The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-03
NO ARREsTs II AVE YET BEEN
BiADEs Ut "A r e i EXPECTED 4,
cAiNEsEs Co slAcc UsED Of BE.
yG LlcATED IN THE
Po soNlNG 6. + 35s3, 4,
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dispatch from Honolulu * announces
Miss Bertha Berner, Mrs. Stan.
ford secretarya yal,as named a: Chinese
coos empl Dyed by Mrs. Stanford as
iithei man ssuspected of poisoning his
mistress, This man with three other
servants, were inmates Of the Stan.
ford Smansio on Mob Hill in this city.
ting upon this suggestion from
d Honol lulu all G members Of the house.
silolds are under guard. watchman
is station ed sat$ the gate, warned not
10 80 permit sany one to leave or enter
the house This is merely a precau.
stionary measure. II + ;3.. y q;
The police have barely begun work
on the ease. The previous poisoning
affair was not reported to them, being
handled entirely by a private detec-
live agency tits stated with absolute
2certainty that the evidence gathered
sneNers did point to any particular per-
son strong enough to Justify arrest.
~ sis certain that persons who know
What evidence has been gathered have
by process Of elimination, narrowed
down the number OF possibly guilty
10 three or four, may be even less.
The police say If there had not been
TOO MUG regard for the feelings OF a
few persons a search through the CON
tents of trunks made when the first
attempt s.atf poisoning was discovered
~ ~ large quantity Of strychnlne, the
guilty person must have and might
have been found. .As soon as the OH.
&cial report of the result Of the analysis
ayas received the police prepared for
sactions and they declare an arrest is
likely ;lE;k soon possibly in twenty.four
hours ~,
Is Many contradictory reports are in
circulation in regard to the place Of
proba Sl'l1 1l]l e$purchase of the poison and
soda: Slts "a. <
Elronl8 the aeyi dence sof the servants
Eof5theS Stanford household ssiSit seems
certain thatsa little bottle from which
Mrs Stanford took the fatal dose was
filled from IA larger can Of imported
soda which was found In the mansion
here only$a small quantity had been
taken out, Just enough to fill the bot,
Stles Mrs. Stanford 4 carried with her.
This bottle which originally. contained
I sweets was brought from Australia.
iaSsItsNyas a neat little affair with screw
stop Which caught the fancy Of Mrs.
Stanford 81 M and she used it for soda
hottie filling It from time to time from
al large can The soda remaining in
:the Il can was analyzed and found to be
spetfectly pure. Z
@ iiss& ElizabetllS Richmond, formerly
i Miss Stanford's maid, gives what may
ssibes Important evidence as to the time
which the strychnine was placed
Sdn9t he's oda: She said that on January
:sll N q both Mrs. Stanford and Miss Ber.
snef,s Epartook of the bicarbonate Of
soda from the same bottle at Mrs.
sySsStantord rs I: home At that time there
WAS \ y; no 83poison in the bottle. Miss
5sfBerner " called forEit saying she was
sSsutt tering With indigestion. The bot.
5gtle was placed in Mrs Stanford med:
cine; chest and always kept unlocked.
within easy access of any one in the
sShotl ses Slse stated the soda was not
ope1nei again; here. Miss Berner dc.
stclar,ess the bottle was not opened un.
4 stils Y. theSf g 4 fatal doseswas taken.
dispatch from Palo Alta says
ElhalI Ia discharged employe on, the
Stanford farm who once cut a water
.spips$ and ruined some valuable rugs
5sforI for revenge, is suspected, and that
there is evidence that he purchased
in Palo Alto.
sSS his! storySis discredited as he could
have; had no access to Mrs. Stanford's
med icine chest.
s1ories tod directly by Miss Berner
and given out BY relatives fail to cor.
respond and are! fatty contradicted by
atements Sof others. Miss Berner,
for instance, writes to her mother that
Mrs Stanford was very despondent,
became addicted to melancholy and
s.ssh,lnILnned society. This statement was
written several days before the Spois;
sloning: 81 4
IL Members Of; the Stanford family de.
lelEared 'esI she had been unusually cheer.
fll.s II
In the shad dow Of the Gallowsy
at the Grand Opera House o,morrsow
night " q lodrama Of the sensa.
tional order and SifS you go expecting
that sort OF attraction YOU viii be