New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
GARDINER PLANS AN ARREST
THE POLICE AND DISTRICT-ATTORNEN
WORKING TOGETHER NOW.
HOPE THAT HICKMAN WILL BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY SOME ONE AS HAVING RENTED
THE "rI c. BARNET" LETTER-BoN
ILLUMINATING EXPERTS

IDENTIFY SOME ONE AS HAVING RhNIE'
THE I'll c. BARNET LETTER-BoN
HANDWRITING EXPERTS
TESTIMONY To HELP.
The usual announcement Of important dlscoV-
cries in the Adams poisoning case was gwen
out Yesterday from the Distrct-Attorney
office As has been the practice ever since 'he
first hubble statement Of Colonel Gardner was
shown TO have a very slim foundation the an
nouncement Of the plans Of the once Is le'
ont Of the back door, and then passed to the
reporters In such a way as 70 save CoIohei "aI-
diner the embarrassment Of again explaining
how he knew who committed the crime E''
failed 70 order an arrest The latest bulletin as
given out Yesterday that an arrest Wou!d
be made on Monday. and that the ponce were
now working in perfect harmony with the DIS
trict-Attorneys office. This same announce
rnent has been made so often that on It's race a.
can hardly be considered Of any Importance out
a review of the handling OF this poison mystery
by the Distric,-Attorney and the police would
disclose the fact that almost anything might
be expected from either quarter.
The manipulation Of the case up TO the time
OF the adjournment Of the inquest on FRIDAY al
ternoon has caused no little comment among
lawyers and even among the detectives who are
under Captain McClusky. Beginning WITH the
day Mrs. Adams poisoned. there has been
an extraordinary effort to tangle things up.
Captain McClusky and his detectives were not
in charge OF the case until forty-eight hours
after the crime was committed. Then Assistant
District-Attorney Mcintyre who had been COM
municated with by Harry Cornish few hours
after the death Of Mrs. Adams, gave them all
i,,fo bo1 Of bn NJ
death.
TOOK DIFFERENT LINES.
Under the instructions Of the District-Attor-
nsy. the police at once went to work along one
line. and followed this TO a point where they
were satisfied that they could not obtain
the evidence necessary to allow them to
arrest the suspected man They then began
to work in another direction and to ac-
cumulate some evidence which promised better
results. As soon as the Dstrict-Attorney found
out that the police were working in a way not
in harmony with his ideas the detectives were
called off and Colonel Gardiner. with a loud
flourish Of trumpets, announced that he would
solve the mystery, although he disliked to turn
his Office into detective bureau. This pro-
duced no end Of friction between the two de-
partments and each worked in its own way for
some time.
Now a peculiar change has come over the
Detective Bureau. and il is in perfect harmony
with the District-Attorney's Office and is work
ing with it. although the individual detectives
have not changed their opinions. The result
Of this combination is that it has been decided
that an arrest must be made in order to prevent
any further criticism on the inactivity of the
departments. According to a man close TO cap
tain McClusky and the Detective Bureau. the
arrest Of the person intended to be accused of
numbering Mrs. Adams will be based on his pos
sible connection with the death Of Henry c.
Barnet. which has not yet. as a matter Of fact
been proved a murder 1t is hoped that the
suspected can be identified by Mr.. Heck
man. who conducts private letter-box concern
in West Forty-seoond-st. and who rented a box
last June to a man giving the name of II. c.
Barnet. one paper some time ago took Mr..
Hickman to Newark. where Roland b. Moneux
was pointed out to him. Later Hickman saw
Captain McCusky and several members of his
staff, and they authority for the statement
that the letter-box man did not identify Moli-
the man who rented the box.
Hickman would not say any thing to reporters
yesterday in regard to his ability 10 identify any
person. he was under instructions from the
District-Attorney's office and the police TO keep
quiet until he went on the stand at the inquest
tomorrow
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The other important link in the chain which
the combined efforts Of the strict-AttOrney
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one OF the several handwriting experts employed
by them. This expert discarded all the writing
of ono mo-, Won, on. ~,ooi,,.r 1,b,. ,,.oe
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"'i'''" "'u'' the IhS'luCuloHS OF All 'Hc experts
in such a way to initiate that on the poison
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was practically ordered 10 copy the poison ad-
dress An tho ovrerts Inn, orn discarded this
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