The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-31

had discovered the presence of powder
ed arsenic. The defense. in argument.
asserted that only lump arsenic had
been found.
| Mr.. Hosmer addressed the Jury on
| rights OF witnesses. He contended that
all witnesses were entitled to respect
and credit. until disproved. and none
! OF the witnesses for the prosecution.
he asserted. had been proven untruth-
ful. The attorneys for the defense at
tackled all the Witnesses for the prose-
cution. and introduced matters entire
ly irrelevant to the case. i'm an attempt
to besmirch and to belittle their testi-
mony. He attacked Attorney Knight
particularly and characterized his ef-
forts to free his client as dishonest
and despicable. He asserted that the
attacks OF the defense had ended in
contradicted. He then took up Mrs
Botkin's testimony. He showed that,
in spite of Mrs. Botkin's statements
and the assertions of the defense to the
contrary. that the woman had more
than passing regard for Dunning; that
her life with him was licentious and de-
PRAYED. He pointed to Dunning's action
In coming across the continent to prose-
cute her, and asserted that Dunning
would not have gone through with what
he has unless he was certain of the
guilt of Mrs. Botkin. He would not
exposed to the criticism of newspapers
and public without just reason.
He then took up the letter OF June IL.
1897. which the defense claimed had
been mailed in this city at the time Mrs.
Botkin was residing in Eureka. The
letter asserted that Dunning was fin
ancially embarrassed. and that the wo-
man with whom Dunning was infatuat-
ed was a divorced woman. He proved
by Mrs. Botkln's own testimony that
she and Dunning alone knew of his
financial condition. and showed by the
testimony of Dunning that Mrs. Botkin
had told him on his return from Salt
Lake that she had secured divorce
from her husband during his dun
ning's) absence. Hosmer argued that
the letter in dispute could have been
sent from Eureka TO San Francisco
on the steamer Farallon and mailed
here on the arrival of the vessel He
expounded this theory with so much
force and effect that knight. becoming
frightened at the possible result to his
client. entered a vigorous protest to
Hosmer's argument. He was not sus-
tained by the court, however. and Hos
mer was permitted to continue on this
line. Hosmer then argued on the
authorship OF the anonymous letters
and the address on the box of candy.
He went over the evidence carefully
and asserted that Mrs. Botkin was the
writer or the letters, and the address
on the box Of candy. Hosmer conclud-
ed his address by asking the jury to
return a just verdict-a verdict Of muir
der I'm the first degree.
After short recess. Judge Cook de-
livered his charge to the jury. the read
ing of which occupied more than an
hour. The jury then retired to deliber-
ate on the guilt or Innocence of the
accused woman. Mrs. BotKih crfrH ofr~~-
terly several times during the day and
during the reading of the charge almost
lost control of herself. Her sister. who
sat beside her during the progress of
the trial. took Mrs. Botkin in her arms
and comforted her as best she could.
but the tears could not be stayed.