The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-15
MRS. STANFORO'S FUNERAL.
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vice the cortege will form and march
down to the Oceanic wharf, where the
| singing of the hymn, 'Hark. Hank, My
| Soul. Angelic Songs Are Swelling, and
| prayers by DR.. Kincaid and Bishop
| Restarick Will conclude the ceremonies
| DR. Jordan and Timothy Hopkins
| will go back to San Francisco on tee
| Alameda with the body. and will be
! accompanied by the two detectives,
| Cullundan and Reynolds, who have had
| charge of the investigation here, the
| first on behalf of the Stanford family,
and Reynolds in behalf of the San
Francisco police department. They will
take with them a complete transcript
of the evidence taken at the coroner's
inquest, a copy of the verdict, and the
statements of witnesses examined by
them and not called to testify at the
inquest. Also, they will have the state
ments of several physicians who. it is
understood, do not agree with the
theory of death developed by the in
vestigation of the Honolulu authori-
ties. And so the case will finally de-
veIop into a conflict between experts
with the weight of lay opinion, perhaps.
in favor of the theory of death from
natural causes as against statements
made in a panic and sought afterward
TO be sustained by bending circum-
stances to fit theories.
Miss Berner, the companion and sec>
rotary of Mrs. Stanford. who was with
her when she died and who gave her
the last dose of medicine, and May
Hunt, the maid will also be of the
party to sail On the Alameda. The po-
sition of these two women throughout
the time that has elapsed since the
tragedy at the Moana Hotel has been
most trying, but the positive statement
is made now that Miss Berner, who has
been with Mrs Stanford for twenty
years, is free of even a shadow of sus-
picion in the matter. The maid May
Hunt of course nobody has ever con-
nected with the alleged administration
of the poison in any way. She had
been with Mrs. Stanford but a very
short time before she died, and was not
in any way mixed up with any feudS
that may have existed among the other
Stanford servants.
HIGH SHERIFF HENRY'S VIEW.
-Four of the best physicians in this
town have declared that Mrs. Stanford
came to her death from strychnine poi
soning," said High Sheriff Henry last
night. TT seems to me sthat this is a
fact that it will be hard to get over
OF course, L understand that there will
be an effort made to discredit the work
done by the authorities here. I cannot
help that. But / am satisfied, never
theless, in my own mind. The San
Francisco men will not listen to the
theory of suicide, and 1 suppose will
endeavor to make it appear that Mrs.
Stanford died from natural causes
They cannot get over the fact that
she drank poisoned Poland water in
San Francisco, from a bottle supplied
her in her own home. and the further
fact that there must according to all the
probabilities have been not less than
one-sixteenth of a grain of strychnine
in the dose she took from the bottle of
bicarbonate of soda She took a heap
ing half teaspoonful which would have
amounted to level teaspoonful. That
would in the view of the medical ex-
perts. have been enough to kill a wom-
an of her age.
well, I am glad of one thing. The
case now goes out of the hands of the
Territorial authorities. We are through
with it. It is up to the San Francisco
men.
NO; shall not send Deputy Sheriff
Rawlins to San Francisco
THOSE REMEMBERED IN WILL.
The following are the requests in the
will of Mrs. Stanford, which she exc
cuted August 10. 1904:
Trust fund of 81, 100000 to be enjoyed
in incomes and finally distributed. the
following sharing in the benefits: Ariel
Lathrop of Albany, n. Y; Charles G.
Lathrop, Jennie L. Lawton, Amy Gard
ner Hansen, Daniel S. Cunning and
Amy L. Cunning.
Charles Gardner Lathrop of Palo AL
to. $1,000, 600.
Miss Bertha Berner, $4,000.
All Wing, Chinese cook, $1,000.
Mrs. Charles Robertson, housekeeper
$1,000
Charles Wooster, coachman, $1,000.
Edward Largely, valet, $1,000
/ John Kelley, gardener, $1,000.
! Old Ladies' Home, Albany, n. Y.
$4,000.
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, San Francisco, $4,000.
Hospital for Children and Training
School for Nurses, 500
! California Woman's Hospital, SO o00
Sisters of the Holy Family $4,000.
Hebrew Home for the Aged Disabled,
$4,000.
Home of Benevolence. San Jose, $4,000.
Sheltering Arms Society, San Jose.
$4,000.
College of Notre Dame, San Jose.
$4,000.
San Jose Sanitarium and Home.
$4,000.
j San Francisco Protestant Orphan
Asylum Society, $4,000
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
$4,000.
/ Armitage Orphanage of San Fran
cisco and San Mateo. $4,000
Residue to Leland Stanford. Jr.. Uni
versity.