| Show st QI 1 1 r DOSE 1 I 1 4 0 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 0 i hi ax in tile F tier k I 1 1 mcdono case 11 I 1 I 1 Q i 4 BY 4 3 z Oe clares he got it at a it 14 saloon its f ZI 11 I 1 I 1 zi JA 11 11 A MYSTERY IN THE STORY I 1 E h 1 I 1 I 1 4 it 1 court dismisses the defendants in lil i the case because of the witnesses I 1 5 absence only to tie be told later I 1 k f that adams was possibly Poo sibly dying of hii a deadly drug insists he did not tAt i attempt tempt to kill hill himself C G i 1 goa geary ry R fraser and george silks Z a arrested and held without bonds ta I on the charge of bribing a witness 1 adams still alive at a late I 1 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 ilour bour S 1 the fyler mckone case reached a li i climax e at 3 yesterday afternoon 1 ill s hen it was reported that marshall j 14 gadams adalis gk A danis dams the comp complaining laining witness was Z hin in the throes ot of death as aa a result of 0 poisoning and that three 1 physicians were using uslie their combined L skill to save his lit life hie I 1 1 it 1 it was not until thirty minutes later however that commissioner sommer a 1 I 1 vo she had Is at ai ranged to hear the case at r that hour was informed of mr 4 adamas Adam ss condition by assistant united states attorney richards at the same came time mr richards told the court I 1 I 1 that judge judee bartch had denied adamas i application for or a writ ot of habeas corpus 3 on the ground that the court had th C same came jurisdiction as justices ot of the peace I 1 1 I 1 1 l COURT HEARS TUG TILE STORY STORT k ai 1 I un understand elstan said mr richards in I 1 conclusion that the witness Is I 1 in n a II 11 dangerous condition and that he cannot 5 14 attend court I 1 ism am also informed I 1 i i by ills his attorney at that lie would still refuse infuso to testify lit in any ally event and in 1 this connection I 1 desire to say that uio the I 1 i prosecution has no further testimony to I 1 0 offer at this time judge powers was then heard on behalf of the defense in support of a moton motion I 1 fora or dismissal of the ease case lie ile le e gerred to the tact fact that the prosecution I 1 had tailed to make a a showing allowing that necessitated any further testimony on tho the part of 0 the defense and also dwelt briefly upon the previous good reputation 0 of mrs lira mckone with reference to mr the judge said that he was one of the representative business men of the city and that it was im to him as well as aa to mrs mckone to have the matter disposed of 1 I dont know the judge continued but that this man Is shamming to keep from testifying but I 1 think some bom action should be taken by the court mrs mr mckone has been grievously d and I 1 would like to have introduced trod her testimony but there is i nothing here to answer r DISMISSED TILE THE CASE 7 commissioner sommer whose judicial equipoise has been rudely disturbed on reveral occasions by sir adamas con I 1 duct then expressed himself as bellev ing that the witness was perpetrating it fraud on an the court here is a matt man paid laid he be who called the court out of bed at 3 in the morning and made thin complaint against a woman whose character heretofore hai hag been without blemish and a prominent busl bus ns 1198 man of this elty alty I 1 asked aked him complaint it if he could provo prove the charges and he said mild yes and more too so the court did its duty t and issued a warrant but before tho the case could be tried tho the witness skipped i I 1 lie he was nitta brought back but refused to 10 g testify and one of the best lawyers in I 1 i the town came in here and gave tho the 0 seurt a talk to convince him that he johnt have authority to punish the wit I 1 s for contempt con there appears to y nothing against the defendants ond and I 1 the h e case is ig hereby dismissed 10 I 1 assistant united states attorney atto aney richards nichar then said that he did not con gent bent to the dismissal and tho the case was ira Z tit at an end so eo far nas as the original complaint F was concerned 0 in the meantime the defense hod bad introduced 0 trod traducer traduced trad the testimony of ct two wit V 1 ri essem mrs 11 II A and miss ella 0 little mrs lire fyler testified with relation to the purchase of at the furniture furni turo by mrs lickon 0 and that mr air iyler was at 1 homp home on nil the alth and of december elie ehe did not nob see him on the night of do de cembor and the morning of tho the however tor for the amson rea ion that she awaa was sick at the turkish baths wis ilse W is littles testimony was as an to sirs jim Mc mckones Konev reputation for chattily chastity 1 chr raid paid vias nas rood good it the came having been disposed of i COMM sommer secured the set br vices fees of dr harrlson harrison in the guise of a friend i of the court to ascertain t whether or not mr adams was rising and the doctor soon returned the information that the patient was in 8 precarious rr 0 carious condition from the t 3 of it a dose of strychnine ft investigate THE POISONING y investigation revealed the tact fact that 10 the poison was taken about 1 but as to where adams was waa at the time and nal nfl how the was administered is clotheil in doubt according to adaman story he met anet a an bafo a acquaintance c on main alain street shortly lii fore r e I 1 who invited him to take hake a drink the acquaintance Is slee described as a a tall tail man wit with it a is lusht ht suit I 1 ot of clothes and a red mustache mum tache but mr dams adams li 14 etall detill unable to remember his name he paid they dropped into a saloon I 1 betar il wells farro fare o co IS s bank and atlie tile godbe C M be pitts corner and although A mr adamas memory Is quite clear AS to the fact act that he drank soda water writ I 1 litin unable to remember lit in w abat hat saloon ision he I 1 drank lit hl friends health ADAMS 1 IN 11 convulsions f rom the saloon adams walked wort 4 ait first south street to west templo tempi 2 1 at the intersection of 0 these 4 0 I 1 I 1 he met me william who was wan dri N ing north 1 in n a b buggy I 1 U aggy adams complained to mr pinney that he was quite sick and naked him to take like t him home air 1 I r pinney acceded accad I 1 d to the request and th ahe e two drove I 1 to 0 adams 8 residence at no south west temple street immediately upon hla his arrival at homo home adams was taken with convulsions and 11 a messenger was dispatched for dr hushes who was soon at his bedside D dr hughes Huff lica administered en n emetic and after D dra mclean an and d t had aniced an ived a stomach pump was brought into requisition the th convulsions continued every few minutes during the afternoon however and for hours the phyll physicians clans feared that each succeeding spasm dould result lit in tile the pat patients lents death MYSTERY IN THE CASE shortly after tile the arrival of 0 tho the three name named dr harrison also a appeared ap pp e ared upon the scene and the four r by s 1 C fans were unanimous in n the belief that adamas condition was the result of strychnine nille adamas explanation as to how the poison was administered though th ough was criticised criticized bv sonic some of the persons I 1 to 0 whom ho he told his story etory and tho the belle belief f was expressed that he had taken it of hla his own own accord with suicidal intent in of this view it la is urged that if adams was able to tell what lit he drank he should also te le able to tell where lie he drank it attention was also directed to the fact that ho he admitted knowing the man with n whom horn ho he drank but was unable to remember his name or avocation |
