New-York tribune., 1899-02-16

apartment was at 93o on the morning ~ ~
conbor 1S lie was returning from hisht ''''
when tho ball-bov told him he was wanted re
/ ,,,,1iad tbot no would 60 as soon as he had had
n ,nn Of coffee Before he had time 10 take OH
1,is r,at tha hoy returned and said he must r.
spond at once. as person mao p,I, ,,o,poned
lie was sure the boy used the Word pols1n,u'
~, tho front stOOp OF No. 81 west tsht!
sixth-st. he mot Cornish waiting: Opstnrs , nu
found everything I'm confusion. Mrs' ADAMS i"y
on the lounge - r,,.,
Invited to go on With his statement. Or. Hitch
cock said Mrs. Adams lay on the SOFA On n nea
RIGHT side with her right arm extended Hnc
was breathing stertOrously and Mrs l.os''S
v-as holding ammonia to her nose. lie gave h'r
two Injections. He had no intimauon OF tnr
nature OF the poison she had taken re aSh''
,.hile giving her the injections what she hhh
tolop and was told that II was bromo-seltlor
and that she had vomited considerably. lie he-
cided 10 take heroic measures and ''yanked her
around pretty Well
CORNISH WAS ALSO SICK.
He heard sounds Of retching in an adJo'h'"5
room and asked IF any one else had taken any
oe the stuff. Mrs Rogers said: yes Mr. Cor
nish has Can't you DO anything for him| Ut
Hitchcock made g. flying trip to the bathroom
end saw Cornish. When he returned TO the am
ine-room Mrs Adams's jaw had dropped enc
was then frothing at the mouth. The doctor
continued:
don't believe that any ono then thought i;ii enyii
II SIC had taken anything olsc and they iold me
10. Mrs. Rogers SAID her mother vas d nea,,T%d
whiskey down her throat and called Tor co,d Wit
slapped her with tne TteI riion aIi was sa ,le
fed she was dead then. but Mrs Rogers k,Pl H,5
nE me 90 do more. and ! dlh more - sa,1''E @ Ec"n't
you 10 something for Mr.. Cornish ,r. a. o,,r
Cornish came in Their did no, , nhe ms sa ooi Hog
T. r'q s@vg io'g el"o eHcSpt bromo-seitzcr? and
g+ 4frfz ry.rc ]
noticed that only little had been taken from it
not more than one half "a teaspoonful The bottle
stood uron the table. Cornish reached toward H.
lad previously examined Mrs Adams for symp-
toms ~ strycnnnc poisoning, ana hHc" VIA,
had been poisoned by something else. placed the
oodS o9'e tSEo %s1 t. 'b boeyed Sr cornish had taken
Two eiasscs ono in which was the white precipita,e
and another winch Cornish had brought from an
other room. When saw tnat ho was apPaIehh'.S
getting 10 the danger point reached for mo boz
protruded about half an inch from the mouth ol
the bottle. / removed II with my hngers 81" &
no paraiiine about the cork or the mouth OF tne
DOCTOR TASTED THE POWDER.
took the bottle from my pocket, removed the
cork and endeavored 20 find out what # contained
bv smelling it. There was no percepuole odor AZ
that time. ! took my little finger, wet It with my
mouth and placed It IN tho bottle, and a little Of
the powder adhered to #. which I placed the
Instantly after I touched the powder 10 my tongue
I sank back into a chair partially paralyzed. The
powder had n metallic taste, and was extremely
nauseating I had eaten no breakfast, and laid its
but could not except by holding 10 the table Mrs.
Rogers was continually impornS me to do some
mother was beyond human assistance. was eN-
tremely sick myself. ana did not Know no" soon
would follow her. I sent for DR. Potter and So
,,yo,Id do him good This was at go o'clock Ten
mi Ia for
body 70 leave the room except him. had the bot
session. realized that crime had been commit
ted. ! said a diabolcal crime has been commit
ted" This was said in the presence Of cornish
Hoyey and Mrs. Rogers. Dr. Potter and had q
conference. and Dr. Potter asked me what
holder wrapped I'm my hat under my arm. 10
thai thought # was cyanide or potassium WIN
possibly a littie mercury in H. At that umc 1ld
Toi KNOW Nl-t siH.l9 %. N' it IL " i,r.
and Hotcy entered the room. Or. Potter agreed
Fested W to Cornish and Mrs Rogers To- go Tor an IN
dertaker and said that ! would inform the Coroner
police.
Mr.. Bumenthal at this juncture began to IN
terrupt the witness with questions, when two
Of the Jurors simultaneously said. Let him tell
his own story" The witness continued:
they did not know m undertaken as ala.
lumbus-ave Mrs. Rogers asked me II thought
tho matter would get into The newspapers. told
r. f. fqud 5 not be % kept gG5 oG 6eT VIM 1aa 6d
house Mr.. Hoyey requested Cornish 70 telegraph
10 Bertha" ! subsequently learned that Bertha
was Mrs Hoyey Mr. Corpsn ana Dr r9tter G ahd ,d
un1ertaker's. Ne found him out Cornish went
to eegq2h Qcf and 11SSd M ,aS e TO b the 5a5 gna Se5
the message as Mr. Hovey had requested.
MINTYRE SENT FOR Ply CORNISH.
Mr. Cornish IN the absence OF the undertaken.
called up the Dstrlct-Attorneys office on the teio-
phone and inquired for Distrct-Attorney Mcintyre.
The latter was n but Cornish left word for Mt.
Mcintyre TO call up whom he returned. and OK
planned the situation OF affairs to the clerk the
District-Attornoy office Tho undertaken, at my
request promised to iaiorm tho Coroner's office.
When I reached my homo at about 1890 o'clock
mot the halDoy OF tho building in which lived In
the hallway. opened the bottle which had ln
my pocket and requested the boy 10 smcl l.. He
/ smclt." Tho warmth OF the house affected me
sick at my stomach and could not eat. Then ! lay
down The undertaken called 20 see me soon after
coroner ofiice MS he wanted to get moro partic-
ul4rs before h. dd So. offered him smell o.
forgot 70 say nat on my way to the under
a. Who stnt the bottle: that now Was the golden
opportunity. II he had any suggestion 20 make.
loa him nat as vas c2PPecied & Eih the Heal6
health officer. l asked him repeatedly If he had
lifc and he assured mo as many times that he had
/ no enemies and suspected nobody. told him he
was not Ike other people that had. and would
not take any bottle sent to me through the mail.
nor would l give no contents 70 any OF my friends
That's all know about the case
"You know so much about the case" said Nj
Osborne that / win spend two hours in talk
ing with YOU tomorrow morning"
Adjournment was taken until 1890 o'clock
this morning.
sLETGHING AND SKATING.