The sun., 1899-02-10
CORNISH ACCUSES No ONE.
MOLINECT'S NINE FIRST SUGGESTED
TO MN Br JOHN ID. ADAMS.

That Cornish Had Been Accused Of speak
! ing Evil of Both MolineuH and barnet
| lie Did Give MolincuN's Name to Capt.
| McClnsky, but On Grounds He Discovered
to BE Partly Mistaken-Shouid Clear His
own skirts, tile District Attorney SAYS.
| The Coroner's inquest into tho death OF Mrs
| Katherine j. Adams by poison at her residence.
| vi West EighiysiXth street on Dec %, 1RIS
| was begun before Coroner Edward W. Hart
| aud Il jury yesterday morning. The whole day
| was taken IN with the examination OF Henry
| Seymour Cornish. athletic director OF the
| Knickcrbocker Athletic Club. who boarded
| with Mrs. Adams. Cornish is the person to
| whom bottle Of bromo- seltzcr mixed with
| cyanide OF mercury was sent by mail by an
unknown person. reaching him at the Knicker-
| booker Athletic Club on the morning ~ Dec.
"a. II was Cornish who. at the request ~ a
daughter OF the dead woman mixed a part Of
the contents OF the bottle with water which
mixture Mrs. Adams took on the morning Of
Dec IL TO cure u headache. II killed her worry
suddenly. Cornish disappointed tho District
Attorney yesterday by repeating what he said
before that he knew Of no person who had \
sufficient motive or any motive. to attempt his
| life
| Court was called few minutes after II
O'Clock Beside Coroner Hart on the bench sat
| ADTbHtTS DhNScn anu LUttn. In tne small
space reserved for spectators were many vacant
| seats. The people were represented by James
| W. Osborne ard Maurice b. Blumentha Other
| lawyers at the counsel table were Barlow s.
Weeks and George Gordon Battle. attorneys
| Tor Roland B. Moneux: Abe Hummel and
| Charles Lex Brooke II was understood that
| Mr.. Hummel had been retained to look after
| the interests Of \ newspaper which has used
| the name OF an alleged suspect" in a most
unceremonious manner, Between Mr.. Weeks
| and Mr.. Battle sat Gen. Edward l.. Molineux
| young Molineu1s father. John d. Adams
| Secretary of the knckcrbocker Athletic Club
| sat among tho witnesses. Otto p. Amend.
| chemist and druggist. was made foreman Of
| the Jury, and there are also two physicians In
! that body.
| District Attorney Gardiner made a little
| opening address to the jury. saying in part:
When was informed of the death OF Mrs
| Adams. sent one OF my professional staff tn
| investigate the case and to take charge OF all
material exhibits that might be needed to get
| at the cause OF DEATH or course. the District
| Attorneys office is not a detective bureau.
| All we can do is to present the evidence gath
| cred by the police and all evidence from out
| side sources. including such may be fur
| nished by some Of our enterprising news
papers. We know that poison was sent both
| to Cornish and to Henry C. Barnet at the
knickerbocker Club. 1t was the same poison
that sent TO both these men. and
| that poison cyanide OF mercury,
! which passed out Of the pharmacoporia
about 1870 1871. In this investigation
| all we desire TO get at Is the truth. The evil
dencc OF anybody who can throw any light on
the death OF either OF these persons tthe inyes-
| tigation into the death of Barnet and that ot
Mrs. Adams must go together) will be well
| coined here. We shall waive technicaities and
endeavor to get at the facts in the quickest
and most satisfactory way"
Then Cornish was called. and Assistant Dis
trct Attorney Osborne said
Now. tell us what you know Of the death
Of Katherine J. Adams and so much OF your
life as you think may be connected with this
case
For an answer to this question Cornish began
with the receipt Of the package containing the
bottle of alleged bromO- -ReltZer at the knicker-
| hooker Athletic Club on the morning OF Dec.
| "a. He was proceeding to tell the story as he
which he gave ave. out a at at the KncEs?bo%cEer % 4th.
q New York. He was sailing along smoothIl
following remark from the Assistant District
Now. Mr. Cornish. don tell this from any
statement, that you have previously made
Just tel the facts as You recall them at the
When Mr., Osborne made this interruption he
was exam ming n typewrltten statement which
he m had before him on the table. This proved
Capt, McCmsky. Chief OF Detectives, on Jan. D,
Cornish began again. but the story he told did
not y any way differ from the stories vi ith
which every newspaper reader is familiar rea-
tive to the receipt Of the Anonymously sent
danFhier Mrs Rogers. that Cornish mix dose s
of the potion. followed by her illness and death.
Cornish testified that n he lad sampled the
that il tasted bitter: he had assured Mrs.
Adams and Mrs Rogers that it tasted all right
remoVng Mr. Mr. Adans ID from the e' bahroom II IN
s Ssys GssS %s Tsa s
as matter Of fact he could hardly at that time
tt her from the couch, and Fred Hoyey OF
Hartford, who had spent the night at the house,
had TO assist u carrying the woman from ono
Alter lie w"man's death Cornish said hs
asked DR.. Hitchcock. who had been called in.
how how 'oHg It would & be before % the Corner ar,
rlVed. me doctor to'd nm mat 1t might not
When / heard that. said Cornish. II
Rogers TO remain in the house all day with the
BODY lyIng on the dining room couch knew
that il could see him he might use his indu-
ence 10 bring the Coroner TO the house, sooner.
y aR R1 Tf"t S M oa o M SeSfs 6S
any other reason. i didn't thiuk for forty eight
'f Ga TIT T. %da % a% be- r o hGn.s XII
IN putting M the bromo- -seltzer Really.
didn want 70 see Dir. MCINTYRE for any other
reason but that"
"What time did YOU get TO the club that af-
teruoon Z" asked Mr., Osborne.
Some time we'll into the afternoon. After
Dir. Cotfiu had tyeated me ] remained in my
bed until Friday morning from Wednesday
night. In two days and half ! lost fourteen
pounds. got up Friday morning. but about
70 o'clock had 10 go TO bed aga in"
u Now. Cornish said Mr. Osborne, looking
everywhere but in the direction of the witness.
can you suggest any motive that any body
had Tor poisoning you =
A.-No. | know my private affairs better
than any one elsc in this world. and | cant
place any one who would want to kill me ]
have had athletic sduabbles. but they were
club matters. ! have never had an affair with
q woman which would lead her to desire my
death. | have told the police everything and
can prove that | hav" told them the truth
| am not irving to conceal anything.
D,-l did not say you were trying TO conceal
ANYTHING. ! didn't even intimate such thing
Now. go on and tell me everybody with whom
you ever had any differences. Al have had
differences with many persons
Q.-Did you know when Barnet died? A.