The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-24

the box Of candy for (the affiant) to deter
mine where 1t was mailed; that she show.
ed her the handkerchief; that when she
was eating the candy she threw from her
mouth on three OCCASIONS before the can
dy was entirely consumed, foreign sub.
stance which resembled crystals; that Mrs.
Dunning asked her to take more; that she
declined to do SO, and that she very soon
thereafter left the homo Of Mrs Dunning.
That about half past eight p M, she ar
rived ut her home. and feeling something
ON her gums she removed 1t with her
finger and found that 1t also resembled
crystals, and that her gums and lips af-
terward became and were sore and irritat-
ed; that about 10 o'clock p. IN, she felt q
headache and upon arising from her bed
next morning she suffered with o severe
pain in tho stomach about 8 o'clock and
was also troubled with her bowels, which
continued all day of the tenth of August
until late in the day she began to recover;
that her lips were sore week thereafter"
MAN WHO SOLD THE POISON.
Another strong affidavit is from David
Green, who says:
MY occupation Is that of drug clerk
for Mr. Gleason, ou the southeast corner Of
Clay and Kearney Streets in this city and
county (san Francisco During the
months of May and June, 1898, was EN-
ployed al the Star Drug Store. at No. 1908
Market street. in this city and county
(San Francisco), In the latter part of May
Or the first or second week of June, q
woman came to the Star Drug Store, -
where was employed, and asked me for
lrsenic. sold her about IS cents worth
crystals and Jumps, some large and
some small. When sold 1t to her I,asked
ler WI she wanted 1t for, and she said
'he wanted it for bleaching straw, and the
hat she fact wanted 1t for the purpose
mentioned brought the occasion back to
ny memory
l asked her how she us,d 1t. and sha
AID she would dissolve the arsenic in
water and soak tho straw in it. She WAS
Il the store about 1lvo minutes, walking
Up and down talking all the time She
aid something about tho Owl Drug Store
7hich do not remember. She either
aid that they would not sell it to her
here or that she had boon in the habit Of
citing 1t tEere. made no entry of the
lle of tho arsenic Whom 1 sold it there
'as no sale-book Of posons kept In tho
,orc.
1t was kept on tags in the rear part OF
,e store, whenever there was any roeopd
ept. I have seen Mrs Cordelia Botkip,
le woman under arrest, charged with tho
Iurder of Mrs Elizabeth Dunning and s
RS. Ida H. Deanc, and in build and gsn-
al bearing, sho resembles the woman to
whom sold the arsenic at the time men,
Dned, and to the best Of my impression
I'd recollection, she is the same woman.p
Theodore Kytka, the handwriting OK
'rt OF San Francisco, makes an interest,"
g affidavit in reference to the writing
lbmitled to him He testians that he has
impaired known handwriting Of Mrs.
otkin with that on the wrapper Of the
indy box, and also with that upon the
lonymous letters, and Is of tho opinion
at all wrre written by the same person.
addition to this he compared the writ
6 of Mrs. Botkin when shs sgnod the
ateuent given by Chief Lees with the
her samples submitted, and is sure that
We're written by he same porson, y