The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-05
EXTRACTION PAPERS
HERE FROM DELAWARE
Lees Hunting for More Evidence,
Then he Will Lay the Case Be-
fore the Governor.

AT noon yesterday Chief Lees received
from Governor Tunnel of Delaware the
long-eXpected requisition papers. With
the reQuistory document came a numer-
Gus bundle of affidavits of Delaware wit
nesses and it is upon the showing of
evidence made in these, and upon af-
fidavits that will be taken here, that
Governor Budd will be asked to turn
over to the Delaware authorities the per-
son of Mrs. Botkin that she may be tried
for her life upon the charge that stands
against her
Chief Lees is confident that he has, or
Will have, within very few days evil
dence to bring his plans to successful is
sue. The plan of the Chief is best told
In his own words. In an interview yes
terday he said:
we are at present busy gathering col
lateral evidence on the four main points
that characterize the case; the hand
kerchlef, the arsenic, the candy and the
handwriting in the numerous letters. l
am now positive that the person who
wrote and addressed the anonymous let
tiers and the person who sent the poison
ed candy are one and the same. l am
also satisfied beyond a doubt that both
DoX ana candy came from the store of
Mr.. Haas and that they were bought on
or about July 81.
II have not yet succeeded in connecting
Mrs; Botkin with the purchase of the
candy, neither can l prove as yet that
she bought from the City of Paris the
handkerchief that accompanied the box.
On that point L am working to-day. I
nave here the delivery and charge tags
or the store and they are being carefully
examined. The fact that a tag was dis
covered noting the sale of a single hand
kercheif on August 4 is of no significance,
as Mrs. Botkin could have bought one
on any OF the numerous shopping trips
that we know she made at about that
time.
The arsenic purchase is the one clew
with which we have directly connected
her, ard L certainly do not believe that
She bought 1t for the use that appears
OH the poison register of the Owl drug
store ! have the opinions of a number
arsenic has no efficacy as a bleaching
agent. All of these matters l hope to
clear clear up within the next, few days so
papers to Governor Budd.
Il do not feel at liberty to make public
the text of either that document or the
Governor personally. AS soon as they ar
rived l turned them over to Assistant
District Attorney Hosmer, and he prom
fsed that by to-day he will have mapped
out plan of action to pursue from now
on"
That Chief Lees considers the arsenic
clew Il strong one is evident in that as
Botkin had been laid before him he or
dered that every precaution be taken to
protect her against herself. No one but
her lawyers are permitted to see her with
out the presence of some one o. the de-
partment. Every one who enters her cell
is carefully scrutinized, particularly the
members of her family whom, it is feared,
may seek to put in her possession some
means for ending her life
This close surveillance has greatly wor-
ried Mrs. Botkin. Last evening she
called for Captain Seymour and asked
him If she were to be deprived of the
visits of her relatives. Captain Seymour
promptly informed her that she was not,
nor of any one else she cared to receive,
providing no suspicious circumstances. at
tached to their presence.
To back UP his contention that Mrs
Botkfn did not use the arsenic to bleach
her hat Chief Lees is searching for the
CASTOR head gear worn at that time in
order that an analysis may be made of
the texture for traces of the poisonous
wash