The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-15

worth on Bush street between Powell and
Stockton, and spent the afternoon there 1 re-
the and "a had my dinner This s
q, August, think l finished up some little
things and packed my small portmanteau, be-
cause was not going to have my trunk at st.
Heiena, but IT was going on to Healdsburg.
after stopping at the sanitarlum, as 1 told you.
and took the train for e. Helena lef here
on the afternoon train, the time. / think. was
Z. Mcclure my brother-in-law, and remained
then LEFT there, St. Helena, on Sunday, the 18th
across country thirty-fve miles in her car
pI4ss, to my sisters in Healdsbarg.
Sunday afternoon. the 7th of August, then the
LolloWlng Sunday. the 14th, picked up the
tragedy, the death of Mrs Deane and Mrs.
Dunning.
Q. CTo the Chief by Mrs. Botkin). Shall !
say of having read the article to my sister !
sister in absolute CONSERVATION Ito Mrs. Nc
Q. by Mrs. Botkn, to the Chief: Shall
say to you how passed the remainder OF the
The Chief-Answer just as you please.
A. We went through the afternoon In the
regular routine household work On Tuesday,
August t. Miss Livernash, sent by the Ex-
aminer to interview me, asked me what knew
about the death Of these people at Dover QMrs.
ing. as 1 never knew Mrs. Dunning nor Mrs.
Deane On the morning of Wednesday, the
nth, she came again to my sister at Heads
burg and Informed me that the Examiner said
that l very strongly suspected of this
crime After pulling myself up from the shock
| took the next mornings train to my husband
in Stockton. This Examiner reporter insisted
upon accompanying me. She did accompany
me and said she doing out of the most
extreme heartfelt sympathy, thereby leaving
my sister in more comfortable frame of mind
than If had gone alone. 1 wired my husband
TO meet me at the train, which he did. We
went to the hotel with my husband and re-
manned there until to-day "wednesday or
ton up TO the oath (to-day). 1 was arrested on
s night OF the 2Sd OF August. and came to
companed by my husband and officers. (To
the Chief)-And you know where now.
Q. (By Chief Lees. When was the last time
you purchased candy? A. The last time / pur-
chased candy about the 1st of last June
at O'Clock, when l bought some lemon drops
FOR my nephew who was visiting me.
Q. Where did you buy 1t? A. l bought 1t as
we were taking the car to go to Camp Merritt
from from a man with box who sold chewing
and gave them to Charlie.
Q. Have you read description of this box
that was said to have been sent to Dover
what the papers say
.; That 1t was white-glazed one pound box
tied with a pinkish ribbon? A. do not re-
member the description the paper gave
q. That there was a handkerchief inside, a
white cambria one with price mark, % cents,
from the paper (reading): The box is a stock
box lone held in stock) and contains the words
Don bons printed on top. Interrupting) I
see. The Chief (continung). The candy was
of three kinds Chocolate carames, which
were evidently purchased at the store choco-
late bonbons, which were evidently purchased
the same way, and cream chocolates which
might have been home made. The candy was
of medium grade"
Q. Did You purchase such a box or
manufacture such a box? A Never
Q. Did you ever mail to Mrs. J. p Dunning
Of Dover, Del, such box containing the can
dies heretofore named? A. L never did.
Q. Did you direct in your handwriting the
box or the note which was placed inside Of 1t 4?
A. I never did.
Q. Did you place cheap pocket handkerchief
inside the box? A. l never did.
Chief reading from paper: The postmark
on the package containing the candy may be
work of a woman there is no doubt. and friends
Of the family who in position to know
the suspicion say the authorities had better
look for the woman in the case. The writing
on the inside of the box and the wrapper to
the box is the writing of woman but whether
they were written by the same person cannot
be decided. The appearances indicate that
they were. The note on the inside looks like
a stupid attempt to disguise the handwriting
while the writing on the outside of the box APP
pears like a natural hand
O. Hearing the above read to you, did you
prepare and mail box such as I have read to
you? A SO help me God,
@ You know that Mrs Dunning and Mrs
Deane are dead. don't you? a. From what the
papers say.
q. You know that they died at Dover, Del?
A. From what the papers say.
@. Do you know that the package was re-
ceived at Dover, Del, on the 9th Of August
1898? A AS the papers say.
Q. Are you aware that that package must
have been mailed upon the 4th day OF August