The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-17
LOOKS DARK FOR CORNISH
Today's Evidence In the
Adams Case Places Him
In a Bad Light.

NEW YORK, Feb. II, 1S99.-When the
inquest in the Adams poisoning case was
resumed this morning, Patrick +. FIN
neran, the. assistant instructor OF the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, testified
that he had known Cornish ten years,
that he worked for Cornish in Boston and
in Chicago and that Cornish got him his
present place. He and Cornish were inti-
mate friends. He. fenced with Assistant
District Attorney Osborne's question as
to who else were Cornish's intimate
friends, and at last said all he could re-
member were Mr.. Yocum, Mr.. King, Mr..
Salmon and himself
Witness said he was in his office on
December "a, when Cornish came in with
the mail and a box. Cornish ripped the
string and wrapper off the box and OPEN
ed it. 1t contained two packages Cornish
took out one of the packages and showed
a silver object, saying What can this
be?" Witness saii:-'It looks like cam
die stick NO" said Cornish, 81 guess
it is for Matches Then Cornish opened
the other package and showed a bottle of
bromo seltzer II was in blue wrapper,
sealed at both ends with wax.
Mr.. Finneran continued:-"He took the
wrapper off and threw it in the waste
paper basket. The bottle fitted the hold
er nicely 1 asked him if he had an idea
who sent it and he said no. I asked him
if he didn't recognize the writing, and
suggested that some one had sent it to
him in joke, and that he had better save
the wrapper to identify the joker. He
picked up the wrapper and cut out the
address.
Shortly afterwards George Salmon
came in and then Mr.. King. He invited
them to look at his present and Mr.
King made some remark about taking
some He went to get a glass, but there
was no water in the cooler That same
day 1 went to Boston. / returned the
Wednesday after the death and heard
that Cornish was in Yocum's room, sick.
| was told that he had taken the
stuff that came in the bronco
seItzer and that it had made him
sick Cornish told me the same
story He looked bad. l went to his
room and asked if there was anything l
could do fir him. He said the doctors
were doing all that was necessary, and
said the stuff in the bottle must have been
pretty strong stuff. Mrs. Adams died al
f'eAAA
through. He was very sick all night.
..The next day Cornish asked me what
had become of the box and wrapper and
| suggested that have the. waste paper
downstairs searched. / couldn't find it
and learned that lot of waste paper had
been taken away Tuesday. Cornish told
me to find where the paper was taken to,
as the outside wrapper might be very
/ important clue as to where the box was
bought
Finneran said he was sure the bottle
was regular bromo-seltzer bottle.
Mr. Osborne submitted the holder and
F'inneran said it loked like the one he
| saw Crnsh receive.
| Cornish was called and said to the best
of his knowledge and belief it was the
| same holder
| Mr. Osborne then produced bromo
seltzer bottle and showed it to Finneran
The witness recognized it as a bromo
seltzer bottle and then Mr.. Osborne
placed it on top of the holder and showed
| triumphantly the bottle was so much
! larger than the holder that it could not
be forcedd in.
"You saw it fitted in yourself, didn't
! you?'' asked Mr.. Osborne.
Il did, replied the witness.
| The bottle and holder were then put in
|