Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-21
MYSTERIOUS POISON
 KILLED YOUNG WOMAN
Her Fiance's Plea Will be Temporary
 Insanity in Shooting Harris.

Boston. July 20.-Morphine did not cause the death of Dr. Celia P Adams, whose love affair with Dr. Eldridge D. Atwood resulted in the shooting of Dr. Wilfred E. Harris at the Hotel Westminster Tuesday afternoon.
 A preliminary announcement by Medical Examiner George B. Magrath today added mystery to the affair as it made known the fact that Dr. Adams died from the effects of a strange poison and leaves ground for a suspicion that she was not a sui eide but may have been murdered.
 This is the statement made by Dr. Magrath: pr Celia Paine Adams, who died at the Commonwealth Hos pitaI July IS, came to her death from the effects of a poison. received by mouth, the nature of which is at present undetermined. When where and under what circumstances, this poison was received is not apparent from any facts now in my posses sion"
 Dr. Harris is still withstanding the shock of his wounds at the City hos pitaI. it was said, and the physicians attending him said today that he had a fighting chance" to recover from the three bullet wounds inflicted on Tuesday by Dr. Atwood. The physi- clans repor ] that pr. Harris passed a fairly comfortable night and that he probably would live unless peri tonitfs or other complications devel- oped.
 Temporary insanity will be the de- feneo of Atwood when he is brought to trial for the shooting of Dr. liar ris unless present plans are changed, it was intimated today. A predispo- sition to insanity probably will be es- tabIished if this is possible.
 Atwood conferred with counsel for the first time since his arrest when he was visited this morning by At tOrney Edward w. Kenney. Later the lawyer said:
 There is no doubt that the young man was deranged for the time being when he shot Dr. Harris. From my talk with him and understanding of the case. i am satisfied on this point, though I am not prepared to say at this time what the defense will be- It seems clear that there has been in sanity in the family. An uncle of my client is said to have been under restraint at one time and later to have been found dead, apparently a suicide"
 Attorney Kenney denied some state ments attributed to Atwood. ''As I understand it." he said 'mv client has said only that Dr. Harris had an influence over Miss Adams that pre- vented her marriage to Atwood. So far as I know. he has made no claim that the young woman was in a state Of health that was par 10 Inelf union"
 Medical Examiner George Burgess MagTath said today that no signifi- canoe other than appeared on it's face was to be attached to his statement of last night, that it was not appar- ent from any facts then in his pos session when, where and under what circumstances" the poison that killed Dr. Adams was received.
 'I was looking for the cause of death" he said, "and found 1t to be poison. When the examination of the stomach is completed we will know the particular poison used. That is as far as I could go with the evidence at hand. And I tried to make that plain in my statement. I did not in tend to intimate that the girl might have been murdered, or to draw any conclusion whatever as to whether the drug was self-administered or otherwise.
 ''In view, however, of the fact that it may have a bearing on the motive of suicide, if suicide it was, I will say that my examination did not re- veal a physical condition that might be expected to result in low spirits and a consequent tendency to self destruction"