New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-31
PAUSE IN THE POISON CASE.
M'CLJSKY. TIRED OF AMATEUR SLEUTH-
ING TRIES A NEW TACK.
SOME ATTEMPT LIKELY TO BE MADE NOW
TO INVESTIGATE TWO MEN Not PRE-
vIOJSLY MENTIONED As Sis

TO lNNES1lGAlE iNo MEN s>Vi
vIorsLY MENTIONED as Sis
Poets IN THE CASE.
The police have finally decided TO follow the
clews in the Adams poisoning case they have
worked UP themselves. and no longer TO depend
on the work Of amateur sleuths and ambitious
identihers At the time they are becom-
ing rather sceptical as 10 the actual value OF the
numerous patent medicine applications Wnlch
are supposed 20 have been sent out by II Cor
nish' and H. c. Barnet" Some Of these apki-
cations MAY have a bearing on the case owing
10 the apparent resemblance between the hand
writings on the applications and that on the
rackage containing the poison which was sent
70 Harry Cornish at the KnickerbOCker Athletic
club Some Of the other applications for sam
pies 81 medicines reported TO the police az hav-
ing been sent from the Broadway and the Forty
second st letter boxes are. however. considered
10 be only a scheme fCr free advertising.
Captain McClusky is more than disguised with
the latest escapsde Of the amateur detectives,
and a. A result ne was decidedly emphatic in
declaring yesterday that he and his men
would work along their own lines and in their
own way in future When ". c. Kcutnik. the
Young man from West Hohoken who was sure
that he had mailed the package Of poison on
December "a selected ore of the detectives on
Captain McCluskys staff ga the man who had
handed the package to him az Fortieth-st. and
Madison-ave Captain McClusky was inclined to
believe that he had been 'buncoed." ard he at
once decided to listen no longer to outside sug-
gestions but 10 work in his own way.
TIE FAILURE TO IMPLICATE MoLINEUX.
For .ome time Captain McCiusky followed
new.paper clews which brought in the rane
Of Roland r Molineux. and each one has 90 far
proved failure.
Mr.. Koch. the msrager % NE Broadway i"t-
fer-box concera where the H. Cornish letters
were received. has said positively that MolineuX
was not the man who rented the box from him
Mr. Hickman. who manages tho business NJ the
letter. box concern in West Forty -second-st.
vas al the Sinclair House on sunday night. and
did no; know that Mr. Molineux was standing
within few feet Of him until detective
pointed directly at Mr. Molin.ux and told Mr..
Hickman who he was. Mr Hickman failed TO
identify him.
Young Koutnik was also 70 have taken look
a. Mr. Molincux az the ho,el on Sunday but
Captain McClusky was go well satisfied that
Koutnik was Of no Importance in the case and
could not Identify anybody with it that he or
dered one Of his detectives TO inform the re-
porter who had K0u;aik in charge that the
young man was not wanted in the case al all
All Of the evidence supposed 20 connect Mo
lineux with the case has 50 far been furnished
20 Captain McClushy from sources not connected
with the Detective Bureau. and so far the repre-
sensations Of the men who presented it have
no, been borne out by the result Of the nvesti-
CATIONS Captain McC1usky. however. has felt
that TO solve the mystery he must exhaust all
oiews His chief regret is that some Of his in
vestigations which did not yield any result nave
had much publicity.
TAKING a NEW COURSE.
Tn. Captain is now closely looking Up several
other olews which may give him more success
IN connecting AZ least one man with the case
than his work in regard 10 Mr.. Nollneux and
Felix J Gallagher has done. One Of these clews
has been in his possession for several DAYS. and
a. already told in The Tribune. the handwrit-
ing on the package sent ,oHsrry Cornish plays
a prominent part in n This clew duplicates
two men one ~ whom az least il member or
The Knickerbocker Athletic Club.
The circumstantial evidence connecting this
man with the caae is az follows In general az.
pesrsnce he resembles closely the person who
rented the letter box at NJ 1,62o Broadway IN
the name ~ n. Cornish He owns and has
worn mp 70 the time Of the police investigation
a white Alpine hat and dark tan overcoat such
sc was worn by the man who rented the box.
He has also made Soma trips "a Newark lie is
IN close relations with thc man whose handwrli-
ing more closely resembles that on the package
sent 10 Harry Cornish than that Of any other
person which has b->n admitted 10 the experts
Both these me1 have repeatedly ana publicly
charged another man with tn" sending OF the
poison and have been seemingly anxious 10 FUR
rish inform alton ~ the police about The third
man, who has since been eXonera'ed ny me
police investigation. Neither % Ties" two men,
against whom there IL as strong cirCumstantal
evidence as against any other person mentioned
in the case. has been out ~ any attempted
Identification % those who IRE supposed 70 have
had dealings WITH the person who sent the
poison. Neither has been seen by Miss Emma
Miller who sold the silver holder which was in
tho box containing the poison. Mr. Hickman,
who rented the letter-bo in West Forty second
81, 10 H G. Barnet" has also seen neither OF
the men az yet. The police. however. are now
doing some work this end Of the case. and
hope 10 SIT the CirCumstantiai evidence which
they have against these men. and either ex-
onerate them or else closely connect them with
che crime.
no MORE CIRCUS PARADE.
The work done on these clews will he done
IN quiet orderly wey and VIII not bear any
resemblance TO the circus parade inyestiga-
tons Of the amateur detectives. The police are
so confident that either this clew or one OF the
few others which they have will result In some
handwriting will be given TO the experts and
they have been requested 10 mako their final
written report in the
Professor Witthaus who has been analyZng
the vscera Of Mrs Adams. has completed his
work and will at last submit his written report
20 Coroner Har,. who will then TX the inquest
for Thursday next unless once more requested
20 postpone II by the police. While Professor
Witthaus declines 10 make public his report
until IL has been placed in possession Of the
Coroner II Is understood that he has made the
following discoveries. which he has reported
from time 10 time TO the police and the Coroner:
Most women approach the