The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-03
Was Murdered
BY One in a
High Position
my aerlpps News Assn,

OF Mrs Stanford only a few hours
away. the police are gradually
drawing their net around every
person In this city who might be
connected in any way with the
Stanford case. The employees In the
Stanford mansion are practically
prisoners Detectives are constant
~ on the watch. and no movement
Of the servants escapes them.
Al the home OF Albert Beverly. a
former butler. With whose family
Elizabeth Richmond. Mrs. Stan
torda former maid. Is stopping. is
also under close surveillance. At
/ Palo Alto. whore Mrs Bcfner.
mother OF Mrs staufard'a private
secretary. resides. detectives are on
guard 10 prevent Mn Berner from
telling what she knows until the
proper time arrives.
Meanwhile the detectives. who
worked on the first poisoning case,
are working diligently with the city
[ police. and before the day ~ over
Developments, promised for to-
night. may materialize.
These Developments. while they
may not come IN the form OF ar
rests. are expected Ia shed much
light on the great mystery.
ipou the autopsy and Inquest,
however. rewta the greatest Inn
puftnuee. aud word from Honolulu
il awaited with intense interest
Z There can be no doubt the cnran-
efa jury wIll find that Mrs Stan
I ford came q her death from sirYTh-
nine poisoning. but what additional
I finding will be. tending 20 show the
responsibility. n any. f. a point Of
/ paramount consequence.
Attorney WiisaH for Mfs stan
I ford. announced thiu morning that
| tHa viii would be filed within "a few
days. ar as soon az il b. no longer
necessary Co keep the contents n
I secret
Under the law he has 90 days In
which 70 file %. but he believes s.,
VIII expedite the investigation TO
have the document ON record. lie
denied that be has revealed all 10
contents 90 the police.
while the police here claim 70
have no Information 81 the eyi-
dence gathered BY the Honolulu po-
/ lice. there lH an impression that
/ Miss Berner has told something or
Will tell something Al the inquest
that will serve 10 clear up ia q
measure the mystery.
The report was circulated last
nlEht that Miss Hefner had directly
accused An Wing. the Chinese cook
at the stanford mansion. OF having
placed the strychnine In the bottle
OF bicarbonate Of soda. and that
upon this information he VAS ar
rested
The police deny that Al Wing
Is under arrest any more than any
other member Of the Stanford
household Is under arrest. and
claim 70 have no official advices to
the effest that Miss Beruer has
made an accusation against him. A
vigorous search Is being prosecuted
today In Pala Alto Tor further clues
that might lead 70 locating a form
or employe AT the Stanford man
sion. upon whom suspicion is cast
This man ~ said TO have pur-
chased there through another man
quantities Of stryehniue at various
times. but this has not yet been
verified The police and private
detectives claim 10 have every line
well in hand and that II murder
was done the murderer cannot es-
cape The theory advanced last
night following the erroneous re-
port 10 the effect that another bot
tie OF strychnine had been found
I'm Mrs Stanford's trunk and that
Mrs. Stanford had been taking the
poison as a medicine and accident
ally swallowed on overdose. is
scouted by the police and others d.
rectly interested in the case.
II Is learned that Mrs Stanford's
attorney has secretly communicated
the contents OF Mrs Stanford's will
10 the police and private detectives.
The information contained in the
document proved valuable. even II
there Is no clause in the will max
ing provision for any Of the sorry
ants. as II will fully dispel the be
lief that cupldity caused the sup
posed murder, and leave only the
theory Of revenge as the motive.
n murder WAS really done. The at
torney and detectives refuse TO state
whether or not the will provided FOR
any OF the servants under suspi-
cion
The chief Of a private detective
agency rs also working on the case.
Chief Of Police Spillane and Chief
OF Detectives burnett, had a pro
traeted conference this morning As
a result OF this conference is was
agreed that all radical action be
postponed until the chemists report
is received from Honolulu. II was
stated after the conference that the
officials we're not prepared to say
that they suspected any particular
person.
A representative OF a detective
agency called upon Attorney Wilson
this afternoon and arranged for n
meeting of Stanford's relatives TO
discuss the advisahility OF filing the
will and plans FOR pushing the in
vestigation of Mrs. Stanfords death
As the meeting is set for a late
hour today It IS unlikely that any
conclusion will bere ached therein
TO be given out before tonight OF
tomorrow.
A cahlegram from Honolulu
states that the Mrs. Stanford In
quest has been postponed because
the analysis Of the contents OF her
stomach Is incomplete. Her sec
rotary, Miss Berner. and May Hunt,
her maid, are being rigidly exam
ined by tho police, who are taking
stonographic reports of their state
ments.
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