The San Francisco call., 1898-12-30
Authorities Entirely at
 Sea.
NO TRACE OF. THE P0IS0NER
MRS. ADAMS DEATH DUE TO
 CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.
Opinion of the Coroner's Physician Divorced Wife of the Intended Victim Makes
 Statement.

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-The Adams Cornish poisoning case remains as great a mystery as ever. When the detective bureau, the District Attorneys office, the Coroner's office and others seeking to find a solution of the strange case ended their labors for the day all said nothing had been learned that might assist in bringing the guilty persons to justice.
 The police are inclined to. believe that the person who sent the poison to Cor nish is woman, although the evidence is of the most fiimsy character and is largely based on opinions of more or less responsible parties.
 MT. Cornish, who was also poisoned at the time of Mrs. Adams death, is now completely out of danger, though con- fined to his bed at the knickerbocker Athletic Club.
 Captain McClusky denied that he had placed or contemplated placing MT. | Cornish under surveillance. He sent
 word to the Knickerbocker Athletic | Club, however. asking if Cornish was | able to come to headquarters.
 Dr. Coffin, who is attending MT. 1 Cornish. replied that his patient would
 not be able to leave his bed for two days He said he is undoubtedly out of danger, but he did not want him to take any chances. Dr. Coffin gave an
 interesting statement of how Cornish
 escaped death, while Mrs. Adams, drinking from the same glass, was kill
 ed by the deadly poison.
 Cornish mixed the poison" said Dr. 1 Coffin, and gave it to Mrs. Adams. She drank but a little, complaining that it was bitter. Cornish then took the remainder and drained the glass to the dregs. 1 think that the reason Cornish was not killed is that he drank the dregs and Mrs. Adams took the poison in solution. The quantity of powdered matter acted as an emetic and cleared his stomach"
 | When they found he was unable to come to them Captain McClusky and District Attorney Mcintyre, accom- panied by a stenographer, went to the Knickerbocker Athletic Club and were
 in conference with Cornish for more | than an hour.
 Captain McClusky said little had been 1 learned that had not already been pub
 lished. Cornish told him that the sil- yer holder had evidently been used and
 while it was marked sterling" it was l plated. It was not a Tiffany article, l but came in a Tiffany box and had 1 Tiffany card in the package. | Late this afternoon an autopsy was l held. When the anatomical process l was completed and the parts of the
 body desired for analysis were sealed in jars. Coroner's Physician Weston is- sued a report in which he reiterated his opinion expressed yesterday that death was due to the use of cyanide of potassium.
 No date has yet been fixed for the holding of the inquest.
 BOSTON, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Ada Cornish, the divorced wife of Harry Cornish, the Knickerbocker Athletic Club manager, stated to-day that her only knowledge of MT. Cornish of late has come to her through the newspapers, or letters writ ten to her by her daughter Edith. Mrs. Cornish declares that she is not acquainted with Mrs. Adams, described as the aunt of MT. Cornish, and the vic tim of the Christmas package poison. l She says she never met Mrs. Rogers, described as the daughter of Mrs, Adams and separated from her hus-
 band. Mrs Cornish added that little Edith went to New York some time ago and on her return told of having been l to the house of Mrs. Adams, but be-
 yond this Mrs. Cornish has no knowI- edge of the woman. Edith is now in
 Hartford spending the holidays with her grandmother