The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
ARE NOW CONVINCED
SHE WAS MURDERED
Jordan Says That Suicide
Theory Is Outrageous.
Bertha BerneY
aIkS of the
Voyage.
Special cable to The Call

HONOLULU, March 1.-THE theory
that Mrs. Stanford committed suicide
is out of the question" said PROBES
sor David Starr Jordan to-day. Pro
fessor Jordan has talked with the po-
lice authorities. Sheriff Henry and the
chemists who analyzed Mrs. Stan
ford's stomach and has come 10 the
opinion held by all who are on the
Case-Uhat Mrs. stanford was muir
dered.
'i1er religious ideas were such as TO
preclude the possibility Of suicide,
said Professor Jordan. she was pro
1Oundly interested in the welfare OF
the university and her mind was free
from any hallucinations."
Mrs. STANFORD was murdered, / am
certain Of that" said High Sheriff
Henry. The tragedy is d elimination
Of the attempt made on her life at san
Francisco
Professor Jordan ana Timothy Hop
kins. who were at first reluctant 10
believe in the murder theory. are now
compelled TO accept the deduction.
The following statement made to the
police by Miss Berner seems to pre-
Clude anV possibility of Mrs. Stanford
having ended her own life:
During the trip down here Mrs.
CAd4LOLQ Was plGdSdul ana KIM. bul
she was evidently saddened by what
had taken place in san Francisco.
wonder how il happened, l Won
der why il happened. she said TO me.
oh. you don't know what stress l am
putting on myself not to talk about it
continually
Frequently she would discuss with
me the merits and dement's of her ser
wants. In all these discussions she
would say. No. ! do not think that
any one of them would injure me. I
DO not believe that any of them are
capable of such thing.
She told me that she had mentioned
her trouble 10 General and Mrs. Mac
Arthur. She said that it was a great
relief to talk to them about it, adding.
I do not want to bore you by making
too frequent references TO it.
ON one occasion after we had taken
our constitutional and were seated in
q sheltered part Of the boat she said,
We won't talk about this any more.
But while 1 was absent for a short
time she discussed the affair with Mr..
Dole
1T was always on her mind while
she was on the vessel and il never left
her Mrs. Stanford was not despond-
ent over it, however. She felt san
guine that the mystery would be clear
eQ UP.
Her health during the voyage was
good She partook of al meals. but
ate sparingly. She seemed cheerful
even when discussing that terrible af-
fair at San Francisco.
Miss Hunt was wholly inca pacitated
by seasiskness when we arrived at
Honolulu, and / was Mrs. Stanford s
sole companion from the time we land
ed until her death.
Mrs. Stanford said that If salts
factory news came from San Fran
cisco she would travel to the East and
later TO Europe.
After Timothy Hopkins had inter-
viewed Miss Berner and May Hunt
he took them TO the Young Hotel away
from the scene Of the tragedy. This
was done, he said. from motives of
humanity.
! feel the position Of the two wonl-
en- keenly." he said. Il can imagine
how oppressed they must be living in
the same rooms where Mrs. Stanford
died"
Mrs. Stanford's trunks were also
brought to the Young Hotel. In re-
gard to the suicide theory Mr.. Hopkins
said: That idea is outrageous / have
known the Stanford family for forty
years and ] know that such a theory
IS DreDoSte erOus" 4"