The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-30
SHE LOVED DUNN|NG
And Schemed to Get His Wife
Out of the Way
SAY THE DOVER PEOPLE
Of Mrs. Botkin, and Hope
She May Hang.
SAY THE DOVER PEOPLE

Dover, Del, Aug. 29.-"I am positive
that we have the poisoner Of Mrs. J. D.
Deane and Mrs J. P. Dunning under ar
rest in San Francisco, and she Will be
brought here within three weeks to stand
trial, and I have not the least doubt that
it will result in her CONVECTION
This was the declaration of Attorney
General White today, after the papers
calling for the extradttion of Mrs. AIDE
laid c. Botkin, from California to Della
ware, chargew with the murder of two
of Dover's most loved women, mad been
prepared at the state capitol. At that
time the star witness for the state will be
John Preston Dunning. husband Of one
Of the murdered women. He will be call
"a upon to condemn the woman with
whom he had been closely associated in
the Golden Gate city for two years, while
his wife lived in this city-a woman TO
whom in letters he had signed himself
with love"
Dunning' evidence is expected TO prove
conclusiveIy that the woman he claims
was infatuated with him sent to his wife
the box OF innocent-looking chocolates
filed with arsenic, with the note, with
love to yourself and baby" And that
evidence, with more that the state is to
present will. in the opinion of the at
uorney general and other Officials, send
the accused prisoner to the gatlows
Il ann doing all I can TO bring to JUS
tee the polsoner of my wife and slSter-ln-
law" were the words telegraphed from
New York 10 this city TO Mr. Deane by
Dunn!ng, yesterday, and that he IS SIN
cere is affirmed by the attorney general
In the formal statement 20 the latter,
Cunning positively identified the writ
ing on the fatal package as that of Mrs.
Botkin. The attorney general stated that
not only the handwriting on the pack
age had been identified as That of Mrs.
Botbzln but, that according TO burning,
she was the person who wrote me an
ouy7nous letter received by Mrs. Dunning
from San Francisco thirteen months ago,
he having also positively identified the
handwriting.
In the letters Mrs. Dunning was inform
ell Of her husbands relations with a
woman in San Francisco. The writing IN
the letters, especially the address on the
envelopes, is declared by the attorney
general to be exactly the same. In the
address on the wrapper that came on the
candy box there are pecukarties in the
writing, and Mr.. White says the same an
tained the anonymous letters.
the address on the envelope which con-
The supposition of the official is that
the anonymous letters were written with
the purpose Of causing trouble between
Mr. and Mrs. Dunning, and eventually
permanent separation, in which case Dun
ming would be entirey free to resume his
association with Mrs. BOtkin.
The attorney general firmly believes
that Mrs. Botl1in was alone the originator
of her diabolica plan 70 rid herself OF
the woman she felt was in her way, and
that she carried it out 10 a successful
end after the mission of the anonymous
letters had failed, and when she mad
learned that Cunning was about to take
up life with his wife again
The attorney general was much napier
boday than yesterday when he had been
given TO understand in kilograms from
San Francisco that a fight against extra
Hilton was a probability. He had been
notified TO send on aftidavits backing up
the evidence at this end.
The latter developments at San Fran
cisco have probably led to change. for
last night word was received from Gov
ernor Budd, of California, that a requisi-
ton would, be honored now This morning
the attorney general, Deputy Attorney
General Cooper and Governor Tunnel
arrived in the city, early. Secretary Of
State Hughes resides here and was at
the capitol.
The requisition papers were made out
as follows:
State of Delaware. Executive Depart
ment, Ebe ". Tunnel. Governor of the
State of Delaware. To His ExceIency
the Governor of the State of California
Whereas, II appears by the annexed GER
Ufcate and warrant, duly authenticated
In accordance with the laws OF this state.
bhat Adelaide { Botkin stands charged
with the crime OF murder, committed in
the county Of Kent IN this state. and
II having been represented to me that she
has fed from the justice Of this state and