Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-18
two POISON GLASSES.
Witness Springs S.n|ation at the
Adams Inquest.
NEW THEORY SUGGESTED.
Dr. e. Styles Potter S,vears He Found
Two Glasses In the Adams Fiat
Tint Had Contained DrO-
mo Seltxcr.

New York, Feb. II. An important
new tn Dry of Assistant District Attur-
ney Osborne, as outlined by the latest
line of questioning at the poison in
quest, liz that there were two bromo
settler bottles one poisoned and one
not, and two glasses in the Adams fiat.
That there We're two glasses has been
established by Dr. Potter's testimony
during the day. On hearing the testi-
mony as to the two glasses, Mr.. Os-
borne declared cxcitedly, II believe you
can furnish us with the solution to the
mystery"
1t was the most dramatic scene since
the inquest began.
Before that Hovey was repeatedly
asked if there We're not two bottles and
IL this did not account for his changing
his testimony. He denied that this was
so.
Or. Potter testified that as he left the
Adams apartment he heard Mrs. Rogers
say to Harry Cornish:
keep this from the papers," and that
then, in an undertone, she added, 'You
know the reason Why
1ne other witnesses were Mrs Hovey
and DR.. Weston, coroners physician
Mrs. Hovey testified that no mention
was made in the house of poisoning be-
ing suspected. DIR. Weston testified as
to the autopsy he performed on Mrs
Adams.
Termed Case Of Poisoning.
Dr. e. Styles Potter, who was called
To aSSiSf m ut Alo
fiat, was put on the stand.
lie said that he was called at 10
o'clock in the morning by Cornish, who
said that he was wanted to consult
with DR.. Hitchcock iii a clear case Of
poisoning"
"Did he use those very words to you?"
II didn't see him, but that was the
message that was given to me-"
DR.. Potter then told of his visit to
the fiat and of his examination of the
body OF Mrs. Adams.
Mrs. Rogers stated that on her ad-
vice Mr.. Cornish had given her mother
dose of brono seltzer," said DR.. Pot
ter. she was hysterical and said she
wished the matter could be kept from
the papers, as she did not desire pub
LEFTY. She asked DIR. Hitchcock and me
to delay notifying the coroner, as she
wanted to consult with Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Mcintyre, who was an
intimate friend of hers and who already
had charge of her affairs"
What Cornish Told Him.
Continuing his story, DR.. Potter said
Cornish told him of receiving the bro
mo settler and silver holder day or
two before Christmas, how he had
brought it to the fiat and how he had
given some of the drug to Mrs. Adams.
Cornish further stated that when he
mixed the bromo settler it did not effer-
vesce as usual. He said, too, that he
mixed a dose for himself, after Mrs
Adams became i'll, to see If it really was
poison. 1t nauseated him, he said.
Glow many glasses were there?'
1.-TWO glasses. One had a small resi-
due of solution and the other larger
"Are you sure there was some of the
solution in each glass;
Il am positively sure of that
"You can swear to that positively?"
81 can and do"
"And that there were two elasses?"
Eyes"
"Do you know what became of those
glasses?"
81 do not"
"Were they removed when you were
Thereof
~ do not know | had seen them and
then did not see them. 1t occurred to
me afterward. Why did we not bring |
them away with us?' We took the other
things and | don't know how we over |
looked the glasses"