The San Francisco call., 1904-03-26

ness, "and I'll tell him so to his face. y
"WiIl you tell the man who knocked
your nose off that he lied?"
The witness jumped from his chair,
| doubled UP his fists and took one step
toward Knight. Nobody can knock
my nose off my face" he shouted.
Knight lounged back in his chair and
watched the fun.
.Sit down." said judge Cook sternly.
"Take your seat" said Byington,
waving the fighting witness back to
his corner.
Judge Cook said the question of
Knight was improper, and this molli-
/ fed the witness. During the remainder
of the cross-examination the witness
remained cool and knight took care
not to stir him again.
| David B. Green, the pharmacist who
claims to have sold woman resembling
Mrs. Botkin two ounces of lump ar
senic on June l, 1885, while he was
employed at the Star drug store, was
recalled to detail a conversation he had
with her at that time, regarding the
use to which she wished to put it.
| This testimony was formerly declared
| inadmissible by Judge Cook, but on
| hearing the record of the cross-eXam
| ination he decided yesterday to admit
it. He warned the jury that if the
! identification of the defendant by the
witness did not satisfy them that she
was the purchaser they must disregard
the testimony. Green said that the
purchaser stated that she wanted the
poison for bleaching either straw or a
straw hat.
Mrs. Loretta Simpson proprietress of
the Victoria Hotel in March, 1898, tes-
tilted to Dunnings presence in the
house for five days, at which time Mrs.
Botkin also roomed there. She tes-
titled to their being together great
| deal and to the solicitude that Mrs.
Botkin expressed about Dunning when
he left for Cuba as a war correspond
ent. Mrs. Louise Seeley also gave
some unimportant testimony along the
same lines and denied the authorship
or any knowledge of the anonymous
letters sent to Mrs. Dunning apprising
her of the relations existing between
Dunning and Mrs. Botkin.
FINDS CANDY SEAL.
w. W. Barnes was all important but
uninteresting witness. He was clerk
at the Victoria Hotel in August, 1898.
when Mrs. Botkin left there. A month
later he was in the room formerly oc-
cupied by her when William Rosello
picked up from the floor a portion of
seal ordinarily placed on fancy boxes
of candy at Haas & Sons shop. The
seal on the box received by Mrs. Dun
ming was missing and it is the theory
of the prosecution that it was torn
! off by the defendant when she opened
/ the package to insert the poison in
the candy. A torn piece of paper with
handwriting on it was also found at
| that time, but it's bearing on the case
has not yet been made important. The
| cross-examination developed that be :
tween the time of Mrs. Botkin's re-
moval and the finding of the seal Cap
| tain Seymour, then a detective in the
Police Department, and Detective Ed
Gibson had visited the room two or
three times and searched the effects
LEFT there by the defendant.
Joshua D. Deane, husband of one of
the murdered women, was recalled to
say that he had partaken of the fish
served on the night of August at the
Pennington home and suffered no i'll
effects from it. His daughter, Miss
Leila Deane, testified that she did not
eat any of the fish, although she was
taken ill after eating one of the
candies. This was intended to explode
the ptomaine poisoning theory of the
| defense.
It was during the examination of
Joshua d. Deane that a row of great
proportions occurred between the con-
tending counsel. Knight asked the
privilege of further cross-examination,
which was granted, and then inquired
ION the morning you summoned DR..
Bishop to attend your wife, what was
his condition as to sobriety?