Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-02
Mrs. Leland Stanford Founder
Of Stanford University Dies
Suddenly in Honolulu.

I III 49, h"Nr l'E
her. and seemingly IN that of the 9TH
crs, TO poisoning by inc administration
of s%trychnine in Il vial of b~icarbonate
of soda.
Mrs. Stanford when found by a pa
iron of the hotel, who had heard her
%groaning in her agony, declared, 81
have been poisoned" and her last
words were, This is a horrible death
to die
The physician who conducted an au-
tOpsy said that the cause of death was
tetanus of the respiratory organs, but
that he cannot state how the tetanus
was brought about until after an OK.
animation of the contents of the stom.
ach.
No inquest will be held until High
Sheriff Henry receives the report OF
the chemists. This report will proba.
bly, be received today.
DR.. HUMPHREYS made the following
statement:
"When l was called in | found Mrs
Stanford in commissions and applied
the quickest remedies, but it was no.;
possible to save her life. Mrs. STAN
ford said to ne:
doctor, l have been poisoned
"Mrs. StanfOrd'S condition seemed
to indicate strychninc poisoning. Be
tween commissions her mind was II
usually active, and she said: This is
the second time they have tried it
They tried it last January, andI came
here to avoid them
~ tasted the contents of a, bottle Of
b~icarbonate of soda which Mrs. Stan
ford said she had taken" continueC
DR.. HUMPHREYS. Before making al
analysis l am unable to swear that il
contained s%tlychninc, but l am perfect
" positive that it does contain strych
nine"
"Wherc there is Il suspicion of poi
;oning in Il death caused by tetanus
Of paralysis of the respiratory or.
;ans it may be regarded as almost q
ertainty that death was due to strych
line. The administration of strych
line in fataledoseS is always, followed.
Y tentaus of the respiratory organs
The house Of representatives of tht
erritorial legislature nj Honolulu haS
,doptcd Il resolution of sympathy and.
djourned ont of respect 10 the mem
'ry of Mrs. Stanford.
The news of the death of Mrs. Stan
ord WAS received with surprise n
orrow. to which was added horrol
vhen it was learned that probably she
ad been poisoned. Her brother
'harles G. LathrOp. who is treasures,
# the Stanford university, refused to
'elievc that her death was due to other
han natural causes, and her attorney
,lountford S. Wilson, positively declin
d to discuss the report that Il previous
,ttempt to poison her had been made
n this city. Mr.. Wilson is awaiting
ldvices from Honolulu officials before
.aking any action regarding the bust
hess affairs Of Mrs. Stanford, whicl
ire intimately connected with those
IF the great university which she and
Ter husband founded at palo Alto
This institution has already been Of
lowed with S3S.000, coo in property and
money. to which may be added about
10000, 900 from Mrs. Stanford's per.
sonal estate. She took deep personal
interest in the university. and to her
wisdom and business sagacity is due
much of it's success, a fact that is tes-
titled to by its president as we'll as
the students, nearly all Of whom knew
and loved her.
The university is closed out of re.
spect to her memory and is moi eX
pected to reopen until after Mrs. Stan
ford's remains have been placed he
side those of her husband and son il
their mausolcum on the university
campus.
In respect to her memory the Cali
fornia legislature adjourned for tho
day, and flags We're placed Mt half mas
throughout the city and state.
The story of an attempt to poison
Mrs. Stanford in this city was frs
made public on the 18th of last montl
when it was declared that stryclnin,
had been found in n bottle of minera
water of which she had taken sevcra
drinks. She became i'll. and an analyst
showed the presence of the deadly dru-
in the water. To DIR. William BoerickC
who attended her, Mrs. Stanford toll
the story of what she believed to hay
been an attempt upon her life. Slc
suspected no one and on the phys.
clans advice soon went. to the couh
try. Returning here, apparently in in
proved health, she sailed for China an
Japan by way of Honolulu on the
steamer Korea Feb. is, arriving at thu
Hawaiian port five days later. p
The alleged attempt to poison hel
was Investigated by q detective agency
but no results were obtained, and thu
matter apparently was dropped.