Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-10
| POISON INQUEST ON.
n;wy Cornish Tells Story of Mrs.
Adams Death.
SAYS HE SUSPECTS NO ONE
Major Gardiner In His AddresS ="
the Jury Refers to the De"'h
Of CIubman Harry
Barnet.

New York, Feb. 10.-The Inquest INTO
he cause of death of Mrs. Kate }. Az
ans has begun before Coroner Har''
The proceedings were conducted IN the
coroner's courtroom lin the criminal
courts building in Center street. I"'s
room Is about the smallest courtroom
in this city, but the most heroic prepa-
rations had been made for the handnn8
of the crowd that 1t was known wouia
be present. The courtroom IS only
about so feet long by 25 feet wide.
It was said before the inquest began
that 1t would take probably two OF
three DAYS to examine al! the witnesses.
The coroner had but few witnesses to
call himself, but about 40 subp9nas
were served by the police, ana u was
announced that every person whose
name had ever been mentioned IN the
case would be put on the stand ana ex-
amined.
There was q good deal Of talk about
arrests to be made as dramatic ac-
compartment of the inquest and OF con-
fessions to be made on the stand. me
coroner had announced that he Wooid
allow all sorts of liberties to the law
yers In their examinations and that
witnesses who declined to answer all
questions put to them would be pun
ished for contempt of court
1t was said, however, that at least one
lawyer had declared that he would not
permit his clients to answer many ques-
tions upon cross examination. He has
not permitted them so far to make any
statements since their names were hrst
mentioned in the case.
Shortly before noon the work of Sc
lectng the jury began. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne examined the
talesmen.
Cornish Takes the stand.
The first witness called when the jury
box was filled was Harry c. Cornish.
Prior to his examination, however. Ma
jor Gardiner arose to make few re-
marks. He told the jury about the
time and place of death Of Mrs. Adams
and said that 1t had been surrounded
with mysterious circumstances. AS soon
as he heard Of the death of the woman.
he said, he sent John f. Mcintyre up to
the house to take charge of the instru-
mentalitles Of death.
II do not propose to make any re-
marks about who is suspected" he said.
1--WE intend to make this examination
full and complete. and 1t will be for you
to decide how the woman died, and, If
possible, you are also to say who sent
the poison that killed her."
Major Gardiner mentioned the fact
that Barnet had also been murdered,
and he said that the jury should also
consider whether the same persons sent
poison to Barnet and to Cornish.
Harry Cornish was sworn. He was
dressed in black and was trifle nerv-
Gus. He said that he lived at 81 West
Eighty-sixth street and was an In
structor in athletics at the Knicker-
booker Athletic club. He was then ask
ed by Mr.. Osborne to tell his story.
This he did In detail narrating the
circumstances attending his receipt Of
the bromo seltzer bottle containing the
poison how he had taken it home and
under what circumstances he had given
II to Mrs. Adams.
In answer to a question by Mr.. Os-
borne. he said he suspected no one Of
the crime; that he did not have any
enemies. Recess was then taken.