New-York tribune., 1899-02-05
INQUEST MAY BE DELAYED.
PLAN TO EXHUME BARNETS BODY MAY
PUT OFF ADAMS INQUIRY.
DIsTRICT-ATTORNEY PUZZLED TO KNOW
HOW TO MAKE OUT HIS CAsE-THE
RUMPUs BETWEEN COLONEL GARDI-
NER AND CAPTAIN MCLUsKY.

RUMPUs BETWEEN COLONEL GARDI-
NER AND CAPTAIN MCLUsKY.
Just how to maintain its position in the Ad-
ans poisoning case is what is now puzzling
the District-Attorney's Office. The Distrct-At-
torney and his assistants have taken entirely
opposite views In the to those expressed
by the Police Department. and. as told In yes
terdays Tribune. the action OF the District
Attorneys office has caused most bitter feud
between the two departments. The District
Attorney has I'm his published statements IN
timated that the crime could be fixed on two
people. with possibly a third having guilty
knowledge. He promised startling developments
I'm the case and In sharp letter 10 Coroner
Hart which the Dstrict-Attorney made public
at once insisted that the inquest take place
earlier than February g. the date originally set
Apparently the Coroner agreed 10 this, and said
that the hearing would begin last Friday. For
some unknown reason. after the District-Attor-
nev and Coroner had met In conference. it was
decided 10 stand by the original date, February
9. and now certain legal complications may re-
suit in even a further postpOnement OF the tax
ing of testimony. which. according to the Dis
trict Attorney Will result in fastening the crime
least two persons
The principal complication is the plan Of ex-
huming the body Of H c. Barnet who died at
the Knickerbocker Athletic club last Novem-
her and according TO the District Attorney was
poisoned by the same person who sent the poison
10 Harry Cornish which in the end was given
Mrs Adams The District Attorney promised 10
make the application for the exhumne OF Bar
nets body 10 the Supreme Court on Friday
He then postponed it until yesterday ard then
announced that he had been too busy to have
bf- drau
and that he could not make the application un-
t tomorrow
II there is as close connection between the
two cases as the District Attorney asserts. u
will bo necessary 10 exhume Barnet's body and
have the contents Of the stomach analyzed be
fore the Adams inquest proceed very FAR
and It is in this suppostion that those VINO are
familiar with the case are declaring that no
important testimony in the inquest VIII he taken
for several weeks at least
THE MC1TsKY-GARD1NER FEUD
While Captain McCusky who is in charge of
the Detective Bureau. declines TO say anything
about the feud existing between his department
and the District-Attorney office. it is iac'
which is the common property Of those who are
al Police Headquarters. as well as or the persons
allied with the Distrct-Attorneys office. that
10 handicap them in their work on the case
and as n result they will in way assist the
/ district Attorney in his Investigations, but VIII
con0ne themselves strictly 10 their own DUTY
| ono of the things which caused the friction ne
tvoen the departments. in addition TO Colone'
GARDENERS sensational statement that his prl-
vat. Investigations had brought out more thah
the police knew. was the action OF Assistant
District Attorney Mcintyre who. after haVi"s
taken an active interest in the case as frlehd
- Mr. Cornish and Mrs Rogers. and as the
former council of Mrs. Adams. gave out 'he
r,l,lic statement at the Democratic club aoou'
q week after tho murder. In which ne sara Ihd'
tho police would make an arrest that nigh' o'
the next day This statement was u""ar
rantcd as far as the police were concerneo' d.
al that time they had no evidence impHca''"s
any person.
Inst how the situation stands Is pest tx
,,rassod los a man who is in close toucn Win
,ho detectives and has followed the case close
ID, 10 said last night. While have no au-
,hor,tv - speak for Captain McClusky and the
detectives in the case. am in possession o'
enough information to say that the District
Attorney's office has done much 10 retard the
s,,ccosa NJ the police work, but, II IT is true
that the Dstrict-Attorney is in possession "i
tho evidence which he claims 10 nave WHY
doesn't he make an arrest?
~ know that Captain McClusky and his men
have carefully followed up every clew mentioned
Fl, tho District-Attorneys statement. ana no'
ono Of these cews furnished evidence 70 war
rant an arrest The detectives did, however
find some other cleWs. which promised to open
M a great social scandal. and were following
them up with even more success than had onaI
acterized their other efforts. The District-A'-
torney's statement. however, did much 70 as
count the efforts Of the police along this line
and mn the case almost entirely out OF thelr
1 hands
The Distrlct-Attorney is apparently following
mn the suggestions which the police rad prac-
/ .,.ou,. discarded and has e, no further than
the detectives did As X stands. ho practically
,r,ed 70 nr,ve that the police not doing their
/ duty and naturally they resent any such attack
p, them. As a result Captain McClusky and
his men are working 10 preserve their reprta-
,ion nov and II is probable that II the mystery
rs evor solved they viii do IT., and not the Dis
+ trict-Attorney's office
Harry Coraish in copyrighted statement
/ given 10 an evening paper yesterday, gave his
/ oninion Of the case The statement was written
in the third person. and approved boy Mr.. Cor
n,sh Mr. Cornish maj the same statement 10
a Tribune reporter and other reporters at least
two weeks ago. and IA IT charged two men win
the crime He was exceedingly bitter IN max
! ing the statement. I'm fact # was so strong that
| fl could not be published until some legal action
! had been taken against the persons mentioned
Prior 10 making the statement ne had pub
| rcly oseerted that he did not suspect the per-
sons then mentioned and had never had quar-
rel with either Of them. The theory which ne
/ made public yesterday was given by him 70 the
detectives shortly after Mrs Adams died. ana
was thoroughly investigated with apparently no
results II is said by some OF the detectives
| that It was this statement In addition TO the
/ conference the District Attorney had with
,.nn lnteresfed In convcting the persons MI.