The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-02
FILE D TO KOREA !.
TO ESCAPE ENEMY
circumstances Sur
rounding Death Of, of Wife Wife: !. of s.
Former United States Sen SEN ss
ator and F Founder Of Y nj
versity-Not Explained
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1(By5 Assocla iPress.) h

5S Nfarcl, \. - rs de \ Ln-s
throp Stanford, Of San francisco, widow low
sof United states Senator Leland Stun
ford died at 11:4o o' clock last night at q
the Moana & Hotel hero, Suspicious \; cir
cutnstances surround tho death Of L Mrs. NJ
stanford. she was taken III at g clock
and said: t1 have been pol oisoned. ~ Il Ter er
last words we're This is q horrible rib,
death to die
& Mrs Stanford came here from m san :tlr y
francisco on the orea e brrnryA q q st.
In conversation WI til Mrs.. Il enry$ hton. J.
81 san Francisco, who ia now here, Mrs e
Stanford said that an attempt had " been M
made d poison her In Il hat ctt land thnt.
this was her son sailing on a: the ne
* lorea. III IT was Mrs s tanfol.d g belief,
according to Mrs. ii lghton, hat enough
pols On Ia been used to Kill per
sons. s
M Strychnine il Il Be 3 o'ttle: s5
N ! SBcf fore retiring t*snigit Mrs. STAN
ford took aG d ose 3of bicarbonate of soda \
which she purchased at San Franc SEQ
,It%is reported n Sthat5Sthe soda contained
'stryof1nirl /. Dr. r.. III. !. Humplrl les, who
attended Mrs Stan ford, and who gis max
ing a1lS ION of the con tents OF. the
bottle, which had not been touch he'd since
Mrs Stanford left San T F'rancis co, belle
there was poison In, Il. S q s5s
S.%5Y 5Yestcrda fternoor Mrs. Stanford went t
to- Al icnlc.S She ate HEARTH On5re turns s.
1ing to3 the hotel she took .onl soup for Of
dinner, and rstired !short % clocks
occupied an nd joinl rg room heard AZ rst
stan ford 4 groanl1llg K. runnin the
! room, found her Wing on the loor: She
had M evidently tried E to "a ST. rllnlon hel n.
Atsthe time of4N1rs.f stnnf ford g deaf = there
were present Miss Berner, her secretary
and u her maid, Mary Hunt. 3 9th are re
lprostrated 3Ss55 II II $8 s55i
What G Companio1# Says.
IN accordance with local q Nv. !. a icoro-S
ners jury wns immed ntelyj summoned N Nc q
and viewed the ren,ain IS, w Ill h5Were5 later
taken to an under to await walt an an
autopsy. N M
Mrs. Henry! Highton1told Z the Assoc ted
Press correspondent that Mrs. Stanford
said %to her shortly aft ter$ arriving here
i..The reason aI left San Francisco was
because an attempt had been made on my
lIfe-an attempt to poison IN e--a nj en- oug q
poison was used to kill twenty persons
n Mrs. Stanford seemed to be- great " q 81 f-s
sfected,,. said Mrs. EIlghton. sought q
to Sdisnbuse her mind OF the idea. as q
feared 58i t might be only a deluslon.S but
Mrs stanford talked so rationa llyg4l hes
the attempt on her life that i do not W
hold the belief that It was n ere fancy
OF hers. q i was very uneasy afterl&t Ills
talk with Mrs. Stanford, and 4 wrote to-
mutual friends In San Francisco al bout
the matter They told me they feared
such attempts had been made, no names,
being mentioned.
III. Doctors Statement.
( DR.. IIumphrics made the u follo lowing
statement to tho Associated Press AZ
+ s5nWhen 7 was called In I found Mrs.
Stanford in commissions. and applied the
quickest remedies; I; but 1t was not t&possl-
bio to save her lie. Mrs. Stanford said
to me 4; Doctor i have been poisoned. .'i5ai i
Mrs. St,,nford's g condition seemed to
Indicate strychninc poisoning. BE tween
her mind wns unusunll ly3ac-8
tive, and she said This is tho second 4
time they have tried IT. They tried La
last January. and r camo here to avoid
thcnl.' 9ia 81 ii5 is5B "a itt &
as'.'I tasted the contents sof the bottle"
Dr., Humphrics. x Before max
inc nm analysis ! nm unable to sWea r
that It contained strychnine, but am
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