The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-16

1 Impression. He thought Cornish. said ;
A mistake has been made in putting
| up that bottle
| witness could not remember whether
Or. Potter was party to the conversa-
tlon concerning the impression that a
mistake had been made. He said he
did recollect that DR.. Hitchcock tasted
what was left in the bottom of the
| glass after Mrs. Adams had drunk
most of the contents and that he said:
That tastes to me like cyanida of po7
| tasSium"- -.-'..'.- s--..-s. Sos.
Mr.. Blumenthal then apparently en-
deavored to bring out that there was
! some one else in the fiat that morning
aside from those already mentioned.
He was unsuccessful, however, in es-
I tablishing his point. Mr.. Hovey said
that during the time he was alone with
Mrs. Rogers that afternoon. he did not
think she had any opinion as to the
real cause of Mrs. Adams DEATH
| Hovey told in detail as it had been
| repeated to him, the story Of Cornish
| reported receipt of the bottle OF bromo
| settler and silver holder through the
mail, and of the jokes that had been
| made about Cornish's unknown aS
mirers. Mr.. Hovey SAID that no one
| had intimated to him at any time any
| thing that could shed a light on that
mystery.
Did you think of the occurrences of
that morning that an admirer had sent
| the bottle?"
Somehow or other 1t never entered
| my mind that the bottle had been sent
with hostile intent"
did not Mrs. Rogers discuss with
you what public consequences might
follow the death of Mrs Adams and
the publicity following the arrival of
the police and the reporters?"
Not that ] can recall"
Mrs. HoVey slept in the fiat the
night after the murder He did not
think his wife was suspicious that Mrs.
| Adams death was the result of foul
play. Cornish spoke of him about the
death of Barnet two or three days
after the death of Mrs. Adams. Wit
| ness was asked If he recalled that
Cornish expressed any regret at hay
Ing received the -package which was IN
strumental in causing. Mrs. Adams
death. He replied he was not sure.
Recess.
After recess, Mr.. lIovey again took
the stand. Asked if he had talked with
anybody about his evidence since the
adjournment, he said, Yes. He went
| to lunch with Cornish and Cornishs IA
Their. and they talked things over.
Have you refreshed your mind
about any of the incidents connected
..
Yes, 1 remember about the label
| on the bottle
Mr.. Blumenthal left that subject and
asked who first visited the fiat after
| the death of Mrs. Adams? "Were they
| police reporters
Hovey said he thought they were
| reporters. He said. he. did not, know
| Roland b. Molineux p0r. his wife nor
| Mrs. Stern. He first saw Cornish af-
| ter the death Of Mrs. Adams the next
morning at the Knickerbocker Club.
| when he went to inquire about his con-
| dition. He remained in the fiat until
| Wednesday of the following week.
During all that time did you have
| any conversation about Mrs. Adams
| death?"
Il don't know that 1 did"
Witness had never heard the name
| of MolineuX in the Adams establish
ment until it was mentioned in the
| newspapers. He had never heard that
name or the name of Barnet before the
death of Mrs. Adams.
When did you first connect the
| name of Molineux with the case?"
| Il never had any occasion to connect
| Mr.. Molineux with the case at ALL"
Can you repeat your conversation
with Cornish about the possible con-
nection of Molineux with the death of
| Mrs. Adams?"
The witness said that he could not.
In regard to the bottle containing the
poison, Mr. Hovey said that when he
testified at the morning session he was
! under the impression that there was a
wrapper around the bottle.
He said: Il did remember seeing a.
label marked 'Bromo-seltzer on the
bottle, and this got confused with the
outside wrapper. While at lunch Cor
| nish remarked to him, You must have
forgotten how that bottle looked The
outside wrapper was not on it at that
| time"
AS witness now remembered. there
was no outside wrapper. Mr.. Blumen-
thai seemed to consider this change in
testimony of Importance, and confused
the witness by series of questions
concerning the appearance of the bot
tie. Being asked the nature of the
business that had called him to the
city, the day before the death of Mrs
Adams, witness said his trip here was
connected with the settlement of some
business he had had with the firm for
which he had worked as bookkeeper
Following directly ON this statement.
in an answer to a similar question, he
said that his business on that day was
connected with trip he had made to
Alaska.
1t was apparent to every one in the
court room that the witness was very
nervous and confused.
He said he had not conversed with
Cornish on any topic except the bot
| tie, and its covering, .&,... ..,...'..
At this point Juror +. f. Merlin told
| Coroner Hart that his mother was dy-
| ing in New Haven, and asked to be ex-
cused. Mr.. Hart decided to continue
the case with II Jurors, and excused
| Mr.. Merrin
After Mr.. Hovey had expressed his
Willingness to return to court tomor-
row, Mr.. Blumenthal told him that he
| would not be required any more to-
| day.
Dr. f. f. Hitchcock. who attended
| Mrs Adams in her last moments, was
then called. He said that the first in
| timation he received that his services
were needed in the Adams apartment
was on the morning of Dec. %. He was
returning from a call when the bell
| boy told him he was wanted at once,
! as a person had been poisoned. He
was sure the boy used the word pois-
oned. He found Cornish waiting on
the stoop of the Adams House. Up
stairs everything was in confusion.
Mrs. Adams lay on the lounge. The
| table was on one side. One plate laid
showed that only one person had been
eating there. He presumed 1t was Mrs,
Adams. because she was fully dressed,
while all the others were en- deshabille.
Mrs. Rogers WAS holding ammonia to
the sick womans nose. He gave Mrs.
Adams two hyperdomic injections. He
had no intimation of nature of the
poison she had taken. He asked what
she had taken, and was told it was
bromo-seltzer. He heard sounds of
vomiting in an adjoining room, and
tasked il any one else had taken any
of the stuff. Mrs. Rogers said: yes,
.