISTENING TO WEEKS, IMOLINEUX’S ’ WIFE THEN A TORRENT. ‘ ‘ : SMILED UPON HIM. i of the Molineux Counsel] Hix wife was in tears, Gen. Molineux's The courtroom this morning was{corder gravely, “but I instruct the Jury iene evicence in defense, while| eyes were red and sniffles seized the bussing, The Ment of anticipation Illu-| to disregard the nature of the anewers tinexpected, was not with-| audience so badly that order had to be minated every face. There were a dozen #o far an they tend co create a prejudies. ‘The same course was restored. or more women. iluw on earth they The only purpose of the exhibit was as Meyer, Harris and Flem-| Mr, Weeks then went on to the mall- ever managed to run the gantiet of a handwriting standdrd and the purpose ‘of which were on charsee ing of tHe potion 5 ok = Dptice officers, court attendants and) of tracing a description such as sise and poison. Meyer an Harri oO testimony has been produced to other individuals with marble hearts Is height.” wieted and executed. Mré./show that this defendant mailed this & mystery, But they had the counter-) Mr, Weeks filed an exception, acquitted. fae nacre oa or ight the veel of i nign and sailed into court with colors! “1 now ask the prosecution to deneml- ‘etarting to eum Post-Oflice at 33) o'clock on Dec. % in flying and faces shining with eager/ nate the count of the indictment on front of the jury. He/1898, the day this package was mailed. curtosity. i which this defendant is being tried. . He almost shaper POINTED TO CORNISH. Shortly before 10.9 o'clock the ante-| “The first count recited is intemt to words, an he to je charge and other) “Set,” sald Mr. Weekes, pausing room door opened and in fileg Mrs, Moll-| kill Katherine J, Adams. neux, wife of the prisoner; Mrs. Moll-| ‘Second. Intent to kill Harry 6. Cer- pole! je hand in oice was appealing. ia eyes awept over eux, mother of the accused, and Gen. | nish 5 Molineux, the faithful, earnest fathe: “Third, assault on the person of Mrs. ep ho warmed up, hie words fll) 1, suey, Marry 8. Cormieh was, cut them ul - fand determine’. He and he was at the Post-Ofice at who has been an unwearied attendant | Adame, and energy that rang ime the package was re ta @tiall of the long sessions, “Fourth, intent to kill Mrs, Adame Mrs, Molineux, the wife, was garbed | (same as the first). free, ike the] exactly ¢ simply, Her dress was black. Bo was! “Fifth—Intent to kill Mr. Cornish) ; ia mailed ané om that day.” her coat, tastefully trimmed with as-| (same as the second). | Mr. Weeks ted up to] ait las o. Bake we trakhan, A coquettish turban crowned} ‘“Sixth—Administering polson to Mrs. ‘ less aie sary a me A ope her soft brown hair. The flame of'ner-| Adams with malice aforethought. could have had that lin nis mouth and he chewed it nervous- . erted Mr. Weeks liy At times he took the pencil down Hl Vous exeliement. had’ kindled a rosy! “The defendant cannot proceed with fire In each cheek. She smiled and] nis defense unless apprised om which bowed graciously to her husband's de-| count he is being tried.” i Me person those particular aF- tang then his teeth were clinched and th contaiegs in itp box. If they] gma muscles of his face stood out in fenders. This motion was also denied. have proved to you that they | rages, Bhe glanced scornfully at his perse-] The room war us still as death, “ bese to bts mn, then you! "ys 1. . cutora. Then she settled, with her back ‘net havo eat iee in making | pony Cope Se wee bs set to the curious mob of gasping, females, DEFENSE RESTS, mind. But there ts absolute, | sites that Cornish might have com. and awaited the arrival of her husband,| Mr, Weeks dectared that on the count ce that teoks of Tiffany & Co. from Ds 4 ‘ not being stated by the prosecution the me ate mitted the crtme and not Molineux. | books of Tiffany & Co, from D0. $3.1 1 nit was stated can be used to make|free sky, or he ta emi was sick nbed at the Knickerbocker WE EMBRACED HER. falsage woud ret i i it that sliver bottle- | * to Nov, 2, 11@8, and finding if any 7 " bay gr rae Pe ge endl ge, eee posed Gilnos beso Riedy Ruosiutely cyanide of mercury—thut of these ma-|electric chalr and emtitied to it{Athictc Club. Doctors attended him] when he wus released from his pen| “I move then,” sald Mr, Weeks, “that! . de- | tetiais one only was found to have been hh und ofnece of blood | Who believed that he had heen poisoned | he seemed to leap joyously into the court-| the District-Attorney be charged to elect ‘tor a Indy’s dresser.’ By some we] MO connection proven between the Je De for every inch w cae stent 7 AT OSBORNE. coincidence it found its way, per Mr.|fendant and the box, and the only con- bate cod et the setssan vo have|there tn tm him, Wie setae gg had taken out of thet room. He fairly ran’ around the aisle, | the count on which this case Is to go to feoks turned and wlared} Cornish, ‘to a lady's dresser’ and|Mection between the defendant and Tit-| Nelther of them was shown to ‘There 1a no room for wavering. There | MCkase ‘and when half way to the defendant's} the jury. v9 3 » | deen there, and ag far as his employer ere Within four days aftes the package] table, he caught his wife's eye. He| Mr. Osborne objected that this is net Matched the aliver on that dresser," | fany's Is the connection through the) ie yermann was concerned, he said|{# no room for compromise, He ts eliher | gino to have been fecelved| ignored his lawyers and rushed into his | required. Mr. Weeks stopped and looked at{stationery department, which se TOI \Sea OS Weeara lo? tie Now, what/quilty or not guilty, death or freedom. | in nouyn ihe malls the polsonets char. | wif every juryman in turn, as if to weigh) him from the boxes used in the “ldo they cotes te next? The'box te pea|And all through your comblderdtion of | covery: is conents 1s KoOWR BOIOET MONG somos ali Hy, aces seers: sects, . ware devertment, lo they oO nex Ox is . ? acter of ity contents ts . reac up one arm and threw it] “In presenting this cage In his open- the effect his words had made The same way in regard to the on- {Sd they come to tie wrapping paper. |this case you must bear in mind that neither of the clerks In that office! about Molmeux's neck. Thetr lips miet| ing,” he declared, “the District-Attor- connected in any way with DID CORNISH LIE? elope that was {a the box. They proved |NO™: do they connect the defendant | this defendant sits here until your ver" | whose duiy it wos to receive that packs} in one ong kiss. Molineux drew away, | ney stated that the death of Mrs, Adams Gofendant? Any proof that he had) wrnere te mot 0 thet the defendant had an ascount in] wit that wrapping paper in any way? |dict says to the contrary, an fanocent | age i7 it came through the malls, came| but the wife eagerly drew him to her| was caused by a felonious arnault on! Whe blue tex? Not one word. The Dis- the stationery department, but how At first thought it may seem strange |man here, nor is the postman produced to}again, smothering his face with her hot| the body of Harry & Cornish. fict-Attorney showed that he had ai caroful they were not to prove that the | that that suggestion should be made to) The law presumes him to be innocent) show that It did get there at that time, | ‘tps, “In all the, evidence that Nee-ifre tn the stationery departmen came throesh | sivelopes he bough! there were not |%W Dut remember the little bite of de-|unt!! s» much evidence has been pre) AAnAeine TeeriaQuy Then, as Molineux sat dawn;ehe threw | been adduced not @ lite, not @ word, they had not the boxes of that|/the matle, eseept Mr. Cormiah, Mas] or ine same size ax that erwelope. tall that che District-Attorney is trying | sented as takes away from him thal 3 her apm around his neck and fondled | has shown that any felonious intent exe, 4 the truth? ‘This tn impor-| And yet while they leave out all of|t? Use here in order to connect the de-| presumption; and then in determining| If my memdry serves me right Mr./ his with her daintily gloved hand. | isted against Mrs, Adams.” 