The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-30
IHE ADAMS POISONING,
New York's Police Puzzled Over
the Mysterious Case:
MR.. CORNISH is OUT OF DANGER.
But He Is Still Confined to His Bed ct
the Knickerbocker Athletic club.
! No Clew as Yet to Indicate the
Guilty Person.

But He Is still COnnncd TO HIS Bed ct
/ the Knickerbocher Athletic club.
No Clew as Yet to Indicate the
Guilty Person.
! New York, Dec. 30.-The Adams-Cor-
nish poisoning case remains as great q
mystery as ever. When the detective
bureau, the district attorneys office.
the coroner's Office and others seeking
to find solution of the strange case
ended their labors yesterday all said
,othing had been learned that might
lead to bringing the guilty persons to
Justice. The police are inclined to be-
iieve that the person who sent the
poison to Cornish Is woman, although
the evidence Is of the most fiimsy
character and Is largely based upon
opinions Of more or less responsible
parties. Mr.. Cornish, who was also
poisoned at the time of Mrs. Adams
death, is now completely out Of danger.
though confined to bed at the knicker-
booker Athletic club.
Detective Captain McLuskey, Assist
ant District Attorney Mcintyre, Chief
of Police Devery and Coroner's Physi-
clan Weston were at police headquar-
ters yesterday afternoon in consulta-
tion on the case. Acting under their
instructions. detectives went to the
Adams fiat, on West Eighty-slXth
street, and requested Mrs. Florence
Rogers. Mrs. Adams daughter, and her
friend, Mrs. Hovey, to accompany them
to headquarters to give their versions
Of the casa.
- Arrived there. they remained in con-
sultation with the authorities for about
an hour Captain McCluskey said after
the women were taken home that he
had learned nothing from them. He
said 1t was deemed best to get the
versions of the poisoning directly from
Mrs Rogers and Mrs. Hovey.
But they told us nothing we did not
Know" he said. "The case is as much
a mystery as ever. Nothing has de-
veloped. / have no theory. l have
no person under suspicion"
Captain McCluskey denied that he
had placed or contemplated placing
Mr.. Cornish under surveillance. He sent
word to the Knickerbocker Athletic
club however asking if Cornish We're
able to come to headquarters. Dr. Cof-
piled 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 killed by the
deadly poison.
Cornish mixed the poison" said DR..
Coffin, land gave 1t to Mrs. Adams.
She drank but little, complaining
that 1t was bitter. Cornish then took
the remainder and drained the glass
TO the dregs. think that the reason
Cornish was not killed is that he drank
the dregs and Mrs. Adams took the
poison in the 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 McCiuskey and
MIR. Mcintyre, accompanied by stem
osrapher, went to the Knckerbocker
Athletic club and were in conference
with Cornish for more than an hour.
Late yesterday afternoon an autopEy
was held. When the process was COM
pieted and the parts Of the body de-
sired for analysis were sealed In Jars,
Coronor's Physician Weston issued q
report. In which he reiterated his opin-
Ion that death was due to the use Of
cyanide uf potassium.