The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-30

Botkins arrival.
| Governor Tunnel expressed himself as
much pleased over tneoItcome of the in
! vestigation He said that from what ne
| knetw at the start he was sure that the
poisioner would be captured
| Much feeling has been aroused by the
| crime, and many OF the towns peope
| have declared that had the poisoner been
man he would probably nave been given
a warm reception upon his arrival With
a woman they say it is different. To
avoid excitement it is probable that an
| effort will be made TO get Mrs. Botkin
! into the town under cover. 1t may be
that she will be taken off the train at
! some other point and driven in a wagon
to this place.
Governor Tunnel returned TO his home
at Lewis this evening, the attorney gen.
| eraa went to his place at Georgetown and
| the deputy attorney general returned to
! Wilmington
MRS. BOTKIN TO FIGHT.
! San Francisco. Cal, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Bot
kin, whose first name, Cordelia. has at
| last been learned, doe snot propose to be
extradited to Dover, Del, charged with
| the murder of Mrs. ]. P. Dunning and
! j..
fight.
| George A. knight. the attorney Of the
woman who IS alleged TO have sent the
box of chocolate filed with arsenic to
Mrs. Dunning, win attemp ito have his
! client released on writ of habeas corpus.
He will await the arrival Of extradition
| papers an dwill then dispute every step.
The chief of police refuses to permit of
the identification of Mrs. Botkin by either
! of the clerks in the Stockton candy store,
where the chocolates are said to have
purchased. No move will be made by
either the police or the prisoner until the
arrival of Detective McVey from Della
ware. According to the railroad time
table, McVey should reach this city Sun
day.
George A. Knight, Mrs. Botkin's law
yer, is a celebrated criminal lawyer in
California Mrs. Botkin has wealthy rela-
tives in Northern California, some of
whom Wild come to her aid. Mrs. Botkin
told Chief Lees that, while she is given
to excuses, she would not murder 20
crafty any desire no matter how great.
This morning she chatted most of the
time with the matron. She inquired about
the routine of the prison. It is awful
. 10 be here" she said, but I'm getting
used to it. The papers are to blame for
the whole thing"
Mrs. Botkin has been given bed i'm
the matrons quarters instead of being
put in cell in the city prison.
Il am glad that they have spared me
the humiliation of a cell and those hor-
rible iron bars" she said. THE matron's
room is rather pleasant-as pleasant as
any room can be in this detestabie insti-
tuition" She passed d restful night. Her
husband calls at the prison in the morn
ing and kisses his wife affectionately. He
then goes out land gets breakfast for her
at a restaurant in the neighborhood. The
prisoners nervousness seems to have de-
parted, although at intervals she exhibits
traces of it, Mr. Botkin brought his wife
large bunch of sweet peas today.
'I'd rather stay here twenty years than
talk to- a reporter" she sal dnany times
II Ehan't see anybody. Don't let them
come i'm
Chief Lees asked Chief Munro, of the
postoffice inspection bureau. to intercept
a letter supposed to be from John p
Dunning, husband of one of the murdered
women. to Mrs. Botkn. Chief Munro re-
piled that he could not intercept the letter
without the presence of Mrs. Botkin and
advised the chief to watch for 1t at the
city prison, when me might open it in
her presence.
Charles Locke, former theatrical man
ager, well known in New York, married
one fAIrs. Botkin'S sisters. There are
five sisters. one rs in an insane asylum.
Mrs. Botlin was on the stage the same
time as Locke's wife.
THE AFFTDAVTTS READY.
Dover, Def, Aug. 29.-The announce
ment that Mrs Botkin will make a fight
agains textraditiOn did not surprise Attor-
ney General White, who has received
numerous kilograms from the San Fran
cisco authorities since the extradition pa
pers were dispatched west yesterday. He
stated today that he had hoped all chances
for a legal battle in San Francisco had
passed, and that information he received
yesterday convinced him that such was
the case.
But if the affidavits enumerated by the
chief of police of San Francisco must be
prepared in order TO secure Mrs. Botkin-s
release. why l am prepared to go to work
Such a move means delay for us-nothing
else We Will send them Immediately"
Deputy Attorney General Cooper was
here today attending to the affidavits
wanted in San Francisco 1t is believed
me left here for New York City to Sc
cure D. n .Carvalho, the handwriting
expert, and 10 start with him to Caafor-
MIA. Assistant Prosecutor Cooper Is I'M
Gerstood to have Instructions to go to
San Francisco at once, taking with him
an expert on handwriting and the affida-
/ wits.
The affidavit of 7. ]. Stevenson. the
Dover confectioner, before the coroner's
jury stated that part of the candy was
homemade, and identified the poisoned
candy as being that of a manufacture
He may also be sent west His testimony
is regarded as important.
DR. L. A n. Bishop stated that the
box of candy which was opened at dusk
originally. was disarranged when ne first
saw it, and one-third gone. He carried
it 10 Newark Del. for analysis by State
i Chemist Wolfe. who had also been urged
70 silence. DR.. Bishop declares that the
poisoning crystals could have been APP
piled while cooking the candy. as arsenic
in that form maintains stoiidity until
boiled at great heat for hours That
he contends was why it was impossible
70 tell the women had been poisoned until
zoo late TO save them. Il IS believed
mat the poisoner knew talat tfSe deadly
work would not be known until too late
for hope
1t has been stated that a part OF the
/ evidence first secured by the prosecutor,
should Mrs Botkin be brough; here VIII
I be mental examination by Drs. William