The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-30
SHROUOtD IN MYSTERY
No New Light on the Adams
Cornish Poisoning Case.
NOT A CLUE TO ACT ON
The Police Inclined to Believe That the
Person who Sent the Poison Was
Woman Cornish Is Out
OF Danger.

New York. Dec. 29.-The Adams-eor-
nish poisoning case remains as great a
mystery as ever. When the detective
bureau. the district attorneys Office. the
coroners Office and others seeking To
find a solution OF the strange case end
ed their labors for the day all said that
nothing had been learned that might as
sist I'm bringing the guilty persons to jus
tice. The police are inclined to believe
that the person who sent the poison
to Cornish is woman. although the
evidence Is of the most fiimsy character
and is largely based on opinions OF more
or less irresponsible parties. Mr.. Cor
nish, who was also poisoned at the time
of Mrs. Adams death. is now complete
ly out OF danger. though confined To MS
bed at the Knickerbocker Athletic club.
Detective Captain McClusky. Assistant
District Attorney Mcintyre. Chief Of
Police Devery and Coroner's Physician
Weston were at police headquarters this
afternoon I'm consultation ON the case.
Acting upon their Instructions. detec-
tives went To the Adams Hat ON West
Eighty-sixth street and reqaested Mrs.
Florence Rogers, Mrs. Adams daugi.-
ter and her friend Mrs. Hovey. To ac-
company them % headquarters to give
their versions of the case. Arriving
there. they remained i'm consultation
with the authorities for about an hour
Captain McClusky said. after the wo-
men had been taken home. that he had
learned not hing from them. He said he
deemed II 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" he said. THE case is as
much a mystery as ever: nothing has
developed. | have no theory; ! have
no person under suspicion"
Captain McClusky denied that he had
placed or contemplated placing Mr..
Cornish under surveillance. He gent
word to the Knickerbocker Athletic
club, however. asking II Cornish was
able To come to the headquarters. DIR.
Coffin. who Is attending Mr.. Cornish.
replied that his patient would not be
able to leave his bed for two days. lie
said he is undoubtedly out of danger.
but he did not want him to take any
chances. DIR. Coffin gave an interesting
statement of how Cornish escaped
death. while Mrs. Adams. drinking
from the same glass. was killed by tire
deadly poison.
Cornish mixed the poison" said DIR.
Coffin. "and gave IL to Mrs. Adams.
She drank but little. complaining that
II 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 emetic and cleared
his stomach"
When they found he was unable Ia
come to them, Captain McClusky and
Mr.. Mcintyre, accompanied by "A stem
ographer. went to the Knickerbocker
Athletic club and were i'm conference
with Cornish for more than an hour.
Captain McClusky said nothing had
been learned that had not been already
published. Cornish told him that the
silver-holder had evidently been used
and while IL was marked sterling" II
was plated. II was not a Tiffany ar
ticle. but came I'm a Tiffany box and
had a Tiffany card in the package. Late
this afternoon an autopsy was held
When the anatomical process was COM
pleted and the parts Of the body desired
for an analysis were sealed in jars
Coroner Physician Weston issued a
report in which he reiterated his opin-
ion expressed yesterday. that the death
was due to the Use of cyanide Of po-
tassium. No date has as yet been fixed
for the holding of the inquest in the
case by the coroner.