Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02

soon fell asleep. My room is next to that
occupied by Mrs. Stanford. 1 had not been
asleep long when l was awakened by hear
ing groan, and then another. 1 opened
my door, 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 i'll. Get me a doctor: get
me DOCTOR l ran to the elevator and
summoned DIR. o. Humphris, who was a
guest of the hotel Mrs Stanford at that
time did not seem to be very weak"
Mrs. Henry Highton told the Associa ted
Press correspondent that Mrs Stanford
SAID to her shortly after arriving here:
ne reason left San Francisco was be-
cause an attempt had been made on INV
Ife-an attempt to poison me-and enough
poison was used to kill twenty persons"
Was Greatly Affected.
Mrs. Stanford seemed to be greatly af-
fected,' said Mrs. Highton. Il sought to
disabuse her mind of the idea. as I feared
IL might be only delusion, but Mrs. Stan
ford talked so nationally about the attemnt
on her life that do not now hold Tho no
hef that 1t was mere fancy of hers T
was very uneasy after this talk with Mrs
stanford and wrote to mutual friends in
san FRANCISCO about the matter. They told
me they feared such attempts had been
nldue, no names however being men
DlcdrDOndta Of
SODA bears the label of Charles FaI1s e. ~ %
~ hlns William street, Adelaide Anstra'
I'd put II is believed that 1t has heen 70
H no SINCE II was purchased there Miss
i'eItha befner, Mrs. Stanfords secretary
says that the previous attemnt 49,, ~ , /,
me Oh her employer was made Jannarv =,
49, i, DIT her nome on Mob Hill, San Fran-
lie o. mHeh strychnine was found in a bot
TIE VI mineral water.
MISS Berner said to the corrosnox,z
the Associated Press: Poiiueiit OF
Was Well and Happy Earlier
we Went to picnic yesterday, and We're
ris - 30 To-Day to Haltwa, a suburban
oui iulcheon Tuesday consisted of
the ordinary cold dishes prepared ar +ba
Hoana Hotel, and there was po,tiu ''ie
OF the canned variety. Mrs Stamford 90
very heartily. She expressed .ro.t -
hent IN her trip, and said she fe1t -
well. ~ GIG ielt very
we returned to the hotel at oclock
i4u wi >. otahiord retired to her room for
"a rest Later, she dressed for dinner
w men the soup was served she saia -
"ouiu De sufficient, as she was not hungry
'heh went to the veranda. where
s slrs stanford planned the trip to Haliwa
ior To-Day She then said she would retire
early, so as to be refreshed for tha tr,n
Al SD Mrs. Stanford sent for her maid
May hunt, whom she had recently emnIov'
eo she then said to me: 4 shall retire
anu take my medicine; please get II FOR me :,
Il got a teaspoonful of bicarhonata ~,
SODA one purgatiVe tablet and a bottle Of
mineral water. Mrs. Stanford forpot ~
take the medicine and lay down and silent
AS soon as she awoke she took the ,nedi
cine and again retired.
She Died in Commissions.
Mrs. Stanford soon thereafter was
seized with commissions, which threw her
out of bed. The maid and myself came In
answer TO her CALL as did also guest from.
a nearby room. She said: 4 am poisoned :
The commissions continued. in spite of the
efforts of her physician. The bottle of
bicarbonate of soda was purchased by me
at Adelaide some years ago, but / think IT
had been refilled for Mrs. Stanford at San
Francisco, don't know by what druggist"
Dr. Humphris appointed former Judge
Stanley, who is a guest at the hotel to
look after the interests of Mrs. Stanford's
estate temporarily, and then cabled Prof.
David Starr Jordan, president of the
Leland Stanford University asking for in
structions President Jordan replied an
proving the action of DR.. Humphris, and
requesting Judge Stanley to act
In accordance with the local law cor
oners jury was Immediately summoned and
viewed the remains In the hotel at $3.50
o'clock Wednesday morning.
Autopsy Showed strychnine.
An autopsy on the remains of Mrs. STAN
ford was performed yesterday afternoon
The physicians who conducted the autopsy
said that the cause of death was tetanus
of the respiratory organs but that he cam