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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-16

Mir Knight was in quest of verdigris, which the witness said he had seen on the outside of the kettle. but never on the inside. As it was admitted they never made candy on the outside of the kettle, Knights search for information was not productive of any great result. However, he induced the witness to say that he kept the implements of his trade shining brightly so that he might see his image reflected in them each time he passed Later with the aid of MT. Hosmer he cor rected this and said the kettle was kept clean of necessity, as it was used for making so many different kinds of candy He told of glucose sometimes taking tho place of cream tartar, and sometimes con- densed milk was used. The witness said he identified the candies shown him as being from Haas store by the color of the chocolate. the shape of the mold and the manner in which they were dipped On being asked as to the coloring matter used he said he never knew of it being poisonous. The material from which green Is produced he had often placed in his mouth without suffering any i'll ef- fects. He had never known of any Rough on Rats being kept about tie premises. In fact there were no rats about-only some mice.
 George W. Haas. proprietor of the store which has jumped into such mo- toriety, was the next witness. He at once identified the box that carried death to Delaware as having been sold in his store. The candy he said looked very much like his manufacture He had never heard of any poison in candy Being asked as tc the number of employees he had he replied that he did not care to stats, as it would give his competitors chance 10 estimate the amount of business ne was doing He compromised finally by giving a list O. his employees to the Prosecuting Attorney MT. Knight merely asked some questions as to the severity of the competition between the leading candy stores MT. Haas was also secretive as tc where he purchases the seals he piaces on his boxes, but finally he said he or dered them 20 900 g. time from a firm in London.
 Mrs. Loretta Simpson, who owned the Victoria Hotel. Hyde and California streets, in April. was next on the stand. She said II knew Mrs. Botkin as iodger at the hotel while I kept it. I sold out to Mrs. Birdie Price in April of thls year. I first met Mrs. Botkin in the lower hall of the hotel last March. She came twice, and then became a lodger, having a room on the top floor. where she re- maned after left. I also knew John P. Dunning. He came with Mrs. Botkin to engage a room, and stayed five days dur ing March. He then left in response to a telegram calling him to Cuba. After he left Mrs. Botkin felt very badly. She went to Oakland with him when he started East, and was almost prostrated when she came back to the hotel. She told me how badly she felt at his going to war where he might be killed. She afterward told me that she felt badly about 1t, as she was very fond of him
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of the coffin that held the mutilated remains of the child, and while il was in the undertaker's parlor in Berkeley awaiting the arrival of the few good people who had provided means for a fitting burial and were to escort the remains to their last resting place, two agents of the child's father plundered the casket of part of its contents and surreptitiously bore away the crown of the skull.
 These vandals were pr. E. H. Wool sey, one of the best known physicians of Oakland, and J. B. Bennett. one of the attorneys who are defending Brandes during his examination on the charge of having murdered his daugh- ter.
 Tho robbinE of tho coffin was easy of accomplishment. About noon on No- venber es Wooisay and Bennett called ct tho undertaking parlors of Jeha D.
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PLANNING TO PROVE THE MOTIVE
 OF THE MURDERS.

