The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-09
POISON MYSTERY UNS0LVED
NO APPARENT PROGRESS MADE IN
THE CASE.
Statement-FlOwers and Note Re-
cefved from WomaM-Vhen Note
Wns Read He Said: 81 Wonder How
She Knew Was ILL.,"

New York, Jan. S.-No apparent prog
ress was made to-day in the solution Of
the mystery attached to the Adams
poisoning case. Miss Addie E. Bates,
C. Barnet, the Knlckerbocker club
member, who is alleged to have died
from poison, called to see Captain Nc
Clusky to-day. Captain McClusky gave
out the substance of her talk with him
as follows: According to Miss Bates
statement, she was sent for by DR.. Hen
ry b. Douglass on November 1 last to
take care of case. She called at DR..
Douglass office and was directed by
him to go to the Knickerbocker Athletic
club to attend a diphtheria patient, a
man. The patient had a sore throat
and DR.. Douglass came in the afternoon
and gave directions for giving medi-
cine and spraying the throat. The doc
tor also told her to admit no one to the
patients room during his illness. She
gave him medicine at different times
and refused to let any one see him.
Many messages came to him, but they
were answered by her over the tele-
phone
AT different times" the statement
continued, "a gentleman having a room
On the same floor in the club called for
him and also sent him flowers. On
Monday afternoon before he died Che
died on Thursday, November 10) some
flowers came to Mr.. Barnet with a note.
He was sleeping at the time. When he
awoke I told him some flowers were
there and also note. He requested
me to read the note and did so. After
reading the note he just closed his eyes
and said, 1 wonder how she knew I was
ILL., After had been there two or three
days DR.. Douglass asked me if / had
seen box marked Kutnow.' / an
swered that l had. We found it on the
dresser in the bathroom, and DR.. Doug
lass took it away with him He after
ward said that it contained mercury.
AT the time of his death there were in
the room DR.. Douglass, myself and Miss
Jennie Calender, the other nurse. His
DiOtliGI Ilu DecIl lIleTe, lOO, Dul DIT the
particular time he died he was not
there. During Mr.. Barnet's entire ILL
ness he was in such a condition as
man suffering from diphtheria. At no
time was I suspicious that his illness
was due to any other cause. He was
communicative through all his ILL
ness. / paid no attention to the sores
on his mouth and sprayed his throat"
Miss Bates denied that she had ever |
said to any one that Barnet had been |
poisoned before the poisoning with |
which he was affected just before his
final illness. The most important part
Of the interview with the nurse is that |
which relates to the sending of the |
flowers to Barnet and the note which
accompanied them. This is supposed |
to be the note signed Blanche" about
which much has been written and about
which there has been much speculation
as to the identity of its sender. Cap
tain McClosky now has this note in his
He would not permit it to
be seen or tell whether it is now in the
hands of the handwriting expert. He
would not admit that the note was
signed Blanche" but when in discuss
ng some point, one of his listeners ask
I'd if the note referred to was the one
signed Blanche, Captain McClosky re-
Piled in the affirmative. He quickly
himself, however.