The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-28
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Startling Testimony Pre-
scented Ii the Candy
Poisoning Case.

| San Francisco, CAL, Dec 27.-In the tss-
tlmony In rebuttal in the famous Botkiu
candy poisoning case the prosecution to-
day introduced the most important cyl
denoe against Mrs. Botkin that has yei
come out In the trial.
The testimony related to the lurchass
and sending Of the box Of candy on Sun
day, July 81.
Mrs. Botkin has contended that she could
not have bought tho box OF candy, because
she was III on that day, and did not leave
the house. DR.. g. NJ. Terrell visited her
during the afternoon OF that day, as he has
testified, and found her lying on sofa at
the Victoria Hotel.
The prosecution yesterday produced tha
cook o. that establishment, who swesrs
with oircumstantial detail thar DR.. Ter
rell's visit was not made on Sunday, but
on week day.
More important still. it,was brought out
that the witness had seen Mrs. Botkin
come in from the street on tho afternoon
Of Sunday, July 81
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authorship Of the frat of tho anonymous
letters that Mrs Botkin ia charged with
having written to Mira. Dunning. That
letter was postnarked "san Francisco,
June 10, 1897" It 10 admitted that Mrs.
Botkin spent that month at Eureka, 200
miles away from San Francisco
The prosecution to- day proved the GUS
tom in all eoasting steamers to take mail
matter in charge Of the purser who:would
deposit 1t at the next post Office on, the
route, usually San Francisco.
Maggie Cook, the cook at the Victoria
Hotel. testified that she had directed DR..
Terrell to Mrs. Botkin's room on The day
he called She testified:
What time Of day was thsf
Il was late in the afternoon.
Was 1t Sunday?
1t was not.
How TO you know
Because was in charge Of the house
MIRA Price was out. am never in charge
on Sundays.
Any o her reasonP
I was preparing soup vegetables. l
never do that on Sur days.
Did you send Mrs. Botkin's dinner to
her room on Sunday?
Yes. sir.
How did you send iti
BY The Japanese boy.
Was she in bed?
Yes. She was sick in bed.
Had she been in bed all day?
No, sir. She was not. saw her COLI
ing In after being out that afternoon.
The witness thought it might be on
Monday or Tuesday that DR.. Terrell call
cd. DR.. Terrell testified that he had visi
ted Mrs. Botkin only once, and had made
no entry in his hook.
Pnrser Corcoran, of he steamer Faral-
lone testified that his shi p loft Eureka for
San Francisco on the morning of June II,
1897, and arrived in San Francisco the
next day 1t was his custom to take let
tiers at Eureka to be deposited in the post
office in San Francisco. His ship on that
trip arrived in Snn Francisco on June IS.
The letters would be postmarked in San
Francisco.
10 Offset the theory based on this owl
dsnce the defense introduced Mrs. Bot.
kin's sister, with whom she was staying
in Eureka, to prove that Mrs. Botkn had
not been out of the house on June II. It
was proved that the steamer did not leave
until 2 a. III.
After some unimportant testimony the
case was closed, and Attorney General
White, OF Delaware, will open the argu-
ment tomorrow. The case will go 10 the
jury Thursday afternoon or Friday morn
ing.