The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-30
THE ADAMS
POISONING.
New York's Police Puzzled Over
the Mysterious Case.
MR.. CORNISH is OUT OF DANGER.

But lie Is Stlll Confined to His Bed at
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club.
No CIew as Yet to Indicate the
Guilty Person.
New York Dec. 30.-The Adams-Cor-
nsh 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 yesterday all said
nothing had been learned that might
lead to bringing the guilty persons to
justice. The police are inclined to be-
lieve that the person who sent the
poison to Cornish is a 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-
ton 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 daughter and her
friend, Mrs. Hovey, to accompany them
to headquarters to give their versions
Of the case.
Arrived there. they remained in con
- l. Ng.s. Cor hNNT
an hour. Captain McCluskey said afte
the women We're taken home that h,
had learned nothing from them. II,
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" he said 1.-THE case is as much
a mystery as ever. Nothing has de-
veloped. I have no theory. I 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 IL Cornish were
able to come to headquarters. DR.. COT.
fin, who is attending Mr.. Cornish, re.
piled that his patient would not be abb,
to leave his bed for two days. He sale
he is undoubtedly out of danger, bu
he did not want him to take an!
chances DR.. Coffin gave an interesting
statement of how Cornish ESCAPED
death, while Mrs. Adams, drinkin,
from the same glass, was killed by tn
deadly poison.
Cornish mixed the poison" said DR.
Coffin, "and gave 1t to Mrs. Adams
She drank but a little, complaining
that 1t was bitter. Cornish then tool
the remainder and drained the glas,
to the dregs I think that the reason
Cornish was not killed is that he dranl
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 tC
come to them Captain McCluskey and
Mr.. Mcintyre, accompanied by a stem.
ographer, went to the KnickerbockeI
| Athletic club and were in conference
with Cornish for more than an hour.
Late yesterday afternoon an autopsy
was held. When the process was com
pleted and the parts OF the body de
sired for analysis were sealed in tars
Coronor's Physician Weston issued {
report in which he reiterated his opin,
ion that death was due to the use o,
cyanide Of potassium,