Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-16

how Cornish was taken sick with symp-
toms similar to those shown BY Mrs.
Adams.
Cornish asked; "can II be anything
else but brOmo settler" and the doctor
replied that II certainly could.
Mrs. Bertha May Iiovey. the wife Of
The witness who was examined yester-
day was nrst placed on the stand to-
day, The question OF the assistant
district attorney brought the facts that
Cornish had separated from his wife
and that Mrs. Rogefs was living apart
form her husband,
When Mrs. Hovey reached the Adams
nat she was admitted by policeman.
she mot Asst. Distr. Attorney Mcintyre
there. Mrs. Rogers seemed hcnrthrok-
en- She told witness that Mrs.
Adams had taken bromo acitxcr. but
never mentioned poison nor dld she say
that her mother was the Victim OF a
plot. The fact that Cornish had given
the bromo Reltzcr 20 her mother was
not spoken Of by Mrs. Rogers.
when was the FIRST time you dis
covered that Mrs. Adams had been
polsoncdf' was asked
Il don't know. I did not discover
u. ] read Il In the newspapers"
Mrs. Hovey said she remained In the
Adnma house until Saturday. Dec. n,
the day ~ the funeral. when she went
with Mrs. Rogers TO Hartford. WHORE
the body was buried. tMrs. Adams died
on wednesday. Dec. 80.
witness roid ahe had talked with
Cornish about Mrs. Adnms'a death. but
she could not remember that Cornish
hnii TO her what n fool I am that
should have received that bottle and
given some OF the contents 10 Mrs.
Adams"
coroner's physician. Weston. took the
Dr. Weston testified that he per.
formed an autopsy upon Mrs. Adamn'a
body. He at FIRST formed the impress.
sion that Mrs. Adams came 20 hei
death through taking cyanide " poiaa-
Stun from the odor of the bottle and
his diagnosis at the autopsy Suhsc.
qucntly chemical analysis showed
that death was due 10 cyanide ~ mcr-
curry. The bottle was wrapped In q
piece OF brown paper such - lawyers
use for their notes. The bottle was
thrcc-duartcrs full when he saw II. The
policeman gave Il to him and said he
had got II from Dr. Hitchcock
WltncH talked with liovvy on arriy.
Ing at the nat mud iloyey told him
above the ease. Ne rmclicd IN. contents
Of the bottle aud told liovcy he though,
II was cyanide OF potassium. No one
else was present at the time. but iit.
hfhh't ~ INV SUITE AANNfNH MAAf A|NNl
about Mir. AdamH's axe. etc. 30 ~ Ia
MI out his report, Ic told Mrs
Rogers that her mother had died ui
poison and that he would make mn nu.
topsy on the following day Wltnoa.
was asked whether anybody could have
smellcd the substance In the bottle
without putting IL Ia the nose. lie an.
swcrcd that he thought the odor could
have been detected. although Il would
not have been 20 marked. The cork IN
the bottle protruded about = % an inch
Witness asked where the box was In
which the bottle came through the
mail and was told II had been thrown
away at the knickcrbOcker club house,
Cornish was not az the Hat when wit,
ness was there. Witness did not aes
the glass fron which the poison was
taken. although Hovcy told him u was
somewhere about the Hat. lie could not
recall having said anything about wha
might have sent the bottle. lie Wa,
under the impression that roinethlnr
was said about the probability OF d
mistake having been made In III,
preparation oft he bromo HcitEer.