The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-23
DEATH FINALLY
RELIEVED HER
Awful Suffering of One of Mrs.
BOtkin's Alleged Victims.
TESTIMONY OF THE HUSBAND
DAMAGING EVIDENCE AGAINST.
DEFENDANT.


san Francisco. March 22.--Whens the
trial OF Mrs. Cofdelia Botkin. accused
OF the murder Of Mrs. J. p. Dunnfng,
was resumed today. Miss Leila Beane
was recalled by District Attorney By
ington on account of a slight discreD-
ancy between her testimony yesterday
and that Of five years ago at the first
trial relative 20 whether the handker-
chief and note that came with the fatal
package Of candy wereinside or the boz,
on on top OF IL underneath tho outer
wrapper. Yesterday she testified that
she was not certain-on that point. but
thought that the handkerchief was on
the outside of the box underneath the
wrapper. The district attorney read
her testimony at the first trial to- Miss
Deane, who then said it refreshed her
memory on that point and corrected her
testimony Of yesterday by declaring
that the handkerchief and note were
inside Of the box. The witness admit
tea under REORGANIZATION that she
had read a transcript OF her previous
testimony since leaving the witness
stand yesterday. and had also spoken
20 her father about her inability to re-
call the position of the handkerchief.
She was followed on the witness stand
by her father, Joshua b Deane.
Husbands Night Of Horror.
Mr.. Deane graphically retold the sto-
~ OF how he was awakened at mid
night by his wife's suffering how she
rapidly grew worse, her sgOnized rom
plants that she was burning up with
an internal fire. the mystifcation Of
the attending physician, DR.. Bishop,
as 10 the cause, and his Intellectual eff
forts to alleviate her suffering; her
death in a CONFUSION three days later;
that OF her sister, Mrs. Dunning, the
following day. and The similarity OF the
symptoms and death in both cases.
DR.. i. A. II. Bishop OF Dover, Del,
the attending physician at the bed
side Of Mrs. Deane and Mrs. Dunning,
was then called.
He was on the stand nearly all fore
noon, and was subjected to crOss-exam-
ination by Attorney Knight for the de-
tense for one hour and a half. He de-
scribe1 the illness and death of the
two women and the remedies pre-
scribed.
The Doctors Mistake.
Under Attorney Knights cross-ex-
animation he described the similarity
Of the symptoms in cholera mOrbus,
ptomaine and arsenical poisoning in
the early stages, and the remedies for
each. DR.. Bishop admitted that he had
made a serious mistake in not making
the cause Of their death.
Counsel for the defense wanted TO
know why the bodies had not been ex-
humed as arsenic was considered an in
destructible poison. The witness de-
nied that he had given the coroner a
list of persons TO be called for the cor
Oner's jury. His remuneration, he said,
was $500 in the previous trial. and was
20 he the same in the present one. The
prosecution frequently objected TO Mr.
Knights REORGANIZATION on the
ground that he was going over the
same ground repeatedly. thus taking up
time needlessly. Judge Cook finally in
tin1ated he would put limit on cross
examination.
Poison IN the Candy.
Dr. p. s. Downs Of Dover, Del. testl-
ned that he had been called into con-
sultatiOn with DR.. Bishop in Mrs. Dun
ning's case on the day that she died
and Immediately recognized the symp-
toms as those of arsenical poisoning.
This was afterward verified by his find
ing several pieces of lump arsenic in
the chocolate creams that he broke
open and examined
DIR. +. r. Wolff. state chemist of Del
aware. testified to making a chemical
analysis Of the candy and finding large
quantities of arsenic in it. and 3. J.
McNey. state detective Of Delaware,
told of delivering the box and contents
10 the chief Of police in San Francisco.