The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17
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any statement here and have corrected
the incorrect statement | made
Did you create that picture of the
poison bottle from your inner con-
seriousness? ,"
I must have. From general talk
and from reading the papers"
Who talked of wrapper on the
bottle"
I think it was Mr.. King and Mr.
Yocum. | believed l was telling the
truth. In my mind. l seem to see the
bottle. Witness said that when Cor
nish returned to the Adams fiat he said
he had been at the club very sick. He
had returned to the fiat as soon as the
doctors would let him out
You say your only reason for be
lleNing Cornish was sick was because
he retched. Did you see any Vomit? '
Il think not
DR.. Hitchcock swore positively you
held Cornish's head and he told you
TO let him alone, that Cornish was do
ing very well and if he vomited, it
would do him good. Is that So
I don't remember.
AS far as you know, no one saw
that vomit?''
No"
That concluded the examination of
Mr.. Hovey, and Mr.. Osborne called f.
stiles Potter, who was called by Cor
nish to assist at what proved to be
Mrs. Adams death bed
DR.. Potter said that when he ar
rived at the Adams Hat he talked with
DR.. Hitchcock a moment and then eX-
amined the patient. she was then life
less. There were present DR.. Hitch
cock. Mr.. Cornish, Mr.. Hovey and Mrs.
liogers. The last named told him that
upon her advice Mr.. Cornish mad given
her mother a dose Of bromo settler.
Cornish told witness how Mrs. Adams
had taken the bromo seltzer and how
she had been taken sick q couple of
minutes later. Cornish further stated
that when he mixed it, it did not eff
fervescent as it usually does. and after
Mrs. Adams had taken the dose, he
mixed a small dose for himself, to see
if it really tasted bitter, as Mrs. Adams
had said it did. The dose MADE him
very sick. Witness said there were
two glasses standing on the table.
Was there some in each glass?
Yes, / am very positive Of that fact
] am sure there was 4 solution in each
glass" Witness emphasized the "A
Then. said Mr.. Osborne, Il am sure
you can give US a solution Of this mys-
terry"
In answer to the coroner, witness said
that the bottle was supposed to hold
only two regular doses of teaspoon
full to each dose. About oDe-eighth of
the contents had been taken out when
he saw it, There were about two heap
ing teasuoonfuls in The entire bottle or
should have been.
Witness further stated that after his
arrival at~the fat Hoyey said to him.
Il have just arrived from Connecticut,
and see what fix | am in" Hovey
had very little to say after that Wit
ness heard Dr.. Hitchcock say that d
diabolical crime had been committed.
Cornish said that he had been watch
with a u" dt was spelled in this way
On the package received by Cornish).
He had not found the word spelled with
4 u up to that time. Witness told
Cornish that he Thought Mrs. Adams
death was caused by cyanide of potas
stun. Witness did not see any sign
of sickness on the part of Cornish; he
was not called upon to treat him.
Cornish had not vomited in his pres
ence, and his impression was that he
was not sick
Dr. Potter was excused and a recess
was taken.
During the recess Cornish was asked
by a reporter to explain statements
made by DR.. Potter and DR.. Hitchcock,
which was in contradiction to the evil
dence given by him on Friday last. II
don't care" he said. what anybody
says [ told the truth and the whole
truth.
When the hearing was resumed. AS
sistant District Attorney McIntvre was
called 10 the stand. Mr.. McTntyre was
asked If he had known Mrs. Adams.
and he replied that be had Then he
proceeded to tell what he knew about
The case He said i'm substance.
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