New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-06
STATEMENT FROM CORNISH.


use to me, and that she, could put Il with her
other articles. which she did placing them on hef
went to the front door TO tate IN the papers AS
passed the kitchen door saw Mrs Adams In line me
bound aroupd her her head hat She had
went to my room and reclned on the bed 70 read
them. as was my custom. After period Mrs
so Gsets s~f ike 20 Mamma has headache and
won't you give her some OF your bromo se,z err.
On this suggestion | went into her room ana TOOK
the bottle to the table in the dinng-room and sat
down at the table In attempting TO open II "a
so used silver dining fork read the directions DIR
In the mean time Mrs. Adams had brought me
she went to the kitchen with another glass to get
the required "haf-goblet" Of water. l sat at the
MIXTURE and she 0G came and stood beside me
poured the water into the glass stirred the MIX ,no
1t and drank it. | did not notice whether i etfer,
yesced or not and would have thought nothing III, 81
experience with bromo-seltzer There is no aues-
n dd no Ssovs Ip kD in the
water and thereby gave ii white appearance: !,
efrervesce. though l knew nothing about the
preparation. Mrs: Adams must have left about bout
as she had swallowed it made some such remark
MY. how bitter that is and then immedat ely
took it up to drink 1t had reached for the paper
which was on the table beside me- and wnen sne
somsthng se wh hVa that's ' all right and took
u Noticed a ' that it burned little but paid
tenton TO i, and started TO read II was tnen la'
come he Mrs and seS Gn
Jumped up from the table, and as did so my
up and went to the bathroom. and just as ar
rived there Mrs. Adams dropped in a heap on the
could not do it, but the moment made an effort
to raise her from the floor began to yomit /
and sGSt then a' called q loudly for Sr Hovey He
eis tod mo m Mrs
time time had this feeling Of sickness. ran to the
who is the hall boy. Fortunately, he was In the
SsI h c anH as see ne od m to and get
a doctor. quick, because Mrs Adams Is very sick.
bath 'nsm .4 Where was sicker ihan ever
life As soon as could ge, }heTe ran an 10
then put on my overcoat right over my pajamas.
and taking the bottle ran down and across the
being sick while I going downstairs. going
my running min around that morning was continually
vomiting. In the drug store put the bottle on the
should give her He looked at It, and asked me II
sv haa bee ps Pr5s e' nd back 70
the house with it. taking the bottle with me When
again ran to the hall telling Henry that he must
aow a1'ed the Stairs myself and around the
with Henry, and came near Eighty seventh
Street nt SAVING "There comes the doctor now
waited for him. and went back TO the house with
When we arrived at the house the doctor did
what he ,S ou ow snd q9m e bo nd he
his tongue, and immediatel remarked that IT
was so serious that he would like very much for
go to DR.: E Styles Potter. who lived at the cor
ran downstairs again and ran all the way to the
Doctors office, and was still troubled with nausea
answered the bell, and asked him 70 tell the
ND ted i'm
Dr. Potter was apparently in an an, inside room IN
@ and a on his that he
would come started and ran back 70 the mouse
alone. He came In very short time, however
and then It too late.
WHY HE CALLED IN Mr. MINTYRE
After we were all satisfied that Mrs Adams was
dead on my own volition I explained the entire
circumstances TO the doctors. They had previously
told me that It case for the Coroner to look
into, and I think they asked me TO make state
mo- men Recollection Of MI Mcrntyres name being
toned and l am positive that was the first one
doctor rH saying that It would probably late
the to oVe the body un he
knew now unpleasant this would be for the other
Of a s a he a 40 y
M Mcintyre and see If ne could no6 qse o any to
get them attend to this at once That was my
Sole idea in going 70 him. and w saw no oe Tsas9n
FREY Of S"G mine and certainly did not think q
anything beyond the Coroners CONNECTION WIN o
the the case psone S0t that day went to the Criminal
Court Building and mere saT h repned TO the
cab' 10 '''o''" lily 1''" w 49,, ,,,. 81,
mai 7 ought TO keep on my feet as long as pos,
sble on my return to the club however l round
r. necessary 10 send for a physician. and ooth Or
PhiIlips and DR. Coffin attended me. was severely
sick from Wednesday night until about Ihu arso
orders until Friday morning. I lost twelve pounds
in weight during that time, and understand unar
nv physicians think that the amount or running s
around did was what saved me from the fatal
effects Of the poison
Tb. statement Of Mr. Cornish given above
conflicts in some details with the statements
given out by DR. f. Styles Potter and Dr. Hitch
cock DR. Hitchcock, when seen last night was
positive that Mr.. Cornish had made an error
where In answer TO question: he mad repieo
that Dr. Hitchcock did not suggest the use OF
stomach pump Mrs. Adams The doctor Is
sure that he took the pump with him to the
house. and was then requested not to use IT,
Dr Potter could not be seen last night in regard
TO the
HANDWRITING EXPERT AT WORK
The wrapper which around the package
containing the match holder and the poison was
turned over by the police several days ago 10
handwriting expert At the same time ne re-
ceived number OF letters Of suspected persons
These letters were furnished to the police by
Harry Cornish. While Captain McClusky would
saw nothing about the result Of this investigation
OF handwriting another police official who Is "a
miliar with the case said yesterday afternoon:
THE fac-similes OF the address which have been
pictured In some papers are not correct by any
means The wrapper which we received from
Mr.. Cornish has been carefully guarded and
only shown to the expert While not telling all
that the expert has found in the case would
saw that the pen with which the writing on the
wrapper was done was coarse steel pen the
writer is used to writing with a fine pen me
pen was evidently held between the third ana
tha fourth fingers according to the expert and