The Portland daily press., 1899-02-18
Statement to This Effect Made by
District Attorney.
CORNISH ASKS PERMISSION TO GO
ON STAND AGAIN.

what He Has to Say VIII Help Inn
| measurably in the Solving the My.-
terry He says--Dr. Hitchcock Says He
| wants to Testify Again--An Inter-
| esting Day ON the whole at Adams
Inquest.
| New YORK. February 17.-Without max
ing very great progress toward the solu-
ton of the mysterious Adams poisoning
case the.coroner's inquest this afternoon
adjourned until Monday. Several wit
pesses were examined. DR.. Hitchcock
made the statement that II he were again
put on the stand he could clear up the
mystery of the two glasses.s
Harry Cornish sent friend to coroner
Hart today asking for u private confer
ence. The coroner sent back word that
he saw no need Of private conference
and that Cornish could tell publicly all
he knew by resuming the witness stand.
Cornish then announced his readiness to
testify again.
What I shall disclose will help i'm
measurably In solving this mystery" he
said.
1t is very probable he will give his svi-
dence Monday.
An announcement emsnAted today from
the district attorneys offce TO the effect
that the persons who ha1 murdered Mrs
Adams and Henry q. Barnet were known
absolutely and that the state had sSffic-
lent evidence TO convict them.
The afternoon session was taken
up prin .ipally with hearing the evidence
given by Assistant District Attorney Nc
intyre. several policemen who were con
nected one way or the other with the case
and George A. Salmon, athletic director
at Cutters school Harry s. Cornish s
statement that the idea that crime had
been committed had not occurred to him
until two or three days after the death Of
Mrs. Adams was oontradioted by Mr.. Nc
Intyre az IL had previously been contra
dioted by Drs Hitchcock and Potter Nc
Iutyre said that on the day of Mrs.
AdaMs' death Cornish told him that some
one had sent him bottle OF poison and
that. not knowing the real contents of the
bottle he had given some OF 1t TO Mrs.
Adams with fatal result.
One of the policemen who gave their
testimony contradioted the evidence. of
Frederick H. Hovey, who had corrobcrated
Oornish's statement that the Inmates Of
the Adams tat had no suspicion ut the
time of her death that Mrs Adams was n
victim Of poison.
George 4. salmon, testified that Cor
nish had shown him at the kniokerbocker
Athletic club the box containing the
bottle of poison. saying: see what q
nice Xmas present someone has sent me. !"
"He had no special reason for showing
IL to me-" said salmon, land l don't
know why he did 1t.
The witness also said that the enmity
existing between Cornish and Barnet was
common talk among members OF the
club
The first witness called was P. II.
Finnaran. assistant athletic instructor
under Cornish. He said that he was with
Cornish when the bromo .seltzer bottle
was received rs we'll as the holder. The
bottle fitted the holder nicely.
Finneran suggested that 1t might be q
joke. He went TO Boston the next day
and when he returned Cornish was sick.
At the suggestion Of Cornish an attempt
was made TO find the wrapper to the
bottle, but 1t failed.
Finneran said he was sure the bottls
WAS regular bromo -seltzer bottle. Mrs
Osborne produced "a regular brorno-seltxsl
bottle and showed that 1t would not III
the holder.
Finneran further stated that Mr.. kinG
who was present when Cornish received
the bottle started to take a dose but coult
not find u glass. de said he saw th'
bottle in Cornish's hands. but did mo-
have it in his own hands at all.
Undertaken Thomas p. Browne testified
that when he went TO the Adams apart
ment in response to n call he found Or
Hit chcock and Cornish eating app les. H'
didn't see Cornish vomiting. Wibnes
told Cornish the proper thing to do In th'
case was to notify the coroner, and Cor
nish said he knew the district attorne,
and would sneak to him and would max,
lit ali right. Mr.. Browne told Hovey ant
Cornish, who were together In the apart
ment that he would want authority d
act from the nearest of kin. tie wrote nj
order and Cornish brought IL back to hin