The sun., 1899-01-06
CORNISH TELLS HIS STORY.
MAS NO SUSPICION, he says, as TO
HRo SENT MN THE POISON.

Wnlch killCu Mrs. nate y, ADAMS, asked the
newspaper reporters to meet him at the Knick-
erbockor Athletic Club last night. and gave
out u statement Of what happened up to
the time the police were called into the
case. He said that Cant. McClusky told
him yesterday that lie might tell his story OF
tho case up TO the lime the police began work
beyond that he must say nothing He
had typewriter statement which he
read aloud to the reporters. Civ
ing them copies TO hold as he read
The statement is printed below. When he had
finished reading Cornish said that he would
answer any questions except such as might
bear upon the work Of the police. That led a
reporter to ask him IL Capt. McClusky had
told him to make the statement that
he had Just read or had suggested that he
make it, Cornish replied that the Captain had
told him that he might talk now.
Up TO now" he said. the police would not
permit me TO talk at all about the matter"
The questions asked were written ont at his
request The first one referred to Ronald
Burnham Molineux, whose name has been
dragged into the case.
do you did you suspect MolineuX OF send
ing the bottle to you p he was asked.
mo"
"Why 2"
81 can't say why; ! don't. that's ALL"
DO You suspect anybody 2"
81 do not. | can conceive OF no one who
would want to do such thing"
Did you ever have any trouble with Mol-
neuN Of any kind?'
Never. My relations with Mr.. Molineux
have always been pleasant. / never had a cross
word with him in my life. never word that
would not pass between gentlemen anywhere
at any time
DO you know Mrs. Molineux?"
" | din hnt -
DO you know Miss Cheesbrough ?"
81 do not
You understand that by Miss Cheesbrough
is meant Mrs Moineux?'
Yes. didn't know that he tMoneux) was
married until this came out. | have never
seen her in my life. to my knowledge. Very
likely have seen her here at the club. II she
has been here. but not to my knowledge"
Cornish said that there was only one glass Of
the mixture in the room at the time Mrs
Adams took the fatal dose. There were two
glasses, the one he had put the powder in and
the one Mrs. Adams had brought the water
in. He drank from the same glass that Mrs.
Adams had drunk from. The residue OF the
mixture in that glass. he said. was now in the
hands OF the police.
The statement made by Cornish is as follows:
HOW HE RECEIVED THE PACKAGE.
"On either Friday night or Saturday morning
before Christmas found in my mail box pack
age addressed to me. | carried it TO my Office
with the rest OF my mail and there opened it.
1t was covered with what appeared to be or
binary Manila wrapping paper and was tied
with string Inside Of this was an ordinary
Tiffany box and on opening the box found
In one end thereof silver article In the other
end OF the box was bottle of what appeared
to be Emerson's bromo-seltzer. In between
fhe wO articles was nnnEp1 soma whjte tissun
paper / took up the silver holder and tho
bottle. and underneath the bottle found small
Tiffany envelope, the kind that is generally
used for nclosing cards. My first thought was
that some one had sent me Christmas pres
ent and that it had been mailed at Tifrany's
and they had perhaps forgotten to mail the
card. l know that / afterward thought Of
writing to them. recalling the package. and
card. took the articles out Of the box and
throw the box in tho waste basket under my
side wrapper. | remember Joking about IL
with Mr. flnneran, who was in the office nt
that time. and it was nt his suggestion that
regained the outside wrapper and cut out the
address, as he suggested that in thnt wayl
might eventually determine VINO had sent IL
-" took the whole affair as Joke on me, when
setter. S This bottle Vas Covered With Wbati
supposed was The usual brOmo-sc liter cover,
It wa. SesIGd at The tGP, and had ,he
Der very clearly. l tried To, put the
bottle in the condition into The silver holder
then the bottle would GO, IN the silver holder.
mqlncd, there and, WAS the source Of con
l!ersbIc sl3kinG dqriHE E thE day think
remark .about it. saying that he would takea
drink Of il. was writing at the time and paid
the 'fF ser h"dcr and u hottie ' towaTd at
side Of my desk, and understand that
gymnasium water cooler to get the necessary
water. Not finding any water there he gave M
placed in my desk
JoKED ABOUT IT AT HOME.
ON Sunday happened 10 remark at the
9 a Sa IGrGSq snG mrs s4G arsr SSd SEed Ina
about II. saying TINT ! must have some
Ndmirer who hud sent me present Of
that did not dare bring il home.
that mo sendeTS rom@rG name yTf probably
night. when took homo with me my dress.
which, contained some dirty linen, was IN
the clubhouse all that evening and re.
Sss s 81 rdn. .Is Is the m to al fass
TO take, my dre?s-suit case i suddenly
occurred 70 me That w"nif tpEs home ths
ihe, key to my desk. This was nol unusual, as
!
one with a solid head. and am In the habit of
carrying II in the watch pocket Of my trousers.
one Of the men from the engineers office
oppned the desk for me that morning. and tho
lock had been pretty badly damaged from being
opened In the same way from the same cause
on many previous occasions, For this reason
] did not hesitate, on tlndlng II locked at night.
10 take u srrewdriyrr and force II open, which
! did, placing the silver artic1 In my cRsc.
must have arrived home somewhere in
the vicinity OF n quarter past -, aud was lying
on my bed reading when Mrs. Adams and Mrs,
Rogers came in. Mr. HOvoy, who had Iust
come from Hartford that afternoon. and
who had gone downtown that evening, had
not returned ] showed the present to
the ladies aud Mrs. Rogers remarl cd that the
pattern was smilurto some toilet pieces which
sho already had. then told her that the thing
was OF no use TO me and that she could
put i. with her other articles WHICH
she did. placing them on her dresser The
next morning arose as usual and went TO the
front door TO take in the papers. As passed
The kitchen door / saw Mrs Adams In tna
kitchen and she had handkerchief or cloth
bound around her head ard told me that aha
had u fearful headache After taking the
papers went 10 my room and recned on the
Il Al