Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-06
New York Has One Only Six Inches
III. Length.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS ADAMS Case
Police Unable as Yet to Locate the
Poisoner.
DEWEY'S SWORD
pecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

terry. real live Russian duke, several ex-
traordinary social functions, to say moth
ing Of the smallest baby ever born. tire peo-
pie of New York have had ample food for
reflection aside from the huTndrum of
daily occurrences during this first week Of
the new year. From the standpoint 81
human interest, the babe is probably the
most important and had best be disposed Of
first. 1t was born in Gouverneur Hospital.
where it was left by its mother with a
promise to come back; but she has not re-
turned. Thu infant ANA all it's belongings
could be placed in an ordinary silk hat. In
length the child is less than six inches ana
at its birth weighed about seventeen
ounces. 1t as a healthy youngster of the
male sex and is growing rapidly.
Welcome that savored Of the warmesl
cordially between the Russian population
of this city and the reigning family of their
native land was given to New Yorks royal
visitor, the Grand Duke Cyril Nladimiro-
witch, cousin of the Gar of Russia. when
he visited this city the early part of this
week. 1t is needless to say that the repre-
seutatives Of the gentler sex were far in the
lead in their attentions. That the duke ap-
preciated these gentle attentions is evil
dence1 by his words:
American women said he, constitute
Americas triumph. l shall say very DELHI
erately that the American woman is the
handsomest in the world. I have not had
time. you know, to become well acquainted
with h,r. So I cannot tell you more than
this plastic impression. l am only passer-
by here in rapid strides"
And today he sailed away. There was 4
large crowd on the pier to see him off
with profusion of flowers to bedeck his
state room. One of the ladies said that
during the dukes short stay in New York
he had proved himself very popular.
The Adams Poisoning Case.
The Adams poisoning case continues to be
a mystery. The case is so completely haf-
fling to the police and public that resume.
it is believed should be interesting read
ing. The story looked like a simple one on
December -, when Mrs. Kate ]. Adams
died in her handsomely appointed fat in
seth street, after drinking what she thought
to be bromo settler. she was a widow of
sixty-three, not wealthy, but with some
means. Mrs. Florence Rogers. her daugh-
ter, and Harry Cornish, a nephew by mar
riage. were with her. Cornish tasted the
drug and became i'll. Two physicians at
tended. but Mrs. Adams died. The ply
sicians said the drug was really cyanide Of
potassium.
Harry Cornish, a well-known athlete and
now physical instructor at the Knicker--
booker Athletic Club of this city explained
that on December n he received the sup
posed bromo settler as a Christmas pres
emit 1t was in the regular drug bottle
properly labeled. sealed in a Tiffany box
He had taken the present home When
Mrs. Adams felt i'll she took a dose from
the bottle. In an hour she died. Ii was
all simple enough. the police said An
enemy of Cornish had sent the poison: II
had reached an unintended victim From
the hour Of death the mystery began As
sistant District Attorney John F Mcintyre
mad heen the private attorney for the fam
lily. He was notified, and combining pri-
vate and official affairs investigated. he
death. ignoring the police. Six hours after
Mrs Adams died the police got into the
hoo -fT1rr
horror Of the situation had passed The
fog of mystery grew more dense in the fol-
lowing days. The police reported progress
and said nothing. The district attorney did
his own investigating contrary to prece-
dent in such cases, dug up a law to prove
authority and kept what he found out to
himself From the tangled ends which the
secret methods of the police allowed to
bob up the public knew that the packet of
poison had been mailed at the general post
office in this city. and that it had been
addressed to Cornish in what appeared to
be the disguised hand of a woman Cor
nlsh had been separated from his wife.
The Receptacle Traced.
The silver receptacle which had held the
poison was made by a Newark firm Few
of the kind had been sold, so each could
be traced. They were traced all over the
country one of them to Washington. In a
few days a shopkeeper only around the
corner from the manufacturer discovered
that he had sold such a holder He in
sisted 1t was the original one. There was
no way of proving that ii was lot merely
a similar one. 1t had been sold to a man
with a red beard Red-bearded men then
came under police suspicion Deep inter
est also centered around the athletic club.
and the police investigated all manner of
rumors of expelled members who were an
tasonisuc 10 Cornish without result except
10 drag into the case the name of Il gen
erals son, who knows something of chem
lstry. All agreed that whoever sent the
poison must have had knowledge of
chemistry, for cyanide of POTASH I'm is diff
cult to buy and fearfully dangerous to re-
duce from crystal to a powdered form.
IN October last Henry b. Barnet. a
broker and a member of the Knicker-
booker Athletic Club died soon after being
taken i'll at the club house. At the time
his physician simply certified that death
was due TO diphtheria. With the first
mention of cyanide of mercury i'm the pres
ent case, the physician for Barnet jumped
forward TO say that while Barnet had died
of diphtheria his Illness had started after
he had tasted of some headache powders
which had been mailed him TO the club by
some one unknown. These headache pow
ders, the physician said. had contained a
substance foreign TO their proper makeup
That substance-cyanide of mercury. Then
the question came had the same person
sent poison both to Barnet and Cornish
and was the athletic club being delLged
with deadly drugs?
With all these tangled ends which the
police appear to be utterly unable to bring
together, the chief of the detective bureau
McCiusky, follows in the footsteps of the
man he learned his business under former
Chief Byrnes. McClusky saws nothing
using the Byrnes method of looking wise |
4 know nothing" says McClusky. Ask
me questions. He answers the questions
ambiguously, then reXt day denies them
So he lends his aid TO keeping tightly bot
tied up all the mystery that has been TO-
cused on the case.
Three Big Social Events.
Three big social events of the new year
have set society taiking-the vaudeville |
supper at William K. Vanderbilts house |
tonight the ball in honor of Alfred Wander |
bilt, to be given by Mr.. Cornelius Wander |
bilt Friday night and the ball to be |
given by Mrs. Aston on Tuesday evening |
next.
The vaudeville supper party at the home /
of Mr.. William K. Vanderbilt tonight was
in honor of his SON, Willie k jr and the /
latters fiancee, Miss Virginia Fair Ii i'm
mediately followed the opera. The guests /
were limited to about one hundred, so the
drawing room floor only was used. After
the supper there was a vaudeville perform
ance-
On Friday night Mr. and Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt will give great ball in honor
of their second son. Alfred Vandar,ilt no |