The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-03
SUSPECT MEMBER
Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES |. !. ! !. |. ] /
Careful Investigation Bsi,1g.
Made Of Poisoning Of Mrs. u
Stanford. 5aA,35a5
AUTHORITIES ARE ]. L J !: I. 4
Chemist States Positive1y@Tliat
Bottle Contained Stryc1lnltlc.
No Apparent Motive. NM
(By Associated Press.)


HONOLULU. March 2.-There 70 indl--
cations today that the police OF this Gil ~
suspect 1. member 81 Il Mrs stanford''s
household Of having placed str ychninc In
tho bottle Of bicarbottute Of soda, OF which
she took n dose before retiring TUESDAY
night M q II sE{
High Sheriff Henry says that there
invo been no further Developments IN he
case, and that there arc likely to be no
more before the holding Of the inquest
Tonight. q Dr. II. ~. Murray ,S ono OF the
t,hyslcians who conducted tho autopsy,
saws that death was Y due to strychnlne
poisoning. 81 IA
N Mrs. Stanford had III her possession
when she arrived in Honolulu jewelry
VALUED at about $500 rhis was found
apparently intact a ri 55
High Sheriff Horny denies q rltnor IN
circulation that Miss Der lla Berncr, Mrs
Stanford's secretary, , and Mrs Hunt, her
maid are under survell lance. K, 81
Z, Tho body OF Mrs. Stanford has been en- 4
.balmed and It probabl be taken to San
Francisco on the Pacific Mail Company's
steam ship China. which Will sail from
Honolulu on March N 10th. AZ IT. 3 n due to
arrive in san Fran cisco N March II y ga
~ Tho chemist B report OF the analysis Of
tho bicarbonntc OF soda, Of which Mrs.
Stanford took a dozen shortly before her
death, states positively that the Ioda
contained strychnlne i.
Battling Case.
(By5Assoclated Press.)
IS SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. News re 4
cclved from Honolulu that strychnine
Z had been discovered Iii the bicarbonate
of soda bottle, from which Mrs. Janc.
Stanford took a dose shortly before her.
death; has convinced most OF her friends
here that she was tho victim or poison.
though, many are eluctant to admit that
such could have been tho case. The ap:-5
parent a bsence Of a plausible motive Tor
such u crime battles her acquain tnnces,3
"a we'll as the detectives. Revenge or
Ganlmosity arc not regarded az possible
factors of the question, and nothing has
been shown to indicate that desire to-
obtain an expected Inheritance could
have prompted the deed 3S.l
Mrs.. Stanford * did mot leave so large
an estate as was supposed. for during
her lifetime she decided the property She
Inherited from her husband to the re-
gents Of Stanford University to- be held
iii trust for that institution after her
death. Nh 8
81 Mountford Wilson, Mrs. Stanford 8 q ~
torney, and her brother, Charles Lathrop.
have stated that Mrs, Stanford mado her,
will a. few months ago. but they have 'ts
ANNOUNCED that they are not yet ready
to make its contents known Is:
Strychnine in Bottle.
al Acting Chief Of Police spillaine day
received a ca bio dispatch from lillian
Henry, high sheriff Of Honolulu. SAYING
s5.grhe Stanford bottle OF bcarbonnte OF.
soda contained forty-threoS drains, G62
grains Iof strychnlne. An examination
OF the organs is now under way"
!s. 4 medical expert to-day said: ii
SS.'Six hundred and slxty-tWo grains OF
strychnlno easily would kill 663 persons,
The maximum dose administered Is only