The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
Cornish Tells
OF Adams
POISONING CASE.
Graphic Description of the
Famous Tragedy,

New York, Jan. Up to a late houE
tonight the promised arrest in tina
Adams poisoning case had not mates
rallied.
There was practically nothing new
in the situation, except statement N.
sued by Harry Cornish, In which he
reviews the details of receiving the poi-
soned ''bromo sel7aE." the giving of the
poison to Mrs. Adams, and subsequent
events.
Mr.. Cornish IN part saysi Elm tho
morning Mrs, Rogers came to my door
and made remark something like.
Mamma has Fearful headache ana
would you give her some of your bronze
selzerf On this suggestion, 1 went into
her room and took the bottle to the
dining rooms, sat down at the table and
opened it. l read the directions on
the outside. which said, "A heaping tea
spoonful and this amount took from
the bottle. Mrs. Adams brought me
a glass in which I put the powder, and
then she went to the kitchen to
get the required half goblet of water.
She came back and poured the water
into the glass. l stirred 1t repeatedly
and then she drank it, | did not no.
lice whether 1t efgervesoed or not. and
would have thought nothing Of n
either one way or the other, because
l nave had no experience with bronze
seller.
Mrs. Adams must have left ano,,1
an inch of the mixture in the glass ana
as soon as she had swallowed n. ans
MADE some such remark as. NV. how
bitter 1t Isl! Then she started to WALL
toward the kitchen. When she toan
IL up to drink 1t, had reached fnr tha
paper which was GA the ta.-
pie, and when she made that
r ltsI,l said something like,
why. that's all right. and | took the
glass up and tasted 1t myself. taxing
o. good-sized swallow / noticed tbae
II burned little bit, and I paid no st-
Lonlkon 70 IT, and started to read. Than
heasd Mr.. Rogers cry from the bath
roem; Come here and help rna1nmai'
l Jumped up from the table, and nv
hhees sort OF gave out under me, but I
Strengthened uD, and went TO the bath
room. Just as ! arrived there MA
Adams dropped ON the floor. / attempt
ga TO raise her from the floor. and
could not do it. The moment 1 made
an enert to rUiSe her I began to WON'T,
talen called loudly for Mr.. Hovey. He
came rpGininE to the hath rOom Ia his
night Dress, and assisted me to carry
Mrs. Adams to the couch In the dipma
ROOM
I rernernber THAI all Shis time had
this feeling Of sicineSA / ran to tho
door, and going out into tho haH, called
HenrY. the hall bay, and toFd him to
run Snd get a doctor quick, because
Mrs. Adams liz very sick.
then ran back 10 the bath SponA
where WAS siclRar than ever WAC hes
fore In my lie AS soon as could
ran t. my room, put on my shoes and
trousers, put on my oEerocat right ovsA
my E0jansaa. and tafciHg tine bottle ran
down eGa across the street to the drug
store. remember being sick while I
was going downstairs, going across Gha
street, are In the drug store Durin9
all my rDDuing around that EnorayihR /
was continually vomiting.
I'm the drug store put the bottle on
the counter told the clerk That wo-
man had just drunk some OF that and
asked him what / should give her. He
put up some sweet spirits Of ammonia.
and ran back to the house with 1t,
taking the bottle with ma When arr
rived there the doctor had not como,
and / told Henry me must 20 after HIM,
as some one was poisoned
Il started downstairs myself anH
around The corner with Henry, and as
we came near eth street che doctors
was coming down the street.
Il went back to the house with him.
The doctor did what he could. He then
took some Of the powder from the bots
tie. placed Il on his tongue and re-
marked that 1t was bitter. He finally
said that the case was so serious that
he would like to have me call DR.. r.,
Styles Potter, who lived at S7th street
and Amsterdam avenue. 1 ran all tho
way 10 the doctors Office, and was
still troubled with nausea At the doc
tors office colored boy answered tia
bell, and asked him to tell the doctor
that DIR. Hitchcock had a severe case
of poisoning and wished him to come
right away Or. Potter was apparently
In an inside room in bed, and am sure
that I did not see him. as Immediately
upon his assuring me that he would
come, ran back TO the house alone.
HE came soon, but when Il was toe
late. After we we're satisfied that Mrs.
Adams was dead, I explained the entire
TO the doctors. They
had previously told me that it was n
case for the coroner TO look into. Up to
that time have no recollection of Mr..
McIntyre's name being mentioned, and
| am positive ] was the FIRST one to
mention It, and II came about, think,
Ny tHt uOCtpFs bhylnE tDdt 10 would
be very late when the coroner
got there and that Il was impossible
to remove the body until ne came.
As / knew how unpleasant 1t would
be to pass and repass through this
room during the day. my thought was
TO see Mr.. Mcintyre and see II he could
not use his influence at the coroner's
Office 10 have them attend to this at
once. That was my idea in going TO
him. Not being able to get Mr.. McIn-
tyre on the phone that morning. I
went 20 the criminal court building
and there saw him. From there went
TO inform my cousin and then return to
the club I had been very sick all dur
ing the day. but felt that / ought to
keep on my feet as long as possible.
on my return to the club, however.
found II necessary 10 send for a phys,-
clan. and both Or. Phillips and Or.
Coffin attended me.
81 was severely sick from Wednesday
night until Thursday noon and was
confined 20 bed by the doctors orders
until Friday morning. ] lost 10 pounds
In weight during that time and UNDER
stand that my physicians think that
the amount OF running around that I
ekaa,r fNtftt vsr.I.