The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
MRS. BOTK|N IS
STOICAL AND
INDIFFERENT
Attorneys to Try All
LoophoIes.
AFTERMATH OF THE VERDICT
THE DELAWARE WITNESSES RE.
TURN EAST.
The Condemned in Prison Shows Nc
Emotion, Nor Does She Seem
Fretful Over Her
Fate.

With the verdict of the jury still ring
. Ing In her ears Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, the
convicted criminal. sits in her cell at the
Branch County Jail, not as one broken
down in spirit or hopeless. but as a wom-
. an Indifferent TO her surroundings and
careless of her fate. From all outward
manifestations the seriousness of her sit
uation has not yet dawned upon her and
she seems content to remain passive while
the many labyrinthne passages of the
law are explored by her counsel in their
endeavors to break down the Judgment of
the twelve men who held her life in the
balance.
The consensus of public opinion agrees
with the verdict of the jury. 1t was gen
orally believed that Mrs. Botkin was the
guilty party, but only a small minority
was sanguine of her conviction. Many
anticipated a disagreement and d few
were OF the opinion that the jury would
acquit her. If the term may be used in
regard TO the fastening OF such a heinous
crime upon a human being, the verdict
Of the jury may properly be called q pop
ular one.
Mrs Botkin passed a most quiet day in
her ell She slept peacefully and unin-
termIttently all of Friday night, rose
early TO partake of a hearty breakfast
and then patiently waited for the one
break of daily prison life the next meal
Her luncheon was consumed with the
same satisfaction as her breakfast. Dur
ing the afternoon She received two Wis
ltOrs, with whom she engaged in lively
conversation. Outside Of these she ad-
mitted no one. although there was a num-
. Der OF the curious fOTegathered to catch
, glance or a nod from the woman. who
: will fill a leading place in the annals of
. crime. Her COmpoSure and nonChalance
are the subjects of much WOnderment
among the inmates of she jail as well as
& - .r-l Oh,
her every action.
=. Although the trial in the highest Grim
inal State court is thing of the past the
public is not yet done with Mrs COrdelia
BOtkin. The customary motion for new
trial will soon be made, and in the event
OF u denial-as is anticipated-the attor-
neys for the convicted woman will carry
p the case TO the supreme Court. The gen.
eral legal panaCea, errors committed dur
ing the trial and that the judgment be
set aside on account of the insufhcienCy
of the evidence to justify the verdict.
will be presented TO the utmost. But that
which is most relied upon for the nullifi-
cation Of the jurys Verdict is the question
Of Jurisdiction. The defense are sill firm
iu the belief that Mrs. Butkin is not tria-
hle i'm q California court for an offense
committed in Delaware. and as queS-
tion of jurisdiction always holds this viii
no doubt. be presented first.
Many conflicting stories are afiOat as
10 the actions of the twelve jurors in the
ascertainment of their verdict. 1t is said
that the jury were unanimous from the
start upon the question of Mrs. Botkin's
guilt The matter of settling upon the
Punishment was the rock upon which the
twelve peers split. S. X. Overgard, it is
alleged held out for mitigation of pun
ishment but he was forced to give way
before the unbending position of A. L.
Buckingham. whose determined stand
finally brought the other jurors to his
way of thinking.
70 The Delaware witnesses Strengthened
out their affairs yesterday and left on
lon hair 20 al
lIomes John p. Dunnng will leave to-
.niEht