The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-16
PROOF OF THE POISON
DOCTOR WHO ATTENDED MRS.
ADAMS TASTED CONTENTS OF
MYSTERIOUS BOTTLE
GAVE HIM A SEVERE SHOCK
Knew at Once That Crime Had
Been Committed - Mrs. Adams
Daughter Wanted the Affair
flushed Up - Frederick HOvey
Details Occurrences of the Fatal
Morning In the Adams Flat.

Details Occurrences of the Fatal
Morning In the Adams Flat.
NEW YORK, Feb 15.-The inquest
into the death of Mrs. Kate ]. Adams.
who died of poison on Dec. %, was re-
sumed today. Frederick Hovey, who
was in the Adams apartments when
Mrs. Adams died, was examined by
Assistant District Attorney Blumen-
thai. Mr.. Hovey said he knew Mrs.
Adams and her daughter, Mrs. Rogers,
very we'll. He was also well acquain-
ted with Harry S. Cornish. He had
never met Henry c. Barnet. Witness
said that about 9 o'clock on the morn
ing of the tragedy he heard Mrs. Adams
say:
Wait a minute While I get a glass
of water"
There was an interval of a few min
utes and he heard Mrs. Adams say she
was sick. Then he heard the sound
OF retching, and Mrs. Rogers cried to
Cornish to come and help mamma"
He heard Cornish go TO the back room,
TO help Cornish. Cornish was taken
sick, and he helped TO carry Mrs.
Adams 10 a lounge. Cornish called to
the hall boy TO run for a doctor, and
he himself ran into the dining room,
took the bottle of powder off the table
came back he handed Hovey phial
and said:
Give her twenty drops of water
Mrs. Adams was not conscious, and
l. was impossible TO get anything into
her mouth. Then the doctor came. He
said the case was serious, and took
some medicine from his pocket Wit
ness did not remain in the room and
did not know what the doctors did
after he left
Witness said there was no CONVEX
sation when he was called into the
bath room TO aid Mrs. Rogers and Cor
nish in caring for Mrs. Adams.
DO you mean to tell me- said Mr..
Blumenthal, that on seeing such a
condition you did not have any words
or ask how it all happened?"
Witness hesitated an instant and
then said:
I do not remember that either Mr.
Cornish or Mrs Rogers said that Mrs
Adams had taken brOmo seltzer"
Hovey said he was not related to the
Adams family or to Cornish; that he
had known Mrs. Rogers about eighteen
years. He could not tell when or where
he first met Cornish They were both
men about town and athletes and
We're intimate friends
After recess the witness said he had
been to lunch with Cornish and Cor
nish's father. and on being asked if
memory he said:
Yes. 1 remember the label on the
bottle"
In regard to the bottle containing
the poison, Mr.. Hovey said that when
he testified at the morning session he
was under the impression there was
Wrapper around the bottle. He said:
I did remember seeing label mark
co promo settler on the bottle. and this
L got confused with the outside wrap
per"
While at lunch Cornish remarked to
him: You must have forgotten how
that bottle looked. The outside wrap
per was not on 1t at that time"
AS witness row remembered, there
was no outside wrapper.
Mr.. Blumenthal seemed to consider
this change in testimony of Importance
anS confused the witness by a, series
of questions concerning the appearance
OF the bottle. He said he had not con-
Versed with Cornish on any topic ex-
cept the bottle and its covering Hoyey
was then excused.
DOCTOR CALLED.
DR.. E. F. Hitchcock, who attended
Mrs Adams at the last, was called
The first intimation he received that
his services were needed in the Adams
apartments was on the morning of
Dec. %. He was returning from
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 poison. He found Cor
nlsh waiting on the stoop of the Adams
mousse. 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 pre-
sumed it was Mrs. Adams, because
she was fully dressed, while all the
others We're en- desha bile. He describ-
ed IN detail the efforts he made to re-
neNe Mrs Adams, and also described
the bottle Of supposed bromo seltzer.
He took charge of the bottle from
which the cork protruded. He removed
the cork and remarked that he saw
no paraff1ne about it or the mouth of
the bottle.
rms IS dramatically opposed to the
testimony of Hovey, who stated en-
phatically that the cork was covered
with paraffine paper. Continuing, wit
ness said:
DANGEROUS TEST.
L took the bottle from my pocket
and removed the cork. 1 took nv little
finger, wet with my mouth and placed
il in the bottle and little of the DOW
der adhered to it, which 1 placed on
the end of my tongue. I was standing
over the table. Instantly after touch
ed the powder to my tongue 1 sank
back into a chair partially paralyzed.
The powder had a metallic taste and
was extremely nauseating. 1 started
to get up, but could not do so. except
by holding to the table. Mrs. Rogers
was continually imploring me to do
something for her mother She did
not realize that her mother was beyond
human assistance. 1 wes very sick
myself. and did not know how soon 1
would follow her. I sent Tor DR.. Pot
ter. and selected Cornish to go. be-
cause he was sick and 1 thought the
fresh air would do him good. This
was at $50 o'clock. Ten minutes later
Dr. Potter came, and I asked every
body to leave the room except him.
/ had the bottle, holder and wrapper
at that time in my possession. 1 real
lied that a crime had been committed.
/ said:
A diabolicai crime has been COM
nltted.'
This was said in the presence Of