New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-24
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CORNIsHS ILLNESS.


of Cornish whom ne dil rot consider a very I'll
man at the time DR.. Coffin also said that he
had known Of Barnets illness and death. and
had on the day Mrs. Adams died told Cornish
that his case was similar. and that he had taken
a small dose Of poison. This testimony was
almost directly opposite TO what Mr.. Cornish
declared was said that night
Dr. Hitchcock. who was the first physician
called in 10 attend Mrs Adams. then re-
called 10 the stand. The doctor reviewed his
testimony already given. and said possibly the
question OF two glasses might be accounted for
from the fact that Cornish brought one into the
room while he was there. This rather COM
phcates matters as TO the glasses. as Cornish
has already testified that he used two glasses
when he gave the dose 10 Mrs. Adams.
DR.. Hitchcock declared positively that Cornish
said to him while he was treating Mrs. Adams:
Perhaps II take taste OF It I can tell what
It is" Il said" continued the doctor. that
had better take a taste OF it myself, and did
So" This is in slight variance with COrnish's
testimony where he said that he had actually
taken a good sized swallow" Of the mixture
before Dr. Hitchcock arrived.
Dr. Hitchcock then reafirmed his testimony
that he did not meet Cornish near his own Of
fee as Cornish had stated, but within
twenty feet Of the Adams fiat, and that less than
thirty grains had been taken out OF the bottle
containing the poisoned bromo-seltzer. In the
course Of Dr. HitchCock's testimony the original
bottle was first produced in court and identified
by him and others who had handled IT. Dr.
Hitchcock said ne had taken about three quar-
tiers Of grain of the poison himself When
asked II he had taken any more out Of the bot
tie while IL at his office. he said he had not
r. +. Moran. of the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club, was then called and gave some unimpor-
tant testimony as 10 why a man had been asked
10 leave the club for changing a bicycle record.
CHEMISTS TESTIMONY.
Professor Witthaus was the next witness He
said he had been engaged in all the big poison
ing cases I'm New-York City for some years
Reading from a small notebook he told Of his
receipt on December 81 OF the bottle containing
the poison from Detective Heriihy and the organs
OF Mrs Adams from DR.. Weston. He received
the glass from which the mixture drunk
from Detective Carey on January .. The re-
suit OF his analysis showed In the cake mass
about AZ per cent OF cyanide Of mercury to 5S
per cent Of bromo-selzer. The remaining con-
tents Of the bottle when mixed showed about
per cent Of cyanide OF mercury and w per cent OF
bromo- settler Professor Witthaus described the
process OF examination Of the organs He found
very little Of the poison in the stomach-perhaps
three and three quarters grains.
BY Coroner Hart-Enough 10 cause death? Al
DO not know how much will cause death. The
amount on the tissue Indicated that very large
dose had been taken, perhaps twenty grains
BY NJ Os5orns,Wnat Is poisonous d9 rsr Al
only three cases on record In one case ten grains
desS be .rs of tse eyands on er
curry with the bromo- settler would naturally pro-
duce a death more rapidly than would the mer-
Q-Do you think there was layer Of poison on
eeP III 'nn In nov Opinion n. op vas 80 n sS pnps
o-what would DO the effect as regards .rer-
bromo- settler? Att would diminish the ener-
.ysAcencs. whsn mixed them in water the upper