The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-29
NEW YORK HAS
A B0TKIN CASE.
Woman Dies Under PeCu-
liar Circumstances.
POISON IN A PRESENT.
She Took a Fatal Dose from Board
er'S Christmas Gift.
THE AFFAIR A MYSTERIOUS ONE,
The Bottle Was Sent in Silver Holder
Marked Bromo SeItZcr, But Was
Found To Contain Cyanide Of
POtassium-Th Hoardcr
Has Since Dis
appeared.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-Mrs Kate J.
Adams a woil-to-do woman. was pois-
onod to-day in her ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
apartments on Eighty-slXth street. Her
death is connected with a curious chain
OF events.
MIS-. Adams was a widow, fifty years
Old, and lived with her son-in-law. Ed
ward Rogers. au insurance agent Mr
X. Cornish, a well-known athlete. and
physical director OF the Knickerb0ckcr
Athletic Club. boards with the Adams
Yesterday Mrs Adams had a headache
and her daughter. Mrs. Rogers. advised
her 10 take some brOmO-seltzer Mrs
Rogers hIntcd around. but found none
of the required medicine. Finally she
fnwcWDered that there was some brOmO-
seltzer in Mr.. Cornishs room. This she
got ana gave 10 her mother who took
fair-sized dose. I'm few seconds Mrs.
Adams was IN great pain. and evidently
suffering from the effects of o. strong
poison. Dr. Hitchcock was called in. a..
he tried TO counteract the effects OF the
poison. which be declared 10 Doe cyparido
Of potassium Mr.. Cornish and Dr. Hitch
cock had tasted the poisonous stuff, and
i'm "A few minutes both were prostrated 10y
the effects of the slight quantity they
had taken Dr. Potter was called y. lie
revived the two men, but Mrs. Adams
died.
THE FATAL BOTTLE
Mr.. Cornish states that ON Christmas
day he received a neat package address
ed 10 himself containing a sterling siI-
yer medicine bottle-holder in a Tiffany
box. and In the holder was bottle
marked "Bromo-Seltzer." This package
was anonymously sent, hut Cornish says
ne thought nothing OF this. as Doe Irr
quently gets presents i'm this way. II was
this bottle that Mrs. Rogers got for her
mother and out Of which Mrs. Adams
drank with fatal effect. Mr.. Cornish says
he cannot think who, could have had any
designs on his life
Harry Cornish is e. cousin Of Mrs
Adams and is forty years Old He has
been the physical director of the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club for three years
Prior TO that time he was the physical
director of the Chicago Athletic club
and prior to that time a well known
figure i'm football and other sports and
= coach for many college team. on the
morning of December 2ith there canS to
the desk Of the Knickerbockor Club office
a package wrapped i'm Manila paper AM
sealed with wax ON the fiat surface
was written i'm feminine hand. dis
guised 10 cause the impression that the
writing was done by "a man. the address.
"Mr. Harry Cornish KnickerbOcker
Club Madison avenue and Forty-hfth
street New York"
FROM TIFFANY.
The package had been mailed at the
general dellve-y office. down town. I'm
the wrappec C.; m'nla paper there Was
q Pas'eDoard bCX marked Tiffany in
the box TIE usuai cotton packing. and
I'm the centre. wrapped I'm white tissue
paper, a vial holder Of polished silver.
ON tho bo'tCn o. the holder is marked.
Sterling silver SO Sli" The receiving
cylinder o. TIC hCider was ten-cent
vial OF piorlo-Scii2er
The bottle wa wrapped I'm the usual
label of the drug, made ia Baltimore.
The stopper was unsealed and packed
down hard on a level with the neck of
the bottle. an unusual thing with vials
o. Bromo-Sctzer OF this make The
vial with its contents. were placed in
Cornish's room There 1t rested until
this morning
Coroners Physician Weston called at
the house tonight. lie took the val
holder and the bottles Of poison. lie
also took the wrapper containing the adj
dress.
CONTAINED POISON.
After careful examination of the CON
tents Of the bottle he said 10 was his
opinion that the cOntSnts were cyanide
OF Potassium Although he could not say
for "a certainty. he is sure this is what
caused Mrs Adams death. and that 10
was murder He was of the opinion that
the victim intended was Cornish. lie
stated that the granules of BrOmO Self
ger were cOarser. and that the drug in the
vial was Of brighter crystals ana very
fine.
Cornish disappeared soon after visiting
the assistant district attorneys office
and could not be found anywhere. His
divorced wife lives In Boston.