New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
NOW HEADED FOR CANADA
nrrrEF ABOUT wooDSES.
,.r Warrants Erpected-Poison
= n coloneI Bests Intestimes.

n
.son for believing that the
There Is ST. - woodses. who figured so
MISSING :, tbe Best case, are heading Tor
pronainenL--s - ,..+sr written by Mrs. Woods and
cana6a' IL rssten paper. which was pub
priile1 =. -.as,erdays Tribune, mas neen found
hsheo - raufaIo postnark' ana the BEST
20 De9' ,,,ove that the couple nave started
oT0lH7'. ozo Meanwhile important deVelopaents
for C@lo- 1-+.d ro-day in San Rafael. Cal the
are .ba preliminary examination or the
Tesu4S che Igte Colonel Best have been sent
organs attorney Boyd Of San Rafael' and
70 toc.s contained in this report II Is pc
OF - -. warrants on charge or muroer VIII
heFso h.5 lust what this report contains Is un-
Oe correspondent in Newark however
kn0~- .sst the following facts are mentioned:
rep that the examination the -rain
- ,onclusively that the alleged cause OF
thO'.b s...b Of Colonel Best, cerebral hemorrhage'
' Jumped up, as the brain was IN an aOso-
,-..,v healthy condition.
se.o,d that the presence Of irr1tant poison
o-sssnt in the lower portion of the intes-
.:,ss which we're in highly unnamed cohol-
ton t,ts -,osseseion II is
ab+ that Dr. Mackenzie recommended the
rfW =
,-s-.o-er If is known that In his investiga-
y T,istriet Attorney Boyd discovered in the
w. ~. oocynied by the Woodses in San Rafael
-. char had contained poison. some with
80, still in them and that DR." Woods pur-
.ooni+e on the day preceding Colonel
.. destb. The testimony Of y man SER
-.s also adduced that DR.. Woods, while
va, os n the room. gave Colonel Best a hypo-
81 t-,ectjon. after which he groaned steadily
until his death
49, .rs the facts at present furnishing the
.-.L,-i+sss with material for prosecution. The
-. - Colonel Best are in the custody OF
- p.isu,,n the chemical expert. who is await
.--5a-s frora District Attorney Boyd TO make
an analysis OF them.
rEa fo1lowing comment on the letter from
a.. Alice Glow Woods was made by Alfred
N Best yesterday
The letter purporting TO have been written to tine the
,sitoT Of an Easton PENN paper by Alice C!oy
Woods contains number OF oelDel 5 aeS a5i h nv
rrenfs The autopsy was not autkoLtZed OE ~ 15y
t-o+her William Z. Best, and, IN tact, the body
had already been eTnbalmed ana Z vas n t9 1850
e. Rafael AS TO Dr. Woods treating my tatner'
! refer 10 the statements OF Dr- Jones' OF 0ah
hsIss stated that nv brother and admitted that
the letter puTpoItlng 20 nave 5rs DI @ 70 Tcods's
father donating his alligator hanonds 70 " oohs I
ifre gin was genuine. As matter OF 12cl, when
people il Atlantic City WOODS clallneo II was niS
t5sTsonaI property. Just after this Mrs Woods
ttsns INTO TIE room, without having heard DR.;
1n5s's statement and stated it was her bag and
bsd been given 10 her by my father last Christmas
ny Dss' in7nscssibIe as nv father was at that time
N Tjncoin Neb. She then stated that he had writ
te- her letter and had sent her the bag. we
knew that this was Impossible as my latner hao
+be hsg with him at Lincoln and also hao II IN
- 4s+ Trin n Cslifornia Denver associates of
nv father nave told US positively that he took the
bzg ,rirb him when he left Denver in March.
MT mi the matter to the test told Mrs. Woods
-baf jf she would produce the letter which she
claimed 10 have received from my father we would
6roD the case and say nothing about II: but she
said that she had mislaid 1t. repeated my offer
20 stop an proceedings later If the letter could
be produced. but this was OF course. lmpossii2Ie'
as I was convinced beforehand That evening Mrs;
Woods stated 10 the magistrate who questioned
her that sne had misaid the letter. and the next
morning the attorney employed by Woods and
wife teephoned 70 our attorney, stating that they
had had such letter. but had destroyed it.
The Significant thirg about this incident is that.
magistrate hour later with what purported to
be a typewriter letter from my father 10 Kath-
ieaa Woods The child. giving her the bag. This
letter was written and signed on the typewriter.
and showed uln1istakably that il was written that
very day or at least very recently. as the ink was
scarcely dry This is the same bag which Mrs.
been Jaken by my father 10 San Francisco on
March ~ ana lett there by him. along with his
pom tese aTtcles IN the possession Of the Woodses
J wonder what Mrs. Woods means by saying, 'I
sn2a ie hereafter dead 10 these 7 loVe"2 II IS
glttl statement Tor an innocent woman. MIS-.
- eecs says that we know who her attorneys are.
ms IS untrue, and she knows IT, We viii be only
too glaa 10 get hold OF any one who can throw
" can have them arrested on the larceny charge
ghie awaiting action Of the authorities the
ATS Woods states that she and DR.. Woods are
.A-as , 70 stand trial The best way to prove it is
uh promises and short On fuldlments.
seattle, Wash, July l3.-William f Best, Of
th-s city. mentioned in the Easton dispatch. said
to-day.
The statement Of Mrs. Woods that the autopsy
Res ordered by me is an error. At the time l
ntaIa o. my fathers death In California I wired
mere. ordering the body ernbalnled and prepared
10Y Shipment East. and ihat was done. Upon
ne arrival OF the body in the East the circum-
slances were such that an autopsy was made at
ue instgaton Of the officials who were investi-
eaIHe the case and was fully consented to by
my brothers. The autopsy revealed the fact
uai peculiar actions had been performed by the
ulsA VINO had had charge Of the body prior to
us shipment from California
Easion. Penn July 13 fSpeciaD.-J. p. Cor
'sil' Editor Of The Sunday Call" who received
ne le''er from Mrs Alice c. Woods published
ne Tribune this morning, has shown to The
-II0uhe correspondent the manuscript and the
'eope- The latter is postmarked Buffalo
= july ~. . ?. N. The handwriting is that
u Woods, Mr. Corren says. The letter
written by Mrs. Woods There is no date
US sheets are short, showing that they had
"'n on to destroy the imprint on them
rror-s.ssaae saeet however, is the name c y. Owen
Or F-tes0!, under q design. evidently 2 crown
r. ne Gate line the first four Iatfare 90 +to
dertj- :Nlseara" appear. The stationery cyl
s'sl~'-s : mat OF a hotel at Niagara Fails nos
" 'ne Canadian side