New-York tribune., 1899-02-16

! Cornish FOR a number Of years He came from
Hartford on December q and remained at the
! Adams fat over night. and expected his wife
later in the week 70 visit Mrs. Rogers
HOVEY TELLS HIS STORY.
Hovey told IN detail OF his being aroused from
bed and asked to help carry Mrs. Adams from
the bathroom to the dining-room, and Of the
treatment Of Mrs Adams before Or. Hitchcock
arrived.
After he had made his statement. Mr.. Blu
menthal asked him:
af,cr leaving the room ard found Mrs Adams pros
,rato on the floor and Mrs Rogers and Cornish IN
IqI.@s 4 i mad no conversation whatever Seeing
Mrs Adams wing upon the moor, my ilrsl thou-I -i
was to get her into another room WheIe sho co"u
Q-Do YOU mean TO tell me that on seeing sust @
r condition that YOU did not have any MCTus or 4sE
how II all happened? Al do remcmner that eienor @
AIr cornish or Mrs. Rogers said that Mrs. Adams
had taken hrOmo-scltzcr -
QITha; IS just exactly what we want 10 know
about Now what WA WS sac 90 GTGoI not remember that
anything saIi.
Mr. Hovey said that he did not believe the
question OF poison entered their minds at all
after the doctors visit. They thought Mrs.
Adams was suffering from some gastric disorder
or acute indigestion. As soon az Mrs. Adams
was dead he telegraphed 10 HIS wife and Mrs.
Hovey came from Hartford the train that
arrived in Now-Yorlx at $50 o'clock that day.
lie remained in the fiat that day.
Coming back 20 the time just preceding and
directly subsequent TO the death Of Mrs. Adams
Mr. Blumenthal asked the witness what his
impression was to the bottle Of bromo SETTER
and as to the sudden death OF Mrs. Adams, and
II he had expressed those impressions TO any
one else.
Witness said that his impression was that
mistake had been made in the preparation Of
the bromo-selt2er.
Q.-Now. that was your impression? According
Mrs Rogers what were their Impressions ~
was led 10 the belief that they were impressed Ike
I was. ! think Cornish said: \ mistake has boen
made in putting up that bottle"
Q-Was Or. Potter q party TO that conversation
concerning the impression that d mistake had been
made?
Witness said that he could not remember
whether Dr. Potter was not. He might have
been. but the circumstance happened so long
ago that witnesses idea Of the conversation was
extremely vague. Hovey then said that the first
person to come to the fiat after the doctors left
and Mr. Cornish had gone downtown TO see As
sistant District-Attorney Mcintyre, was a news
paper reporter and that the police came later
He was asked If he had not told the reporter
that the police had ordered those in the fiat to
say nothing about the case. and he replied he
had done so. for the reason that all In the fiat
were anxious to keep the death quiet
THE FATAL BOTTLE DESCRIBED.
Mr.. Hovey then described in detail the bromo-
seltzer bottle which contained the poison. He
said he first saw it on the table after Mrs
Adams had been carried into the dining room.
According to his description 1t was an ordinary
brOmo-seltzer bottle, and the outside wrapper
had sealngwax on the ends and looked If
the bottle had just been taken out Of It.
Q-When did you first this bottle? Had you
seen the bottle when II was taken from the pack
age. which YOU describe As being wrapped up 50
had not.
Q.-Au you the outside wrapper Of tho
package? A-The package that the bottle was in.
The top and bottom. Tho bottle was Just slipped
out, you know.
A recess Of about hour then taken.
After that both Mr. Osborne and Mr.. Blumen-
thai continued the examination OF Hovey.
Asked if he had talked with anybody about
his evidence since the adjournment, he said
Yes" He had gone to luncheon with Cornish
and Cornishs father. and they had talked
things over.