The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01

| lah al time contained castor or sweet oil,
but that it had not been used for long while.
| There was no odor apparent from it.
| The idea of a natural death is booted at by
many of the neighbors, but how she came to
her death or who the guilty party is cannot be
| explained by any one.
After the iuqucst was over DIR. Hayward
| took charge uF ~, stomach and it is now in
| the hands OF chemist Tonry for analysis.
| Should poison be found in it, all idea as to
natural death would be exploded, and either
| murder or suicide would be the only tenable
theories Standiford's letters to Miss Sanders
are in possession of the authorities, and while
they have not been made public, we are in
formed contain matters which will admit Of
an explanation by the interested party.
Every effort is being made to sift the matter
to the bottom, and we feel sure that whoever
is the guilty party will, if discovered, meet
with the proper punishment.
The correctness of Standford's statements
as to his movements on the Monday and Tues
day in question was substantinated by wit
ncsses at the inquest conducted by Justice
John o. Stearns, and the jury rendered YER
dict that the girl came to her death from I'M
known causes
About two years ago Mr. Sanders lost son
who died from typhoid fever. Previous to
that he had son killed while driving in
road cart.
Detective Schools Theory.
The detective does not share the belief OF
the girls family that she was murdered.
estates Attorney Preston and myself went
over the ground thoroughly" said he, 'and
there seems to be no other conclusion than
that the girls death was from natural causes.
When she left the home OF Austin Stamford,
the young man who was paying her atten-
tions, the sun was very hot, and it is probable
that Miss Sanders went into this little opening
in the thicket to rest awhile. She may have
been feeling unwell; in fact think that is
the most likely theory. The bottle that was
found near by had contained something very |
much like castor oil, and she may have drunk |
its contents thinking it would relieve some
fancied illness.
1.-The position of the body would not bear
out the murder theory. She laid on her back, |
If to shut out the rays of the sun that came
through the overhanging branches of the |
trees Her collarette had been taken off and
hung on a bush Her right hand graspcd her
corsets and seemed to have pulled them from
her body, as if to relieve their pressure. Her
left hand was cutched as if in agony. There
were no marks of any kind on the remains,
nor were there any signs of struggle around
about.
Il believe the girl died of heart disease.
mother told me that Miss Sanders was
tight LAGER, and that she had often cautioned
the daughter that the habit was harmful. My
opinion is that she had an attack of heart dis
ease and had gone into the bushes to escape
the sun. The dofling of the collarette aud the
clutch at the corsets strengthen this theory.
She had apparently been lying there twenty
four hours, which was the length of time she
was missing.
''If murder was done, no motive can be
found. Young Standiford was much worried
because people suspected him. In order to
set all doubt at rest as to his innocence, we
accounted for him for every hour of the time
that the girl was missing
DIR. Ramsay, one of the autopsy physicians,
says he feels certain that the young lady did
not die from natural causes, and that the
suicide theory is untenable. The inference is
obvious.