The San Francisco call., 1904-04-15
SHOWS No SIGN
OF A COLLAPSE
Marked Change Observed in
Condition of Mrs. Botkin.
the Convicted Murderess
HEARSTESTIMONYA AGAIN
Preliminary Examination on
Charge of Numbering Mrs.
Ida H. Deane Commenced

Mrs. Cordelia Botkin has apparently
recovered from the shock that pros
trated her after hearing the verdict of
the jury I'm Judge Cooks court last
Thursday night. That verdict convict
ed her Of the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth
Dunning and fixed the penalty at inn
prisonment for life When the prisoner
entered Police Judge Conlan's court
yesterday morning, accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Frank Johnston, she did
not lean upon him, and there was no
uncertainty in her step as she walked
TO her chair
The attorney of her choice, Reese
Clark, awaited his clients arrival, and
attorney and client at once entered
upon an animated conversation. Her
sister, Mrs. Robarts, took a seat beside
her and Attorney Charles j. Heggerty
joined them and took part in the con-
versatiOn till the Judge, who had tenn
porarily adjourned court, had taken
his seat on the bench. where he was
Joined by Police Judge Mogan.
HIDES HER FEATURES.
AS soon as the case was called Mrs.
BOtkin pulled out her handkerchief and
leaning her left elbow on the table COW
cred the greater portion of her face
with the handkerchief. She remained
+ IN Indl IOSlIlOn InIOuBnOul the pro-
ceedings. once or twice when the wit
nesses were describing the symptoms
that preceded the dying Of Mrs. Dun
ming and her sister, Mrs Ida Henrietta
Deane the prisoner trembled and
buried her face in the handkerchief
The public seems to have lost interest
in the case.
The proceedings in the preliminary
hearing on the charge of numbering
l h. ,,f ,nf
soned candy TO Mrs. Dunning to Dover
Del. in August, 1898. were opened by
Attorney Clark's interposing six objec-
tions 10 the hearing. They were in ef-
feet that il was not shown by the COM
plant that any Offense had been COM
mitted against the State of California
that the complaint did not state facts
sufficient to constitute a public offense;
that the court had no jurisdiction to
/ examine the defendant: that the COM
plant was sworn to on information
and belief; that no crime known to the
/ law Of this State was charged. and that
the Justices Court of this city and
county was neither a court of law nor
Of fact TO entitle il to pass on the case
The objections were -overruled.
WITNESSES ARE EXAMINED.
But three witnesses We're examined
yesterday, and their evidence was the
same as given at the recent trial in
Judge Cocks court. They were Mrs
! Lizzie L. Kemp, who was a clerk in
( the pOstOffice at Dover and saw the
( package on its arrival on the evening
OF August g. 1898: Harry c. Penning-
I ton. who called at the postoffice and
/ took the package from his grand
( fathers box, handed it 10 Mrs. Dun
ming while she was seated on the front
porch and ate some of the candy, and
/ Miss Josephine Bateman, who hap
+. .pened to pass the Pennington home
/ while Mrs. Dunning, Mrs. Deane and
| the others were eating the candy. Miss
/ Bateman ate one of the caramels
/ which made her very sick.
/ The cross-examinatiOn of the wit
/ nesses was long and tedious and bore
chiefly upon their memory of other
( things that happened at that time
/ Nothing new was ELECTED.
EXHIBITS LOCKED UP.
AS the box was needed for identified
! tion by the witnesses and all the ex-
/ hibits in the Dunning case are locked
up in the vault in Judge Cooks court
the Judge alone having the combina-
4 tiOn. a dispatch was sent to him by the
! District Attorney at his ranch in Gler
/ Ellen asking him to telephone the com.
! bination TO the clerk of his court Sc
that the box could be procured The
Judge sent a reply that he would not
permit tie exhibits to be withdraw
! till after Sentence had been passed upor
the defendant on Saturday. when they
win be open for inspection. Meantim.
the preliminary examination may b,
/ proceeded with.