Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-29
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against Mrs. Cordoba Botkin, and
John 2. Dulining Is out OF jail.
After ltesping Dunning In custody for
Two nights atd one day, Attorney
Knight relpnted Yesterday morning
he withdrawing question which the
witness had donlinbd to answer. This
lclt nothing on which 10 hold Dnnning
for contemlt., He did not reveal The
names OF the women, aside frora Mrs.
Botkin, with whom he had had loyo
ailairs, though be ,gayo thar number.
PerhHrs knjght concluded that no
was hurting thi, cause Of hin client by
making. toe much of o martyr OF Dun
ming. ~ any event, the withdrawal Of
his quosticlilnft a very enFy way out %
"a embarrassing sitnntion. Judge
Conk'ss remarks on letting tho prisoner
SO had something Of an apploaetir
tone. HE DECLARED that In not ono case
IN o thousand would Knights question
20 pertigeht, but that this WAS the
thousandth CASE.
SO Dnnning wont ON to testify again.
lilo makes Al good witness, In nll his
narration there was no attempt to
shield himsnlf In the laast. and there
was no trace Of vindictiveness when
speaking pf Mrs. Bntkin. In fact, Ii
was her attorneys who dragged out of
him, with the groatest appearance Of
reluotanee.an his part, the statement Of
his exact relations with Mrs. Botkin.
While he was hsing forced to tell tho
bald story of their unlawful love, she
bent low upon tho table and buried her
face In her hands,
Once, when he freely told how she
had aided him with money, and when
his letters to, her wero being road, abe
rubbed her eyes ms II they Ind moist
eBed over the recolloctions, and ooca-
sionally his voice trelnbled during the
recital. But while Knight stumbled
over the reading OF one OF his letters 10
her, both Of them smiled, and IL looked
to the spectators rs ii. their smiles met.
Ii Dunping's Testimony there was
one comfort for Mrs. Botkin. He de-
MED that there. had beea any break be-.
tween them. When they parted at
Sixteenth.st station they parted Us
friends, and ha' continued to write TO
her from the.i trains, from Key West,
patohboat touched during the war var
This will 81 niadc ihe most Of, as
showing tlijlt she had no thought that
hS t.'bNiit4Eht W hh'uHNtpl hhi HlId ittbEu
TO the arms Of his wife, and that conse-
quantly she would have no motive in
putting that wife out Of the way.
When the case of tho prosecution was
closed, however, the general comment
Of those who have beon regular In at
tendance upon the court room was that
1t was amply strong enough to warrant
d conviction. Few clrcumstantial cases
could be stronger, Though the identi-
tication Of the purchaser OF the candy
was not positive, Mrs. Botkin had
seemingly been connected with it by
the purchase Of the handkerchief sent
with 1t, and by collateral circum-
stances, connected with it beyond d
reasonable doubt, unless the defence
can break spnie link in the chain by
the force of more positive testimony.
That she did buy arsenic has been
definitely proved, and that she gave as
reason forlthe purchase tho desire to
bleitch a STRAW hat-4a use 10 which
arsenic IN not nut. That she talked of
poisons and their efficacy was shown
by Mrs. Rouff. Her hysterical admis-
sicns Of connection with the poisoning
Of Mrs. Dunning we're told by Miss
Livorhash The experts have declared
that she wrote the address on the box
Of poisoned candy, as we'll MS the brief
note innlpssd init, and the anonymous
letters which tended to prompt Mrs.
Duunlng to the, obtaining OF divorce.
And her Astounding love for Dunning
has been proved rs q motive for the
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