The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-05
MRS. B0TKIN
BOUGHT POISON
Record of the Sale in a
San Francisco Drug
Store.

| Dali ErhuCIeCp, Cai.I oepbs f'-Nu Vue
poison register of the Owl drug store, Nc.
1920 Market street, appears an entry show
ing that "Mrs Botkin" bought two ounces
Of arsenic at p. IN. June '.,lS9s, Of clerk
Frank S. Gray.
Her address was given as California and
Hyde street, San Francisco. On June /.
she lived at the Victoria Hotel on the
northwest corner Of California and Hyde
streets.
Yesterday afternoon William Kearney
and c. H. Downs clerks in the Owl drug
store, began search of che records Of sales
| and we'll on toward evening they came
/ across this entry:
"June l, 1S9s-Mrs. Botkin, California
snd Hyde, arsenic. OF. Bleaching. Sig
Gray"
San Francisco. CAL, Sept. ..s-George
A. knight thinks he and his assocates,
McGcwan & Squires, will he able tu satis-
fy the Court before which the contest will
be held that there Is no good legal reason
why Mrs. Botkin should be given free
ride across the continent.
Aho ASHuioAoioA PoPSAoi o0'A AtAAs
Knight, twill state in the usual formal
manner that Mrs. Botkin is a fugitive
from justice and Is without the jurisdic.
tion Of che State Of Delaware, but within
the jurisdiction of the State of California a.
Then the demand will he made that she bs
delivered by the officers of this state 10
those Of Delaware.
snow, the point arlses-is she fugitive
from Deiawarep think not. She has never
been in Delaware, and, therefore. cannot
be fugitive from that state. Ono cannot
flee from place where he has never been.
The Denver case is not similar to this
In that case doctor sent bottle Of pois.
oned whiskey from Maine to Denver. The
whiskey caused the death of the person
who drank It, and the criminal was taken
from Maine to Denver for trial. But he
did not contest the right of the Maine
authorities to deliver him. He accepted
the situation. We, however, stand on our
legal rights.
ut is principle of law that one accused
OF crime is entitled to be tried in his own
NAoAaoSo PoOp4C AAoV AbtA4 uhA
where his reputation Is established. A
resident has no right to order change of
venue to another county despite the de-
fendant's protest.
"In the interests of justice all illegal at
te,apt to remove citizen Of this state to
another state against his will should be
combatted. Why, 1 can hire experts any
day to testify as desired Suppose such an
expert thould swear that the address on
that
POISONED BOX OF CANDY -
Was in the handwriting of local minis
tor of the Gospel who had never heard Of
the case. Would 1t be j1st or legal to COM
pei that minister to go to Delaware to
prove his innocence? If so, mon Of means
and power could send th cir enemies across |
the country at any time. on the 1imsisst |
pretext, merely by alleging that they were
fugitives from some state they had never |
seen.
II am aware that there is decision on |
is, that ono who may send an instrument
with the intent to commit murder, from
one state to another, may be constructive
ly presumed to be present with the in
strument OF death. on all Its journey, un-
I'll the crime shall have been accomplished.
But that Is distinction entirely too fine
for general understanding, or for the sup |
port Of men who know the law"
Mrs. f. G. Edwards has become very |
nervous over the Dunning case. Mrs. Ed
wards feared that Dunning would bring
her name into publicity, SO she told the
police all about her relations with Dun
ming, and volunteered a statement to the
newspapers. She says she met Dunnins
about three years ago, and they liked each
other. Though sho know ho was married,
she allowed hin to visit her. She contin.
ues:
"It Is true keep a candy factory In
East Oakland. 1t is true that &c" Is ono Of
the initials of my name have written to
John Dunnipg asking him not to connect
my name with the case. I think that 1t
would be wise for him to keep his own
counsel.
know him as every other woman he has
met knows him-a piece of human putty to
be moulded by any woman who would
take the trouble. He is involved enough
but II he speaks he should remember that
others can talk. l do not know Mrs. Bot.
kin, but have heard him speak Of her Of
ten He was afraid Of her and told mo so.
He used to say that ho was under her in
leave her, though he Wished to do so
strongly. He told me that ho feared that
she might harm him bodily; she was al
ways thinking hat some one was doing her
an injury, and was ready to revenge her
sclf will tell anything know on the
naso utnpH but mt hafpre