The San Francisco call., 1904-03-22

family box addressed to Mrs. Dunning,
which he delivered to her as she sat on
the porch of the Pennington home in
company with Mrs. Deane, Leila Deane
and Elizabeth Dunning, then a child
years old. He told of Mrs Dunning
opening the package and finding a box
of candy therein, together with
handkerchief and note containing
the words; With love to yourself and
the child"
He identified the wrapper on the par
cel which is one of the peoples exhib-
its, by the fact that the word Della
ware" on the address was spelled Dele
ware" and that on the corner of one of
the stamps appeared the letters
Franc" He said that the probable
sender of the candy was discussed by
all present, and it was finally decided
that it came from San Francisco, al
though the identity of the donor was
not arrived at. He ate one of the pieces
of candy and was taken i'll that night
remaining so for several days. In the
meantime his two sisters died. All ef-
forts of Attorney Knight to shake his
testimony proved futile.
FINDS ARSENIC IN CANDY.
Next came Miss Josephine Bateman,
who happened to be passing the Pen
nington home on the night in question
and was called to the porch. Mrs. Dun
ming held the candy on her lap and
handed Miss Bateman the wrapper that
she might examine It, She identified
the exhibit as the wrapper she had ex-
amined that evening in much the same
manner as did the preceding witness,
and also identified the handkerchief and
note that had been shown her by Mrs.
Dunning as being similar to~those Of
fered in evidence by the prosecution.
Miss Bateman ate one of the choco-
lates and discovered three hard Jumps
in 1t, which she spat out. subsequently
by comparison she determined that
these were crystallized arseMc. On
reaching home she found a foreign sub
stance adhering to her gums, which she
removed, and this she subsequently
concluded was arsenic. That night she
was taken with violent nausea, which
lasted for several days, and her gums
were badly infiamed. 1t was not until
after the burial of Mrs. Dunning and
Mrs. Deane on the following Monday
that she concluded she had been suf-
fering from arsenical poisoning.
WITNESS UNSHAKEN.
Attorney knight endeavored to break
down her testimony at every point, and
made all of the capital he could out of
the fact that record of the testimony
given at the former trial was in the
Pullman in which the Eastern wit
nesses crossed the continent and that
they were given an opportunity to re-
fresh their memories. Miss Bateman
answered his cross-examinatfon with
out varying her statements in the
slightest. and generally made an excel
lent witness. She admitted that she
had been promised $100 in addition to
her expenses, out of which she was to
pay substitute teacher who was act
ing in her place during her absence.
Miss Ethel j. Millington, daughter of
a .hotel-keeper at Dover. followed. She
also partook of one piece of the pois-
oned candy, having visited the Pen
nington home on the evening of Aug
ust g. 1898. At that time she viewed
the wrapper, handkerchief and note in
the package and identified them as be-
ing those offered as exhibits during
the present trial by the prosecution.
She was taken i'll the following morn
ing with nausea and sent for DR..
Bishop, but he was so busily engaged