, 1880-01-17
COLD POISON.


The colorctl community residing 0n Third
and Fourth avenues fl tie vicinity of Taylor
street are terribly exercised over the sick.
ness of onc of their number, and II the stories
told nre true It fs evident TINT n terrible
crime Inns been committed. The story Is one
Of intrigue, iovc, md possibly murder. The
victin Is Charles Adams, n, e,np|oyG
of tho Grand Pacific Hotel, mud
there Is now In custody Oil the Charge of
administering poison to hin colored w1n,-
n, named Sarah Smith, with whom he for
several years maintained the most tntfmatc
relations. George Brown. II colorm ma,,, IS
also under nrrcst charged with being all ,c-
cessory to the erime.
Tic first TINT was publicly known of the
affair was tbout II o'clock yesterday -mnrli-
ing wsn Joi Adams waiter aforn IN Ghrn
Brown md sw0re tint his brother was lying
ut the point Of tleatl, at his holnc,. No, ia
Third avenue, anil that lie believed tho sick,
to feTS Hi y bv ts sr reSs n M SoN f N a''stsat M st
Clark street. On the strength. ot this state-
ment n warrant WIS issued nnd fntrlsted tp
Detective George Hartmann, who procured
Wo,na,! ss'S 1t isr House: Although Judge
siio"',a shs Vas St'' rot pro%assll,t ap @ ioT i'i
hcaring. >, but lodged In the Armnry
lD HNh1l ltlG AESN}L VI ItHltllS HNhtfsSs !lC
officers found severa medicine ho.tcs IN the
ron,n alMl ciElr-box full Of letters, wlIicl,
! they contiscates Rnl carried to the Ar1nory,
rep2rte5 r @ E!H TtnySE :hdt cnc e The
III Tho afternoon, and there found the Adnnus
family assembled. Charles 1ny In bpt iii IN
upstairs, room, Ills mothor attending nssitiu.
Ol9ly to his wants.
HIS EYES WE'RE GLAZED.
is b5fqthinE ;n, f. Yrs a setrtorfes t md T. xs Was
1ie, liatl been unconscious for many hollrs,
abletl l,m to last SO long.
stdg's Sry ySfhs Ct the fay syyrt # 70 ,sv te erf w
mucli Or how little Of It rests upon IL basis Of
fAct It ii Impossible to decide until medical
examination ~ lMaae. This eolored people
aro notorIously sulMrstl,lous, and wl1el.erer
cn,,so unexplained they Invariably refer tho
ihnttcr either to ln,tson OF. witcl,craft: The
story rs told by tic faulty was rs follows:
10y IT tt tic % Grand iii iacic, AID Ind nc ' feen there
five or six years. lie is stout, ahle-lmdiel
fpl!ow OF about 80, und Inns generally
enjoyed gool health. For several years
p1ast l!o !Ms bce,. aeaaatrte.l with
husband nbo1tt tsrge yca:s: nEo, n!la tn whose
house Adams lived for time. 'r!le relatlgns
existing hetweell tho tSo were, the family ht-
on Nov. 81, 1879, Albums, n,arrird Emma June
sines' lived viii her M hid md iii oi niotier @ aid 3
brother ut No. 3l4 Third avenue.
nl,nn.!oned Ills acquaintance with Mrs.
INNS he returned home ai!nt midnight, At
o.. n. Monday hts wife tried to wake him,
ii. lliiiebrainl vas Wis s,,minoneti mi
he prescribed some nletlieine but lid nat
Wat t ls'tt ttSr Mas In te afttSrf3o t
lily called IT. DR.. Dayton Painter, wlto sud
lug 5laSiaSan,. @ H. Ms almlnsteretll ' itet % coiiee, e
k n ysx sSSt o H. aud wS Ssr aE tHEs Aas e ke w. Ws
walked up a,ld down the floor and shaker, to
Reel. hin, awake. Nuxt morning ho calnc
to his senses, nl III RESPONSE to thu Inquiries
saraT Satii a, I'D i @ ;t Ees ~ tWa @ eiasses t '' q
heer With her aud Gcorge, Brown. l!e us
well NJ tho ,faMly believed TINT something
hatl been put !nto the heer, al'd TINT Either
EoIsaa! him, !,!lt hr f',lly recovered, anl o,
thu following Monday went lack l., Ills wnr!;.
Aitlions,, h. had rrot1!lss,'.l, ,., h's wife n!t
ieyel Sic Ind trictl 10 kili lin, sgt, on tic
evening. OF Fr!tlay, .Ian. o, 1,e agal1i. vlsites
llcr. Ills wits WIS awny visiting, and he fiji
pSt p2u SSnS Hu S herr stt tft wi FS rs S% as snn' 5
! p'Ih'th ~ Hh*" oF ~ ~ A't' |btHt "'ssA -
Waa close upon mltinlgltt Whei, l.o reached
Ills honia. -.--.....
1IE sEEs!ED DULL, srrr1p,
and sick, md explained this by saving that IL
Gru1ll Pacific, Who l.utl u good deal n
champagne, nihl that 10 ltat1 drank 4 go9t
tea III Il, tUo. lilo soon afterwards bcYnn t.
v0luit, nltl continued to do No ut fratt,leI
Intervals u,ltll 5 0clnek. After tlfs il,
seemed bettur, but dbl not fee! we'll el,uuKI
tn 10 to work. Tho symptoms III this chs'
differed from tic furi,er, and tho fA1utly ILL
mt suspect That l,e llatl been l,olaUllrti. Iii
llu gr,w wurso In ulo evening, and Dr
liIldGbraml wus ngniu cnllrt IIe INV,
sOIltu medicines, tut tho famfly coWl,
i,Ut gct tilc,I dnwn tfle Kick unall'!
throat, alNl III 'rucstlny evening tllel
summoned Ur. Painter. liz announced thu
ills WIS 'secnIla !l0ae,' hut 1leru WIS
tiitisreiico ~ sit9 fiolyait. on Ites;lay Atlat
taroW Up so!ilettit'E ttAft; iliM yellow, nlld q
tho appeasu,eo o! et.t,noised 1 ~, sEK Wlllcl