Evening journal., 1895-09-06
AN ACCOMPLICE IN IT.
Another Arrest to Be Made In
the Bliss Poisoning Case. j.
POLICE ON THE TRAIL OF A MAN.
The Theory Now Is That Mrs. Fleming
Had Ala and Counsel Supposed That
tho Poison Was Not Bought In New
York City-Inquest Postponed.

NEMf I 1NAkt NIItt o. MIS- mhfY lllN-
ingston- Fleming tho remarkable young
woman now prisoner in the Tombs
charged with the murder Of her mother,
Mrs. Eyeline Bliss, will not be conducted
over the Bridge OF Sighs TO face the corO-
nor'a jury I'm answer to the charge until
Tuesday morning next. The inquest, at
which she will be arrnignod, was post.
poncd from today until Tuesday, because
during the last "a hours there have been
startling and important now developments
In the casc
The fran little woman now locked up
behind prison bars will have fellow pris-
onor at her side when she faces the jury
Of inquest. This fellow prisoner will not
be OF her own sex. He will bo q man--and
a man who It Is declared, conspired with
her and aided and abcttod her in the per-
potrntion of the foul and unnatural crime
Of which she stands accused.
Tho identity of him who will be her
fellow prisoner Is known. Tho police have
him under close surveillance, and It Is
impossible for him 20 escape their vigil
lance. Some time todny IL is probable that
he will be arrested. Tonight his bed will
probably be on a cot I'm one OF tho prison
cells of the old Tombs prison, whore he
will be within hearing of the voice Of the
woman, OF being whose accomplico In one
of the most remarkable and sensational
murders of the century ne will he accused.
There is positive authority for this state
ment. II Is made ON the authority of one
who knows just what the police arc do
ing In the case and what thoy contem-
plato doing. 10 comes direct from head
quarters From this authority camo this
statcmpnt late last night.
Says She Had Help.
"Thero was an accomplico with Mrs
Floming in the murder OF Mrs. Bliss. This
accomplico will be arrested I'm a few hours
The evidence necessary to complete the
case against him Is now being rapidly no-
cumulated. His arrest win be made as
soon as the police complete their evidence.
Arsenic as we'll as antimony was used in
the porpetrnhon of the murder. 10 Is the
belief Of an connected with the prosocu-
tion that the crime was carefully planned
and It's perpetrators felt sure that they
wcro safe from detection.
There was more bustlo and furry and
excitement among tho detectives Of the
West Ono Hundred and Twcnty-ffth
street police station and their chief Act
ing Captain Thompson, yesterday than at
any timo since they began the work Of
solving tho mystery Of this elrcndy ccle-
bratcd case.
Captain Thompson Of tho West One
Hundred and 1wonty-nfth street station
left the city last night on some mysterious
mission. It is understood that he went to
Toms Rivcr, the former home of Mrs
Fleming. 20 find out something Of her
life there. AT the station nothing would
be said about the captains mission. Tho
sergeant nt the desk said that Captain
Thompson had gone on a vacation.
IL was learned that the box which had
been taken from the rooms of Mrs. flcm-
ing at the Colonial hotel Wednesday night
contained drugs, which had been turned
over TO the chemists of the board of hoalth.
W. j.. Rawllns, a druggist Of One Hun
drcd and Thirty-hfth street and Eighth
avenue admitted last night that he had
recently sold antimony. A. Hermann.
another druggist of Ono Hundred and
Thirty-oighth street and Eighth avenue,
admitted having received the nntimony
from Rawllns, and said that he In turn
sold 10 to q. =. Dclissor veterinary sur
goon of One Hundred and Thirty-second
street and Seventh avenue. who wanted II
for an ailing horse. The police do not be-
lieye that tho Rawlins antimony has any
connection with the death Of Mrs. Bliss
There were "a great many rumors last
night 10 the effect that Mr.. Bliss, the
husband Of the dead woman, was TO he
arrested During the evening Mr.. Haight,
who had had charge of the Fleming chill
dren, went 90 the Colonial hotel with Act
ing Inspector Mccullough, and the two
were alone for some time with Bliss Aft
erward the acting inspector went TO tho
West One Hundred and Twenty-ffth
street station.
Coaohman Cornelius Bobs Up.
Tho report was abroad last night that
Archibald Cornelius, the conchman who
figured so conspiouously in the famous
breach Of promise suit against Horny n.
Fleming, had again appeared upon the
scene Cornelius it was said, had made
up with tho woman he know as Mary
Alice Almont Livingston and whom he
betrayed to the lawyers opposing her. 1t
was asserted that he might again have
become her confidential agent.
This mans cousin, H. r. Jeffries of
80i West Ono Hundred and Thirty second
street, was found at his home. Mr.. Joiirios
said that he believed Cornelius was at
work somewhere in this city, though he
had not seen him, as he had been away.
He was engaged as a coachman down
town, he thought.
Detectives Sawyer and Moore made a
search of the apartments at the Colonial
hotel. They found that Mrs. J. W. Haight,
into whose care II. H. Bliss had intrusted
the children of the alleged matricide, had
packed everything up preparatory 20 re-
moving the accused wOman's effects from
the hotel. They found a soapbox contain
ing a number Of articles. There were no
papers or letters, but I'm the box We're
eight powders. They also found a cup con-
tanning a white precipitate All these
were turned over to Chemist Soheele to
find out what they were The powders
bore the labels Of Druggists W. 4. Raw
lins, Ono Hundred and Thirty-hfth street
and Eighth avenue; Otto n. Heackor,
One Hundred and Thirty-third street and
Eighth avenue; Albert B. Baltzby One
Hundred and Thirty-fourth street and
Seventh avenue, and Theodore FRANKIE Of
Ono Hundred and Thirty-frst street and
Manhattan avenue, All these druggists
said they had sold no antimony or arsenic
to Mrs. Fleming or Mr.. Bliss
Jockey Curry Fined.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 6.-Gn Curry,
who drove Joe Patohen in the match race