The record-union., 1898-12-29

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Kate ),
Adams, well-to-do woman. was
poisoned to-day in handsomely fur
nished apartments ON Eighty-sixth
street. Her death is connected with a.
curious chain of events.
Mrs. Adams was widow, so years
old. She lived with her son-in-laws
Edward Rogers, an insurance agent
Harry Cornish, a well-known athlete
and physical director Of the Knicker+
booker Athletic Club, boards with Rog<
ers.
Mrs. Adams awol1e this morning With
a severe headache Her daughter, MEss
Rogers, advised her to take some
bromo-seltzer. She got some from Mr..
Cornish's room and gave it to her
mother. Nm q few seconds Mrs. ADJ
ans was in great pain, and evidently
suffering from the effects of a strong
poison. DR.. Hitchcock was called in
and tried to counteract the effects OF
the poison, which he declared to be
cyanide of potassium. Mr.. Cornish and
DR.. Hitchcock both tested the poison
Gus stuff, and in a few minutes both
were Frustrated by the slight quantity
they had taken. Dr. Potter was called
in. He revived the two men, but Mrs.
Adadms died.
Mr.. Cornish states that on Christmas
Day he received a package addressed
to himself, containing a sterling silver
medicine bottle-holder in Tiffany box,
and in the holder was a bottle marked
'bromo-seltzer." The package was
anonymously sent, but Cornish says
he thought nothing of this, as he fire.
quently gets presents in this way. It
fLn%
for her mother, and out of which Mrs.
Adams drank with fatal effect
Mr.. Cornish says he cannot think
who can have had any designs on his
life.
Harry Cornish is cousin of Mrs.
Adams, and is 40 years old. He has
been the physical director of the Knick-
erbocker Athletic Club for three years.
Prior to that time he was the physical
director of the Chicago Athletic Club,
and prior to that well known figure
in football and other sports, and q
coach for many college teams. The
package containing the poison was sent
to him at the Knickerbocker Club Of
flee, and was wrapped in manila paper
and sealed with wax. The address was
written in a feminine hand, disguised
was done by a man. The package had
been mailed at the general delivery Of
flee down town.
After the physicians in attendance
had expressed their belief that Mrs.
Adams had died from cyanide of potas-
SUM poisoning, Mr. Cornish went to
Assistant District Attorney McIntyre's
office and told the incidents connected
the fro f,,-4 q
the Assistant District Attorney, three
detectives were placed in the hallway
Of the house. No one was allowed to
go up to the apartments of Rogers
without permission from the District
Attorneys office.
Coroner's Physician Weston called at
the house tonight. He took the vial
holder and the bottles Of poison. He
also took the wrapper containing the
address. After careful examination Of
the contents of the bottle, he said it
was his opinion that the contents were
cyanide of potassium, although he
could not say for certainty. He was
sure that this was what caused Mrs.
Adams death, and that it was mur4
der-mdrder, coIdblooded and premedi-
tated. He was of the opinion that the
victim intended was Cornish. He stated
that he would perform an autopsy on
the body of Mrs. Adams tomorrow.
He had no talk with Cornish, but had
consulted with Assistant District At
torney Mcintyre.
Cornish disappeared soon after vis-
1ting the Assistant District Attorneys
office, and could not be found any,
where. His divorced wife lives in Bos-
ton.