concerned at the fact that a stamp bearing the name of George Haas had been found in her room. She was happy, and after the day was over she rushed over to George Knight and gratefully shook him by the hand.
 Everybody employed by George Haas had been summoned as witnesses. and when court opened most of them were present. Candy makers, candy dippers, ice cream makers. clerks, managers, "salesladies," janitors and the human odds and ends of the confectioner' s store trooped on and off the stand to show, each within his or her knowledge. that the poison found in the candies did not come from the store of George Haas. Every possible question that might affect this issue was asked.
 George Haas himself was placed on the witness stand and was compelled to tell all he knows about his own busi- ness. During the ordeal he revealed secrets that may be of value to the lovers of confections. Mr Haas testi- fled that it was impossible for the ar senic to have come from his store or factory, either by accident or design. "Salesladies," agitated and futtering, tripped on the witness stand and swore that they did not poison the candy and did not know anybody who did. Men and women employed in every department of the store told how scrupulously clean the place Is and how careful is the conduct of each depart ment. No poison surely could have come from the establishment of George Haas. Even the mice in the place are killed not by poison. but by cats.
 Miss Sylvia Heney offered another fact to her testimony by declaring that the woman who bought the box of bon bons from her on July 31 carried with her, when she entered the store. a small package. Knight at once saw the significance and purpose of the question.
 Gould you tell whether or not the parcel contained lump or powdered ar senic?" he asked sarcastically.
 The girl replied that she did not know what the parcel contained.
 While the store of Haas was under consideration the proprietor declared that he could not swear to an identi- fication of his own candy. He believed the poisoned sweets to be of his manu- facture, but beyond that he could not go.
 During the morning session the prosecution showed how, and approxi- mated when. the box of poisoned candy was mailed from this city to Dover.
 J. D. Dunnigan. a mailing clerk at the ferry postal station, testified. al- though with apparent unwillingness. that early in August he noticed a pack age in the mail addressed to Mrs. John P. Cunning. The similarity of this name to his own attracted his atten- ton, and he remarked the incident.
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nett made an evasive reply and left the room.
 A hasty examination showed the Deputy Coroner that the crown of the skull. originally removed at the au- topsy, but replaced and the scalp drawn over. had been abstracted and bum gling attempt made to cover up their horrible deed with the child's hair. It was this disarrangement of the hair that made Streightif. suspicious.
 AS soon as the casket had been borne away Streightif called up Bennett by telephone and charged him and Wool sey with the deed. Bennett acknowi- edged that they had taken the portion of the skull, but advised Streightif not to say anything about 1t.
 But Streightif did not keep quiet-at least he made 1t 50 uncomfortable for tho pair that they gave him an order for the return of the crown. which or der he now holds,
 The matter was made known ta fns
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the police. Knight made much of this after cross examination of insult.

Upon the opening of court Judge Cook said he would sustain the objection of the defense in regard to the introduction as evidence of the package of arsenic pur- chased at the Owl Drugstore by Chief of Police Lees. The Judge said it did not seem material to the case unless 1t was from the identical bulk as that from which the Botkin purchase was made.
 D. F. c. Droge, manager for George Haas & Son, was the first of the twenty two witnesses who were on the stand during the day. He knew Sylvia Heney and Kittie Dittner, the two candy girls who were on the stand the previous day. He was in the store the afternoon some candy was sold to woman resembling Mrs Botkin. He saw Miss Heney take an empty box from the case and fill 1t, but did not see any customer, although he knew one was there. The girl used box without the firm name on 1t. The witness identified the box and the candy and sad the latter was made by Haas, although he Is not a confeotioner by trade. The witness was mildly cross-examined by MT. Knight, the chief thing brought out being that he was not in charge of the making of candy but only in the sales department
 He was succeeded by Henry J. Pape. foreman in the candy factory, position he has held for fourteen years. He testi- fled that he made all the candy and hand led all the material used in the store. It was his duty to make the mixture of which chocolate creams are composed and then they are turned over to girls, who dip them in melted chocolate. To a query he said he had never used arsenic or any poison in the manufacture of candy. In all his experience he had never seen Jumps such as the arsenic shown him in any candy. He recognized those candies in evidence as having been made in the Haas store.
 He was asked if a piece of chocolate were opened with a knife If a foreign substance could be inserted and leave no outward signs. He replied in the aff1rma- tive, saying the aperture could be covered by heating The foundation for the chocc ate drops was composed of cream tartar, water and sugar.
 MT. Knight took up the cross-eXamina- tion by an extended inquiry as to the cleanliness observed in handling the cop per kettle in which the candy is made.
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vances, yet notwithstanding this Mrs. Botkin was jubilant. Her whole man. ner changed. The day before she had been reserved. fearful, fretful and al most unnerved. Witnesses were point ing at her the accusing finger of identi- fication, and Mrs. Botkin evidently suffered under the ordeal. Yesterday she was sprightly, laughing, almost in solent, in an air of confident defiance, The prosecution had tried and failed to connect her with the mailing of the package of poisoned sweets.
 It was point in favor of the defense and Mrs. Botkin was happy. She did rot seem to care that the prosecution had laid the foundation for the evil dence that will show the disgraceful relationship that existed between her and Cunning. She seemed to be un-
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-16

