Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-17

alton OF the b-romo-seltzer.
Frederick Hovey was recalled TO the
stand when D. Weston finished and
Mr.. Osborne asked her: How soon
after your conversation with DR.. Wes-
ton did you see Cornish?'
Next morning."
Or. Weston told you the woman had
been poisoned"
Il have just heard him say So"
You told us yesterday that it was
three days later when you first heard
of poison"
yes"
"Dr. Weston said he told you, and
DR.. Hitchcock says the same"
Il don't recall it."
You say all these circumstances
formed a small impression on your
mind?"
Yes"
will you kindly tell the jury why,
after the doctors had told you it was
poison and you had seen one person
TALL down and die and another CLAIM
(and Mr.. Osborne put a strong en-
phasis on the word claim to be i'll, it
did not form a great impression?"
Hovey replied: We all supposed it
was al accident"
You sax yesterday that you examined
with the greatest possible care the pack
age that contained the poison bottle. the
wrapper, seal and wax, and expressed an
opinion that it was lone so well that it
would take an expert to discover that it
was not the original package. Then you
swore there was no wrapper"
Il was mistaken"
Mr. n1har,c aaTr,J ~ L GILL; o~%s--
who was called by Cornish to assist DR..
Hitchcock at what proved to be Mrs.
Adams death bed.
DIR. Potter said that when he arrived at
the Adams fiat Mrs. Adams was dead.
There were present DR.. Hitchcock, Mr..
Cornish, Mr.. Hovey and Mrs. Rogers. The
last named told him that upon her advice
Mr.. Cornish had given her mother a dose
of bromo-seltzer Mrs. Rogers was cry
ing and hysterlcal. Mrs. Rogers express
ed a desire to have the matter kept from
the papers. She suggested to DR.. Hitch
cock and others to delay the notification
of the coroner until she had an oppor-
tunity TO see District Attorney Mcintyre,
as he already had charge of her affairs.
AS witness left the room there was a re-
mark by Mrs. Rogers to Cornish to this
effect: You know the reason why" 1t
was said in an undertone and not intended
for witness TO hear.
Cornish told witness how Mrs. Adams
had taken the bromo-seltzer and how she
had taken sick a couple of minutes later.
Cornish further stated that when ne
mixed it it did not e~ffervesce as It usually
does, and after Mrs. Adams had taken her
dose, he mixed a small dose for himself
to see if it really tasted bitter as Mrs.
Adams had said it did. This dose, Cor
nish said, had made him very sick.
Witness said there were two glasses
standing on the table.
WAS there something IN each glass?"
Yes. | am very positive about this fact.
| am sure there was a solution in each
glass;
Witness said that he had asked Cornish
who could have sent him the bottle, II
Cornish said he knew of no one. Cornish
said that he had been watching addresses
to see who spelled forty" with a u
Git was spelled this way on the package
received by Cornish. He had not found
the word spelled with a u" up to that
time. Witness told Cornish tina he
thought Mrs. Adams's death was caused
by cyanide Of potassium. 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
presence and his impression is that he
was not sick. DR.. Hitchcock had com
planned of having veen made sick by
tasting the contents OF the bottle. He did
not know what had become Of the two
glasses. 1t had occurred to him after he
left the house that they should have taken
the two glasses away, but it was too late.
Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre
was called to the stand.