The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-21
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| II. pHulh, q Jufynan, asked whether
witness had diagnosed the case as one
of mercuric poisoning, and he replied
That he had never thought that mer-
curry mad played the slightest part in
the death of Mr.. Barnet.
IS cyanide of mercury a slow OF
nasty poison?" witness was asked.
It may have two elements. The cy-
anlde would be rapid, the mercuria
would be slow"
Is it an unknown Drug"
Yes; l never saw it until this case.
1t has been left out of the pharmaco-
paea since 1876"
Has it tendency to produce symp-
toms of diphtheria?"
AS FAR as l know, mercury admin
lstefed IN small doses for a long time
| VIII produce necrosis of the bone. hut
1t is not like diphtheria and win take
a long time"
Aou came to the conclusion that
Barnet had diphtheria and so certified
on the death certificate?"
Barnet died from heart failure. Ny
certlncate gave cardiac failure as the
t cause OF death, with diphtheria of the
throat the contributing cause"
Did you not report the diphtheria to
the board of health?''
TOOK advantage of the technicality.
could find no diphtheria germs
Ro you really believe it was diph-
1 lNerla.
1t was clinical diphtheria, not bao-
THEOLOGICAL diphtheria."
can you remember any human he
ing IN the world who spoke to YOU for
not reporting that death; any human
being Who indicated that it would BE-
a god thing not to speak of the i'll
ness %
No"
III is the practice of the board Of
health to isolate diphtheria cases: was
| it," - ''''- INNS iio' 70 port
We had Mr.. Barnet isolated. Dr..
Douglass said he knew the nurses
Went out of the room, but there
was no danger of contagion. Orders
We're issued that no one should be al
lowed TO visit the sick room
NO one intimated that it might hurt
| the club if a report was made?'
Absolutely no. I can't remember
tnat any one said anything like that;
but, in any event, it would have had
no influence with me. No secret was
made of the matter
DID you ever say to DR.. James
Campbell that Barnet did not have
dlphtheria, but died of mercurial pois-
oning?' asked the coroner.
NO; I told him Barnet had ner-
iberia"
mony.
! Dr.. A. T. Weston was then called and
asked about the poison bottle he saw in
the Adams apartment. He was asked 10
! describe how nearly full it was and
declined 10 make any estimate unless
I he could make it in relation 10 the
/ poison bottle itself. He refused TO in
dlcate how near the neck the contents
4 or the bottle would come. Mr.. Osborne
submitted to him the bromo-seItzer
oottle, out DR.. Weston repeated his re-
( fusaI.
Witness said that vhsn he reached
| the Adams fat the poison bottle was in
I the hands OF . policeman. He didn't
remember having seen any glasses on
the table. There were several on the
sideboard.
Edward P. Hughes. a police officer.
! who acted as stenOgrapher for Cant,
McClusky and took shorthand reports
! OF Cornlsh's statement to the head of
the detective department, was next
called. He read from his notes the
statement Cornish made at the Knick-
eroocker Athletic Club on the after
noon OF the day after Mrs. Adams
death. 1t was substantially the same
as cornish testified to on his eXamfna-
| ton. In his statement Cornish said
that F1nneran advised him to save the
| writing on the wrapper, as some time
| it might be found out through that
means who sent it. The statement told
how, the hall boy Henrik was at the foot
| OF the stairs while the tragedy was
being enacted in the Adams apart
ments. Cornish said that he told Henry
/ at that time to Lun for doctor; that
somebody was Aisoned.
witness next read another statement
made by Cornish to Capt McCIuskv.
! Digh
neux OF sending the poison and of other
matters which have been told and re-
told since the case epened. Coroner
Hart asked:
How sick did Cornish appear to YOU
when you took his statement in his
room?"
! Witness replied: He did not aupear
so sick as not to be able to talk well
and connectedly. He did not appear
to be suffering pain. His mind ap-
peared to be clear"
| j. Herbert Ballantine of Newark. n.
j., president Of the Pequa Association,
and one of the governors of the Knick-
| erbocker Athletic Club, testified that
| Barnet never made any complaints to
him, and he had never heard of any
trouble between Molineux and Barnet.
| Neither had he heard that Molineux
and Cornish had ever had any trouble
except what he had read since this case
| arose.
In reference to the letter Cornish
wrote to Wefers in which Barlow S.
| Weeks name was mentioned, witness
| said that his reasons for not adyocat-
| ing Cornish's dismissal as an emplov-
ee OF the club was that he did not CON
slider that any action should be taken
on account of personal letter. Wit
ness denied that c. c. Hughes mad been
made chairman of the house commit
tee through his influence. Witness. rec
objected the charge made by Hughes
against Cornish, that he had disgrace
| full relations with a woman. and he
remembered that Cornish charged Mo-
| lineuX with keeping a disorderly house
| in Newark.
Witness didn't think that Riggs was
| dismissed from the club on charges pre-
terred by Cornish The charges were
mage by the bicycle committee that
| had charge of the records of runs.
| DO you know of any person who is
| an enemy of, or can you suggest the
name of any person who could possi-
| bly, be an enemy of Cornish?"
Il know nothing of Cornish's social
relations"
! At this point a recess was taken.
| During the recess. Mr. and Mrs. Ro-
land B. MoineuX arrived at the crin1i-
nal court building, and We're escorted
| by their attorney to a private room
where a conference was held. The
| afternoon session opened with Miss Ada
! Bates on the stand. Miss Bates was
the nurse first called to attend Barnet
in his sickness. She said she was en-
gagged by DIR. Douglass to go TO tba
| knickerbocker Club to take care Of n
! diphtheria case. Barnet. she said
never spoke to her about noisor IL