Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-17
THE ADAMS INQUEST.
TESTIMONY OF DIR. HITCHCocA'
WHO attended DEAD WOMAN.
CONTRADICTION OF Mr.. HoVEY.
poctor Says He Saw No P"r"mn
About the BottIe-Mrs. HoSey -"
the stuud-PecuIiar Marital Devei-
opmcnts.
OpIncnts.

>-rv work. February 16.-The most
,mnortant feature In the inquest IN 'he
Adams poisoning case yesterday was 'ha'
the testimony of DR.. e. u. HitchcocA'
Who attended Mrs. Adams In her Ias'
moments. was in direct conflict with the
testimony of Harry S. Cornish ana FREQ
er,ck T.. Hoyey, both Of whom were III
urs Kate ]. Adams's fiat when she died.
Dr Hitchcock testified that the boy VINO
summoned him told him that ne was
wanted Immediately. as "a party mad Deeh
poisoned.
One pojnt on which DR.. Hitchcock con-
tradicted the testimony Of Hovey related
IN the condition of the bottle of poison.
The Doctor stated that he saw no paraffin
about the cork or mouth Of the bottle,
while Hovey in his testimony said that
the cork was covered with parafiin.
DIR. Hitchcock described how Cornish
was taken sick with symptoms similar to
those shown by Mrs. Adams. Cornish
asked: "Can 1t be anything else but bromo
seltzer?" and the Doctor replied that 1t
certainly could.
MRS. HOVEY'S TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Bertha May Hovey. the wife of the
witness who was examined yesterday, was
first placed on the stand to-day. The
questions of the Assistant District-Attor-
ncy brought out the facts that Cornish
had separated from his wife, and that
Mrs. Rogers was living apart from her
-
Adams fiat she was admitted by police
man. She met Assistant istrict-Attor-
ney Mcintyre there. Mrs. Rogers seemed
heart broken. She told them that Mrs.
Adams had taken bromo-seltzer, but never
mentioned poison. nor did she say that
her mother was the victim of diabolical
plot The fact that Cornish had given
the bromo-seltzer to her mother was not
spoken of by Mrs. Rogers.
when was ii first discovered that Mrs. |
Adams had been posoned?" was asked.
Il don't know. | did not discover it. | |
read il in the newspaper" was the re- |
ply.
Witness said she had talked with Cor |
,ish about Mrs. Adams's death. but she |
,ouid not remember that Cornish said TO |
Ter: What fool l am that | should |
ave received that bottle and given some |
4 the contents to Mrs. Adams"
TESTIMONY REGARDING AUTOPSY. |
Coroner s-Physician Weston took the
tand. DR.. Weston testified that he per-
ormed an autopsy upon Mrs. Adams's
ody. He at first formed the impression
hat Mrs. Adams came to her death
through taking cyanide Of potassium,
rom the odor of the bottle and from his
iagnosis at the autopsy. Subsequently,
chemical analysis showed that death
'as due to cyanide of mercury. The bot
lie was three-fourths full when he saw
!. The policeman gave IT to him and said
e had got it from DR.. Hitchcock. He
alked with Hovey on arriving at the fiat
nd Hovey told him about the case. He
melled the contents of the bottle and
Did Hovey he thought that II contained
yande Of potassium. No one else was
resent, but little later he saw Mrs.
,cgers and asked her about Mrs.
sdamss age so as to fill out his report
lie told Mrs. Rogers that her mother died
poisoning. and that he would make an
utopsy on the following day