New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-21
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Rafore answering this question DR.. Douglas
asked for instructions from Coroner Hart, say
ing. Your Honor | do not desire 10 appear
az an unwilling witness but this Is an inquest
touching the delth OF Mrs. Adams and mas
nothing TO do with the death Of H. c. Barnet.
The Supreme Court has ordered the eXhunihg
Of the body Of Mr.. Barnet. and II there is an
inquest into his death ] will appear az wit
ness. not only as attending physician, but also
&C q pathologist retained by the state. and !
want TO know II / am I'm this inquest, when Is
co far separated from the one which Is TO fol-
low to.Sive my complete testimony. II you
will instruct me that this IS the proper place
and time. ] will answer all questions
Coroner Hart at once decided that the Two
cases were so connected that Or Douglas should
testify at the present inquest
Dr Douglas then told 81 his being calied 10
attend Mr. Barnet on october 80 lS"S' ana
that Barnet was complaining OF a sore throat
DR.. Douglas then related how he had dag
nosed Barnet's case as one OF diphthera, and
Of his treatment. lie continued
on December 7 discovered evidences of mer-
curia poison There We're very rrGSu, tr sd drb
fetal alterations which We're dlIereht rom o.Pnn-
theoretical alterations ] asked Barnet about ms
AZ the time. He told me that he got up on , tnc
powder which made him sick lie said ne nad
received II through the mai " IT. ,onnd IF and
tasted IT, / thought that It had calomel in It, !
took the bottle TO chemist and asked him , 20 fH
n said il was roo corrosive in taste for calomcl.
Further test showed cyanogcn gas, and thcn me
chemist told me that II must be Gy9snlae 1l M, 'h
cury Under The circumstances ! fe!t tnat INC
package should lie sealed. and This was done !
went back to Barnets room and toa MN N 'n Pa ne he
powder contained cyanide OF mercury. ne sdd ne
did not know ANYTHING about what Il contained;
asked him whether he or ! should keep the power
and he told me 70 keep H. then asKed MN ,o Nv
He turned over in bed and said "No. Will attend
10 it when get Well ,-...,.. n,,,so, o,
cerry on, nv instructions by ovcrexerting himself
physically and getting out Of bed at times ,iIs9
! asked him TO release me from the case or obey
NV orders Thirty-six hours before he died he
showed marked evidences OF heart disease
NOT KILLED BY POISON.
DR.. Douglass said he never believed that Bar
nets death was caused by mercurial poisoning
saying:
'Barne, died from heart failure Ny, certificate 1st
gave cardiac failure the cause Of deatn, WIN
diphtherie Of the throat the contrlDutng Gau cha
Board Of Health? Al took advantage Of the
technicality ! could find no diphtheria germs.
O-Do YOU really believe It was diphtheria? A
1t clinical diphtheria. not oactero'os'c@i uP"
Q'-Can you remember any human being in the
world who spoke 10 you about not reporu t"a =.
death? ANY human being who Indicated thet !,
X X%&o De a s000 '"'"S 'o' 10 'y'' u,., =.
OF is the practice Of the Board OF Health 10
Isolate diphtheria cases: was It not an unusual
thing not TO report it! Ave had Mr. Barnet $50
C,GYou had no desire to make secret of the
matter? A-No secret was made or the case
DR. Weston. Deputy Cororer. was then recalled
and asked about the glasses which were used
when the poison was given TO Mrs. Adams
Dr. Weston said that he never saw the glasses
which were used at the time and did not know
where they We're.
STATEMENTS OF CORNISH READ.
Edward p. Hughes OF the Detective Bureau.
and stenographer TO CAPTAIN McCusky. was the
next witness Mr. Hughes said that he had
taken stenographic notes Of Corrishs state
melts as made to Captain McClusky both at
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club and at Police
Headquarters MIR. Hughes then read both OF
these statements from his notes.
The statements were in general the same as
the one which Cornish gave out for publication
before the inquest and the he made on the
witness stand the first day Of the inquest There
were however a few things in his statements TO
Captain McClusky which did not exactly coin
eide with his other declarations.
one Of these was the declaration that he re-
ceved the package on Saturday afternoon, De-
cember "a and then on Monday. when one OF
the members OF the club, Harry King, was silt
ting in my Office. I showed It TO him; he said
he wanted drink Of bromO-seltzer and started
to take il, but there no water IN the gym
nasium so he returned the bottle 10 my desk"
Cornish in his police statement said that the
bottle Of bromo-seltz~r was in Mrs. Rogers s
room when he went for II at the time Of giving
It to Mrs. Adams. THIS was in contradiction OF
other testimony. He also told Captain Nc
Clusky that he was not sure whether the powder
effervesced or not when giving II 10 Mrs. Adams.
His later testimony Is that it did not. In his
statement to Captain McClusky he declared that
when he first sent the hallboy for Or. Hitchcock
he said to him: Henry go and get doctor
Immediately. some one has been poisoned"
In his other statements Cornish has de-
clared that he did not suspect poisoning until
forty-eight hours after Mrs. Adamss death
lie also said TO Captain McCusky that Or.
Hitchcock did not taste the contents OF the bot
tie until after the arrival OF Dr. Potter This
contradlcts DR.. Potter. DR.. Hitchcock and Mr..
| Hovey.
MR. BAIIANTINE A WITNESS
J. Herbert Ballantine. OF Newark. y. J., presl-
dent Of the Piqua Association and one Of the
governors Of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
was the next witness. In answer 10 questions
he said that Barnet had never made any com
/ plants 10 him, and that he had never heard OF
any trouble between Mollneux and him. He said
that he knew Molineux probably as we'll as any
member Of the club but never knew that HI
+ had ever had any difficulty with Barnet or as
q matter OF fact did not think that MolineuS
ever spoke Of Barnet TO him. Speaking OF Cor
nish he said he never heard that Molineux and
! he had had any trouble except ~hat he had
read since this case arose
In reference to the letter Cornish wrote tc
/ Wefers. in which Barlow s Weekss name was
/ mentioned. witness said that his reason for not
advocating his dismissal as an employee Of the