New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-11
MRS. STANFORD MURDERED
rFRDICT At THE INQUEST.
Coroner's Jury Finds Poison Vas
administered scith FeIonious Intent.

,yoro,,lu. March 1O.-The coroner's jury has
49, :, ,-.~7ic+ that Mrs Jane L. Stanford
.-,-o.,,ral death The verdict says
e7o =. a,e 70 strychnine poisoning, the
oeA''' - boen introduced into a bottle of
pOs0 e soda with felonious intent by
BIC -, or persons TO the jury unknown.
so'41 ..-nsd the verdict after deliberat-
=. shout two minutes
'-s - If the inquest with positive YER
=. =. murder leaves the police of Honolulu as
0N us+bout a clew when Mrs. Stanford
M 4-,er Sheriff Henry said after the inquest
CIV ras his opinion that the strychnine was
lna' :, the soda in San Francisco by a mem
liaO. Ms Stanford's household AT the in
De- - sherry testified that the strychnine
gu . shown by the tests was such as is
's generally for medicinal purposes, but
NJ --sneipally for poisoning animals. This
Use, Is regarded as Of possible assistance
So the purchase Of the strychnine.
l. --ts starr Jordan. president OF Stanford
--1'.,-s,,y. Timothy J. Hopkins. a member of
- NJ trustees OF the university; Captain
.-s columbian. representing a detective agency
con Francisco and Harry Reynolds of the
= 7-.srcisoo Police Department. arrived here
%. - =, the steamship Alameda. DR.. Jordan
~ t4onkins said they had come to show
- -.s,ar+ 10 the memory Of Mrs. Stanford
:. .,oo-onany her body 10 San Francisco.
7=sn said that all the way TO Honolulu
- boned he would find on arriving that the
- % the great benefactress OF the univer-
=. 7ras due 10 natural causes. Mrs. Stanford
= -ersat3on with him. he said, made little
..-s,ca TO the attempted poisoning at the
.,4,-5 home in San Francisco on January IA,
sIa M, anpear TO think much of II. DR..
-, and Nj Hopkins both said they had
.b,.g whatever 10 do with the investigation
- the police OF san Francisco and Honolulu
,o,5ucting Detectives Callundan and Reyn-
.-ss ara consulting with High Sheriff Henry.
80 will later see Miss Berner, former seere-
-.-v and Miss Hunt, formerly maid to Mrs.
Stanford
- the death Of Mrs. Stanford was due TO
..---,t,fBe poisoning is the subject of much ad-
,,s-se criticism here. Many persons declare that
e-t5eros was lacking to sustain the conclusion
- ne turv as 10 felouious intent. The verdict
-,s v-rirten out with the knowledge and assist
60 of Deputy High Sheriff Rawlins. The
s--r-s who -ook less than two minutes to arrive
- the verdict. immediately signed their names.
San Francisco March 1o.-The fact that the coro-
,srs Jury At Honolulu decided that Mrs Jane Stan
Cord was murdered by means Of strychnine has
55ss interest 10 the mysterious case conference
IVES held here to-day between District Attorney
Bvington and Aiountgord Wilson, attorney for Mrs
Stanford. a. which all the phases of the situation
were discussed and II was determined TO probe the
case - The bottom. No intimation Of the proposed
course Ct action has yet been given out. All the
present and former members Of the Stanford house
hold are being closely watched
Chief SpiIIane and Captain Burnett said to-day
Ast 50 far Is the gathering OF evidence in San
Francisco REGARDING the case was concerned. the
P1las Department and local detective agency had
E1c-t exhaus ed their efforts.
We viii not make any arrests to-day" declared
0aei2in Burnett and perhaps not for several
isys We simply do not know whom justly
accuse and hold OF course, satisfied now
1ai e crime has been committed. Every one who
nud have possibly been connected with the case
ss Jeen examined by Us. and the signed state
rsnts Of possible perpetrators of the crime
those VINO might later be called upon witnesses
are nov our possession Both the Stanford
house rHis Cirv ana that at Palo Alto have
been thoroughly searched. photographed and
mapped With AL OF this evidence before US We
- yeI utterly unable TO weave chain of cir
ecustauces LEar would warrant US in arresting any
The author OF this mysterious crime. The
gap n the case lies in the Honolulu END OF the
story Detective Reynolds, Of this department, and
Captain CallUndsn VII work TO bridge IL over. II
e true. published, that the police have ar
rived a = conclusion as 10 the motive behind this
crime Neither Is IL true that detectives have been
honolulu 70 bring Miss Bsrner back. So
Tar as or investigation goes, there IS less EVIL
CencE against Miss Beruer than any or those who
occupied he Stanford house January i, the
Stanford"
C1lef Splans concu-red IN all Captain Burnett
sad