The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25

| Nav, n,,,a u uad got poisoned on the yyov
mn,Sos U. ,,e, were her explanations Of tho
thrm woe aue osiore her arrest. and ali ~
.nc.h were weak. She smoke ava,s,s,, =.
apett hen enemies, end offsroS sA sa
.neories, most OF them wild ~ ~ eIal
lorte.s. In these Interviews ~ s,as,..sr
sns was tragic and would maze hor .o.e..u
ami quote Shakespeare pave her room
s,., yrs sort OF thing was suddsnl.
s.oppeu by her arrest on August % my.
sor,,,,,,; alra charge were made unor, the n.
80 NJ. OF John ID. Deane. the husband
bim.ais nuhnlngs sister. MIR. Dunnns
~ n,iiseil was not at home peano,s aSsiaas
US We're reinforced BY aff,daviis fra,,, a VA
congressman Pennington. The fatha. .,
! .ne Two poisoned women. Mrs r,otI,n ~. y.
a al,csveu at Stockton by De.ective r w"
os.son on warrants charging ter WITH ~
~ =, u r OF Mrs Dunning and Mrs. l,a,no
u lover Del. on August II.
When the detective read the warrant. 20
.uFs' sotkln. that woman displayed mira
. surprise, but did not seem AZ al, sho,,oa
IN met. she had BEEN looking forward =.
this very event. !"
WELL" she said, the exo,,ema,t 80,
worn off at last, and am now nren,raa
foi anything" ~
MF' hotKin was present when his wife
was placed undsr arrest, but he seemed
confident of her innocence. and affectiona,.
words We're exchanged between them. the
nusosnd assisting the wife in packing IN
1hs things she would probably neei sf,er
sac mad been placed IN confinement.
AS soon as she left her husband she be-
came highly nervous and eyed.d aud
se h,ns 70 pc iaboring under the reaction
%hich followed her enforced calmn IS wh.,n
hrst appristd of the c.larg a aga. nst har b,,
the detective. AT the time OF Mrs pot.
Ems arrest Attorney General White of
DeaaWare, who preceded personally to
san FRANCISCO to icok alter The case, made
me statement that tae evi !ence against
the woman was irolcai aud that the only
CANCER OF an unsuccessful Issue In the case
was tho possible suicide of the aceus d.
Efforts were made to transfer the pro-
ctedings from California 10 Delaware, hut
the superior cou decided that 1T could not
be done and that Mrs. 30 kin NUT bs,
tried In California.
After her arrest the San Francisco de-
tectiyes, now that the case was nj 10 d In
their field, began the work of d igging up
local evidence against Mrs. Boskin That
woman's doipgs in San Francisco were gone
INTO infinitely and numerous friends Of hers
We're brought forward who toll OF the gay
life she was wont to lead and of her as
ISOLATION with John P. Dunning.
The detectives found that woman an
swerlng the description of Mrs Botkin had
madIa certain purchases at the "owl" drug
store, Frank S. Grey proprietor 1928 Mar
ket street. Mr.. Grey said to Chef OF Po-
lice Lees that on June woman giving
the name of Mrs. Botkin' ana her ad-
dress as Hyde and California street bought
In his store considerable quantity OF ar
senic. Now on that date Mrs. Botkin re-
sidsd at the Victoria hotel. which is To-
Gated at the o.ner of Hyde and California
streets. the very adlreas given by Mrs.
Botkin" to MIR. Grey,
1t was by "diagnoss by exclusion" that
the Delaware and California police came 10
the conclusion that Mrs. Botkln was the
one who sent the poisoned bonbOns 10 Mrs.
Dunning. She was the only woman in San
Francisco who hal the neeifuJ motive for
Mrs. Duraing. 1t was well known
among her friends that she was infatuat
ed with Dunning. She correspon Led VITA
him regularly during his visit to Cuba and
Porto RICO. One letter she received tom
Dunning told Mrs. Bot.iin that he wsu-d
soon rejoin his wife. and that he expected
to be very happy and comfortable with her.
in Ne'w York. II was this
letter, so the detectives claim. that spurrei
Nj s Botkin into the act Of removing Mrs.
Cunning. MIR. Cunning himself does not
seem TO have cared a great deal for the
woman who was so fond OF him.
The San Francisco detectives, In follow
ing up the trial OF Mrs. Botkin. came upon
George HAAS. the candy manufacturer In
the Phelan building. He positively identi..
ltd the box in which the candy was mailed
to Dover as one CT his own manufacture,
nt1 rltnj with candy in his
store. He was unable. however. to say by
whom or about when the candy was bought. +.
On September the grand jury took up
the case sni examined number OF wit
nesses, including persons who had come all
The way frum Delaware for the purpose.
Mrs. Roouf who acted as nurse Tor Mrs.
Botkin, was ,.ii IMPORTANT wi.hess, lhs
Inlet point brough. out BY the testimony
,f hi woman Was ulat ARA. Botk.n fal
been latterly very eager that ali scra-s
md samuie, OF Il II haAdHrltlAg sb;uli Dc
There was sufficient OF y ieit' !
however, TO be of use to the authoiiues II
deutliyiug Mrs. DotAins crlios!dPny ";un
hat OF phe letter when Was ,ia LIE. NJ NJ
he box of cho tolates that killed MRS. Duh-
ling and her sister. Indictment iolo "ea'
mi nothing was now LETT to be done eX-
.ent for the state to work up the case
lnI gst 1t ready for the trial which was
'ecently begun. ~ ,act !
Mrs. BotRin from the first had no iach
u funds for her defense, and her lawyers
ire able and active. One last elor. was
made a week ago to gst the case out OF
curt here by Louis p Boariman' VINO
presented a petition TO the supreme oou.'
n which it was contendei Ina. ina sn-
'1a,,or court lacked jurisdiction 10 Try mrs,
Rotkln because of the fact that the cr,nie
ha lred was committed in the STATE o. pe.-
are and not in the State OF Caiiio r
mo state should not be compslieu. .he,v
oro arstlad the petition. % pa we "a
'enees Of the trial. which prolnsea 10 No
unusually Aafge. Nv, ruu-
ing and her sister. DR.. l.. H. BiSnogn ~ "a
,r p s. Downs OF Dover, have tes,'',e'
hout the Arsenic in the candy Dr. nd
Wolf chemist. graduate of Leip~lS a tha
Heidelberg, clinrhed the question % ''e
,,asence Of arseni. in the candy' 49,, a..
W. 10 kiu bears IN gel w no
!, tbe trial and seems to be cerlecViy s"s
"a int she will come on; o. u SO. nc
J. su r oi1 ~ the black evidence when phe
! !, =, ,.''rs saw is against har.
MCCOY AND GODDARD.