New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-30
COLGATE&C0'S
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ton minutes before It was picked UP by the
clerk Even II this clerk had been standing a.
the drop when IT was mailed. there woulu nay ~,
been no way for him to have discovered the
nereon who dropDed IL. We VIII DO all we can
to assist the police and the Distriot-At'orheS III
the matter but unless there Is something apou'
the address on the package. or the package ~
self TO reveal the identity of the sender, 40
not see how it is possible to know who malled
IT,"
WHAT CORNIsIFS MOTHER SAYS.
According to the reports received from people
Of New-Haven. Conn, yesterday VINO are IN
terested in the from the fact that Harry D
Cornish was born In that city thirty-six years
ago. his past life, in addition to the facts al
ready given In The Tribune. was as follows;
He left Hartford after being graduated from the
public schools and went 10 Pittsheld, Mass
From there he went to Harvard. where he began
a course under Professor Sargent to fit himsef
as a physical director Before he completed the
course he married Addie J. Barden. of Worces-
ter who was at the time clerk in store III
Hartford Mr.. Cornish continued his course al
Harvard. and graduated about fourteen
years ago daughter was born TO the par;
Her name is Jennie. and she Will be ten years olu
next July. According 10 the statement or MT
Cornishs mother, the pair never lived happily,
In the summer Of 1896 she got a dNorce III
Chicago and alimony OF so month. and the
custody OF the daughter. Mrs. Cornish SAID she
retained her husbands name for the sake or the
daughter.
residence on Huntington-ave, Boston with
the almony and the renting Of rooms Mrs. Cor
nsh lived comfortably and apparently happiI!'
Mrs Cornish sent her daughter Jennie to HART
ford on Wednesday to visit Mr.. ana MIS-.
Thomas Saunders. who occupy floor in the
same house in which the elder MI ana MIS-.
Cornish live Mrs. Saunders is a sister OF Harry
Cornish. The little girl is clothed by Harry
parerts They think very much of the child
and she is the only grandchild.
The mother OF Harry Cornish was asked yes
terday If she had any suspicious as to the pol
sonng
yes ] have" was the emphatic reply Il am
suspicious of a man and woman. Harry had
trouble with man when he was nineteen years
old over love affair. In reference 10 the
woman | won't talk. | mentioned these par
ties to my daughter this morning, ana she WAS
also suspicious Of them.
Harry Cornish is not a relative of Kate
Adams. Mrs. Adams was born in Hartford inc
daughter of George Kelly. who died several
years ago. She has a brother. George living
i'm that city. She married Abel S. Adams She
was a dressmaker on Man-sto Hartford. FOR
several year,. Her husband died in 1881.
An effort made yesterday to show that
Henry c. Barnett, of the Knickerbocker Ath-
letic Club, had also died from poison sent In the
same way through the mail. According 10 the
story he had received this poison early in No
vember The package contained what was sup
posed to be an effervescing salt similar IN erect
t. that sent 10 Mr. Cornish. The records of the
Bureau of Contagious Diseases. as we'll as the
statements of Mr.. Barnetts brother and Cap
tain McClusky, show that this case is by no
means similar 10 the one which is now inter
esting the DistrCtAttorney' Office
f. II. Barnett n brother Of Henry C. Bar
nett when seen at the office OF the South Amer
lean Trading Company. at No. GS Broad-st.,
said: MY brother died Of diphtheria. He was
ailing for about four days before he called in
Dr. Douglass When we found he had con-
tag!ous disease ii was too late TO move him,
and he was isolated in his room al the knicker-
booker Athletic Club. That was before November
l. and did not see him again before he died
This ought to dispose Of the theory Of there
being any poison in his case AS Tor there
being any woman involved my brother was un-
married and never had any reason TO suppose
that he had any affairs sentimental or other
wise"
The Health Department records show the cause
Of death the same as Mr. BarncttS brother gives
it, and Captain McCusky also has the same
opinion on the case. and does not see the re-
semblance between the two deaths at all
MRS. CORNISH PLEADS IGNORANCE.