The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-17
NEW YORK POISON MYSTERY
THE TESTIMONY OF DIR. POTTER
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT.
sickness In Cornish When Called to
Attend Mrs. Adams Denied the State-
ments of Cornish and Others Concerns
Ing Amount of Poison Taken.

New York, Feb. 16-Several witnesses
We're put on the stand to-day at the
coroner's inquiry into the death of Mrs
Kate J. Adams, but the two witnesses
around whom interest centered were
District Attorney John F. Mcintyre and
DR.. e. S. Potter Assistant District At
torney McIntyres testimony was not
important and it threw but little light
on the mystery. His statement that he
had not gone over the names of persons
suspected of having sent the bromo
seltzer package through the malls, with
Cornish, when he called on Cornish at
the Knickerbocker Athletic club on the
night of Mrs. Adams death, was con-
tradicted by Detective Sergeant Maher,
who said: "He (McIntyre) said he had
seen Cornish and talked to him and
they had gone over list of Names"
In connection with Cornish's alleged
illness DR.. Potter who had been called
in to assist DR.. Hitchcock in attending
to Mrs. Adams, stated that he saw no
time and that in his judgment Cornish
was not sick. DR.. Potter made what is
considered by the district attorneys Of
flee an important witness. He had a
good memory >evidently. He distinctly
remembered, he said, seeing two glasses
on the table when he visited the Adams
fiat, one of which contained a sediment
and the other no sediment that he re-
membered He testified also that in
stead of heaping teaspoonful as stated
by Cornish and others, Mrs. Adams had
received barely a half teaspoonful of
the mixture, as evidenced by the
amount of the mixture that remained in
the bottle.
OF the call made for him on the day
Mrs. Adams was poisoned, DR.. Potter
said Cornish came to me. / was not
in, but he left word that should come
at once as 1t was case Of severe
poisoning" This contradicted testi-
mony given by Cornish and practically
contradicted that given by Hovey. DR..
Weston, coroner's physician, who pre-
ceded Dr. Potter on the stand, stated
that he had told Hovey that the mix
ture smelled like cyanide of potassium
and that he had made the statement in
the Adams house.
DR.. Potter testified that he heard DIR.
Hitchcock say that diabolical crime
had been committed and that poison
had been used, both Cornish and Hovey
being present at the time. Hovey was
put on the stand in connection with his
statement to the effect that he did not
suspect that crime had been commit
ted for three days afterward and asked
If he did not hear the statements refer
red to. He replied: Il heard, but l
really did not remember"
One portion of Dr. Potter's testimony
caused something of sensation. He
said after describing the details of Mrs.
Adams death: Mrs. Rogers asked if
the matter could not be kept quiet. She
also asked us to delay reporting the
death until she could see AS
sistant District Attorney Mcintyre AS
Cornish was leaving the room she told
him not to make the matter public,
adding in an undertone, You know the
reason Why l don't think it was in
tended that I should hear it,
Mrs. Hovey was also on the stand |
out her testimony did not amount to |
Assistant District Attorney |
Osborne to-day stated that Mrs. Moli-
leux had now got go far out Of the case
hat there would be very little interest
aiken in her appearance on the stand; |
hat she had no important testimony to
give and that probably she would not
De called at all.