The morning call., 1893-08-17
THAT MYSTIC BOX
The Poulson Case to Be
!. Reopened. :"
-.s.: $500. !.
TOMORROW. IS THE DAY SET.
Coroner Eyers Gives the Doctor
:. Until Then to Answer-ffis
Il. Wife interviewed. =.

In the back room of -Qakland's :morgue
there still repDses: that small wooden case
containing am Theoretically sealed box sup.
posed to hold the remains of the infant
| child Of Dr.. Peter William ~PouIson and
his wife = J..
That little bexi the center of a cyclone
of tai9. much pt which. is merely talk ae-
-cording to those most: Interested The box
was called to:the attention Of the Coroner
during the divorce proceedings of DF. and
Mrs. Ponlson, and the latter claims that
she can a tale unfold which: may incrlml;
nate the doctor to a large extent. -.
Coroner EVers, before:opening the box,
thought that the: doctor should have a
chance to defend himself should any de-
/ Tense. be found necessary. So he allowed
Attorney Sawyer, the DOCTORS legal adj
wiser, to- inform his employer:
II am. not going to. keep that. box here
forever" said: Coroner Evers Yesterday.
: i have figured that Sawyer should receive
aletter by Friday, and, If [. hear nothing
by that day will open the box. and pre-
coed as j: find necessary.
.Ibelieve l will find the remains of an
infant child, but DO not expect the dis
covery will develop into any seDsa lion.
have lately learned that.the doctor packed
up the body with the Intention of taking
lt 10 his own battle-ground in Iowa. In
that case he would not require permit TO
remove It. This: is borne out by the: fact
that tie doctor never made any conceal
nIent Of tins box
Attorney Sawyer stated yesterday that
he had received no communication from
Dr.. POulson, and could net act until he
heard from his client.
+ in. the meanwhile Mrs. DR.. Poulson- is
holding back her, Statement which she
has stated Will prove. bomb in the
enemy's CAMP. The statement is tremb bling
like the sword of Damdces over the doc
tors head; If he meets. Mrs. P0nlson
properly IN her divorce proceedings there
IS still chance, according to general be-
lief. that the statement may be forever
withheld.
She was very indignant yesterday over
a rumor that the infant now supposed TO
be in the zinc box at the morgue was born
six months after the celebration OF her
marriage
of vas married to DR.. Poulson ON Au.
gnst. 20, 1888. and the child was born Au-.
gust s, 1889" she said yesterday.
"l.haye smissed my attorney, Benson,
for reasons. best known to myself, md any
statements which ne MAY make are un-
authorized. W. j. Smith is my attorney
now. He advises. me to say nothing at
present, but when the proper time GENES ]
~
about spifitualism and so forth is a farrago
OF inaccuracies and is only. intended. to
throw ridicule ON my case.":
Mrs. Poulsdn is a young and pretty
brunette with an evident capabiHty of
taking care of her own Interests.
Her allusions to spiritualism center
around the strange susceptibility of. DR..
PoAls6n, whq. at various times in his life,
bas'pnrsued Investigations into the mys-
tic realms of spirits. > -. :. -:
A rich, man when be became infected
with leaning toward the Science" of
dark seances. .'spiria pictures" ana ehestly.
manifestations: il was natural to suppose
that he became the prey ofthe horde: OF So
called mediums" and professio n al clair
voyants who crowd the Threshold of that:
bUrderland research. -:
The gQssip-mon gers. say he fell victim
to a Mrs. \ ellie. de Garcia and a Harry.
Wild. VINO were afterwn I'd imprisoned for
conspiracy; that by them ne was Induced
to give diamonds and silk dresses to a:
spirit bride in Jupiter" who afterward
materaliZed and was welded to him To the
person of his present wife. -; !.