The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-30
NEW YORK'S MYSTERY
THE ADAMs-CORNISH POISONING
CASE WORRYING THE POLICE.
Occupants of Flat Examined, hut No
Light shed on the Tragedy.-AutOp-
sy ON the WOman's Body.

NEW YORK Dec 29.-The Adams Cor
nish poisoning case remains as great mys-
terry 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 for
the day all said nothing had been learned
that might assist in bringing the guilty per-
sons to Justice The police are inclined to
believe the person who sent the poison to
Cornish is woman, although the evidence
is Of the most fiirnsy character and is large
ly based on opinions of more or less re-
sponsible 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 Knickerbocker
Club. Flssss
Detective Captain McClusky, Assistant
District Attorney Mcintyre, Chief of Police
Devery and Coroner's Physician Weston
were at police headquarters this afternoon
in consultation on the case. Acting under
their instructions, detectives went to the
Adams fiat on West Eighty-sixth street and
requested Mrs. Florence Rogers, Mrs.
Adams's daughter, and her friend, Mrs.
Hovey, to accompany them to headquarters
to give their versions of the case. Arrived
the authorities for about an hour. Captain
McClusky said after the women were taken
home that he had learned nothing from
them. He said it 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" said he.
"'The case is as much mystery as ever;
nothing has developed. / have no theory.
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Captain McClusky denied that he had
placed or contemplated placing Mr.. Cornish
under surveillance. He sent word to the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, however, ask
ing if Cornish were able to come to head
quarters. DR.. Coffin, who is attending Mr..
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
killed by the deadly poison. Cornish mixed
the poison said DR.. Coffin, and gave it to
Mrs Adams. She drank but a little, COM
planning that it 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
solution. The quantity of powdered matter
acted as an emteic and cleared his stomach. y
When they found he was unable to come
to them Captain McClusky and Mr.. McIn-
tyre, accompanied 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 learned that has not already been
published. Cornish told him that the silver
holder had evidently been used and while
it was marked sterling" it was plated. II
was not a Tiffany article, but came in a
Tiffany box and had Tiffany card in the
package. That the contents of the bottlf
were cyanide of potassium is generally be-
lieved by physicians and police alike, but
only chemical analysis will determine this
point to a certainty.
Late this afternoon an autopsy was held.
When the anatomical process was completed
and the parts of the body desired for an
alysis were sealed in jars COroner's Physi-
clan Weston issued a report in which he
reiterated his opinion expressed yesterday,
that death was due to the use of cyanide
of potassium. No date has as yet been
fixed for the holding of the inquest in the
case by the coroner.