Evening journal., 1898-12-31


a place Of life to one Of cath, found |
the candy. He looked at the address
and remembered that a year before
letters OF an anonymous character had
been received. He compared the let
ters with the writing on the box. There
its where the first suspicion arose. They
were both written in the same hand.
THE CANDY EXAMINED.
THE box OF candy was next exam
lined. DR.. Bishop took the bon-bons 20
Dr. Wolf, who selected five pieces and
made a chemical analysis. Gentlemen
the counsel on the other side has
raised the issue that DR.. Bishop might
have poisoned the candy. What end
had he to gain by any such act as
that? III is impossible 10 conceive
that any such idea could have entered
his mind. DR.. WoGf has stated that in
breaking open three of the candles he
found humps Of arsenic. He then took
the residue and subjected 1t to the
TESTS for arsenic. and he has told you
that he found it and that It was OF
pulverized character.
Later on DR.. Wolf and Professor
Price. OF San Francisco. meet and con-
suit and make an analysis. and loi
they discover poison OF both hump and
powdered forms. This shows that the
person who inserted the poison in
bon-bons had stock Of both varieties
at hand"
After commenting on the value OF
circumstantial evidence and the futile
efforts To break down witnesses for the
prosecution. the attorney said:
Somebody pub in the poison. II was
done. The arsenic did not get there
Of its own accord. Who was the per-
son who put II there? II WAS the per-
SON who was anxious to accomplish
the death OF Mrs. Dunning and her
child. IL the person lived who desired
the death OF Mrs. Dunning and her lit-
tie one. is there any reason she
wouldn't fill every piece with the drug
in order to make sure the death of her
victims?
'Imhgine the state of minh Of any
body committing crime of this kind.
Would they act hastily or would they
halt? A person who would do an act
OF that kind would have a fight with
conscience. They would struggle
alone. The two kinds Of arsenic used
show that the party committing this
terrible crime was not satisfied with
the one variety. There was some mo-
tive for the employment OF two kinds.
How long do you suppose the MUIR
derer worked at this plot? The sue
Uessful consumtnation Of this crime oc-
cupied weeks Of time. The perpetrator
carried this horrible object in her
brain night and day. thinking Of Il.
This country, with its mi1es Of terri
tory. is not wide enough to keep the
secret of the perpetrator OF this horri-
be deed. Beneath the words of con.
fidence in the box WAS death in every
piece of candy. It was murder strange
and unnatural
HER PAST CAREER.
"Dhnning had met Mrs. Botldn in
this city. He first encountered her ii
the park in this city. He was willing
TO meet the woman and continue IN,
acquaintance. According to Airs. BOT
!, kin's statement, she and Dunning werl
frequently together. They met at re
SORTS in this city and in Oakland Fl
nally Mrs. Dunning went East and thi
Friendship between, thismanbnd woman
lcrysta.lized. She says she treated hin
then as a wife. She fed him and care,
for him when he was in distress. Dun
ming, on crOss-eXa minatiOn, told al
account Of his life with Mrs. Bothn
He told Of drink, licentiousness, bacl
I. doors Of saloons, race tracks an,
everything that would go to make IN
J total depravity. This has not beer
contradicted except in an effort Of thi
defense to prove that this woman act
! ed as the good Samaritan.
Viewing this case in its differen
. phases there is only one conclusion
: YOU can. come to. and that is that shr
acted as she did because Of her infatu
atioL for Dunning Dunning says sh
WAS infatuated. Mrs. Simpson say
she was, and the statements Of Mrs
Botkin to Mrs. Rouff and Miss Liver
nash. in which SHE spoke OF her Low
{ for Dunndng. are in proof uncontra
dicted"
During HSsmer's speech Mrs. Botki
was visibly affected, and several time
broke into tears.
4 cunmon an ann NAME.