Evening journal., 1904-02-29
WITNESSES READY
TO GO To FRISCO
Those Who Will Testify
Against Mrs. Botkin to
HMeet in Philadelphia
STATE APPROPRIATED $4,000

/ Only one Delaware witness has refused
to go to san Francisco to attend the sec
ond rial Of Mrs. Cordela Botkin, charged
with the murder of Mrs. John p. Dun
ming, of Dover, to whom was sent a box
of poisoned candy in August, ls9S.
This Is Thomas NJ. Gooden, postmaster
at the time the box was received through
the mails. who attended the first trial.
Mr.. Gooden is now a business man and
is not willing 70 leave his business for the
indefinite stay at the coming trial.
/ Ii IS believed, however, that Miss Eliza
beth Kemp, who was assistant postmas-
ter al the time, can give the necessary
Testimony as she handled the box in the
office. The official testimony will be to
the effect that the box was handed to
messenger who carried it to the home
OF Mrs. Dunning, on Dover Green, where
she and her sister Mrs. j. D. Deane,
died from eating the contents. while the
guests who also partook Of the poisoned
sweetmeats were made IN.
Transportation Arranged.
Otto Faas, district passenger agent of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road was in Dover yesterday to consult
with the witnesses concerning the COM
ing trial. The Santa Fe people have re-
'ceived from District Attorney Bylngton
a deposit of the money appropriated by
the California. courts to secure the wit
nesses from outside the State. Mr.. Faa.
came TO arrange the transportation OF
the Delaware people. They will leave fol-
San Francisco on Saturday next.
Chemist Will Go West
Satisfactory arrangements having been
made State Chemist Theodore r. Wolf
DIT. L. A. Bishop and DR.. Presley S.
Downes, Of Dover. will go to san Fran
cisco. They were unwilling to go West
unless compensated for the loss OF pro-
fessional practice while absent, and at a
conference with Attorney General Ward
they stated their terms which were ac-
ceptable to District Attorney Byington, OF
San Francisco, who was apprlsed by tele-
graph. State Chemist Wolf and Drs.
lDownes and Bishop were essential wit.
lnesses for the prosecution, as DR.. Wolf
found arsenic in the bonbons mailed by
Mrs. Botkin and Drs. Bishop and Downes
lattended the murdered women.
Miss Ethel Milllngton and ether guests
who were at tho home of former Con
lgressman John b. Pennington, on thai
Hateful night when the box was received
have signihed their willingness to max,
the second transcontinental trip. These
guests al ate Of the contents Of the box
and they probably owe their lives to the
fact that the candy which they tasted
was so saturated with the poison as tc
render it unpalatable
List of Witnesses.
The witnesses include Miss Kemp. nos.
tai clerk; Harry Pennington, nephew OF
the women, who secured the box from
the mail box at the postofhce; DR.. L. A.
H. Bishop and DR.. Presley +. Downes
who were both called in to relieve tn,
agonies Of the dying women; Joshua d
Deane, husband of the elder sister; Mis-.
Leila Deane, her daughter; Miss Ethe
Millington and Miss Josephine Bateman
Walter Morris, cashier of the Farmer.
Bank, who kept the box with its remain
ing contents in a deposit vault at IN,
bank pending examination; former At
ltorney-General r. c. White who place,
lit there; DR.. +. r. Wolfe, professor o
Delaware College, who analyzed the con
tents, former State Detective Bernard ]
McNey, who attended the first trial an,
conveyed the box from Delaware.
Mr.. Faas is informed that the prosecu
ltion-the State of California-believ,
they have a strong case against Mrs
BotSin, II it is possible to secure tn,
Delaware witnesses. District Attorne,
Byington is convinced Of This, IL is de
clared, or he would never have spen
so much time in preparing his case no
in securing the appropriation Of the SO.
600 by the State for the expense Of tn,
second trial.
Attorney-General Ward stated thi.
morning that it had been decided tC
nave The witnesses start West or
March nj stead of March 5, as was al
first intended.