Evening journal., 1898-08-22

] elther 10 me or, l believe, to anv nj
his family, and 1 am satisfied that al
San francisco only will the truth OF
the terrible story be discovered"
As as 10 whether it is probable tina,
the Scdies will be exhumed, Mr.. Pen
nington said: Il do not know wha. tha
aiorney-sereral may do. 10 not N.Y.
self ihinK there is any necessity FOR
an autopsy now. The fact that re
ehoc c'aies contained quantities OF moi
son aue that they were eaten by the
two girls should, think, be sufficient
evidence as to the cause Of death. Still.
an examination may be ordered. and
the presence of arsenic in the inner
coats of the stomach and intes:ines
would, l think, be conclusive"
An interview was had with Joshua
A. Deane, the husband Of one of the vic
tins. AT first Mr.. Deane would say
nothing as to the opinions he had
formed, but presently he said that 1t
was difficult for him to believe that
the parcel had come all the way from
San Francisco, as it was in such a per-
feet condition when it arrived.
However" he said, "the postmark
was unquestionably San Francisco.
With my glasses 1 was able to make
it out perfectly. There was no mis-
take" He was asked if he could give
any information as to why Mr.. Dun
ming had sent his wife and child home
from California. 'Well," he replied.
"it was none Of my business, / never
asked him any question ana ne never
volunteered anything to me. Mrs.
Dunning's mother has for a long time
been in very poor health and the fam
lily had several times written pressing
her to come home.
I'VE knew that it would cost her
nothing beyond her board during the
journey, for she was always able to get
railroad passes through her husband.
So that when at last she wrote to say
she was coming we thought it was only
in response to our entreaties. She had
been home about six months when she
heard from her husband that he had
lost his position on the Associated
Press.
LETTER TO HIS WIFE.
I'm a letter he wrote her explaining
how he had got into trouble, he tod
her that he had been playing the
races. That is a phrase that may cover
a great deal as everybody knows. I'm
til yesterday had never heard the
amount of his shortage, although we in
the family knew that there was one.
but I do not think anyone in the !
town knew the cause Of his leaving
the Associated Press, even IL they
knew he had left it. You see that in
the course OF his business he was often
liable to be sent away, that no one
thought anything strange Of his wife
being here and he somewhere else. You
may be sure that as soon as knew
the package had come from California.
[ formed opinions. / cannot help but
feel that indirectly he has caused the
death Of the best wife that a man ever
had, besides my own wife"
Mr.. Deane is very deaf and speaks
with the quiet distinct utterance so
often a characteristic Of the deaf, but
here his voice gave way and he nearly
broke down. Continuing, he said:
Il cannot believe that the blow was
aimed entirely at the two inoffensive
people, who are dead, indeed, I am
convinced the poison was intended for
Mrs. Dunning and her little girl. But
the revenge was on the man whose
-enderest affections would thus be in
iured. 1t was the cruelest time TO l.,
choose when he was just coming home
with honor and reinstated in the Asso- ,
,iated Press" :
BUNGLING WORK.
There appeares to have been much q