New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-04
poIsON FOR BARNET, TOO.
-.rr,rFNT ABOUT HIS DEATH AT THE
xNrcKERBoCKER ATHLETIC CLUB

,o,sox THAT KILLED MRS. ADAMS
DETECTIVES STILL on NEWARK
crsr WHICH GROWS STRONGER.
Mrs. Kate J. Adams was killed by poison
-, positively ascertained by the chemists
no. ,.,,r the contents Of the bottle from which
..o,, the dose This fact was announced by
- ,olco Yesterday. who now believe that
-. . Barnet Of the Knickerbocker Athletic
r,, who died last November. was killed by the
~. noison Captain McClusky IS so positive
:. his that he said yesterday: The same mind
cent the TWO pcsons."
while Mrs Adams died a week ago to-day. the
As,actives have yet been unable TO find
oronrh evidence 10 warrant an arrest in the
case although they are working on a number
- CLOVIS which. while disconnected, may result
:, 90 weaving themselves together as 10 point
directlv 10 the sender Of the poison to Harry
: Cornish who gave it TO Mrs. Adams think
&c 3, was bronlo-seltzer The present situation
e that Assistant District-Attorney Maurice B.
17lurnenthal says that his investigation leads
him 10 believe the crime was committed by a
woman Assistant District-Attorney Mcintyre
saws that a man sent The poison The Detective
Bureau SAYS that IL mas charge Of the case and
Is handling H. and that the District-Attorney's
Office may theorize all IL pleases but the police
have no theory which they care 10 make public.
and do not care TO say whether the poison was
sent by either man or woman.
The most tangible clew which the detectives
seen, 70 have is the sale O, holder similar 10
the one sent Mr Cornish by Hartdegen & Co.
Of Newark y. J., 70 a man with red beard
Mr. Palmer the manager OF Hartdegen Co.'S
store. made the following statement yesterday in
regard 20 the sale of the holder: The bottle
holder Or match safe was purchased by us from
Lebkuecher & Co. on November IL. lsJb and
was sold by our clerk. Miss Miller between
and O'Clock on the afternoon Of December Il.
The match safe was identified by the trace OF
mucilage with which a stamp had been pasted
10 the article There is no doubt 10 the
Identification The man 10 whom it was sold
was Of medium weight and height. and wore
reddish or brownish beard. The sale was made
quickly. as the man said he wanted to catch
train"
A SIGNIFICANT REMARK.
Miss Emma Miller also added some facts to
the case yesterday. which go to show that the
holder was purchased for the purpose Of send
ing the poison with 1t % Mr.. Cornish. She
said that she now recalled that the bearded
mar. after measuring the holder with his fin
ger. remarked That will Just hold a bottle
q bromo-seltzer"
Another Newark clew on which the police are
working IS that which Joseph Calaghan, the
son OF a Newark druggist. gives. The boy told
the detectives that or the afternoon OF DeceTn-
Der Il a man came into the drug store and pur-
chased two bottles Of bromo- setter and two
bottles Of another effervescing salt The man
before the package was wrapped up measured
the bottles with his fingers. No very accurate
description is given Of this man
Roland 3. Mohneux accompanied by his at
torney Barlow : Weeks went 70 Newark yes
terday morning and saw Miss Miller who sold
the holder She AT once said that Mr. Moiineux
did not in any way resemble the man who had
made the purchase from her
Mr. Molineux has not yet begun the action
against the newspaper which said that he vas
under suspicion I'm the poisoning case. and he
declined Yesterday 70 say just what steps he
would take He is however with the assist
ance Of his attorneys. doing his best to help
bring about the arrest Of the person who sent
the poison in order 70 show more thoroughly
the injustice Of the insinuation made against
him.
The story Of the alleged poisoning Of Henry
c Barnet Of the Knckerbocker Athletic Club,
was brought 10 again yesterday and it was as
serted with what appeared TO be the most def
nite knowledge that his body which is buried
a. Greenwood had been exhumed. and that an
ANALYSIS would be- made Of the stomach. with
the idea that il would disclose the fact that he
had been poisoned IL the same way as Mrs
Adams
The story Of the taking UP OF the body was
promptly denied by both the police and the Dis
trict- Attorneys office and attention was called
% the fact that the law plainly says that per
mission 20 exhume bodies in such cases must
be obtained from the courts This permission
has not vet been obtained, and whether or not
Il viii be asked for is dependent entirely on
certain Investigations now being made by Cap
tain McCluskv.
HENRY c. BARNETs DEATH.
Captain McCiusky gave out last night a state
ment made by Dr. Henry Beaman Douglass, OF
No. 12l East Thirty -sixth-st. relative to his
treatment OF Mr.. Barnet. who died in November
1895, ten DAYS after having taken some powder
which he had received from some unknown per
son through the mails. Mr.. Barnet was treated
by Dr. Douglass who declared that he suf
fering from 6iphtheria. Interest in the case
mas revived on account OF the death OF Mrs
Adams. DIT Douglass's statement was type
Written, as given out by Captain McClusky, and
Is as follows
IN october 30. 1Ses. received summons 10
call and see Mr. Barnet at the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club. and went soon l received
the summons Found Mr. Barnet talking in the
cafe with Dr. A L. Ranney Mr.. Barnet men
toned that he would see me in the adjoining
room, which was the reading room. and left DIT
Ranney and myself talking together. After a
~" moments Of conversation l went into the
reading room 10 see Mr. Barnet. and found him
sitting with Colonel Austin Mr. Barnet said
that he felt badly had a sore throat, and
said 10 him: Let US 60 10 your room. where
can examine your throat l cannot do that
here
We went up in the elevator into his room.
examined his throat. and found the exudate and
Inflammation Of the right tonsi the adjoining
Larts and The uNus This uari covered