The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-24

formed. never told anybody about i ana
il was not known until this case came Up.
Cornish denied that the two books ne =
credited with having written showed any
evidence that he knew something aOoaI
chemistry.
Mr.. Osborne then began cross-exarnins-
.ion. He wanted to know why cornish
rad Immediately concluded upon MS
Adams death that this case was similar
10 Barnet's when ne did not even suspect
that poison had been sent 70 Barnet. Cor
nssh was perplexed. he could not ex-
plain H. He admitted Debating a state
ment for the newspapers on January :.
Mr. Osborne continued questioning ana
Cornish grew confused. Re said be could
los tell exactly when he got the oromo-
seltzer bottle. ct was a matter o. detail.
nd not important He could not tel
whether il arrived en- the Friday AFTER
loon. Saturday morning or Saturday after
loon mail
cornish admitted TIA. al his testimony
ayarisnS the time he received the oot1se
.sas Just matter OF guess"
Mr. Osborne read az length from Ger
! nLshis testimony OF his doinss On the morn
ng OF Mrs. Adams death. ask,ng hin
many questions regarding his sickness
| eemlng 70 throw doubt upon CornisA's
| symptoms. Osborne drew attention 20
| Cornish's failure 20 make mention q his
? -is!t that day 70 SIR. Yocum. MS chemist
'r,end. Suppression and Inaccuracies were
! hen pointed out BY Osborne IN the var'-
| rus statements made by Cornish. Cornish
! eemed 10 think the matter Joke.
| DR.. L. A Conn. who attended Cornish
/ when he was taken III after Mrs. Adams
| death. was called Coffin said that at ;haS
/ time ne considered Cornish was net in a
( critical condition. He tid not treat Cor
nish for poisoning. He related various
/ conversations which took place between
| Cornish and himself. but the only import
J ant point brought cut was thar Cornish
J had said: II Douglass would only tell
what he knows about Barnet Il would
| throw more light on the case than any
| thing else could"
Cornish was recalled and In answer 20
the question why he sad that about DIT.
Douglass. replied; 81 thought he knew a
great deal more about What pssssd in
Barnets room. sun hold thas opinion
OF him"
you can't think OF any man that you
had trouble with besides Holincaux p
asked Osborne.
Il can't think OF any other maa that
tried % take the bread and butter our Of
my mouth" replied Cornish.
You mean Mouneaux trisd % deprive
you OF yoHr job?'
II DO. he cid II persistsntly.''
Dr Hitchcock was called 20 the stand
and Mr.. Osborne examined him As y trying
70 throw doubt upon Cornish being a.
Dr. Hitchcock acknowledged that he had
not actually seen Cornish vomit. though
he was going through the motions q ystch-
ing.
Dr.. WItthaus then entered the court
room having in his hand The famous
bromo-seltzer bottle. Or. Hitchcock idcn-
tihed Il. Dr. wtthaus testified 20 hnGiug
cyanide 81 mercury 10 the bromo-eeltzeT
and a very little OF that poison In ne
stomach OF Mrs. Adams.
What Is a poisonous dose?" asked Mr..
Osborne.
'T do not think that can be answered.
In one CAGE ten grains caused death. Prob
ably less than that amount viii Gauss
death. The mixture Of the syanlde II
mersury with ths brono-seltz,r would
naturally produce death more rapidly than
would the mercurai poison by Itself" Dr.
Wiithaus said a chemist could not have
much trouble IN making cyanide OF mer-
curry.
The inquest was then adjourned until TO-
morrow morning.