Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-31
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
At Least Captain McC|usky
Firmly So Believes
ATTEMPT TO KILL CORNISH,
The Culprit Who Sent Him Poison Soon
10 Be in Custody.
NAME OF SUSPECT WITHHELD.
He Was Formerly, However, a Mem
ber of the KnickcrbOcISer Athletic
Club, and Was At One Time of
High Standing.
ATTEMPT TO KILL CORNISH
NAME OF SUSPECT WITHHELD.
He Was Formerly, However, a Mem
High Standing.

NEW YORK, December 31.-The World
says: Captain George McClusky, chief Of
the Detective Bureau, firmly believes
that he has solved the mystery sur
rounding the attempt to kill Harry Cor
nish, physical instructor of the Knicker-
booker Athletic Club, by sending him
poison through the mails.
At O'Clock last night Captain Nc
Clusky stated that he would have the
culprt in custody within twelve hours.
The name Of the suspected murderer is
withheld from publication, lest its an
nouncement should defeat the ends Of
justice.
The man under surveillance was for
merly a member Of the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club. He was at one time a
man Of high social and financial standing
in this city. In later years, through bad
habits and evil associations, his descent
was rapid.
THE CORNISH TRINKET.
The silver-plated trnket received by
Cornish is not bottle-holder, as it has
been represented to be, but a toothpck-
holder or an ash receiver.
a private mark is stamped i'm the silver
of this little article. 1t is mo. sl4, tooth
pick-holder of match-stand." The silver
smiths know from their books exactly
where to look for it.
1t was made in Newark, NJ j., by
manufacturing sllversmith.
There are not fifty match-safes of
that design in the country" said the
manufacturer. But few have been put
forth up to the present time. OF these
fifty, the one involved either went, In all
probability, directly to New York or to
our eastern agents at Hartford, Conn.
But whether IT went to New York or
TO Hartford. our books will show the pur-
chaser, and If you follow 1t to the retail
store. and that store is conducted as it
ought to be, you can find the name OF
the person who bought il.
we are working hard to trace IL. We
are searching our books. and soon after
noon we will know just the firm that we
sent it to. My impression is that it will
be New York firm. 1t may be our east
ern agent In Hartford. He can follow the
clue for you if it should be he"
FOR a. GENTLEMAN.
\ silver matdh-holder or toothpick-
holder, such as No. Sl4, is rarely, If ever.
purchased for a woman. or by one, unless
it is intended as a present for a gentle
man. rhe little tray surrounding the cup
shows i'm itself what 1t Is TO be used for
cigar ashes, burned matches, or broken
tOOthpicks.
There is no size Of bromo seltzer bottle
made that fits that article we made"
said Mr.. Lebkueckner. the manufacturers
Il tried 1t myself to-day. AL are either
too large or too small. The very appear
ance Of that bromo seltZer bottle i'm that
match-holder must have seemed incon-
gruous to any one with taste. a bottle in
a bottle-holder fits perfectly, almost tight
ly The bromo settler bottle must have
ratified around I'm No. 81. and showed
plainly that il did not belong there"
Captain McClusky said that he had
ascertained the store al which the tooth
pick-holder was bought but he refused
to say what establishment it is, further
than that il is in New York