The San Francisco call., 1899-03-17

could have secured the poison and re
turned home again in twenty InlIulGs, i
But Officer Herlihy says the WON woman II t ne
saw waited on the corner seVeld! NIL MI
utes before a car came along, so II MRS.
Adams is that woman she must nave peen .a
away from the house [9iiy INV nWeHfy her
father and brother speak the TRUTH hai u
~ probable. oo.ot,ed
from garret to cellar by the detectives
YESTERDAY for the cape Mrs. Adams must
have worn Sunday night If Of1cer Herll-
hy's identification is to be cllnched. Ineg
under the house for the three-ounce DOT
tie supposed to have contained the poi
son purchased of Drug Clerk Purlenky.
They worked industriousy, but found
The only evidence secured by the detec-
tiYes yesterday in addition to the report
of Chemist Green was statement signed
by Mrs. Sophia Trumpower, Mrs. Adams
sister to the effect that the accused Won-
acid, to be used as a douche by Mrs.
Trumpower, about year ago. This Is
supposed to prove that Mrs. Adams lied
when she told the officers she had never
used or purchased carboIic acid at any
time
The detectives are somewhat disap-
scraps of the poison label picked out
Of the gutter by Officer Herlihy and
handed to Purlenky; The latter placed
the drug store and the next morning
Frank Danehardt, the store boy. saw
them when he was sweeping out, ana
them into the refuse heap. Danehardt
remembers the circumstance distinctly
but the little bits of paper are gone be-
While the officers of the law are search
ing high and low for evidence to convict
the woman they firmly believe to be
guilty of a heinouS crime, the alleged
murderess shows not the slightest fear
of the final outcome of their investiga-
ton.
Mrs. Adams is certainly a peculiar and
in some respects q remarkable woman.
If she is guilty of the crime of numbering
her little son she is more than degen-
crate; she is a freak, for while she has
a weak face 1t is lacking in the usual
characteristics of an evil mind, and IS
not such a face as physlognomlSt would
expect to find possessed by one VINO could
deliberately destroy her own oHSprlng.
But she appears to be dull of comprehen-
sion, and yesterday for the first time
awaken to a realization of the serious
ness of her position. She spent the greater
portion Of the day in tears She wept CO.
piously and continuously III strange con
trast to her former Indifferent demeanor
But she still professed her confidence in
her early release from custody, o,5
"They cannot keep me here she said
as she dried her tears with handker-
chief. They cannot find any eyldenG1e5- CT! 10
prove that l poisoned my baby, why
Should I wish TO kill him when ! loved
him so much. I do not see how that no
iiceman, Herlihy, can say he saw me
come out of the drug store Sunday night
| was not there l was not out OF the
house Sunday night, not even to the front
gate. and besides, have not owned nor
worn d cape for years. So you see the
woman he saw could not have been me.
[ know where Loehr's drugstore is, as L
have often passed the place on the cars
or when out for walk, but was never
there in my life. That policeman IS very
much mistaken or else he is lying"
Mrs Adams has a big red mark on her
neck caused by the acid coming in con-
tact with her skin when she caught her