The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-16
THERE WERE NO
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Inquest Into the Death Of Mrs. Kate
Adams Continued.
DR.. E. F. HITCHCOCK CALLED
ST
Told Of the Death Scene in Mrs.
Rogers Home.
He HIMSELF TASTED THE POISON
Tongue and Sank Back Into the
Chair Partially Paralyzed.
Hovey Testifes.

New York, February 15.-The inquest in
to the death of Mrs. Kate Adams, who died
of poison ON December %, was resumed to-
day. Frederick Hovey, who was in the
Adams apartments when Mrs. Adams died.
was examined by District Attorney Blum
enthal. He told the incidents of her death.
Witness said there was no conversation
when he was called into the bath room to
aid Mrs. Rogers and Cornish In caring for
Mrs. Adams.
do you mean to tell me-" said Mr.. Blum
enthal, that on seeing such a condition you
did not have any words or ask how 1t all
happened2"
Witness hesitated an instant and then
said:
Il do remember that either Mr. Cornish
or Mrs. Rogers said that Mrs. Adams had
taken bromo-seltzer."
What was said about the bottle of bro
mo-seltzer?" ~
We'll, l don't remember that anything
was said.'
In regard to the bottle containing the pol
son, Mr.. Hovey said that when he testified
at the morning session he was under the
impression that there was wrapper
around the bottle. He said:
II did remember seeing a label marked
'bromo- settler on the bottle, and this. 1
got confused with the outside wrapper
While at lunch Cornish remarked to him:
Had Forgotten the Bottle
You must have forgotten how that bottle
looked. The outside wrapper was not on 1t
at the time"
AS witness now remembered, there was
no outside wrapper Mr. Biumenthal SEEM
ed to consider this change in testimony of
Importance, and confused the witness by
series of questions concerning the appear
ance of the bottle.
DR.. E. F. Hitchcock who attended Mrs.
Adams in her last moments called. He
was returning form call when the bell boy
told him he was wanted at once as a per
son had been poisoned. He was sure the
boy used the word poison" He met Cor
nish on the steps. He was in confusion.
Mrs Adams lay on the lounge. he table
was one side One plate laid showed
that only one person had been eating there.
He presumed it was Mrs Adams because
she was fully dressed, while all the others
were en- dshabille. He removed the cork
of the bottle and remarked that he saw no
parafne about the cork. This is diametric-
ally opposed to the testimony of Hovey,
who stated emphatically that the cork was
covered with parafne paper.
Continuing, the witness said:
Il took the bottle from my pocket and
removed the cork. l took my little fingef,'
wet it with my mouth and thrust it into
the Dottl2. "A little Oh the powder uuHeTeu
to it and 1 placed it on the end of my
tongue.
Tasted the Poison
"I was standing over the table, and in
stantly after l touched the powder to my
tongue l sank back into a chair partially
paralyzed. The powder had a metallic taste
and was extremely nauseating. l started
10 get up but could not do so except by
holding to the table. Mrs. Rogers was
continually imploring me to do something
for her mother. She did not realize that
her mother was beyond human assistance.
l was very sick myself and did not know
how soon I would follow her. 1 sent for
DIR. Potter and selected Cornish to go be-
cause he was sick and thought the fresh
air would do him good. This was at $3.50
/ and | asked everybody to leave the rooom
wrapper at that time in my possession.
| said:
woman here has swallowed deadly poi
son.
Mrs. Rogers asked me if thought the
matter would get into the newspapers and
L told her that it probably would. She
wanted to know if 1t could be kept quiet
and l told her 1 thought 1t would be i'm
possible"
The remainder of his testimony was I'M
important, merely describing the detailed
movements of those persons in the fiat at
the time OF the tragedy. A its conclusion
an adjournment was TAKEN