The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-16
FUNERALS
FAT DOVER.
The Victims OF the Candy
Il Poison Are Laid Side .
! By Side. I
DOCTOR BISHOPS TESTIMONY
The Mystery Differs as to
,t,a@Where the Bon Bons
Were Mailed as the T.
San Francisco
Officials Say i
BOX WOULDN'T Be MARKED,

Dover, Del, Aug, 15.-Gloom' peryaded
this town to day when the bodies of Mrs.
j. d. Deane and Mrs. p. Dunnine, who
died as tho result of eating poisoned candy
were buried. The funeral of both Victims
In this strange tragedy took place from the
home of their father, ex-Cougressna an
John B. Pennington. and interment was
made in the Presbyterian 'Cometery The
pathos of the event was intensified by the
sad fact that Mr.. and Mrs Penninrton
who are both over 70 years old. to day saw
their last children buried. ,
The funeral WAS heidi this afternoon and
was one OF the largest over seon in tho
State. All the prominent people Of Dover
wero present. The bodies Of Mrs. Deano
and Mrs Dunning lay side by side in the
parlor of the old bennington mansion, and
while they were on view constant stream
! of persons passed tbrouqb tho bouso Tha
caskcts verc almost b,dJa, Nv .bo r,,,nor-
| ous floral offeripg. Nh. r,oo NJ Mrs
Dunninp anneored p,oc;a INIT na;r,u,
sufforin, wos do,i,to5 ~, tho oorrto,,,,.
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The candy will, h, ano,vzed. ona sboujd n
provo to contain noison tho Govarnment
autbor,tie, will be called on tn assist In
fcrretinu cus the criminal.
Tho authorities here ard the friends of
tho Pennington family as we'll as Mr..
Pennington himself, now seem to be firm.
ly convinced that the caudy was poisoned
before 1t was placed in the mails. Assoon
as tho result of the chemical analysis Is
announced, Mr., Pennington will probably
make known all of his suspicious. ]. P,
fortunate women, it is thought, may be
able to throw some light on the case. Mr.,
Dunning has sent a oablegram to his faith.
er-in-law that he would loave Porto Rico
today on tho ResOlute and would reach
nome as soon as possible.
Mr.. Dunning was married about eight
years ago. For some time he lived In
San Francisco. whers he was emnlovaa in
newsnnnor work Ho was mr. S,moo .+
tho t,,,a ~ Tho III, ,tou,,, c..I -
A. ,, '"t 'o"''
"e' M' ns io'' LUZ S''' oouh1fy'
uhu HIS WIG came nome TO live with her
Iather Tor some time. Before going to /
Cuba Mrs. Dunning saw her husband in |
New York, and 1t is said IL was arranged |
that m the husbands retprn tbe two wers
=, I,,,,;,, N,uvo,, S,,,, ho has b.o,;,
80 n.' A.. -,
o"D" "iu Vi w .eo tuts "ne 40"
recoi'cu n"hs 'o''efs iioih "'f nuso"u''
Several samples OF the candy will be
tested George V Massey sent le,ter to
Mr.. Pennington, saying that he would
have tho chemists of the PENNSYLVANIA
n ,i,ro,d comn,rv at Albania mako an
,...,. n. nh,..oA WI.
the o1ate cheh''S' ae De'a"are ooIieee,
will examine moro OF the fatal stun. Ii
tits shown that the candy was poisoned
an effort will be made to locate the send
ar.
n,..,-, ..-.
t..i 'te noA was ."lhli'on'
pa'. ",'.e '""unv, &c, ''i'ei' WIN 'he pri.e
mar 80 'e,'s' sun oii ','e corne'' Ahe
io.e s's'!eu MIS- u Is "rl'teh on
"'eu ".i'u napei III ieau peneii, gnu
me ""'us WIN ioVe ior Sourseil ana
DunS are "''tteii Jerkiy anu III al
e"'.e's oi'itieht iiaiiu NUN 'he SUPER
~, ,'ip'''''' very hhe woman hanu.
".,e are t"o h'ius vi ciocoiate caHuy
III tne ooA' one nara ana similar 10
'ohieet'oiiet ihahe' the other soIt'
WIN eNe,S appearance ol pelhg nome
ihoue. me IMPRESSION OIL Dr. Blshop
Is ,nat inc poison VIII De 1ound IN the
sNter hiiu. MT. remington peneVeS
'''at 'he pok WIN pure candy was
purchasea' aiter "hlch II was opened
ana 'ne poisoned candy placed along
side with the good. He states it as his
urn oeiief that MS daughters were III
'ent,oha''S poisoneu' put tnlhks the
'a"us was ohiy INTENDED ior Mrs. Dun
'his anu her papy. lie states that ne
VIII make every erort to solve the
mystery surrounding the case.
A dlspatch from San Francisco says
fhat none OF the many friends and ac-
Hrs. Dunpng can oner any plausible
Why any one in San Fran |