A MOB of men and women fought EA their way yesterday morning 2 into the courtroom of Judge
 Cook. The Botkin case rivals the Durrant trial in local interest. The trial chamber is invariably crowded be- yond measure and the corridor leading to the court is thronged by hundreds, who satisfy their hunger of the morbid with a glimpse of the prisoner as she comes and goes in the custody of the Sheriff. During the long hours Of the daily sessions the courtroom becomes oppressive with heat, yet hundreds stand and jostle and crowd with craned 17ecJ>s to hear the slightest word that comes from the witness stand.
 The proceedings yesterday were re- markab ble from several points of view. The prosecution made material ad-
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Dr. E. H. Woolsey and Attorney J. E. Bennett DeSecrate the
 Body Of the Murdered Child.
Grewsome Work of Representatives Concerned in the Defense of BrandeS---Took the Skull of the Little Girl and Are Holding
 It Secretly for Evidence
 in the Case.

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 human treatment which was her daily lot.
 Within an hour of the final closing
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-22
YOU CAN'T
GO AsTRAY

When you buy your holiday groceries
from us. Not a fake" article in the
whole store. We have very complete
stock of groceries, provisions, dry goods,
canned goods, etc, making an excellent
assortment to select from for your holiday
dinners. Let us serve you. We always
give the best of satisfaction.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
A swindi,rs Doctor.

The old soldiers in the vicinity Of OF.
way are reported to have been worked"
by an alleged pension examiner and
physician, who claims to be warm per.
sonal friend of Secretary Of State John
Sherman.
This man goes by the name OF White
and he claims to be physician. He
would call at the residence Of soldier
and tell plausible story about being
sent out by the pension department.
Then he would examine the vetreans and
assure them them that they will get a
pension OF "a month at once. He then
collects $40 from them as his fees and
disappears. No more is heard of him OF
his pension.
Squire Davis, of Otway, says that sew.
en- or eight old soldiers have been victim.
lied in Brush Creek township by this
fraud. He warns old soldiers all over
the country to look out for this fellow
White-Portsmo,th Times.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
rAE HERoN.s MIST.

Down IN the sedge by the river
That flows from the south to the weDt,
BY the iris blue pennants, a-Quiver,
There builded heron her nest.
With hay from the lowland meadow,
With twig from the forest tree,
With moss from the woodland shadow,
She wrought 1t cunningly.
Then, with mother love, she brooded above.
And-hark! to the children three.
With the mists of the dawn upcurling
In vaporous wreatbs to the sky,
The heron, her wings unfurling,
Went forth from her childerns cry.
when the lamps" she said, "of Heaven
Shall burn DER the land and the sea,
In the cool Of the dewy even
To my home will hasten me-"
Then, In search of food. went she from her
brood.
And-alas for the children three.
The eve was fled. and the stars had burned
them
Adown to their sockets edge
The dawn was chill, and the nestlings
turned them,
In lone unrest in the sedge.
But home no more came the heron ever,
From over the land and the sea;
Through the even song, and the dawning,
never
In all the years came she;
For the bullet had sped. and the heron
dead,
Lay-afar from the children three.
Emma M. Long. in N. Y. Independent.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

