Evening journal., 1898-08-25
RS. B0TKIk UNNNEERVED
axes Morphine to Allay Her
Sufferings While in Jail.
|SIsTs THAT SHE is INNOCENT

%A2AIhl1AJ IfNNA
3IATEMENTS REGARDING THE
1AsE-HE KNOWS WHO THE
RuMGNlALS ARE.
RoVer' August PA changed con-
xon OF affairs has been brought
6ut here by the announcement made
Attorney-General White, who was
u yesterday, of the fact that for the
#ent at least, no reduisition papers
be taken out by the Delaware au-
3 titles for Mrs. Botkin. Another
d Ting and suggestive fact has be-
#e known. Three detectives sent out
&er by private agencies or the gov
Hnent are working upon the case,
are striking along a different line.
81 are shadowing the movements of
& Preston Dunning, husband OF one
Y pc unfortunate women.
&. be San Francisco authorities claim
the accused women are of social
& ding and that their husbands have
ns, and that no judge can commit,
& ect to requisition papers from Del
s Re, such persons for completely IN
8! inous crime of this nature unless
< ain Of evidence can be established
y n will positively connect them.
efore the officials have started
another course. Detective Nc
has by this time reached Omaha
the remaining poisoned chocc-
- II the arsenic crystals extracted by
Chemist Wolfe, the mail wrapper
6 he note signed Mrs. c." and con-
s ng the line, with love to your
pnd baby"
the next ten hours another batch
e idence will be sent out, and It is
x that either Attorney-General
e or Deputy Acknowledgement
= L. Cooper, Jr., will go to San
S2 cisco and personally assist in the
cution at the preliminary hearing.
KPERTS ON HANDWRITING.
evidence to be sent out will in
affidavits from Postmaster
EN-, who remembers receiving the
Pf candies in the south mail; Harry
ington, who called at the post Of
or it and delivered it to Mrs. Dun
and Coroner wills, who held the
st. The experts on handwriting
be engaged in San Francisco in
q, to implicate directly at least one
women. The state will make an
to secure David n. Carvalho of
York, who was brought her dur
he Dupont arson and conspiracy
and ably assisted the prosecution
S comparison of tell-tale manu-
exercising a wise precaution,
Ter Wills at the inquest facilitated
Prosecution, and now the wisdom
is plainly seen. He insisted that
witness should either write or die
in long hand before the jury all
3 nOwledge of the case. The physi-
and state chemist were subject
the same treatment and were
ed to swear to the written evil
and sign it. All the testimony
hooked together and countersign-
the coroner. so that now the
has at its finger ends almost a
lete chain OF testimony.
OSUIUA ID. iDEANlE TALKS.
affidavits Of former Congress
bennington and his wife, which
taken Tuesday, contain state
discriminating at least two OF the
cted women. The authorities are
ent that their case will hold
a d. Deane, whose wife died first
eating the candy, and who has
aimed a steadfast silence since
yesterday afternoon:
e statement has been made" said
unning, that 1 accuse some DO
Delaware persons OF being con
j in this awful crime. I never
aimed such an idea. This theory
ated from a remark / made thai
b parcel could not have been car
hree thousand miles without be-
ashed or disfgured. Since then
yer, 1 have gone over the matter
lghly with United States mai
Under his powerful glass
ed myself that the postmark wal
Francisco. Then 1 ascertainet
he agent that there was no posi-
of that box having been maile'
here else, with that postmark AM
Jed as it was. The dates OF de
re and arrival here were also con
t, as seen under the glass, wit
istance between the two coasts
is no doubt now in our mind
e he box was mailed in San Fran
and Mr.. Dunning seems certain
10 mistake is being made in ou
The idea that charge an
person with completely in thi
thing is absurd. 1 was Gale
INV bed after midnight to verif