Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-03-01
LOOKS VERY
SUSPICIOUS
Mrs. Stanford's Death at Homo.
lulu Surrounded BY Queer
Circumstances.
| HAVE BEEN POISONED
The Last Words Of Mrs. Stanford...Re.
ported That This is the Second
Attempt to Administer Poison.

San Francisco, March IA cable
dispatch from Honolulu states tina
Mrs. Jane Stanford, widow of the late
Leland Stanford, died in Honolulu
last night.
Died in Forty Minutes.
Honolulu, March Mrs. Jane La
throp Stanford, of San Francisco
widow of U. S. Senator Leland Stan.
ford, died at 11:40 o'clock last night at
the Moana Hotel here. Suspicious cir
cumstances surround the death of Mrs.
Stanford. She was taken i'll at II
o'clock last night and said: 81 have
been poisoned" Her last words were:
This is horrible death to die" Mrs.
stanford came here on the steamer
Korea on February II. In a conversa-
tion with Mrs. Henry Highton, of
San Francisco, who is now here, Mrs.
Stanford said that an attempt had
been made to poison her in that city
and that this was her reason for
sailing on the Korea. Before retiring
last night Mrs Stanford took dose
of bicarbonate of soda which she had
purchased in San Francisco The bot
tie will be examined and the contents
tested for poison. Yesterday Mrs.
Stanford went to picnic and ate
heartily. At II o'clock the occupant of
the adjoining room heard her groan-
ing and running to her room found her
on the floor. Help was Immediately
summoned but she died in forty min
utes. Both her secretary, Miss Burn
er, and her maid, May Wilson, are
prostrated and will not talk.
Another Attempt Reported.
San Francisco, March 1.-On the
18th of last month it was reported that
an attempt had been made to murder
Mrs. Stanford by means of poison
placed in bottle of mineral water 1t
was stated that she had taken three
drinks of the deadly mixture, but the
poison had been used in such large
quantities that It served as its own
emetic An analysis showed that
strychnine had been used. Although
this story is denied, persistent rumors
regarding the matter were circulated.
Mrs. Stanford sailed for the Orient two
weeks ago and it was believed by her
friends that the voyage would result
in the complete restoration of her
health Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford
was born in Albany, New York, in
1925. She married Leland Stanford, |
who later became one of the builders
Of the Central Pacific Railroad, and
who accumulated an immense fortune.
She co-operated with her husband in
founding the Leland-Stanford, Jr.,
University. Nearly twenty million dol
lars was made over to the University |
and almost all of the entire fortune
Will now go to that institution.
No Official Investigation.
San Francisco, March 1.-Chief De
tective Burnett stated today that his
department had not investigated the
story of the alleged attempt to poison
Mrs. Sanford. Just before she sailed
Tor Honolulu. He said that no COM
plant had been made to his depart
nent and If an investigation had been
made 1t was done by private parties.
oficlaIs Are Reticent.
San Francisco, March 1.-Mountford
J. Wilson, attorney for Mrs. Stanford,
stated that he thought Mrs. Stanford
lied from natural causes. While not
lenying that an investigation has
been made here of her illness, he said,
he stories circulated about 1T were
mostly without foundation An official
# the detective agency which investi-
gated the alleged attempt by poison /
m the life of Mrs. Stanford, stated
hat there was some foundation for
he belief that she had been poisoned
,rior to her departure, but would give
10 particulars.