A great many statesmen and newspa
pers have got all befuddled over the
shooting of Ruiz, the Spanish emisssry
who went into the Cuban lines to get
one Of their generals to accept autonomy
and give up the Cuban cause. We can
not see how any sensible man can ques
ton the action of the Cubans. They had
warned Ruiz that he would be executed
if he came on such a mission. A flag of
truce does not carry protection where it
has been warned away. The danger
point in the Cuban cause was that their
whole cause might be sacrificed by some
of their leaders accepting autonomy, and
thus dividing their strength. Gen. Go.
mez saw this, the Cubans had rejected
autonomy, and he issued his order to ex-
ecute any Spanish emmissary who came
into their lines to seduce any of the Gu
bans to desert their cause. He was not
only justifable, but it was the wisest
thing he could do-BeJountain RepubH
can
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

The statement is going the rounds oi
the papers that the Government has been
beaten out of millions of dollars by car
rying on the rolls of the names of pen
sioners long since dead. As means oi
detection it is said Secretary Bliss will
recommend publication of the pension
rolls by counties that they may be purged
of all fraud OF this character. There can
be no truth in the above statements
from the fact that no pension can be
drawn until the person in whose name
it is made out, appears before the consti
tuted authority, and is fully identified as
the true beneficiary.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

There are some strange things in law,
strange at least to the common mind,
unversed in the intricacies of legal dis.
fractions. For instance, If you should
be killed through the fault of another.
your wife can not recover more than
$1,000 damages. But, if you should be
crippled the damages may reach mill.
ion or more if the court and jury are
so disposed. Along this line the George.
town News remarks: "a sample of the
work turned out by the State Legislature
is illustrated in at least one statute spread
upon the books of Ohio. If you are
guilty of highway robbery you may 60 to
the penitentiary for from one to fifteen
years, whereas if you are convicted OF
assault with intent to rob you may be
sentenced to from one to twenty years.
The moral Of this is that if you start to
rob man you should be sure and make
a good job of it. Failure will get you
Eve years more punishment than sue.
cess"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
N0M,s the Time.

You've heard of those celebrated sets
of artificial teeth manufactured by Dr.
Walter s. Rudisill-those teeth whose
excellence has won for him wids and
enviable reputation. 1t was a wonder
to many how he could furnish them at
$500. But now he still maintains the
quality, and has reduced the price to the
astonishing figure of $1,000. How he
could do it we don't know, but he has
Now is your chancellor bargain. Don't
let it pass unimproved. The Doctor also
gets next to the financial pulse by ex.
tracing teeth for 25, cents each. Go, and
enjoy yourself in his easy chair.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

The eighth printing and fiftieth thou.
sand of "Hugh Wyne" is now on the
press. DR.. Mitchell's new story, "The
Adventures OF Francois" begins in Jan.
uary Century and will run for about six
months. Andre Castagine is now in
Paris, finishing his work on the illustra.
tiOna
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

"A shepherd of Chambery, Savoy.
employs . horse instead Of a dog to
keep the herd together. The horse
understands the orders given him and
sasFies them cut q. .intelligentiy - the
besetEsinsd deg.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
"Only the Best"

Should be your motto when you need q
medicine. Do not be induced to take
any substitute when you call for Hood 9
Sarsaparilla. Experience has proved it
to be the best. 1t is an honest medicine,
possessing actual and uneqalled merit
Be wise and profit by the experience Of.
other people.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
ly. That's what you want! w. R
Smith & Co., Druggista.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

Belle-I never saw such girl q Bet
tie; she can't keep thing TO herself.
Beulah-I gueA you never saw her
when she had box of caramels.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

Judge-When were You born?
Prisoner-I don't know exactly, but It
was about thirty years ago, when my,
mother was stil1 alive, I think.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
Mr.. Baddleford, have YOU cot vour

MI. baddIeford, nave you got your
currycomb.
What currycomb?
Why, pa said you was always trying
to curry favor with people you could
borrow money from.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20

Hoods Pills are the favorite family ca
thartic, easy to take, easy to operate.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-20
CORNERS.
BY ISABELLA N. SHAW.

