New-York tribune., 1899-02-17
I thought II was cyanide OF potassium ~ hao

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that odor "
O-You told Mr.. Hovey at that tmeF a.
C-Was any other member Of the family present
at the time? A.-Not at that time sd" '' -
Rogers little later and asked the name age rdcr aIeT
21nSI m an pt out INV report told her that Mrs Adams
had died Of poison and thar an AUTOPSY n w" ,bs fol
sary and that would have TO make II on '''' '0'-
'Go@5toad anybody have ,Is% smSIsg that substance
o-wihout putting It to your nose nose HmNS the oGor
put to my nose hns; nnan Without having to
place f. TO the nose although y w%ouiu % uos ro smf1
cient to have detected II very percepnolS III ''o
open air -. =. cha. ho,tle and
% IDd fo yST y6ToTSded pEdSf NYes il was about three
cighths Of an inch out Of the mouth
Mr. osborne handed an ordinary bromo-seltzer
bottle to the witness. who demonstrated IN
,ractical way how far the cork protruded from
the mouth Of the bottle when he first saw IT,
Odd YOU ask where the box was in which which
the bottle came through the mai u, the clubhouse.
'S '0 Was Cornish at tho Nat when you were
there? Ale was not
Witness said he 1id not see the glass rrom
which the poison was taken. although MT
Hovev told him tha; it was somewhere ABOUT
the fiat.
Frederick f. Hovey was called to the stand
as soon as DR. Weston left 1T
o-How soon after your congregation 10rnnr with Dr.
q DIR Weston told you the woman had pee"
poisoned? Al have Just heard hlin sa! - 80 davs
,a,sr 1bon 'T.' von f.s heard Of poison AaYes,
Or Weston said he told you, ana ~ i'''"-
cock ssys tho same. Al don't recall IT, .o, q
O-You say all these circumstahGes ior'neu d"
small impression on your mng yo mat Your friend
rad taken poison as result oi ula % Y.o,,r mind
and yct IT formed small impression on your N'''''
40 Vim YOU kindly tel the jury why, after the the
doctors had od yon o down wnS and die and another
claim 10 be ill., that it did not form a grea' i'ip''
sion? Ave all supposed it an accidehI
Then Mr. Hovey asked II he might explain TO
the Jury Receiving permission. he said ne was
50 confident that It was ordinary sickness ''a'
he paid no attention to "ha' ne '"o"s"'
the talk between doctors.
o-You considered the authoritative statement iaI Sa
Of p Coroncrs physician as an ordinary ta,io, tah
tween doctors? Al did not pay "ucH "''''''
20 Did YOU and Cornish. after receiving the In,
formation from the doctors. discuss VINO co"i' ""'7
oI61e You said Yesterday you examined with the
greatest possible care the package thai conIlned a
tne poisoHn % onoion mat il was done we'll that
II would take an expert to discover that II was nor not
the original package. Then you swore 'here was
NO wrapper. Al was mistaken.
SUGGESTS TWO BOTTLES.
O rsn not true that there were two bottles. one
r.f,h o. vrapner one without? Tell the jury If you
think it possible that man Of your ability couio
make such contradiction. Al swore TO Wha'
was nv impression. ] was mistaken. have noth-
W 6B" You into such sTact dsta; No Is thdt II
Hid not cornish show You bottle with
wrapper? A-No. was perfecIy "lf he 70 incor
rcci statement I made made the mistake per
fectly corscienlousN
Nlr osborne read the testimony Mr. HoVey
gave Yesterday about the poison bottle ana
wrapper and asked: is it possible that any
human being could describe an occurrence ana
it not take place
ives. / think So"
Q-pia you create that picture Of the bottle from from
ce,ersI tax and fror reading the papers. ,...,oo
Q-Who talked OF ETapP'II, r., on yornr, ,ng be-
icved vas telling the truth. In my mind seemed
90 sec the bottle
Mr. Osborne HANDED witness a hromo -seitzor
hottie without a wrapper. and asked him II that
was Ike the bottle he on the dininS-taole
in Mrs. Adamss apartments. He also showed
him a bottle in the original wrapper HoVey
said the first bottle looked like the one he saw
IN the Adams house but he thought the cork
was smaller
Uovov hon looked 1T the covered bottle and
said that fitted the description of the bottle ne
had described. The bottle was marked in cyi-
dcnce
DR.. POTTER CALLED.
Dr z. STYLES Potter. Of No. IA West Eighty
sovcnth-gt.. who was called by Cornish to assist
at Mrs Adams's deathbed. was the next wit
ness. He said he was called by Harry Cornish
about 10 o'clock on the morning Of December 2S.
The message was to come at once in consultation
with Tr Hitchcock on a severe case Of poison
ing.
Odd Cornish say poison? Al dii not see Cor
nish then. ord was le1t at me Once win 'l, ',
coored boy. Charles. that 1t was "A severe case oi
poisoning.
Mr.. Osborne inquired where Charles could be
found and said he would subpoena him at once
DR. Potter. continuing his testimony. said he
was not completely dressed when he received the
/ message but he reached the Adams apartment
where Mrs Adams was lying on a sofa, in about
five minutes He found Dr. Hitchcock doing
what he could He talked to him moment about
/ the case and then examined the patient. She
/ was then lifeless. There were present DR.. Hitch
! cock Mr.. Cornish, MI Hovey and Mrs. Rogers
! The last-named told him that upon her advice
/ Mr. Cornish had given her mother a dose OF
! bromo-seltzer Mrs Rogers in very eX'
| cited state and was crying and hysterical
Mrs Rogers" said the Doctor, expressed q
! desire 10 have the matter kept from the papers
| as she did not want any publicity. She request
! ed DR.. Hitchcock and myself to delay the notl'
| fcation Of the Coroner until she had an OPP
| portunity TO see Assistant Dstrict-Attorney
| Mcintyre He was an intimate friend of hers
! and had charge Of her affairs she said She alst
cautioned Cornish not to talk about the case
| and as we were leaving the room she said Il
| him You know the reason why This was saiC
! in an undertone. and was not intended for me L
hear.
Cornish told me that when he mixed th'
bromo-setzer 1t did not effervesce as it usually
does and after Mrs. Adams had taken her dos'
he mixed one for himself-a small one-to see j
it really tasted bitter. Mrs. Adams had sale
IL did.
Odd he say he would mix it? Ale certainly
did