2 Bo Mr. Weeks went along through ft - dea | fondant aa one of a hundred thousand | the question of his guilt or innocence! Cornish says that neither of the clerks] So1 "a father and mother were con- i { Dlaseb orticie, declaring that not tta| Ant Ne one proves the receipt, thes tilne ve noes In therpresenta- | PeoDIe Who have the same thing; and| you inust determine it and be sdttsfle! | appeared to know anything, about It.!tent Um gabe lovingly on thélr son. Ge wear Sok tela sila L ‘elightest evidence had been shown to] "® Postman proves the delivery,/ ttm it mane nn the part of the| then consider the question of wrapping | to a moral certainty and beyond a rea-| Now, there Is another very peculiar Thb epectators looked on and quivered rest the case without making a defense, the defendant with etther of /eteept Cor Sie et v paper. sonable doubt feature about’that package, that exhibit] ag devoured with ego yen delivered caidly and calmly, dropped like iuen At this point Ht looked as if Mr. Weeks | PFO*' He has spent time and money disprov- REASONABLE DOUBT. A, and I would Iike you gentlemen to/ thag | at, the | 's table. |. shower of electric sparks on the per- Was assuming the role of prosecutor of FACTS SUPPRESSED ing what Mr. Hazen has said in reeard look at it while I read to you from| The young couple paid fittle attention! gins in the court. Osborne wheeled in EXPER TED. Cornish instead of deferding Molineux. le to the ink, and, after it I th h,| Until the defendant's innocence ts re-| Mr, Cornish’s own testimony as to what) to thé proceedings. ‘They whispered to 5 “I TS DEPRECA : rw np trrgny the’ comclosion that. bee cna | moved M@ehd & Teasonatie doubt Nellp| Mr. Corn io chal Gn@cooked at Weeks tp Guano It was evident that he Intended to di- led a man from Tiffany's to| What was the conclusion that one and «id after he opened the] one another like a fond pate of lovers. ‘Then he got down to the experts. 5 ‘They called a “ sth chat pale | pabkace ment. a vert the suspicion to Cornish or at least} opove that the defendant had an ac- | all of the experts came to? entitied)40 ali that goes with that pré- | package . 4 Ne eran co oes teak erhia| {© abow thac he might have deen aaltount there, but nothing was said about |stimpnieot tanocence.™ And It ie the| "tr that tho weapper you referred vo| °° WEEKS'S MOTION. A DARING PLAY. “@eath on the testimony of these ex- | ullty on all facts as was Molineux. He|ine things which he bought. Nothing INK SIMILAR, * | gous RRPPEAS Wins Wo. charms eantatt | cupiAth enka a1 he wra ‘The prisoner's counsel were on hand) The spectators could not believe thelr ou the « that he charges against) “By veeks— t r ‘paris? By there experts in handwriting | "84 drawing a ccmpariron. was nald about the eivelopon which ¢] 14 way that the ink wan substantially |.) dion gue and i% y Mr. Weeks le that the wrapper | ssriy with their voluminous briete and | cre Molineux glanced at his wife with rt ve beyond a reagon-| Word by word he went over Commiah’s |i sucht there. It came out on * sina id this defendant and to prove that to your) you referred to? A. Yes, sir; that was teal? t heaped up on|# Smile. She smiled in return, though tthey expect to prove beyond a oug! lar. coul t closer opinions | sstigtaction, originally thrown away, but at Mr, | Matertal for argumen > she knew nothing of what had hap- the table tn front of them, It was as if @ barricade had been raised to stand] Pened. Like wild fite the report spread “} through the court—thromgh the corrle peo Tl dae of the determined Dis. ‘and ah the th@m outside. ‘The Recorder arrived promptly, and|\ Tt Infileated extraordinary confidence ‘alte doubt that the defendant's hand {testimony and strove to impress upon | quent examination Not becau than that on the questions of wrapping wrote Exhibit A, and on this testimony |the jury the sugptoton that Cornish | pistrict-Attorney brought it out paper might have heen guilty. He dilated On/as the envelope ts concerned, the defen+) You can determine that that wrapping the suspicious circumstances ant is ret connected with it paper was of the same character, of | this great city of New York| “Mrs, Adame took @ ose of medicine} What have we next? The sliver bottl-/the same material and ran from the unlimited wealth, has a boundiess|and died. Mr. Cornish toe a dose, or/ holder, and the defendant is not con-)pame mill, and if they