The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-24
WOMEN ARE
/! i WATCHED.
San Francisco Police will
Make Arrests Upon
McVey's Arrival.
MRS. BOTKIN is DRAMATIC,
She Protest Her Innocence
and Tells Why She
Could Not Marry
Ounning Even
Were He
Free.
DEPENDING ON WRITING,

DEPENDING ON WRITING
Wilmington. DEL, August 23.-sta
Detective B. j. MoVey left this eyeniu
for San francisco. CAL. to investiga
tho :sending of the package Of poisone
candy to Dover, the eating OF who
caused the deaths of Mrs J. p. Dunnin,
and Mrs. ]. D. Deane. The detective
acting under instructions Of Attorne
General White. MoVey carried with hin
inaaatchel the box Of candy. the anony
nous letters and other evidence about tn
case The Delaware authorities will ias
that the handwriting ::on the letters aut
the candy boTbe compared with that O
tho women who are under surveillance Ii
San Francisco.
MoVey Is expected to return probabl,
with Mrs. Botkin, whom the San Fran
oisoo police have been asked to watch
Deputy Attorney General Cooper admitted
that Mrs. Botkin and the two other wo
men In San Francisco, whose names have
been mentioned in connection with the
case, are tho ones under surveillance. 1
The three women supposed to be sus
pected are Mrs. Botkin. Mrs. Sesley and
Mrs. Clara Arbogast, mentioned In tn,
San Francisco story. Detective Movey
1915 about II O'Clock tonight for San Fran
cisco. He had batch Of letters telegrams
and the candy and other evidence In the
satchel given him by the Attorney Gener,
al.
San Francisco. Cal. August eS-Mrs
Botkin has not yet been arrested, nor will
she be until requisition papers arrive She
Is living with her husband at the Windsor
Hotel, In Stockton and is being kept un.
der surveillance.
Chief Of Police Lees describes her as be-
Ing ofa theatrical temperament, given to
stage postures and emotional utteranoes 8
when the remotest possibility of her con-
nection with the crime is suggested.
Attorney General White, of Delaware,
after an investigation Of the case, hs 8
taken on himself the responsible lity of Or
dering her arrest and it Is thought that
ne has obtained rcquiaition papers and that
they are now on the way here II there
be trial IL will be held In Dover.
Many will be subpoenaed from San Fran
cisco. among them the following:
Mrs. Susan Moore, landlady of No. 9s7
deary street; Mrs. Arbogast, Mme
Thompson, Mrs. Louisa Seeley, Mrs Cor
bally, Mrs. Grouse or Krau 8, Beverly Bot.
kin, step.son Of Mrs Botkin, with whom
Mrs. Seeley Is said to be In in love.
Others at present publicly unknown
will be called upon.
Dunning kept the wires busy yesterday
sending kilograms to his friends here and
also to Paul Cowlss. bis successor az sun.
erlnte ndent Of the West Coast division OF
tho Associated Press. The burden of bIa
messages was for them to keep him fullv
advised OF every new development and to
send him copies Of all the San Francisco
papers containing references to the case.
Thoro IL no reason to believe that Mira.
hrauss or Grouse who orapped up recent.
y BY rea son Of her having been an init.
nate friend Of the Dunnings had any con.
with the case. She is a quiet. we'll
hammered, respectable woman, the widow
u an Insurance. agent who committed
uioide year ago While she was friend
u the Cummings, 1t was because of ber
ondness for the companionship of Mrs q
cunning ana not because Of any special
King she had for Dunning himself.
MRS. CORDIALLY was East when the trap. d
dy, occurred and therefore could not bavo t
'een the Mrs. c." !
The one person unaccounted for ia the 7
Mysterious blonde seen at the races n one II
occasion with Dunning. Chief of Polico =
'ees says: The blonde wo man as desorib.
Is non-existant I have secured tho 1
ountry for the alleged blonde woman who II
vas at the races with Dunning and bave =
os round her. 1tisa wrong steer by somo y y
ensation monger nm inclined to tbs t,
e'lei tbat the person who thinks he saw "
Or, saw Mrs Botkin instead Eearipo n "
oil and otherwise fixed up, making ber
'ok fairer IN complexion than she is nat. =
rally"
Nine. Thompson was at the races but /
nee In her life. L
San Francisco, Cal., August el-N,
cps have yet been taken to arrest Mrs. d.
Botkin by either the police of this citv
stockton, whore The woman is Sho
'wcvor is closely watched and cannot
It away. Tho authorities d cclaro the wo. Z
an last night said: "Mr. Dunning and
srs always tried, trusted an. true friend.
mot him by accident. found him in
ouble and helped him. He wSs the sort n
o man who would win ones confidence, &
d how tho relations between us could be M
nstrued into my having any thing to do n
th!the dreadful crime that brought dea;h N
TINT dear woman and her sister Is some
Ing moro than can understand. q
What object could have in wanting
.. Dunnins out Of ths wnyS Why, II be
re free could not marry him. have
yer been divorced from my husband, and I
yer will be. Death is all that will ever II
Q either Of US. n
i did rush up hero when Mrs. Seelev
I'd hcr Offices to bring about dlyoroe
wsen me and NY husband, so that nv n
'band might marry Mrs. Arbogast. and II
Did them would never free him. I naye
q my youth. and 1t suited him to pivs
attention to others. and l will ever
9 him his freedom
~
He lives here and live In the city. bs-
lse We have agreed to go our own wsy, =
ko the gay sidO Of life, and it suits m,
70 there. Ho has always provided for VI
get a.renittanco the Is. and 18th OF "
h month. Ihave my son, 25 years old, (
my husband, who cares for mo ard 7
me live as suits me, and wha. more {
Id 1asks'
over. Del., August %. The next move \
he Sc nsational poisoning case, the n:ur 81
OF Mrs. }. D. Deans and Mrs, J. p. ri
lning, whose deaths were caused by \ I
Dolates containing arsenic, which were : t
from sau Francisco, is ap1iously \
ited hero To-day two afadavits, u
rn to by OK. Congressman PENNINGTON