Evening journal., 1898-08-27
RESISTS ExTRADITlON.
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chatted most of the time with the ma
iron. She inquired about the routine
Of the prison. 1T is awful to be here"
she said, "but I'm getting used to it.
The papers are to blame for the whole
thing"
Mrs. Botki. IS attorneys have not de-
cided on what course to pursue and
will await arrival of detective from
the East. Their opposition will de-
pend largely in the character OF evil
dence in possession of the police at the
same time They say they may con-
sent to extradition if evidence appears
trifing. but If extremely damaging,
and the police claim it will be- they
viii fight bitterly in the courts.
Mrs. Botlsin has been given bed in
the matrons quarters instead Of being
put in a cell in the city prison.
Il am glad that they have spared
me tn humiliation of a cell and those
hori bic iron bars" she said. "The
matr on's room is rather pleasant-as
plef .sant as any room can be in this
det estaible institution"
''I'd rather stay here twenty years
u ian talk to a reporter" she said many
lines. Il shan't see anybody. Don't
let them come in"
Her husband calls at the prison in
the mornings and kisses his wife affec-
tionately He then goes out and gets
breakfast for her at a restaurant in
the neighborhood. The prisoners ner-
voueness seems to have Departed, al
though at intervals she exhibits traces
of it. MIR. Botloin brought his wife a
large bunch Of sweet peas to-day.
Mrs. Botl1in's sister, Mrs. w. H. Rob
inson, and her husband, of Trinidad,
, Humboldt county, and her sister, Mrs.
Y. c. Mcclure, and her husband, Of
Healdsburg, arrived this morning and
are at work in Mrs. BotlSin's behalf,
Charles Locke, former theatrical
= manager, we'll known in New York,
married one Of Mrs Botlnin's sisters.
= There are five sisters. One is in an
insane asylum. Mrs. Botliin was on
/ the stage the same time as Lockes
b wife.
!. Testimony gathered here and that
!. obtained in Delaware makes a case pat
. ent enough to be tried by jury. Local
r. police and postal authorities continue
= the scent with increasing energy by
r searching for evidence against Mrs
Botkin. AS yet the postal officials are
= undecided whether the poisoned candy
), was mailed at station D, at the ferry
g or at station b, under the st. Nicholas
j. Hotel.
It CLERKS FORGET
= The package according to dispatches
from Dover, is that Of one of two sua-
y tions. Until the package arrives they
8 will be unable to determine from
which station it was mailed. Of th5
r clerks Of the two stations none has yet
:. been found who remembers distinctly
l. having mailed the parcel. The clerk
'. at station e. is said to recollect hav-
3, ing received a package resembling tha
p. sent to Mrs. Dunning, but he canno
remember who deposited it in the pos
r office or just when it was deposited
ig Postal Inspectors Moon and Erwil
e. spent over an hour to-day in consul
n tatlcn with the chief of Police. The.
n. arranged with the latter officer tha
er as seen as the package sent to Mrs
Dunning arrived here it will be sub
al mitted to them in order that the
ne might investigate its shipment throug
ny the mails. They expect that upon ex
n animation of the post mark they Wi
be able to determine just where tn
box was mailed.
he Another subject Of discussion by tn
n inspectors and Chief Lees was the dis
sh position to be made of the letter no'
lv ,sn route to this city from Dover I
~ Mrs. BotlVin. Chief Lees is anxious {
o. open the communication, but the il
,lv spectors are opposed to such propos
NJ tion. They believe that under the la
Of no one has authority to open the lettt
or except the person to whom it is az
n dressed.
,ie Chief Lees consulted Chief Munro
lv Of the Pest Office Bureau, regardir
re the letter. and Chief Munroe replit
.lv that he could not intercept the lett
he without the presence of Mrs. BotR
and advised the chief to watch for 1t
no the city prison, when he might opt
ON it in her presence. The letter in que
m tion is supposed to have been writ
by Dunning.
,rn Raymond Miller, the junior clerk
Ia the Wave candy store, at Stockto
he corroborates Gattrell's story Of Il
strange woman who bought candy fro
him thre weeks ago and substitut,