could prove tha: , le It right and just that they |says he did, om an empty stemach and|nected with that. Th proof Is clear’ at any time In the history of thie de- We submit to you gentlemen, the evi-| King's suggestion I recovered it and dence that has connection with this|cut |t out of the rest of the wrapper and crime. Not one is actually brought | put it in my desk,” home to the defendant unless you say | Now it is possible that when he used that the handwriting Bag convinced you | that expression he may have been care- t ” t f rin the weakness of the prosecutor's beyond a reasonable doubt. That ts Tit leon in the use of the word. But you ae rity ihord pitted cata) d case, It was a grand stand play with , | Not one c facts, Not one of the | see what he said when the matter was the jury, with the Intent of conveying on anermy of handwriting | wanders around all day with no evil|and beyond question that some one el) fendant's business life there had been | Not one of the ; ‘Weeks mood up. effect. He nays he took @ @ose. He bought the sliver bottle-holder |bought for Morris Hermann & Company | *rticler in that bed, Ge/WRem yew get | Broaght to Kis attention again. “Your Honor,” began Mr, Weeks, “‘t| the Impression thats defense was hard- Them te palace cers, feeding them who] What have we next? The dive bot-! wrappi t 4 do you, G°¥P to the very Kernel of the ques-| “Q! And in opening the box you #@¥ | resnectfully move the Cour, to strike | !¥ worth the while. wi aioe bedeeiaalthomey th oy) | hte. in there any proof that the dé- jraghink Paper of that kind do youl sion when you come down to decide| YOU threw the wrapper under your Se iheniee U \ dllstepand | Tt Wad? a magnificeht play of Mr. the Wakborf-Astoria, paying them |ys ows how to make cyanide of mercury. imagine that they woutd fall to have beotutely eal 2A. L.Oid. 1 have a waste basket, | OUt and the jury Instructed to disregard | |” ‘ on ba! tant feee—brought on to drown! \ow, what reasonable excuse did Cor-|fendant ever had in his possession 4 the people here of whom they bought | {e (hing absolutely finally, when | and i 1 People's Exhibit 1 (the diagnosis blank)| Weeks, this new defense, and It proba'y throw everything into it Linéiie of Dlue bottle? Not a word. You mut! ii. ey, f a ‘it comes to a question of your own Y took It out and nds that it is incompetent, | Made more impreasion on the jury Than ithia young man ia an avalanche of 3 |ri9h nave for visiting Yootm on that |bive bottle? Not a word. You mist the foods to show that that Wrap: /loe'toncy in answering the question of | on the.grounds a tao {fa doxen witnesses had been put nwon ‘pert testimony? day of all days?” d 6 | Ping paper was in the defendant's fac- "Q. And’ aftei Sou pees mens irrelevant and immaterial.” nnd and sworn as to Molineux's 7 i ‘ith your seissors? A. I did.” Rb “And they expect you to believe this are presented to you, and is there anv | topy» (handwriting you must anewer it upon the | Geiitiemen. ts the @ single part of| ‘I deny the motion,” sald the Re- reputation, testimony and upon that take a man's} TO LOCK JURY UP TO-NIGHT. | proo! that the defendant ever had a blue | testseneny of ite) erat hat wrapper there handing Exhibit A| deer ms AY sea tileens nteah ies u S Me. 5 bottle? FE offic ransacked his Now, gentiemen, it shall be my effort to the jury) that he could cut out with Remember. thare must be no com | At 10 oclock, Mr. Wee having | cory and took photographs of every HANDWRITING DISSECTED. | ,.°.0' inrough the evidence in this case See eee ee eet ae CaM SACRE | and Mts, Rogers admired the sliver |coult be,” Is Dr. Hitehcok’s statement, Wis lust believe or not. Bither| me (0 @ full stop in his tall, the Re |v ctiie on his shelves, but did not bring! And then we come to the handwriting, as quickly aa possible, taking up a8 « y *t see it in the ph holder, and she said that that matched WARNED CORNISH fe entitled to be re.