The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-31
PROSECUTION is FIERCE
Delaware Authorities Will Exhaust
Every Legal Means.


eral Robert C. White came from George
preparing for the prosecution of Mrs.
/ Botkin Of California, under arrest for the
murder of Ida H. Deane and Mary Eliza
beth Dunning, of this town.
The attorney general had been advis-
ed from San Francisco of the woman s
determination to resist al attempts for
extradition, and that in the event of a
faIiure of habeas corpus proceedings to
secure the woman's liberty her counsel
would apply to the supreme court of Cali
fornia for a rule to show cause why the
case should not be made an issue of the
state of California.
In support Of this he proposed to show
that intense excitement prevails all over
the state of Delaware and a prejudice has
sprung up against the woman, based up
on the opinions of the state prosecutors
and other persons, and that such preju-
dice would defeat the ends of justice, even
though a change of venue to some other
county were secured.
The attorney general had beeen resting
easier since hearing from Governor Budd,
of California, who announced his inten-
ton of honoring a requsition from Gov
ernor Tunnel. now that the circumstan-
tial web seemed to be closing around the
accused.
Last night and this morning, however,
he received telegraphic advices that
spurred on the state prosecutor to great
er efforts than ever. Mr.. White was
greatly worried about this turn of the case
and of the unequal fight he would have
to go into, single-handed, and ne betray-
ed some nervousness over the situation.
eve intend to fight every inch of the
ground" he said; land all the lawyers in
San Francisco, nor the gold of California
cannot block the course of justice" Mr..
White expressed his satisfaction at the
prosecutions case, and declared that only
part of the chain of evidence had been
made public. The people of Delaware
against whom a gross outrage had been
perpetrated, would stand shoulder to
shoulder, even before the supreme court
of the United States, to demand a speedy
trial of the woman whose hand had filled
the double grave in Dover's old church.
yard
When MFR. White reached Dover today
he hurried to the Office of Secretary of
State James II. Hughes, where the two
held conference in relation to additional
extradition papers. After the conference
William Hughes said:
1--WE have decided not to take out new
requisition papers until Monday, although
we will get everything in readiness"
Mr.. White would have little to say at
first but finally admitted that the final
papers would be prepared on Monday, and
that the delay was necessary for two rea-
sons: First, more information would have
to be obtained as no the woman's first
name, and second, the affidavit of Miss
Josephite Bateman who helped to open
the box and ate some of the poisoned
chocolates would have to be taken on
Monday. After this all can be sent to-
gether 10 Detective Bernard J. McVey by
registered express package.
From tn eSecretary of states Office Mr.
White visited the residences of all the
persons who had eaten of the deadly box
of bonIbons, and by O'Clock had them in
a private room in the office of Peter L.
Cooper, justice lof the peace of Dover.
The affidavits taken were those of Thos
NJ Gooden, postmaster; Harry B. Pen
nington.. who took the box from the post
office; Leila Deane the eldest of the
children who were made i'll by the pois-
oned IOon-bons; Drs. L. A II. Bishop and
P. 3 Downs, the attending physicians.
and John P. Pennington, father Of the
dead women, and who swOre out the Bot
kin warrant
Before any Of the affidavits were valid
for submission to California courts they
had to betaken to the Prothonotary's Of
t1rha- . I'd
tached 10 each by P7othonotary William |
l. Huston.
The testimony,of all. except Mr.. Steven
sen. was that they were present on the /
night Of August 9. a. the little porch party /
= the home OF former Congressman Pen |
1ngton. when Henry Pennington brought /
from the postoffice that deadly box OF
candy addressed to Mrs. Dunning. The /
candy and attending incidents are fully 4
described.
Asked whether new extradition papers I
we're absolutely Necessary. the attorney 4
general said:
We have been informed that the name /
II the accused woman. Is Cornelia. which /
$ probably what The ( stood for on the
7oX. Our papers. now on their way. are
z the name OF Adelaide c. Botl1in. which f.
2Ught 70 be sufficient, but we VIE take no (
,hances. We will therefore take cute /
for C1rnelta Botkin and for
y ard j, On Monday cnornlng with the al
ldavits.
The prosecution viii not SO 70 the ex-
sense Of sending on the handwriting ex-
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