The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-20
STATE HAS
A CLUE
To the Murderers of Mrs.
Dean and Mrs. Dunning
San FRANCISCO WOMAN'S
Threat. Detectives Will
Run Her Down. Officer
McVey Will Subject
Dunning to ARG
id Inquiry.
PENNINGTON GUARDS LETTERS

Dover, Del, August 19.-An important
| clue to tho identity of the person who
mailed the box of poisoned chocolate can.
lies that killed Mrs j. ID. Deane and Mrs.
John p. Dunp,nc will at once lead to tho
sharrest possible investigation in San
Francisco. II is this clue which ex-Con-
FRESHMAN Pennington. father Of the muir
dered woman, has studously kept secret
that will lead the state authori los to trans
, fer their chief detective work to California,
though the investigation from Dover
standpoint will not bo abandoned OR abated
by any means.
1t 10 understood that long before her
death Mrs. Dunning received anonymous
Letters, which were mailed at San Fran
cisco. The Lei tors are said to have been in
womans handwriting.
MI. Pennington has said all along that in
tho absence OF Mr.. Dunnins, husband OF
one of tho murdered womop, he GluEe
knewwhat there was to work upon as u
clue, and this is taken to mean hut his
daughter, Mrs Dunning, had told him
about the anonymous letters or slowed
them to him
In these lcttors Mrs. Cunning is said to
have been given certain warnings. but
just what form these took has not yet
been disclosed.
Tho 9 letters arc said to hayo been ro-
coived MS far back as eight months at;o,
nearly year and Il half after Mrs Dun
ming left her husband in the West and
took up her residence with her falhur.
some Of them, 1t 10 said, were sent to MIR
Cunning ut SanFranciscU, he being en-
gagged In work there.
Mr.. Ptuingsol was asa,l about the
letters tonight. and he said: ''Abuut per-
sunal mat Grs in Lhl, case l have nothing
to say ut this time. will speak only al
tho proper tiuiy.
Glad known that the candy came from
Sau Francisco" continued Mr. Pennington
such a crime would not have been per-
pctratcd. had reas ons why candy from
That city should not be ca On. had asked
my daughters where the package camo
irum-what was the pOstmark-Dut in the
conversation OF the ladies presuut the qurs.
ton was not aaswelcd, and also lost track
Of it. lad l obtained an answer " my
question my daughters would have b,cn
alive tonight, Tor l would have taken tho
candy and destroyed il.
Mr.. Pennington today added the irformu-
tlon that when Mrs. Cunning deceived
tho fatal package CT candy signed by
Mrs c." she said she had but two
friends whose names began with 6. One
OF these was IL woman in San Francisco,
who died about six months ago The
O, hcr is now in Main, and Il letter is ex-
pected from her denying that She sent the
CanGy.
This latter woman Mrs Dunning once
boflionded her in San Francisco. Tho wo
mans child had beon run over by all cleo
trio car, and Mrs Cunning Euu tn, I'M ur-
o | Que brou5 ht to her own home.
MThilc tho Governor has offered q reward
Ut 5000, none of it can he accepted by the
two Deaw arc detectives, who are forbid
deu under tho law from receiving compeu'
satiun otbeI than their salaries The To-
ward, should it DO earned, will 90 to parties
outside the State, and III is, it is thought.
will stimulate detective, from other cities
to work Oh tie crime
1t is believed that the State officials who
are engaged Oh the case have been fully
posed about tho anonymous lottarS aud
that some Of them hsvs been ,nrncd over
to them.
With tho stimulus Of the 5000 reward
offered by tho State for the arrest and
conviction OF tho unknown murderer who
s'nt the poisoned chocolates, and tho
guarantee to pay all the expenses Of run.
n.ng down the guilty person, the commu-
nifty has boon thoroughly aroused to the
cnormity of the crime, and The people call
for an Immediate search for one who i, de-
scrlbcd here Us the greatest lond of tho
age.
At first Governor Tunnel and Attorney |
General White ropuacd to have cnly the |
san Francisco police take up the case in |
that city; in fact, wncn the Attorney Gen. |
ctal left here this morning no stated that |
there was nothing TO do but await dcvul-
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II IL day Or 50 State Detective McNey will |
sot out for san Francisco to find the wo-
man ,yhn il sunrosp1 I'm hcv. SAINT ,ho no,
s,nrl candy
lho mnv, that - pccr,,,rv fiat will,
probably be mado tomorrow morning, |
poisoned candy was sont from San Fran.
cisco and who has arrived from Porto
Rico, will DO seen at tho Pennington