The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-30

ties relative to him. That ho is In any way
directly connected with the crime Is not
believed but that his relations with
Mrs Botkin encouraged an action on her
part is somewhat credited and hence the
surveillance made by the secret service.
THAT BoTKIN INTERVIEW.
San Francisco, CAL, August 2s.-In an
interview Mrs. Botkin is quoted as saying:
"When he was in Salt Lake Mr.. Dun.
ming sent mo one anonymous letter which
had been received by his wife, in which 1t
was said he was devoting all his time to a
woman at 927 Gaary street. Mrs. Dunning
sent the letter to her husband and he sent
it to mo with an inscription, You have a
deadly enemy That is the only letter
other than his own writing that l over re.
ceived from Mr.. Cunning.
L. Is trua that correspondent with Mr..
Dunning after he loft San Francisco, and
IL is also true that we were truo, trusted
and tciod friends, but nothing more. I do
not know who wrote the anonymous let
tors to Mr.. Cunning and have no suspic-
ion Us to who tho author was. do know
however, that have malignant and vim.
dictiya enemy, but whom l cannot say,
and this person has brought my name In
to this horrible tragedy to injnre me.
REMAINS WITH HER
"The horror Of that awful. fendish,
double murder is still upon me, and to
think l am accused OF it-whon God in
Heaven knows am innocent Mr.. Dun
Ming idolzed his wife and darling little
girl and his dispair was most pitablc when
they left him and went East. He often
said, 1t would be far better for them if
were dead
"Ho carried life insurance Of $500
and often went without food to meet the
premiums 50 his family would be provid-
ell for after his death.
when he realized that his defalcation
would DO discovered he wrote to hi, wife
telling her of his rash acts and then threat
eued to commit suicide Iexrec'eh every
day he would kill himself When his
shame bacame known to his family and
friends he drank to drown his sorrow. 1t
WAS at this timo that Mrs CORDIALLY be-
frended him both financially and with
encouraging, hopeful words,
Neither my husband nor myself ever
sought divorce or thought of getting
one. We have been married over rs years,
during which time he has always provided
for me. have u son 20 years Of Hgo WHO
Is rs dear to me rs any boy is to his
mo her That my husband and myself
have agreed to li7o apart because
OF DIVERSE TEMpERAMENTS
And tastes is our own affair. We have al
ways been on the best Of terms though
separated, aud he frequently visited me- at
my apartments in the city, and ] came
here ut least once every two months to en-
joy tho society of my boy and his father.
My husband sent me remittances twice Il
month. A divorce was never mentioned
but once and teat was about yenr and q
half ago. .!~'~: n. ~
Mrs. Saeiey came to me aid said my
hu band was preparing to secure divorce
that he might marry Mrs. Arbogast l
Immediately came to Stockton and asked
Mr.. Botkiu If there was any trdth in lho
story, and infol lined him that would not
allow him TO divorce mo after | had given
him my youth,
''Regarding tho statements OF Mrs.
Moore, the land!ady at OF Geary street.
l can only say that she Is insane Her
son, who died some time ago, was also
crazy. He was so violent during ono of my
husbands visits that he advised mo to
leave tho house. Mrs, Corbaley did not
know, Mine. Thompson visited my rooms
several times and played cards with Mr..
Dunning, my son and myself. We never
indnlged in liquor to excess All tho
time MIR. Cunning roomed In tho same
house with mo my son was there. My
son was out of employment.
OCCUPIED MY APARTMENTS.
Il have lived in San Francisco nearly all
the time for the past TWO years. like a
lively life and am fond OF excitement, l
left San Francisco II couple Of weeks ago
and went to my sisters home in Heads
burg. When Mrs. Dunnings death was
announced and my name was associated
with that Of her husband decided to re-
join my husband, l calne here and will
remain here.
admit frankly that have numbc. of
Mr.. Dunning's letters to me, and l assure
you they will not be destroyed. If tho
proper authorities want them they can
have thom. 1t is impOs,ib for me to be.
licvc that Mr.. Dunning has charged me
with the atrocious, diaboiical crime of
sending poisoned candy to his wife, l am
certain he does not even suspect that am
50 wnnton. l am prepared at any moment
to tell the whole story Of my Me, because
there is nothing need to conceal The
publication of every act of my life would
not bring blush to my brow Or cause my
husband, son or sister to feel the slightest
sense of shame
Mr. Dunning's story Of our first meeting
and subsequent acquainlanceship, which
was tcltgraphcd from Denver, Is true in
every particular
Il have been a dutlful wifo and mother,
notwithstanding the domestic differences
between myself and husband. In previous
interviews | did not mention the
NAME OF MRS AEBOGAsT, --@"
And only referred to Mrs. Corbalry as q
very dear friend Of tho Cummings. ac-
cu'GG no one of numbering those two I'M
fortunate, unsuspccting women. 10 oven
hren he IL suspicion against any ono is too
doalIy an accusation, too mQnstrcus to ut.
ter. All ask is fair treatment, with no
misrepresentation no Neutrality-suspicious.
OF my words Suppose you reverse the cir
substances Presume for u moment that
had boon poisoned in tho same manner
as Mrs. Dunning-would it be reasonable
to accuse her Of the to- rib!e crmn?"
mir Botkin added a supplemental state
ment to that of his wife, saying:
Il known my wife is innocent OF any
crime or any wrongdoing. Shc Is incap-
able of committing the atrocious murder
Of two women, neither of whom she
knew"
Mrs. Bo'kln is about As years old, with
Ftaok hair short and quits stout. She
talked very rapidly and nrrvously while