''Not by appointment do we meet Delight
and joy;
They heed not our expectancy;
But round some corner in the streets OF
life
rha,, ~, n s,dden cla an t,s with a SMILE"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-21
DIning-Room Soda-Fountain.

The dining-room soda-fountain was
seen more or less often last summer.
1t is again put forward with the spring
housefurnishings. 1t is plain oakcn
box that might be anything until it is
opened and its interior displayed.
Within an ice-chest the supply of soda
water is held, and small bottles of var
ious fruit syrups are also a part of the
outfit. A more simple arrangement,
where soda water is wanted at the
country house which is often not only
miles from the traditional lemon, but
equally removed from the esteemed
effervescence dispenser, is the use OF
the homemade syrups with siphon
ofplain soda. The fruit syrups--straw-
berry, pineapple, orange, raspberry,
currant and lemon-are easily made.
The wish of small boy for soda
fountain right in the wall of his room
is practically, if not to the letter, ac-
complished. New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-21
Meat of Nuts in Cooking.

The use of the meat of nuts in cook
ing is not altogether new in this
country. In some respects it is re-
vival of customs created through
necessity in the early days of New
England, New Amsterdam and the
Carolinss. In the seventeenth CEN
tury the housewives were able to make
various dishes from chestnuts, acorns,
hickory nuts, walnuts, butternuts, and
even the humble peanut. Instead of
using mill for comminuting the meat
they employed mortar and pestle
and where these were not convenient,
they resorted to the rolling pin and
even to two boards and mallet. As
there seems to have been no comment
upon the dish prepared from any of
these substances, it is fair to assume
that they were not bad and possibly
that they were as good as the average
bread at that time.-New York Mail
and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-07-21
Cure For White Grubs,

There has been much discussion in
the parers devoted to farming and
gardening, about the white grubs SO
often seen in the soil
1t was at first supposed that all
these grubs were harmful to vegeta-
ton, but it has been demonstrated
that one variety is absolutely
harmless, while the other one does
enough damage for both. 1t is not
hard to distinguish the two kinds if
one examines them closely. The harm
less one is round, plump and of q
pearly white color, has very short
legs, and is slow moving.
The other is more active, with longer
legs, less transparent body and is usu-
ally little larger in size. The latter
is the great pest of the strawberry
grower. 1t eats the roots from the
plants, and then, when the leaves
curl, the grower takes hold of them to
see what the trouble is, and the plants
come up entirely rootless, and too
much weakened to be able to put out
new ones.
The harmless type, sometimes
called muck worms, are often found
in great numbers in rotten manure,
and also among plants that have been
enriched with that kind of fertilizer.
So far as is known they have never
injured plant life, only feeding on de-
cayed vegetable matter.
All sorts of remedies have been sug-
gested and tried for ridding the soil of
these root-eating pests, but I know of
but one that has proved perfect sue
cess, and it is this: Take a sufficient
quantity of bran and spread it in o
thin layer on shed floor or in large
box. Then sprinkle it with solu-
tion of molasses and water, enough
molasses being used to color the water
and make it smell quite sweet; the
bran should be simply moistened, not
wet. Sprinkle dry Paris green over
1t, mixing thoroughly, using enough
10 color the mixture slightly. Let it
stand for a few hours, and just before
evening sprinkle the mixture broad
cast over the place where the grubs
seem most plenty.
They feed during the night, and in
the morning dead ones will be found
On the surface, and, by digging lit
lie, one can see many dead ones in the
soil. 1t is well to repeat the opera
tion in week, and the two applica-
lions will usually suffice for season.
1t means a great saving to all who
grow strawberries, as well as to those
who raise garden truck of any kind.
The grubs are the larvae OF the true
May bug or May beetle, such large
numbers of which are seen in early
mmer.-Yick's Monthly.