| Comer Interrupted. Bvery one thousnt) you a blue dottie such as was used here. | And there they attempt to conneet ihe Hitle of your time as I possiby can. 1 Kron 1 ask you to look at that or the sliverware oa her dreser. and, Mr. 7 i, ft was a recess and started to go out. re subpoenaed here to prove that) dofendant with the sending of this hope you will pardon me if T take a it. {%\) Kentiemen, every ane. and nee Ie) Cormiah sald’ “Nha. ren ne “I told him cértainiy it was net and family of 61¥0 UP) nut a se for order brought quiet T (hat thoy Weed « ‘ you'can find the slightest indication of | You take ft and put Mt in ; atrychn.ne, and ‘there was lite ey. te’h blood te the sien, | DUt a sharp rap fo ffered to sell, that they made] package, and in fact they have attempt, tle more than you think I ought to icean «such at would have Bee!” HEVER BOTTLE-HOLDER. | dren of imoronine gr opiim, or. aika- again. prices to the defendant upon certain /od to get twelve senstble men made with the scissors, lolds of oplum, morphine or chlorine cr : ; nd He is guilty of not uilty.| “Ten Juror Manheim Brown was as- goods. this defendant to his death ‘ance the ACCUSES NO ONE. | HANDWRITING EXPERTS. Now gentlemen, remember the con- tone (uaige, AMG $0, st versation that to 44 or freedom. | sisted to the witness and the Re-| iis employer, Mr. Hermann, is called. | testimony of experts in handwriting. ince between Miss over Y mm “ of In consid the evidence | want . 4 ‘ a taste of it.’ And | corder sought to find he was] put they do not bring out at any time) And that is the only thing that there yam to TAGRRTCEL ces thine, aa'te an Nie Rartgmyen. uetgfore that away | tee wander Hear, ine mind that tbls | ‘Didn't you gat wick wen yout strong enough 10, bear, Bek locked if | or anrwhere or any place a blue bottle} wax about that pmckage that they claim qny of my remarks that T may make to the point where we and the marta lens | defendant knows othing at all of Mrs | Ih Perce Ame ty eon it er [ ‘4 ‘ pe o c J n . : Powerful and clear and rang| at night, as will be necessary very | a beige eyes tn the poor | chey ‘can pring home to the defendant. | you concerning the evidence 1 only RAnanriting detective, abil | Adama or Mrs. Rogers tn, Buahiy-sizth | 20 ne auld “How are w through the court-room. He turned to Shortly. ne eetton baegied e real fac were 10) want you to bear in mind that {t isnot noble. I can't leave him out. here that he ever saw them or knew TANT. eteishdahnnn: bed: \t. wens idle i that he was ever I) able to you that a man wh had ad he spoke the word “free-| ihared the A i Recorder des- that package, none of the concrete sub- slace to an: of the com- They discovered fi this 1 tect no claim sie MYSTERY OF THE BOTTLE. Oe ea ay oe tam at urtct seer tle | at bette naiat That Never ne | st for chean EN Ue tay the the y a jouse ae the Jury stasess that went to annent the de misaior of this crime oF of the commts- ‘eee pl p dove which had killed N . THORP. endant, as they claimed, with this crime.! gon o: pot it to my C irs. Aleme—and he himself mi FRANK W, TH ‘There are blue bottles and blue bot-l And by the word of experts: in hands |e on ‘ any . ashe I at Mi, Hh Ne happened then, nytt .jhave believed there was certainiy y toca your attention the links A he oul aes ear * something wrong—here we are trying hat are missing in this chain of clr © 4 Me Motilecholder’ Cor? t| to find out what the polson was, he was tles, ‘This blue bottle was made and] wring they hope to convince you that! an used in all probability for some spectal| that the writing upon that exhibit A is! ‘evidence " enti Dr. Hitchcock woat it war--that x ’ purnose, 1 de not know wh the handwriting of this defendant and to! eine Meat take veer mando erpene, 0% PacertaiaNE eine nd set COR ge RE ge rag OT ag meen who wed aamnt <a ee ee teens +] have you say heyond a rensonable | ee eee en ee ee meat Kine “Bofomen amt Wecereponn. Se: eivermare ‘ona inayrs. dresser, will! Mra. Adams and who hi < not had the opportunity of sending |] doubt: I" x Ser ot tas a inet tan tegtimonge oon, From ie at tant ppowe tnat the: plece H ethown tie holier . tis-| this came that bas been given more con. Invited to drink the ae of ( fine alana? ‘ around to have it identifiel by the) “1 am satistied to the fulness of 4 # | style of bottle, this particular shape | exhibit