New-York tribune., 1899-02-17

him. and was not called upon To treat hir'' he
said that Cornish had not Vomitcd In MS pres
ence and his impression is that he was not SICK
In answer to questions witness said that Cor
nish showed symptoms OF sickness anu 'na'
he did not hear Of his being sick
BY a juror-Arc you confident about there being
a solution in each glass? Al am. ,..-. 81,
o-IIow much sediment was in the bottom % ot
I A. much should be after taking a seluH'% pow
Q23po You recolcct Cornish leaving the room?
/ \ Yes he in and out at, ,, man
by MT osborne-You knew he SAID he had bad
taken poison. and you knew you would have taken
notice Of him knowing he had taken poison raG adtHr
you found Mrs Adams wa dead ana DeyUn1b bn a
/ cal aid? A.-Why. certainly. II J thoueht ne wa m"s
/ in any danger II did not impress me tha' II was
Do you know what became OF the two
/ glasses? Al do not. ,.,,. o, mara ,,oroo
! Al don't remember. 1t occurred to me after !
left the house that we should nave tahcn as @ no
BY uror-Dld each Of the glasses have a
dscoloraon on the side. as II they had pech uru"H
| from? Al don't remember
| Dr. Potter was then excused. and recess Of
ali hour taken.
MR.. MINTYRE TESTIFIES.
| When the afternoon session opened at 2:"o
r. m there was a surprise for those present In
the courtroom. as District-Attorney Gardiner
| accomnanied by Assistant Distrct-Attorney
John F McIntyre entered the room. Colonel
/ Gardiner at once took charge of the case, and
called Mr. Mcintyre the first witness MI
/ Mcintyre at once took the stand HIS ADVENT az
witness had been awaited with much interest
as from his acquaintance with both Mrs. Rogers
and Cornish it was expected that he would
throw considerable light on matters Which MI
Osborne has been seeking to find out about from
other witnesses. AS soon az he was sworn ana
a few preliminary questions were asked hiih He
started in to give his testimony He spoke rap
idly. and in such way that II showed tha' ne
had carefully prepared himself to give the de-
tails in chronological order as If he was ad-
dressing a jury After being asked by Colonei
Gardiner to tell what he knew Of the case MI
Mcintyre said:
on the afternoon Of December %. 1895 ! had
been downstairs in this building IN one , Oh bnG ,nG
courts in respect to some case WIICn h b,str,r A.
urder advisement | returned to the DlstI4c -,
! torney's office. perhaps about ? or mayne @ AZ ~
'iUgm communication that had evidently been re-
| ceiyed bv telephone asking me If would inquire
| of the Goroners' office with view to obtaining
The nresence Of some Deputy Coroner that would
| admit of the removal Of a body on that COM
iIS the person son who was described having died was
Mrs. Rogers went to the Co[2hers Co[2ht Irs ~ name anne
is. and he told me that mere "Son Sonnehodyy oy from
the Coroners court came to me- ana tskt1 t me orson
wasn't mistaken about the name n OF ,iG uiE t H.,
saiG So thot Mrs Adams had died there then
! returned the Coroners court and Wrnt 20 e ,I,e
/ had died at No 81 west Eighy-sixth-st and it
was marked Death duo 10 suicide IN 'nIf DE-, n,r
/ hans was about o'clock in the afternoon some
mr ge'wf%d Cnid al an" ,go once and
/ inquired for Nlr. Mcintyre. saw Mt oIh.Sn III
Tagyered nay word from The corouers court that Mr.
/ Adams had committed suicide re- Si'l", w.. 49,. +
/ there is no suicide in the Cy~t'. fhht driih W.,
duc 10 poison as he thought. tina, somebody ha'
sent him ractaee Of poison ,n IN tne b.G .2"t trd4rSt
it hone from the Knickerhooker Athletic club
Here Mr.. Mcintyre told Of his conversation
with Cornish in regard to what had occurred al
the house and also about The package received /
ly mail Mr. Mcintyre said he told Cornish III
+ looks as II a murder had been committed. his |
visit TO District-Attornoy Gardiner and his tell
ing him of thc case were also gone into IN de-
tail Hc said he told the Distr.ci-Attorn'y that
ho bad had professional relations with both NJ 's.
/ Adams end Mrs. Rogers. lie started for the
houec about O'Clock and reached there shortly
( before o'clock.
VISIT To THE ADAMS FLAT.
Describing his visit to the house ha said:
went upstairs to the premises When so' IN
.wo in inform TE-rc was some ono els there
whom / did not then recognize ana maven H H.i',r
/ recognized. I don't know whether ma person
was an officer or not At any rate. asked for the
|
/ room: { thcrc saw Mrs. Rogers. " ncn entered
dIi dnI Int and i asked her ahou' the details IF the
aifair as best could under the conditions as lnts
what had occurred in me morning. l then entered
the room. i'm which tHe dead body vas. tat 4'21n7
! 10 the nan that led 10 tho staircase
Mr. MCINTYRE here told of Mis-. Rogers's de-
s,rirtion Of the death of her mother. Continu-
ing he said:
1 then asked her where was the bottle of poison
and said that the doctor had T.. m"Ie ..l9- IN
ouircs Of those VINO wor" present ana , t,G,i-
tancd that an oiirer think his name & Wd' ''lGgi IG
10 prove that which mad been given - MIS-: Adams
Sote S% 1 1oider @ and that he also had papcr con,
taiLng "a supcrscrpuon addressed 10 10, , oIulSm ~
Wamtn: Pynnprr ~" came The Deputy Coroner dld
/ moi cone / concluded then tLat Wluld ~ DOWN
sai ,ir '',u AND when eot To- the outside OF the build
ing there were number OF newspaper Icpoii,Ia
Inc DO ID. o. would not permit them 80 pass the door
way. tncy wanted 10 90 in in order 90 ascerlan i.,
importuncd mo TO 90 back npstaiTs lH1o tic H. ,bry
could le. some information AS they Si,1'Gi ,hs, 10
woud / won't upstairs and gathered some points
inat they desired To asceital 49,, ,.,io. oei
cef. { SPOKE to Mrs Roger and I spoke 10 Mr.
Hovcy. went downstairs aiterward ana com
,nuricaf.d that which had gathered. iu " WY, 10
the newspaper men VINO were do"nslil's Mrn,lJ W ,TJ
talking 70 ne "GNspnnrf, pam I'M iiin g6n ug| inn
mciiatciy went upstairs again. When got IN % the
,,r.nis.. that were occupied by Mrs. Adams IN hcI
HT,tinc I found DR. Weston there. Or Weston and
went into the room in which the deceased lhch
Iav The body was iu box J. couldn't state
' whether il was an iccboX not; but d. MS IN a
hov however. 4 conversation occurred between
, Dr Weston and myself told Dr. weston inat
witch had gathered in a convt Isatlon with ME.
+ rrGn win Mr. Cornish and ! stated to Dr. Weston
mat i'm nv Judgment a most deliberate murder Aad
/ bc.n committed. and Il was case that tnOuEAl
| rcnured speedy and prompt action. Dr. Weston
/ agreed with me that. IN his judgment. TOO muir
.a., t..II I.,n Tod
were then PASSED from Oilcer Palmer 10 lpr es-
ton Dr. Weston had hottie In his hand ana he
had sup,rs, riptlon and he had one other exhibit.
and the lumber in his hands. ana aiterward'
! think placed on sideboard out IN thn dining