Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-30
NO LIGHT on THE ADtMs-CORNI>H
POISONING CASE.
POLICE WHOLLY IN THE DARK
WHY MR. CORNISH LIVED WHILE
MRS. ADAMS DIED.
He Drank the DreEs. which Acted as
an :metic-Is still Too Ill TO BE
0ut-PoIice Are of Opinion
That the PoIsOner Is
Woman.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-rhe Alam--Cor-
nish poisoning case remains as great
mystery as eyer. When the detective bG-
re4u. the district attorneys office The cor
oners office and others s-rkiug TO ind 4
solution Of the strange case ended their Ia
hors for the day. ali slid nothing had been
learned that might assist IN bringing the
guilty persons 10 justice.
The police ar- inclined TO believe that the
person who sent the poison To Cornish
IS woman. although the evidence i of the
most 1iimsy character, and IS largely based
on opinions OF moro or less Irresponsible
parties. Mr.. Cornish. Who was also poison
ed at the time Of Mrs. Adams Death. i
completely oIt Of danger. though confined
10 bed At the kEickerbOCSer Athletic Club.
Detective captain NcClusky. Assistant
District Attorney Mcintyre, Chief Of Fo-
lice Devery and Coronsrs Physician WeS-
ton were at police headquarters this aft
ernoon in consultation on the case- Act
ing under their instructions. detectives
went TO the Adams HAT on West Eighty
sixth street. and requested Mrs. Florence
Rogers. Mrs. Adams daughter and her
friend, Mrs. Hovey, TO accompany them 10
headquarters 20 give their versions OF the
case. Arrived there, they remained in con-
sultatioH with the authorities for about an
hour. Captain McClu-ky said after the
women had been taken home, that he had
learned nothing from them. He said he
deemed It best TO get the version Of the
poisoning directly from Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs. Hovey
But they told us nothing that We DID
not know" ne said. The case is As much
a mystery as ever. Nothing has developed.
j have no theory. have no person under
suspicion.
Captain McCIusky denied that -ae had
placed or contemplated placing Nj. Cor
nish under surveillance. He sent word TO
the Knckerbocker Athla.i: club. however.
asking if Cornish WAS able 20 oCme u
headquarters- Dr. Coffin. VINO 5 attending
Mr.. Cornish, replied that his patient would
not he able to leave his bed Tor TWO days.
lie said he VAS undoubtedly oUL o. danger,
but he did not want him 10 take any
DR.. Coffin gave an interesting statement
OF how Cornish escaped dea-i. while Mrs.
Adams. drinking from the sAme glass. was
hllled oy ihe nesihlE poison
Cornish mixed the poison. said DR. Cef-
fin. and gave it to Mrs. Adams. She
drank but little. complaining that it WAS
bitter. Cornish then took tae remainder
ana drained the glass Ia the d-cSs. 1 think
that the reason Cornish waS not killed +
that he drank the drees and Mrs. Adams
took the poison ~ solution. The quantity
of powdered matter acted as an emetic
and cleared his stomach.
When they found he unable 10
come 10 them. Captain MCClusky and Mr.
Mcintyre. accompanied by = stenographer.
went 10 the Fnic kerbocker Athletic club
and were in conference with Cornish for
more than an hour.
Captain McClusky said little had been
learned that had not already been pub
lished. Cornish told him that the silver
holder had evidently been used. and while
u was marked sterling. il was plated
II was not a Tiffany article but came in
a Tiffany box and had a Tiffany card in
the package.
That the contents or the bottle was cyan
.de of potassium was generally believed bv
physicians and police alike. but only i
chemical analysis viii determine this point
10 a certainty.
Late this afternoon. an autopsy WAS
held " hen the anatomical process was
completed and the parts OF the body de-
sired for analysis were sealed i'm Jars Cor
oner's Physician Weston issued a report IN
which he reiterated his opinion expressed
yesterday that death vas due 10 the u.s..
~ cyanide OF potassium
No date has as Yet been fixed for the
holding Of the inquest IN the case hv the
coroner.