The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-09
MYSTERY UNSOLVED
In ADAMS CASE
TESTIMONY OF MISS BALES
THE TRAINED NURSE.
Was Called to See a Diphtheria Pa
tient-The Doctor Took the Box
Marked Kutnow THE Note
Which Accompanied the Flowers
Sent by blanche"

New York, Jan. S.--No apparent pro-
sress was made in the solution of the
mystery attached TO the Adams poison
ing case today. Miss Addie f. Bales.
the trained nurse who attended Henry
c. Barnet the KniCkcrbockcr club
member who is alleged to have died
from poison. called to see Captain Nc
Cluskv today. Captain McClusSy gave
out the substance of her talk with
him as follows:
According to- Miss Bales statement
she was sent for by DR. Henry B.
Douglas on Nov. / last to take care Of
a. case. She called at DIR. Douglas Of
flee and was directed by him to go to
the EnickcrboCkcr Athletic club to at
tend a diphthoria patient, man. TIE
patient had a sore throat and DIR.
Douglas came in the afternoon and
gave directions for giving medicines
and spraying the throat. The doctor
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
We're answered by her Cvec the tclc-
phone.
AT different times" she continued,
"a gentleman having room ON the
same floor in the club called to in
Quirc for him and also sent him flow
crs. On Monday afternoon before he
died Chr died on Tuesday, Nov. JOY,
some flowers came TO Mr. Barnet with
a note. He was sleeping at the time.
When h. awukc told him some ilow-
prs were there ana also q note. He
requested M t read the note and [
l,n f,t-t
closed his eyes and said: j wonder
how she knew | was ILL
After ! had been there two or three
days Dr.. Douglas asked me If I had
seen box marked 'Kutnow,' | an
swered that had and we found it on
the dresser in the bath room and Dir.
Douglas took il away with him. He
afterwards said it contained mercury.
At the time Of his death there was in
the room DR.. Douglas, myself and Miss
Jennie Calendar, the other nurse. His
brother had been there too. but at the
particular time he died he was not
there.
During Mr.. Barnet's entire illness
he was in such condition as a man
suffering from diphtheria. At no time
was | suspicious that his illness was
due to any other case. He was uncom.
municative through all his illness.
paid no attention to the sores of his
mouth and sprayed his throat"
Miss Bales denied that she had nvel
said to any one that Barnet had beer
poisoned before the poisoning will
which he was affected just before hi'
final illness.
IMPORTANT PART OF INTERVIEW
The most important part of the inter
view with the nurse is that which re
lates to the sending of the flowers L
Barnet and the note which accompan
led them. This is supposed to be tn
note signed Blanche" about whicl
much has been written and abou
which there has been much speculation
as to the identity OF it's sender. Cap
tain McCusky now has this note il
his possession. He would not permi
it to be seen or tell whether it is nov
in the hands of the handwriting eX
pert. He would not admit that the not
was signed Blanche" but when, il
discussing some point, one of his list
eners asked if the note referred to wa
one signed Blanche, Captain McCluSk
replied in the affirmative. He Quickl
corrected himself, however.
The captain said that he did nc
think that the interview with Mis-
Bales had any effect in throwing ligh
upon the Adams case, and said tina
he had not requested Miss Bales {
make a statement. He said that Mis-
Bales could not recall the name c
the man who had sent flowers to Ban
net at the club on two or three occaG
ions.
When asked as to the time when NJ
Kinsley, the expert in handwriting
might make his report upon the spec
mems in his possession, Captain Mo
Clusky said that it might be in forty
eight hours. With relation to the pos
sible eXhumation of the body of Bar
net, the captain said that that matt
was in the nands Of the district alto,
ney and the coroner.