Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-02
San FRANCISCO DETECTIVES
THINK LITTLE OF THEORY
SERVANT Quilted EMPLOY WITH
ILL WILL TOWARD MRS. STAN
FoRD's sEcRETARY-MiN-
ERAt WATER.

IN tne HBnI VI tne InysteTiOus uehtu
Of Mrs. Jane L. Stanford in this city
Tuesday night. the following from the
San Francisco Call of February q lei
highly interesting. According to the
Call story the San Francisco detectives
do not seem to think much Of the poi.
son theory in the case In which It was
said Mrs. Stanford's life was attempt.
cd on the mainland:
Around the fact that Mrs. Jane
Stanford, eight weeks ago. after par
taking of hearty dinner given to SOW.
eral of her friends, quenched a natural
thirst with a glass Of mineral water.
which is supposed to have been re-.
sponsible for nauseating feeling that
followed, there is being weaved Q sen.
sational story Of an attempt to MUIR
der the generous.hearted woman.
Although no motive is shown for
] the supposed attempted destruction Of
Mrs. Stanford. who has no enemies,
and although thorough investigation
OF the matter satisfactorily showed
that a plot did not exist, there are
those who seem to think that the phil
anhropic lady really had narrow es-
cape from death and they are suggest.
ing all kinds Of theories to support
their frenzied imaginations.
| II was positively stated yesterday by
the detectives who worked on the case
that several hours labor proved to
them conclusively that no attempt had
been made to poison Mrs. Stanford
and. so advising her needlessly alarm.
cd servants, the detectives ceased their
work and later presented their bill for
one days labor. Stories told by two
former servants of Mrs. Stanford that
a quantity Of strychnine. sufficient to
kill dozen persons, was found In the
bottle OF water from which Mrs. Stan
ford took a drink are pronounced by
the detectives as greatly exaggerated.
While 1t is admitted that the water
nauseated Mrs. Stanford for few min
utes, 1t is possible. SO the detectives
suggest, that this fact was due to an
overloaded stomach, for the lady hat
an hour previously eaten dinner with
friends.
II, as 1t has been asserted, the bot
! tie Of mineral water contained th'
amount Of strychnine alleged Mrs
/ Stanford would probably have fallel
writing in pain on the floor ant
would have felt the effects of the poi
son for a number Of days. Instead
however, she retired that evening al
parently in the best Of health and tn
, | following day went to Palo Alto, wher
she remained until day or SO befor
the entertainment given at her res
dence on California street. Upon tn
latter occasion, which was ten day
after the supposed poisoning episode
Mrs. stanford was In excellent healtf
and continued so for number Q
days longer, when she experienced
recurrence Of bronchial trouble froI
which she has been sufferer for man
years and which was the cause Of he
making her present trip to Hawaii
the suggestion of her physician.
was this annoying affection that cause
her to abandon the plans for formal
introducing her niece. Miss Jenn
lathrop, to society at party arran
cd for Mt the California.street ma
sion.
The true reason for bringing dete
tiyes into the case was q simple on
hut unfortunately lent some color
the original reports that Mrs. Sta
s ford's life had been attempted. VIII
Mrs. Stanford and her private secI
tary who also drank the mineral "
a ter complained of its peculiar tas
thew recalled the fact that they had
large supply of II on hand and h
4 accustomed themselves to drinking
regularly. II has occurred sevel
times in San Francisco that perso
have been poisoned by drinking va
Gus mineral waters. and remember
u enc particular occasion about ten We,
d ago. when several prominent Paci
Union Club men we're poisoned one d