A." ‘Ole sideration than any other is the hand- { them was shown address. f | Now, le and he goes to his death. | writing on Exhibit A. ata i pg I out fee Bf natd ‘woul an what happened ai ad Mee how well that carried wi But there ts no proof that it was ever! Gentlemen, if the defendant's hand) y, i. out Mr. Cornish’s 5 you 4 oad | have all looked at it from the when th : fA ay in the possession of the defendant wrote exhibit A it would not have tak n | original Y¥ Rave all stable’ i upon Intimaten hist tom dares, ba ped ag ag ge ee oe w have we mestf A inbel of |, on a i Integrity of this Exhibit A—the fact tof handwriting expe 1a #13 the! the photograph, but I want you again to! Pe Rover showed the bie) de ad} that that was the place of paper that E : the, Indeed : (Continued from First Page.) e > ‘f bromo-scliner pasted Jemploy of the District-Attorney to con | tos at It apd to notice In ihe original |r orsorn “Mt i came ‘around the package, il saites ‘viinbea 19 Do they connect (he vince you of it the very: desided black of the ink ox And then it waa left tp > for fe EF og a find ‘with the purchaser ani was plc] whe sent thene articiee. No teiena [at any place EXPERT TESTIMONY, | ‘his Mlfing. Ite darker than anything yim ‘Rat rday hla all dag M attracted he attention.” soley ind enutely upon the Yeetlend tive as to his description |e any ene Gee Gnald have been LORY etree . else except the crimson color of the n- day. att day ‘Bo some coincident. . Cornieh, Peiiaet It would not have taken thirty thou- | Ital © o@ the paper. fn the dewk In that Club , ‘renee: SUSPECTS CORNISH, fand dollars for expert fees in order to} YOu Will remember the evidence; that nish salt had frequently been NOT THE MAN. | No man whe De they show that he ever seed! vince tweire nensible business mon (@xbiiit A on its face was as black when efore and repaired. and on the | was tak Siete dic ttn ee Pi crime of wee |that that was so. Is it possible that|it w nto the police ax it Is st Wile teas tee dresser, a scintila of proof that that or can there be any question about! nave place De ¢ w that he ever |ihe tssue should be made here in thia{now, while the initials found in the be- the Mero, Popeyes gg gs iy er inability to identify this defendant, | oP epee ae mmunity, that because the State of sinning were not as pronounced black ly found it vi DEN pact content, of te ties, “he ‘walle Because the time that has elapsed wince |e ds i, there in the box or in| De they shew that he ever bought |NeW York and the clty of New York{as they are to-day. That 1s something lost It or who found it of ; nl fa etate a ‘i cheeayelftedbedbearad Miter mag | tie contents that Is connected with this! gee Waving paige fags) tn ae aae for you to consider. Notice She_moraing of the eth w ’ . ‘eat > show: to "you ty Meeter: Dy : : e! uf ‘ot ey can hh experts . rt have . ir, Corns! | teaulred whether sine could identity him pete fat us take it from the very | Of course the answer ts that any one cr the country, from Callfornia, | Absolutely nothing upon them seems to (fore he hat to have his i | md bai% Told. the truth ij, Maths Person who had bought the bottle. | oo cirarives the question as to how it| sould Rave had a bottle of bromo-seltzer. | and bring them on here in palace care] tndleate the date that they went through | OP aaa! mis malter, This is no failure to identify after a| ee eee with the defendant True, anybody could, but they could net} and feed them at the Waldorf-Astoria, |the Post-Office. No soll anywhere on| CORNISH’S DESK. ba lapse of time. This ie a ponitive, wet it unless they bought tt or someland because the defen, a nt is 4 clerk; te case to prove that this was mailed) t, unquestionable assertion by) one else gave it to them, And you could |or 4 superinten. shi Gh ‘he $33 of December. Miter thai the defendant was not NO WORD OF PROOF. nut get the label of the bottle that was |a week, that they should drown on man. | We have before ve a blue box from|!" thls Tiffany box ex: from a bro- | ine | , Time of exper! testimony oeeeune {WHO MAILED THE PACKAGE? | hai: fe there the slightest proof any- | Titan: mo-seltzer