New-York tribune., 1899-02-12
an EXHIBIT A-WANDEKlNU.
co~rr 1CTING TALES ABOUT THE GLASS
THAT HELD THE ADAMS
DEATH-D0SE.
ONT STORY FROM CORNISH, ANOTHER
FROM M1NTYRE, AND SO oN-Goss'r
ARorT THE INQUEsT-WHAT HAS
GARDINER DONE ABOUT

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nv ..o, yesterday over the results OF the
.',,o so,.s. hearing in the Adams poisoning IN
-. careful survey Of the situation re-
HN.so,,, Tho fact that Dstrict-Attorney Garo'her
80 tono5 70 make good" his declarations Una.
-. who committed the crime ana Wo"'"
.oo,,o on arrest in the course OF the Inquest.
80 etor witnesses were on the stahu
1,hursda, and Friday. The FIRST one p'"NVu ~
no according TO the Dstrict-Attorney eN"SN''
,.hue the second witness gave no 'ese,'''o''
u.hicb would throw light on the case Inc 'e
s,,,, ., this failure to produce the sensational
.,-.,,,,orv promised has given considerable sa'-
,S,oo,ioo ~ the Detective Bureau. when Is on
,.o outs" with the District Attorneys once
colonel Gardiner took the case OUT OF 'ne
nords Of the detectives in a rather PeOu'''.
manner. and announced that ne had io"i,u
rocaesarv to make detective bureau OF HIS
49,, Office on account Of the lack OF "orA ."
the part Of the police. -.
The District Attorneys promises nave ~
heen fulfilled and as a result the de'ec'NeS ""O
say they have important clews IN u'
onnos,te 70 those which Colonel Gardner saHu
he possessed are correspondingV happ!'
HOW ABOUT THE REYNOLDS MURDER?
The extraordinary activity and interest dis
rlavcd by District-Attorney Gardner ana some
of his assistants in the investigation OF ''e
$3.50 ,orr1ar mystery have caused many New
Workers to inquire with some impotence "heh
the District.Attorney intends TO move Tor 'he
trial of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy. indicted 1or 'he
murder Of the woman known as dolly hey-
nolds in the Grand Hotel on August TO- 1910
DIR Kennedy has been in the Tombs Tor moh'hs
awaiting triel Months ago Colonei "aIul"e'
announced that he had a complete case against
Dr Kennedy. and felt certain Of conNlctlhg 'he
prisoner Of murder At one time he sald tha' heh-
nedv's trial would probably be called IN OCTOBER
of last year The latest announcement on 'he sun
iect at the Distrct-Attorney's ofilce was 'ha'
Dr KenncGv's trial probably would De caleu IoI
rext month and that Mr.. Mcintyre would De 'he
nrosecutor There has been no eNpahauoh Vi
the long delay in trying the case when the DIS
,rict-Attorney declared was complete months
ago. .Ao
The murder of the Reynolds woman III 'ho
Grand Hotel was such an atrocious crime as 10
demand speedy punishment Ihe woman was
lured TO the hotel by her murderer ana "heh
she was completely in his power and detehceleSS
she was killed in most brutal fashlon' heF
skull was crushed in with piece OF ieao-co'cIeu
cable. a weapon which apparently had beeh Sc
lectcd with premeditaton and care. Inc "io-
tive for tie crime was ROBBERY SHe H"N wv"
irducod 10 draw $500 from a bank IN the eA
pectation that she would make several thousah"
dollars in speculation with her money ana LOT
,he few hundred dollars which she carried with
her 70 the hotel she w1s slain without mercy
on the very day of the discovery OF the crime
the Investigations of the police led to the arrest
Of Dr. Kennedy The District Attorney once
was not needed in the investigation. and all the
glory % be derived by the District-Attorney III
the case would be in the conviction Of the alleged
murderer.
one Of the most remarkable pieces of test
mony brought out at the Adams inquest was
about the mysterious travels Of the glass in
which Harry Cornish mixed the dose OF sup
posed bromo -scltzer, the poison in which killed
Mrs Adams. From the testimony given under
oath hv Mr.. Cornish it seems that there Will
he great difficulty in tracing the cruise of the
glass containing the sediment left after Mrs
Adams had taken her death dose. When the
INQUEST opened on Thursday Colonel Gardiner in
a carefully prepared speech, explained why AS
sistant District-Attorney Mcintyre had been
sent 10 the fiat where Mrs. Adams lived long be
fore the poUce were Informed. According TO the
District-Attorney. it was absolutely necessary
- have a representative Of his department at
the scene to take charge of all the eXhlDits
In this spcech Colonel Gardiner showed that his
office had reason TO believe that a crime had
beon committed within a few hours after Mrs
Adans's DEATH although Mr.. Cornish under
oath said that il not until forty-eight hours
after that that he realized that poison had been
given to Mrs Adams
Mr. Cornish also rather contradicted Colonel
Gardeners statement as TO the mission OF Mr..
Mcintyre 10 the house when he said on the
witness stand Friday that the glass in which
h. mixed the poison for Mrs. Adams was left IN
the house seven or ten days after her death'
and that at first il had contained white sedi-
ment, which disappeared before the glass was
taken away from the house. He also said that
either Detective Carey or Detective McCafferty
had called for and obtained the glass
This testimony. if true, shows that Mr.. McIn-
tyre's errand was not entirely successful, and
Mr.. Cornish further added to this theory by say
ing that Dr Hitchcock had taken away the bot
tie containing the brOmo-seltzer, the match-
holder and The address on the package Which
contained these articles. Dr Hitchcock pears
out his testimony Of Cornish as 10 the articles
he took possession Of. and on the day or the
pOisoning showed them TO number or reporters
who called at his Office. -
Cantajn NcCmsly slightly disagrees with Mr.
Cornish by saving that when he received te
glass it stin contained white sediment As 10
when hc received the glass ne VIII not Sdy' d. He
has no positive record as 10 the date
MR. MINTYRES STATEMENT.
Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre takes an
entirely different view to the disposal Of the
glass and other articles used when Mrs. Adams
took the poison He said yesterday
Cornish muddled when he testified as tc
the glass. l took charge OF all those things, but
personally took none Of them away, nor did
touch them. 1 directed DR.. Weston the Cor
oner's physician. to take charge Of them. an
sure that on the next day or the day after sa"
the glass at Police Headquarters. Or. weston
had taken all Of the stun there. But learned
that IL was Detective Carey who took thc glas'
from the house, and that he had brought II only
that day Why II was left behind was. sup