Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-18

Dover, Aug. II. lit is now settled
beyond doubt that Mrs. J. u. Deans
and Mrs j. Z. Duuning, who died lust
week, wore the Victims Of O plot.
The coroner's jury last night ron
dpred a verdicJ that tho twn women
came to thor death thrUulh eating
canuy containing poieon, plau1d thore
by person or persons unknown.
The verdict was tho result nf tbs owl
dsnce OF Prof 4. X. Wolfe, the cbemi-
cal expert at Delaware College. Prof.
Wolfe yesterday made nm examination
of the fatal chocolate bonhons Hnd
found enough arsenic to kill many per-
sons He said that II WAS almost u
miracle that more wers not killed, as,
in all, seven persons ate Of the poisoned
candy.
II is believed that tho canhy was sent
BY some person who probably knew
both Mr. aud Mrs. DunDing. All the |
circumstances surrounding the case |
punt to deliberate plot to kill the
lady and her child. The package was |
sent az first class mail matter. On it |
we're four five cent stampe and one two
cent stamp, enough to carry 1t as bret
class matter. This would prevent the
Instability Of the package being opened
and any Of the candy being eaten by
postal clerk
MIR. Pennington. father OF the unior-
tunate women. said: have no doubt
that the package came from San Fran
cisco. The postmark shows IL and l
have other reasons for 60 believing.
This Ia not an ordinary case, like
where une man kills another and you
start hue and cry and go after him.
This la case which will require hard
and quist work."
J On. BISHOPS STATEMENT.
The box which had contained the
. nandy figured at the inquest, being
examined by each juror.
When DIR. Bishop was called he made
tho following statement;
81 was called TO see the family at
about o'clock, on Wednesday
morning. found Mrs. Deune, Mrs
Dunning, Leila Deane and Harry Pen
ington sick bRd TO Huspicion OF
poison at that time. The patients
thought 1t was cholera morbus. They
aud bsen purging anti vomiting most of
the night. NJ one saw them the pre-
yiouH night to form any ideH OF their
early symptoms and by morning the
early symptoms hau subsidized, sue.
ceensd by pnllor aud depression and
no suspicion OF poison was suspected
until late in tho afternoon or next
morning. The vomiting and purging
oeased on Wednesday Eight. Mrs.
Dsane grew gradually worse with hesft
failure aud sense Of oppression, with
out sick stomach, until she died, at
about 400 o'closk, D.. M, on Thurs
day, notwithstanding all the usual
remedies and heart stimulants were
usad. y.
mrs. sDunning. who seemed better
n mi ian al IN fulr "A
pourisbment and retain it and showed
no signs OF systemic poisoning until
late Thursday night, when was callstl
again to- SEQ her. | found her with a
very weak pulse anil unable to count
mure tnan four or I've beats at a time.
/ remained all night and In the morn
ing called DIR. p. b. Downs In consul
.ation, about 8 o'clock. Up to that
hour the hearts, action was kept NJ
about tho same az when ! was first
called, 10 consequence Ut which the
treatment was continued up to noon,
when we added one other ingredient,
afterwards discontinued. DIR. Downs
was in several timeB during the day.
Mrs Cunning died at y. 40 o'clock, p
M, Friday.
1.-THE ohildren's cases werv muct
miluer, Harry Pennington recovering il
one day, and Leila Deane In thre
days"
DIR. powNEs' TESTIMONY.
DR.. r. IS. Downes was next ualle
and testified as follows;
81 was called on Friday morning b.
DR.. Bishop to Mr.. Psnington's house :
SEQ Mrs. Dunning about O'Clock.
found hsr in Rtate of collapse. he
face heing decidedly congested an
with swollen eyes, There was no pulls
Mt the wrist, the heart being unable
force the blood 10 thc artery to tina
extent, showing that the heart wa
threatened with paralysis or the absc
Lutte loss OF nerve power, which
necessary to produced pulse. On LID
teniug over the region Of the heart
was very weak and feeble, PARTICULAR
tho second sound Of the heart. OF
served further that the respiration
we're labored and irregular. the patier
complaining at tho time Of sense I
oppression at the lower part Of ii
lungs and q feeling OF constrictic
about the throat. The lips were livi
aud blue; in the mouth the muco'
membrane was very much irritated AZ
. covered with Shiny substance. III
whole body was bathed in perspir
ton and with Hn iudistipct livid hl
as IL 1t were not fully developed. ~
toot duo luku Woio uoib anu tho pHtiO
!; conplaiued OF tingling and benumb,
! sensation. DR.. Bishop and myself 7
tired to au adjoining room whefe
gave me very concise yet plain stat
+. ment of the history of the case add !
! agreed that certainly 1t was a cdse
|. poison most virulent. From the ia
y that two days and nights had pass
v and then no evidence Of any acute {
!. seass or epidemic cholera, Ii aided
/. in confirming our diagnosis. The q
n ture OF the peculiar poison We We
somewhat in llonbt but arsenic seem
to be most prominent in our Imint
AH to treatment, l agreed with |
bishop in avery particular. To ADM
8, lister an antitlote would have been Of
d; avail when l saw her, md ! belle
also when DR.. Bishop was called.i
OF l o'clock called again, finding her
a similar state, but no worse.
OF added one other remedy at that tin
At about o'clock in the evening
returned and found the same conditlo
T.. existing, only more marked in tn
Nv Intensity and 10 ground for any enco'
ot agemsnt or hope. This continued !
til about 8. 10 o'clock, whom sho died
10 WHAT THE CHEMIST FOUND.
ol Prot. Wolfe was cBllud and bel
sworn, mado tho following htatemen
no received today from Dr. Bishol