Evening journal., 1902-11-05

y s@.FOR NEWHTRIAL
OF MRS. BOTK|NS

any such sale to a Mrs. Botkin. and there
would have been such q record II the ar
ticle had been sent out 20 Mrs. Botkins
house by a delivery boy, as the clerk as
serted
The cleri. Of the drug store sold Mrs.
Botkin powdered arsenic. The poison
found IN the candles was in lump form.
Expert chemists testified that the pow
dered arsenic cannot be transformed into
the lump form.
Mrs John T.. Dunning. Of Dover. Del.
received the box OF poisoned candy in Au-
gust 1898. and died from eating some Of
the contents. Her sister also died from
the same cause. Dunning came forward
when the DostmarlE upon the box was de-
termined TO be San Francisco and said
/ that Mrs. BOtkln was guilty. She was
arrested in Stockton, CAL taken TO San
Francisco and tried and sentenced with
In s!s months.
In Mrs. Botkln's Cell.
For a little while l was entertained at
the city iail said Mrs BotlSin, "but most
of my captivity has been spent here.
| Here" Is her cell in the county jail
Mrs. Botkin wore short white silk
kimono pinned loosely at her plump white
throat when seen in the jail. She wore
| one OF her famous caps. IL was butter
! ny affair of chiffon and dainty embrod-
cry, her own handiwork Under its rufile
i the little brown curs bobbed coquettishly
i Her face is round and pretty yet, I'm spite
Of the lines that worry has sketched
there.
1.-THE lines are not as bad as they
might be, because J am so stout" Mrs.
Botkin remarked. II have gained thirty
seven pounds in this Jail. Lack Of exer-
else is accountable. am given the privi-
lege OF walking in the garden when l wish
but II grows so monotonous that do not
keep Il ~. 1 use Indian clubs in my
room.
There are the clubs" she said, point
ing to them IN her cell. THAT is the
gymnasium. over there is the library.
This is the drawing room. on your left
the cuisine"
There they all were, to be sure, al
though only four walls We're in sight. We
were in a GOOD sized, sun flooded room
. warmed hg the sun from two heavily bar
red windows. II has grown into a com
plete house under the influence Of much
: dexterity and more imagination.
I'll The boudoir Is the corner where stands
dainty dresser draped in yellow and
white and Uttered with silver The cuisine
4 il the next corner. There Is a dappel
little stove. Pots and pans. kettles an6
dishes are ranged on shelves above.
Does Her own Cooking.
81 do all my own cooking because
q could not endure the catering of the jaill
Y chef" said Mrs. BotlSin.
n The library consists Of a table covered
Z with books magazines and pamphlets.
n ",rhose big canvas volumes are m,
g diary" she explained. II have filled four
n teen of them already
NJ 81 am my own carpenter she told me
"That Is how 7 come to have so man
= convenient shelves. l work with my owi
Aluttle hammer and saw. And / am m
Ie.. fr,N. 10 n
a scoting tinted in yellow and the furnitur
E The drawingroom is an easy chair and
RI footstool The bedroom contains a gilt
2 terlng white iron bedstead canoDied i
> yellow
whatever nut the caps into you
head?' was asked
Il had to devise some way 90 hide m
head when nv hair was CUT she sai'
- had congestion of the brain after III
trial. and my hair came out. So some
thing that I had read about Marie An
n tOinettes wearing caps in prison made m
4 think that / could wear them to GOOD aC
A vantage, and have kept them ever sine
although I have good sized knot Of ha
now"
"Where do YOUR flowers come FROM
L was asked.
'These are from the garden. / used
have a great many sent me. but peop
have for the most part forgotten me aft
an this time. Friends have been vel
kind. though See this cushion is mas
of the rose petals sent me In prison. II
Of q souvenir 1 shall always keep, wheth
ed free or IN captivity"
rk VIII CO to Mother.
leI "And n you are made free?'
/, 81 shall so TO my mother. She
eighty three years old She lives with n
O' sister in ST. Helena and she believes tn
81, / am in Europe all this time. She
or Oiiiivl7n , .,., -, a.. ~. e. ~ ~, tb,.
ns wishes. The second IS for my libert
. The third is for coin. Coin l must ha
~ to supply my needs"
n "And IL YOU are made free and ha
~, seen your mother-what then?'
~ "I have no plans. The report that ] a
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