The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
I'VE BEEN
 POISONED" Suspicious Death Of Mrs.
 Jane Stanford. FAMOUS WOMAN IS GONE Tragic End Comes in Faraway
 Honolulu. She and Her Multi-millionaire Husband Pounded Splendid University In
 Honor of Their Greatly Beloved Son.
FAMOUS WOMAN IS GONE

Honolulu, March 1.-Mrs. Jane stan TOD Stanford, of San Francisco, widow of the late United States Senator Le- land Stanford, died at 11:40 o'clock last night at Moana Hotel here. sus- picious circumstances surround the death of Mrs. Stanford. She was talk en i'll at Il o'clock and said:
 T have been poisoned"
 Her last words were: This Is horrible death to die"
 Mrs. Stanford came here from San Francisco. on the Korea. February Fl. In conversation with Mrs. Henry Hight0n, of San Francisco. who is now here. Mrs. Stanford said that an att tempt had been made to poison her in that city and that this was her reason for sailing on the Korea It was Mrs. Stanford's belief. according to Mrs. Highton, that enough poison has been used to kill twenty persons. The police here are conducting an investigation.
 x Before retiring last night Mrs. Stan ford took dose of bi-carbonate of soda which she purchased at San Francisco. It is said the soda con- tained strychnine but this report cam not be verified. pr. F. H. Hum phreys, who attended Mrs. Stanford is now making an examination of the contents of the bottle which had not been touched since Mrs. Sanford left San Francisco.
 Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Stanford went to a picnic. She ate heartily. Cn returning to the hotel she took no dinner and retired shortly after 10 o'clock
 At II o'clock a guest of the hotel who occupied an adjoining room heard Mrs. Stanford grooming and cumming to the room found her lying on the floor. She had eveidently tried to summon help. At the time of Mrs. Stanford's death there were present Miss Burner, her secretary. and her maid, May Wilson.
 Both are prostrated- No statement has been issued by Dr. Humphrey or by pr. H. v. Hurray. who was called into consultation.
 Awaiting Autopsy.
 The remains were taken to an un- dertaking establishment where they are awaiting an autopsy. The inves- tigation has SO far failed to find any evidence of poisoning but the author ities decline to express any opinion pending the result of the autopsy and the analysis of the bottle of bi-car-
 
 so was found in the room and these are being analysed. The guest of the hotel who occupied an adjoining suite. and who, hearing Mrs. Stanford's s grooming, ran to her assistance, Is A. Heunish of San Francisco. Miss Bur ner has been Mrs. Stanford's secretary for several years.
 Mrs. Stanford took drive over the Pali road yesterday accompanied by
 
 she returned to the hotel she seemed very cheerful and went immediately to the dining room, where he ordered on- ly soup, saying that she was not hun gry as she had eaten hearty lunch con. She spent the evening on the verandas of the hotel. apparently in good spirits.
 was the first to see Mrs Stanford af. ter she was taken i'll. said to a cor respondent of the Associated Press:
 "I retired shortly before Il o'clock and soon fell asleep. My room is next to that occupied by Mrs. Stanford. I had not been asleep long when was awakaned by hearing a groan and saw Mrs. Stanford standing in the doorway of her room. She threw up her arms as if suffering great pain and said:
 "'Oh. am so H. Get me a doctor: get me a doctor
 T ran to the elevator and sum moned Dr. Humphreys who was a guest of the hotel Mrs Stanford at that time did not seem to be very weak"
 Dr. Humphreys and his wife today took very small portions of the con- tents of the suspected bottle of bi- carbonate of soda and said 1t tasted very bitter and that they believed it contained strychnine.
 The doctor says there were indica- tions of strychnine but he declined to express positive opinion before mak- ing an analysis
 A Former Attempt.
 A coroner's jury was summoned and it viewed the body in the hotel this morning. Mrs Henry Highton told the Associated Press correspondent that Mrs. Stanford said to her shortly after arriving in Honolulu: '"The reason l left San Francisco was because an at- tempt had been made on my life--aD attempt to poison me; and enough poslon was used to kill twenty persons Mrs. Stanford seemed to be greatly affected said Mfrs. Highton. T sought to disabuse her mind of the idea as I feared 1t might be only a delusion. but Mrs. Stanford talked so rationally about the attempt on her life. that I do not now hold the belief that it was a mere fancy of hers. l was uneasy after this talk with Mrs. Stanford and wrote to common friends in San Francisco regarding the mat ter They told me they feared such an attempt had been made. no names however, being mentioned"
 Dr. Humphreys made the following statement to the Associated Press:
 When I was called in 1 found Mrs. Stanford in convulsions and applied the quickest remedies but 1t was not possible to save her life. Mrs. Stan ford said to me, Doctor. have been poisoned
 Mrs. Stanford's condition seemed to indicate strychnine poisoning. Be- tween convUlsions her mind was unus- uasl-- active and she said. This is the Reco -ime they have tried 1t They triec -'0uary and I came here to
 q ,ntents of the bottle.' II cont Humphreys. Before mak sis I am unable to Gwes ltained trYchnine but