bottle, and thet i* not con-| he has no! ; 7 was y's not the size ured in the sta- vas not a hundred thousand dollars | he fm his cane of any individual, in! tionery department, but the size used] Sete) with the defendant with which to hire experts? ONS) Mut suppose it was mailed before the | hvle in OK he Way connected with the defendant. | in the silverware department, as neat That cannot de, gentiemen, and the | 24 Of December? Is there any Pret) fore, that he should not @o bears any resemblance whatever t0 5; they have been able to dupiicace vt | UME POISON MIXTURE. [ory tact that the proseesrion, meedog {that the defendant was at the Post-/to have a key with him, sores : him, so that Mescription of the person who bought | |, that connected with the defendant?| They do not prove the claim that In| * Many experts to support ite case, | O2Miee on the 24 of December? The} With him. » nage hen in, Dottle-holder. What is It that the 1s there any proof that on the 24 or| that bottle was a mixture of bromo-|the very faet that che prosecution ex. |District-Attorney has put in evidence bey pg ton asks of you in regard to the |:34 of December, IMS, this defendant had | seltzer and cyanide of mercury and they | perts themselves took all thie time to| te defendant's sworn statement before | broken Le t * They ask you to sup-|in his possession a Tiffany allverware| fall to prove, ar I have stated to you,| Teach this conclusion, seemi me jo| the Coroner that it was his habit to go| {Ain private papers, and yet ; 10 Mens, to Imagine, that this de- box? Not one word, lenat the ndant ever had bromo-|dirpose of the substantial merits and | Over 08 Fridays a little bit earlier than| he fet it be broken b x2 Bot somebody to buy that be What proofs have wet We have the| seltzer In his possension valve of it veual—on Fridays he went to his pperdd | imple although been for him and that he ured 1 a8! prof that the deferdent had an account| Now. what in regard to cyanide of] Is i possible that a matter which jt] Blever's office on Pearl street to see) open that morning, of the crime. ‘at ‘Tiffany's, but his account was only in| Mercury? Do they prove that he ever|.cok the leading expert of the prosecu | about pay-roll, but there is no proof | the by tionery department and they dif | had cyanide of mercury in his posses: ? t night. J SE the ‘ on, Mr. Kingsley, nearly two months }that he went near the Post-Ofice. | 120 TERRIBLE SECRET. | not Use boxes of tha Hut what did | ston f . to determine as far from doubt. so posl- acrom the Cortlandt street | [Ue Distriet-Attorney ruggest when that) Not 9 syllable to rupport it tively and absolutely certain chat upon | SFF¥ Sud going to his employer’ ‘s ‘el Bre committing murder by, 'aet came out, that the mize of the box ot u His dealings with chemical houses | that and upon thai alone a man's life} Me OM Pearl street does not bring baie | Seleertt Big Siaee. Woo are secretive, men of | Would not At? That the defendant was would whow whether he bought any| should be taken? to the Broadway side of the Post-|ever had wny ex c y. or if you we a practical Who will commi: mur‘er| Married shortly before that time and he| cYanide of mercury. And what do Office, but there is proof in this case of ‘ a not take othere into their | Might have had it as a wedding present | desire you to eay, gentlemen, in regard NO COMPROMISE. that Harry ® Cornish passed the New | Siute'aut Sou teat the sotewe amd the : could he trusted with | from others. |to that? ‘That the defendant is a York Post-Office on the Broadway side the sorew, bof this kind? chert a color-mixer, and because re is no room for compromise! o¢ the New York Post-Office on the y 1. ‘There is mo alternative, Wither] afternoon of Dec. 2 Just at the time : yanide of mercury can be manufactured ! A WEAK SPOT. by the use of (wo materiais, one of * Do you imarine, gentlemen, that if Which they proved to be in the de had ben any wedding presents | fendant’s factory MAKING THE POISON. s and 00 his family, be ie eutitied to shake his tatherte med in a bom that would bnve Gitied this case, ihe Disttict-At- ‘ ‘Chief of Detectives would