Evening journal., 1898-11-16
]. P. DUNNlNG ACTIVE.
WILL ASSIST m EVERY WAY TO
CONVICT MRS. BOTklN.

AFTER A LONG CONFERENCE
wIpH DUNNsNG ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHITE DECIDES TOl
Go TO SAN FRANCIsCO-MRs.
BOTKIN's SAD PIHGHT-sHE EN-
beavers TO STAY PROCEED
INGS.
Iover, Nov. 6.-Attorney- General
White was in ciose conference yester-
day with John p. Cunning, relative tuI
the trial Of Mrs. B0t5in for the murder
CT his wife,
The result OF Jde conference was tha,
Mr.. White has decided to go to San
Francisco TO GeFist the authorities
there In the prosecution Of the case
against the accused woman. Fourteen
subpoenas have been issued for Della
ware Witnesses by the California au-
thorities and they are expected to ar
rive here on Saturday night
Mr. Dunning, before returning to
New York yesterday. assured the at
torney-general and his friends here
that he had no hesitancy in going
West.
ut will be unpleasant and shall be
put in a bad light, | know, but I'll
show that female fiend up without any
mercy. II Is easier for a man to have
his past life thrown before the public
presence in a distant country. l might
have hos.sated had it been here, but
there nothing shall be held back"
Cunning expressed a firm opinion
! That Mrs. Pltl1in was the elayeI
of his wife, although he considered hei
trial in California a farce and that the
only place for speedy justice to be done
was Delaware.
Aeked what defence the California
woman intended to lean upon. Dun
ming intimated that her strongest de-
fence Was TO further fight a trial. HC
had no fear, either FOR himself or foi
the cafoty Ct the case. as 10 what the
woman Intended to bring out. "Oi
course he added "ehe will not spare
me. and l am willing that nothing
should be spared"
Joshua d. Deane, the other bereaved
| hue5and, has been summoned, but 1t Is
/ believed that his evidence is wanted
/ particularly in rebuttal Of any defence
concerning the cause Of death, or on di
rect examination to testify that he ate
supper on the fatal night and thai
nothing that the family then ate could
/ have caused death. 1t is regarded tina
in this Particular alone Mr. Deanel
testimony will be most material, a,
will also that of Miss Bateman ant
Mics Wilmington, who ate Of the candy
but not the supper and became seri
ous,y ILL.,
| Attorney-General White says the au
/. chorltie5 intend to allow Mrs. BOtkiI
no lccphole for escape, and that NJ
technicaiity Of the law viii save tn
woman now. She Is to be put on trla
on December for the murder OF Mrs
| Dunning. Should her jury disagree Sin
VIII be tried and retired. Should shI
be acquitted the authorities will thel
pun her on trial for the murder Of Mn
| Dnne and having gotten a glimpse o
3 the deferce she makes. can surely gail
a convitticn. This failing, the appea
from the California Supreme Cour
, VIII be taken through the Fedora
Court. and the accused woman viii
, .hen be tried for the double murder
, which, not being the same Offense al
!, either OF the former cause, viii nc
place her life in jeopardy twice, as thu
/ Corr'i.utiOn prohibits.
Aetorney-GeneralW White has received
an invitation TO try the case for th'
Commonwealth in conjunction with As
sf.aut District Attorney Hosmer. Nj.
White has accepted the invitation an'
viii leave fer San Francisco in com
pany with Mrs White, Who goes fo
The honef. of her health, earlier thar
/, w's st first expected.
n TITS emf cement Of Mr. White to ais
IN the persecution CT this remarkably
! o.imirnr tcause is the direct wish o
The CaMfArria district attorney. Mr.
i Elccmer's Chief, who is detained in thu
J military service at the Preside an'
may mcmortarily be ordered to Ma
mia,