The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13
CITIZEN JUDGES
 OF MRS. B0TKIN
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was colorless and her eyes .sunken, show ing great pain and suffering. The wit ness learned that Mrs. Dunning's illness was of the same nature as that or ms as her mother and he attended to both of them He did not see the candy until after the death of the women.
 To Attorney Knight the witness ex- plained the nature of the house in which they lived. It was unusually large and built on the Colonial style. He told of calling in Dr. Bishop to attend his wife % on doctor called and wrote a prescription which MT. Deane took to have filled. The doctor saw the seriousness of the case and
 Did he make any, examination for phials or bottles?" asked MT. Knight.
 'He did not. He diagnosed the case as one of cholera morbus and treated 1t ac- cordingly," said the witness. Continuing, he said his wife could retain nothing on her stomach and the doctor changed the medicine in an effort to bring renef Thursday afternoon he gave her stimu- had convulsions and he called in another physician for consultation. While they were discussing the case the woman died. Replying to questions the witness said he had not examined the pantry nor had he made inquiry of the cook as to the condi- ton of the food. At that time he had not 1t nor know where it was. until the Satur- day after his wife's death.
 John B. Pennington, the venerable father of the two murdered women, was the last witness for the day and he had not completed his testimony when the hour for adjournment had arrived. When called to the stand he said his occupation was that of 6 lawyer, which profession he had followed since 1857. From 1877 to 1891 he occupied a seat in the House of Repre- sentatives. In 1874 and 1875 he was Attor- ney General of Delaware. He first told of the members of his family who were gathered under his roof tree in August. On being asked as to the occupation of John F. Cunning. he said he was admitted to the bar in Delaware and later came out West and entered the employ of the Associated Press. The witness could not tell the exact date that Mrs. Cunning went 10 Delaware, ISee but he thought 1t was late daughter In addition to them there was living In the house at the time of the mur- ders MT. Deane, his wife and daughter ana ana aarrX remington, grandson, who was spending the summer.
 DO you remember the 9th of August? asked Attorney Hosmer.
 TSSery distinctly; sir was the response.
 The witness told of procuring the trout which was served for supper from the Delaware River, some seven miles from my my home in an air line or nine miles by the carriage road" The witness testified tttat that after supper he lay down In the sitting-room. Later he went out on the RP1reh Rfnd t,ans and saw saw all the family assem- bn8 bleo of there. err Mrs; Dunning was holding poX or candy in her hand. She said, See papa, what nice box of candy some one has sent me" She offered him some, R,n Wnich c1o1. ne declined, as he had tobacco in returned about o'clock, finding the fam fly in the parlor. They soon retired, and he fastened up the house and retired also. vomiting, and her husband waiting on her. He did not see her until morning. when he went to her room, and seeing her found Mrs. Cunning III. The witness told of the attention bestowed on the ailing members, of his household and then of the death of his two daughters
 When shown the candy box he identi- lied 1t as the one he had seen in his house at Dover, Delaware. He found 1t at that time on top of his secretary, and the it. He placed his initials on the wrap per and also upon the top and bottom of the box containing the candy. He kerchief. After this he locked the box and it's contents in bureau. The wrap per was taken by the witness to his compared the address with that on an anonymous letter received by Mrs. Dun ming. some time previously. In his opin- After the burial of his daughters he al- lowed pr: Bishop to take five or six pieces of the candy from the box and then all up together. On August 22 the witness delivered all the articles to Detective Me Ney in Dover. He next saw them in the office of Chief Lees since he came to this city.
 The witness identified two letters as having been received, one in June and the other in July. These were the anonymous letters which have figured in the case. He found them in his mail box, and after handing the first one to Mrs. Dunning to whom they were addressed, she told him not to hand her any more that might come in that handwriting. The later one he did not show her. The first of the letters was found among Mrs. Dunning's effects; the second, he retained. Attorney Hosmer attempted to establish the iden- tity of the writing on the package with that of the anonymous letter. He did not succeed, although the defense did so unintentionally later.
 Mir Knight took the witness over the ground regarding the letters, and then went abruptly to the question as to the quality of the fish off which the family had dined MT. Pennington explained then that his suspicious regarding the candy were aroused because of. the simi- larity of the handwriting on the anony- nous letter and that on the wrapper of the box. He thought that the same hand wrote both. The two letters were thus brought into the evidence. The court then adjourned until 10 o'clock this morn ing.