, 1880-01-18

closely yesterday afternoon, and aQuaptity
OF burglars and forger's tools and materials
were found about the place.
- MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
ALCOHOLISM? y.
Charles Adams, the colored bell-boy of tile
Grand Pacific Hotel, on suspicion Of poison
ing whom George Brown and Sarah Smith
were arrested Friday afternoon, died at
few minutes before o'clock yesterday morn
Ing, after passing night OF intense agony.
The prisoners were accordingly brought be-
fore Justice Brown in the forenoon, who held
them without bail until next Tuesday morn
ing to await the result Of the Coroner's in
vestigation.
The suspicious circumstances connected
with the death OF Adams, fully reported in
TIE TRIBUNE Of yesterday, were neither.
cleared UP nor strengthened by what fresh
evidence In the case was discovered yester-
day, and as II now stands the mystery, owing
to the number of contradictions supplied BY
the various parties involved and the evidence
brought out at the postmortem examination,
is as great as was that OF, the famous Ma
linskf poisoning case on the North Side some
years ago.
A TRIBUNE reporter visited the residence
yesterday morning, and had talk with the
1l,et brother Of cE5i the deceased, John Adams,
Mrs. Smith, and that the other prisoner,
Brown, was cognizant Of the fact, though,
no believed he had had no direct participa-
ton in the crime. he stated that since the,
5st e on
Day, Brown had been heard by as many as
twenty. different people to say that Mrs.
Smith intended to poison Adams, and that it
he di4 not abstain from visiting t,er, she
would accomplish her object to dead GER
tainty. He also gave the particulars Of a
conversation which he had had with his
brother Charles on the Sunday morning i'm;
medlately following Christmas IN that
morning ne stated his brother invited him to
they: got started that he never felt better in
his life, and that he believed, now that he had
got the poison all ont Of his veins, he was IN
better health than he had been previously.
Ae tnen entered INTO guy paEe9glars oi tne
previous, stating that he felt sure
THE WOMAN HAD POISONED HIN.
Int that he believed Brown had had nothing
tG do With if. When he drank the first glass
he said there seemed to be something wrong
Sn,ith1' offered him another he declined 10
irinl- Il and nniv did sn when they nressed
him. He asked Mrs. Smith to drink. but She
declined. Brown, however, took some Of the
5esT and out Of the !'s g3ss fFGm f ~ With d
ceased met Brown, who told him that the
wnman infendpd tn eive him another iose.
and adyised lin to keen away from her III
fhe fntmre. The deceased also Stated that the
woman had been inti1nate with Brown. hut
ia heiievei that She mad said this lust to
!1o ;n and + noes;h1e 1o ;ud,,ca Him to
abandon Ills Wife Nv offering to give IN
Brown on condition Of his doing so:
a and T Mrs. Smith. but that thew were strangers,
and and had notI,;np % In do ~ WITH poisoninE.
Havinr finished -narratinE the Statement
made to- him hv his brother John Adams
men5 oa ~ ths the ~ rst noisn{na wIe
1 Rron W. yho Was aebf1y ed
nntnrad ,,t1i r. rnnpo and reiaarkinp ffaf fhe
Doctor did not know how to handle case
~ was o fn waik % tile sick man n up and down.
'';t;,ir +,a ootion r. the srnrd he Stood IN
hes;da tha % ,,ase,sad and walIsed him TT, ard
gonn tnn 1 room for iomrtime The treatment
%s5ssx i ssS :s5ysS d 5s Sssa H.
Mnen fhst 5r9Wf The man was being
s,h;ectad saom h.i"i to and It 1onked to him very
shg1eeeet sfrsnee that at he % should suggest remedy
1-pn htaa affanfira in nf
oarnnt;n 9oisoninr,. " Hastated a. H. conclusion
thnt h;s hrothar was a remarkahIy strong and
na1 nls uloe1 anG gIi t,at hn was nerfecty snre
t1sa1 Hlts ~ ita Tad heen noisoned by the female
.ll;ae ne naa por arGed his hahts he stated
a3oit.. thaf i'a ,voe fnnd of snree INF never nj
+beH +bs+ ~ ,at ~ cnn1d have had nnthne to
!laS iatS 1iill1E X; 1aaf s'oAo 'A@1
oo VIZ H. Tant.t irls fail tho ranorter had con-
yeTsations With both of the prisoners.
George Brown, who had already. been
visited by a colored lawyer, who had evi-
IDENTIFY posted him upon the efficacy of keep
ing his own counsel, was very ret!cent upon
that be was innocent Of having any partlci-
patton in, OF knowledge Of, the crime. He
told the Story Of the beer drinking. which
occurred at Mrs. Smiths On the Sunday pre-
ceding Christmas, stating that he got the
beer himself and drank Of it with the de-
ceased. He denied having "dosed" the
drink, and was sure that Mrs. Smith had not
done So, as the beer-pail in which he bought
II had not passed into her hands.
NYou told the deceased, however, did you
not. that he had better look out for Mrs.
Smith. as she intended to dose him?"
III never mentioned such matter to him.
. never heard or knew anything of poisoning
mil + was arresfed.s'
Is n;dn,t +he ,vnman confess to yo1l that she