The Portland daily press., 1899-02-18

signed by Nrs. Rogers Thsn ne te,e.
phoned the coroner that Mra Adams wss
dead Of roisor, evidently : coss1s,uss saus
suicide. Cerniah did NOT e1psess any er'ef
at having poisoned his friend.
John n. Yocum testiftsd that he hseu
at the Kniokerbocker clnb, was pro
fessional chemist with q laboratory con,
taining large assortment OF dIugs nna
that he was an intimate friend Of Cornish.
| Witness said he did not know that no
had ever seen cyanide Of mercury.
| Being asked whether he knew any other
chemists who were intimate frienus Oh
Cornish, he said that Peter I. Austin
and MIR. Clients were chemists and mem
bers OF the knickerbocker club. Cornish
was not accustomed to visit witnesses 3
laboratory frequently.
Witness coutinued: ~ went to the
Adams fiat the night of Mrs. Adams
death Mrs. Rogers told me how her
mother died. She brought me elass ~
which there was about i-2 ounces On
water. On the side OF the aiAss was 80
white crystal. He told Mrs. Rogers .ne
glass ought to be turned over to the poiies
and she said sh, thought 80 too.
"Did you see Cornish that mighty"
"xss, he was In my room at the ciup.
He came to see me about one o'oiooh ~
the afternoon In the laboratory. nj
looked 40 drawn ard played out that 1
Adams 10 dead. he said. Il gave her some
OF that bromo seltzer.'
What bromo seltzer, I asked
What got in that bottle he
answered.
whiskey mixed, which he Immediately
vomited up then gave him the key Of
my room and on my return there o. slx
o'olock that evening found him lying
upon the bed with two doctors In attend
auce upon him. He appeared to be very
Adams Hat and l told him no. that I
would 30 up. I got back about ten o'clock
and talked with Cornish In general
HCornish did not tell you that he had
been told by two doctors that Mrs. Adams
had been poisoned?"
"No, he did not. He was sick and the
subjsct of poison was not mentioned"
Cornish stated that when he gave her
the mixture she complained that IL was
not right or that it was bitter and burned
her mouth and set the glass down ano
! walked out. Then he took the glass and
tasted 1t. He conveyed the impression to
me that he had taken one or two tea
spoonfula"
Mr.. Yocum further said that when
| Cornish called upon hi IN on the day after
Mrs Adams death he said he had seen
| Mr. Mcintyre and he conveyed the I'm
preston that he thought the fault wsf
with the bromo seltzer. ne did not say
any thing about cyanide OF potassium.
The proceedings were interrupted by
| District Attorney GARDENERS secretary,
who brought into court the negro Charles
Bates, DIR. Potter's servant. Mr.. Osborne
asked Mr.. Yocum to step aside Tor
minute and put Bates on the stand, ant
asked him to describe the call for Dr
Potter o, the morning Of Decsmber as A
the request Of Mr.. Osborne. Cornish ssoot
up and Bates identified him as the man
| who had left the message for Dr. Potscl
| to 90 70 the Adams fat:
No one had any questions to ask bate
and o recess WAS announced
that Cornish had sent u friend to him
asking that he (Cornish) be allowed te
| 20 on the stand today. ~
"I told him." said Coroner Hart, that
he must see the district attorney. Int
| man said Cornish wanted to see me per
sonally and that II alowcd TO go on th'
| stand he was prepared TO give olu'
| shat would clear up the mystery. MT
| Osborne said that Cornish would certainly
| be called again.
Mir. Yocum resumed the stand aftei
recess he said he had roomed at th.
Adelaide with Mrs. Adams tor about
three months. He had no knowledge oi
1 :
bors. He and Cornish and Mrs. Ada mi
and Mira Rogers were the sole oceu pant,
| of the fiat. Yocum said he told Cornish
| on ths morning after Ars. Adams death
that the psecipitate in the glass might b
| bichloride OF mercury.
| "By that time" asked Mr.. Osb,rne
s"you had reached the conclusion that she
had died by the act Of poisonerP'
.'That she died from poison, yes.
"Dfd you suegeet the name OF Aolineu,
as "a half way chemist who could have
done it?'
~ did not. ! nevsr knew Mr.. Molineul
at all and had no knowledge OF hi
chemical acquirsuents
You said this morning that the poisor
must have been sent by an exper
chemist"
"No 1t might gave been bought. l sait
II II was made, Il was made by An expert
Mercurisl cyanide is u chemical curiosity
No one not acquainted wteh chsiniosl
would ever have thought OF IL. No SKIN
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