The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-06

silver bottle holder lust as DR.. Hamilton had
weighed II. DR.. Hitchcock weighed IL. The
wrapping paper. containing the address which
appeared on the poison package. was passed
o oyeT p the jurors and they examined IL
DOCTOR TURNED THEM OVER TO THE POLICE
Now" said Mr.. Osborne. did you have any
conversation. with Cornish when you first saw
Yes" said the witness, Il asked Cornish
where he got the biromo seltzer bottle and ne
tasked him why he saved tho wrapper and he
eaid he saved 1t to nm out II possible who sent
s Wora n shs RH w %"
!iouriy. I asked him II he knew anybody
that spelled oT that way In the me po,1s
began TO get in It's work on me. SO asked for
some whiskey. Aitcrward set to work again
dead. worked over Mrs; Adams jn9t 70 satisfy
same color as Mrs. Adams, and / gave him
something TO puiet him: advised mn TO seep
the SvaE ess tbs p"o aof S% 81 S %
scated me. l mover tasted anything Ike 1t
o And the moro you kept Cornish In motion
the better he seemed to bep. A. Yes. sir: then
lsent over for Or. Potter, friend of mine, |
Of 10 when Cornish left the house, Within tsnN
soman,s body on i Dr. Potter Examined her.
Dr Potter remained in the house about ten
q. You said you noticed glasses on the tablet
A Yes One of them contained ABOUT two
ounces Of the LIQUID which they said Mrs.
Adams drank. Another glass contained water.
The liquid had a,white precipitate ana gave
DR. Hitchcock said tina, Cornish turned over
70 him all the articles Tint figured In the case
Including ths bottle holder. hottie. wrappnn, pm,
llquii These lie delivered TO ,Pohceman
Palmer Of the Thirtieth street station and he.
undernEer f Brown G' Who SS charge Of Mrs
Adamss body. On the way, the doctor rec
ommenled Cornish to eat an apple as an anti
.'Did YOU ,6s!icyc ha, would be good anti
doicf' asked MIR o.bornc. .. -
Yes" answered the doctor the mercuric
chloride. acted on hy an acrd. as understand
1t; w9nl form a sub.Sh.oridc; cnlomeL cor-
nish cut an apple in two and gave me half OF it,
cRoss-Ex,M rNArGoS OF TIE DOCTOR.
Lawyer Weeks asked on crosse examinations
%. WHY did YOU sGspcct mcrcurir chloridet
A. Because IT. il poison often used.
y. You hal detected rvanc poison and
didn't you know that an acid would increase
Che effect OF such n poison? \. No; | am not
an expert,
u. Alter YOU got possession Of these three
over them nm | my arm around them
o. Whv did you do this: \, was tired.
n S you Ar re t saynE a. 1He rom I'M
srlrting them away? A thought OF that.
orii,oIc" o. this case? l. 40. sir
9 Wasn't u your duty 10 notify the Coroner's
on OIL, A. r.; tn" undertaken said he would
= fho YnyertpIker, , reported i as a case OF
=. pa YOU tell him 70 report il as case Of
suicide \. No. sir: told him it was case OF
~ You took several drinks of whiskey? \.
q Didn't. Won have some talk with Cornish
about the Health Department? \. No. sir.
AGuIpES OPPORTUNITY roE CORNISH.
o. Didn't you say 10 him: Isn't there any
onr YOU suspect THIS is golden orportu-
nifty yc! T .ai "a Of ' hat Health Depart
get even with his enemies;
know what III" doctor meant by golden oryor-
tunty, AMI the wi'n"s; laid he meant golden
oppor' unity 'or Cornish to tell his suspicious to
Nov Saii Mr ,%Haks. lid Cornish vomt
after he rad taS'.l tn" To- SOM
u tiin I see f.. N ;wCred the doctor
! VIVA, VAS the sy,,cm ot artificial respira-
head aud bringing them down.
q. And you were knee!irG on her chest;
- q But YOU didn't get that peculiar odor o,
almonds Their? A. No. sir.
some 81 the stun on Your hands A. Thant "s
Here Mr. Weeks handed fresh bottle OF
bromo seltzer to tn witness and told him to
pour out about "a much as would eay" the
had been lett in the Pc son bottle. wh Viii.
the witness was doug this MolineuN smiled
and Sha,ted With H. father The witness
m@1 neR ro %SkG the EH9 "af H. sn h a bad re-
eromm". He was then tod to pour out tho
and which he tasted from the poison hottie.
Is s ' S% II q Ms k"F1 G and 1S ola "a 81
after taking the quantity out on his finger.
md he SAID he had tasted it. Then Mr.
tor placed tn" tip Of his finger on his tongue.
Vow" said Mr. Weeks, "did you ever hear
OF n poison ~ which whiskcy which Won tool
was an antidOte"
Snake bite" replied the doctor
OSBORNE TO HIS owS WITNESS.
Now" said Mr. Week. you were present
when Cornish cal! ed M the District Attorneys
ofi!ce on the telephone TO get Mr.. ,McIntyre'"
O. Why didn't you ask lin to call u nth The
Coroner \. wasn't well enough acquainted
y What did he say when he 'clephoned? A.
heard him Rsk II iuhnuv Alclutvre was there
and he said there was some trouble up at the
@ How long wa, Cornish in the telephone
oiliceb 4 About ootr ri,r ,, M minute i,n,. ,n
MSintyreS nam men ,i"ned. l. . &" s sir. "
hsaS n y%G n p sS1n ' r
didn't hear any such thing"
Your Honor. rleadeIMr Weeks. that is
The Court told Mr. Osborne that no had no
right to make such statements,
@ Had you any other reasons for not notify
Ing the police other than those you have
Ky the NtcCrG1E WHAT reasons have you
stated 4 ! was not familiar with the usS Of
the Telephone and nsl,i" from that | expected
the undertaken 10 do il.
Mr.. Osborne asked the witness whether he
had anything to conceal in tho case ant II he
had was that why h" had failed to report tho
case Immediately o ia" coroner. Dir. Hitchcock
said that he had nothing whatever TO conceal
and simply thought the undertaken would
report IL.
Ar, Weeks-How many times while you were
bending over Mrs Adams-I presume you
were trying to save her lIfe-did Mrs. Rogers.
har tnF hl n M IN fha giGfn
OF Cornish; A. Four times.
.. Not mors2 A, Probably Ave.
y. Are you positive II wasn't more than Ave?
A. 1t may have been six.
.; But you didn't do anything to aid Cornish
At that timer A. No
Well, doctor" said Mr. Osborne. isn't 1t "A
fact that YOU believed yourself TO be poisoned
and on the verge OF collapse but. NEVERTHELESS
you did more for Cornish than you did for
YOURSELF
Il certainly did" answered the doctor, and
h" was then permitted to leave the stand
NEW HARPsTER LETTER SPRUNG.